{"id":220138,"date":"2022-09-26T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=220138"},"modified":"2022-09-23T04:43:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T03:43:45","slug":"myanmar-spiraling-from-bad-to-worse-to-horrific-human-rights-council-hears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/09\/myanmar-spiraling-from-bad-to-worse-to-horrific-human-rights-council-hears\/","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar Spiraling \u2018from Bad to Worse, to Horrific\u2019, Human Rights Council Hears"},"content":{"rendered":"
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21 Sep 2022 – Since the Myanmar military launched its \u201cdisastrous\u201d coup last year, UN-appointed independent human rights expert Tom Andrews said today that conditions have worsened, \u201cby any measure\u201d.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cWith each report I have warned that unless UN Member States change course in the way they collectively respond to this crisis, the people of Myanmar will suffer even further,\u201d he told the Human Rights Council<\/a> in Geneva, saying that conditions have \u201cgone from bad to worse, to horrific for untold numbers of innocent people in Myanmar\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2018Stakes could not be higher\u2019<\/h2>\n

Mr. Andrews presented a grim assessment of 1.3 million displaced people; 28,000 destroyed homes; villages burned to the ground; more than 13,000 children killed as the death toll for innocent people rises significantly; a looming food crisis; and 130,000 Rohingya in de facto internment camps while others suffer deprivation and discrimination rooted in their lack of citizenship.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me be frank: the people of Myanmar are deeply disappointed by the response of the international community to this crisis. They are frustrated and angered by Member States that are working to prop up this illegal and brutal military junta with funding, trade, weapons, and a veneer of legitimacy,\u201d he spelled out.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut they are also disappointed by those nations that voice support for them, but then fail to back up their words with action. The stakes could not be higher\u201d.<\/p>\n

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#HRC51<\/a> | Special Rapporteur on #Myanmar<\/a> Tom Andrews updated the Human Rights Council on #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar<\/a>: <\/p>\n

"Conditions have gone from bad to worse to horrific," he said. "Many in Myanmar have come to the conclusion that the world has forgotten them, or doesn\u2019t care." pic.twitter.com\/aOFEORuicF<\/a><\/p>\n

— United Nations Human Rights Council | #HRC55 (@UN_HRC) September 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n