Noting that the post-coup violence in Myanmar had increased the number of displaced people to over one million, the UN warned of “terrible” living conditions as the monsoon season started and the war continued.
Nearly 700,000 people have had to flee their homes since the fall of Aung San Suu Kyi’s government last year, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Tuesday.
Civilian militias are fighting the coup across the country, and the military junta responded with an attack, which non-governmental organizations say destroyed entire cities, leading to mass extrajudicial killings and airstrikes against civilians.
About 346,000 people were displaced before the coup, including those affected by long-standing conflicts with rebel groups on the Thai-Chinese border, and Rohingya Muslims who were forced from their homes during the brutal repression in 2017.
According to OCHA, nearly 12,000 civilian properties have been burned or destroyed since the coup, and monsoons threaten to increase the misery of those living in the IDP camps.
The organization added that more than 300,000 of those displaced since the coup come from the northwestern Sagaing region, where fighters regularly face off against junta forces. According to a local NGO, more than 1,800 people have died and more than 13,000 people have been detained under pressure from the junta since the coup.
source: Noticias
