(AP Photo/File)Amnesty International has accused Myanmar’s military government of increasingly using battlefield weapons against peaceful protesters and conducting systematic, deliberate killings. The military “is using increasingly lethal tactics and weapons normally seen on the battlefield against peaceful protesters and bystanders across the country”, Amnesty International said in a report. Reports from Kachin, the northernmost state, said guerrilla forces from the Kachin ethnic minority attacked a government base on Thursday and were in turn attacked. The reports could not be independently confirmed, and ethnic guerrilla armies as well as the government often release exaggerated information. Myanmar has more than a dozen ethnic guerrilla armies, mostly in border areas, a legacy of decades-old struggles for greater autonomy from the central government.

Source: Irish Independent March 11, 2021 09:11 UTC