Thread by @astroehlein

#Myanmar military airstrike on music concert in #Hpakant, Kachin State.

At least 60 killed, 100 injured. Also seems military blocked access to medical care for injured.

There must be renewed efforts to enforce tougher sanctions on the junta.
hrw.org/breaking-news/…

Update: Death toll now at 80: nbcnews.to/3TAtbcs

#Myanmar military operations in ethnic minority areas of the country are notorious for their disregard of international law.

Civilian lives are taken, and civilian property destroyed, routinely.

Just a few weeks ago, they bombed a school, killing at least 11 children.
hrw.org/the-day-in-hum…

Sunday evening’s atrocity is just one of a countless number in #Myanmar since the military coup in February 2021.

The #Myanmar junta's abuses include: security forces’ mass killings, arbitrary arrests, torture, sexual violence, and other abuses against protesters, journalists, health workers, and political opposition members...

👉 It all amounts to crimes against humanity.

The Myanmar junta keeps getting away with murder – quite literally – because there are no significant consequences.

To have any hope of changing the junta’s calculations, we need to see, at the very minimum, three things...

1⃣ There needs to be an independent, international investigation into those responsible for this attack and the many others committed by security forces since the coup.

2⃣ Governments need to enforce tougher sanctions on #Myanmar's junta, including cutting off access to foreign currency revenues, as well as arms and aviation fuel.

3⃣ The UN Security Council should impose a global arms embargo on the junta and refer the situation to the International Criminal Court.

It’s the least the world can do to try to curb the junta’s murderousness.

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