“Bloodbath is imminent” if we don’t act—A UN special envoy warned the 15-nation Security Council on Wednesday that "a bloodbath is imminent" in Myanmar if it does not act to curb the violent military crackdown against protesters. #Myanmar (HT @PamelaFalk)
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2) "Looking back ten years from now, how will history judge this inaction?" Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Christine Schraner Burgener asked the diplomats. "I hope you can act while there is still time to avoid the worst outcome by overcoming caution and disagreement."
3) violence in Myanmar, sparked by February 1 coup of the nation's democratically elected leader, intensified over the weekend, when activists say more than 100 people were killed by the military junta's security forces in what appeared to be the bloodiest day yet of the conflict
4) “Schraner Burgener said in her remarks that more than 520 people have been killed since the violence began, condemning the "widespread and systemic attacks on the civilian population" by military forces.
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