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In Post-Coup Myanmar: ‘Death Squads’ and Extrajudicial Killings
Pro-junta armed groups that have claimed responsibility for of extrajudicial killings have faced no consequences in Myanmar
It was late at night on June 21 when about 20 armed men arrived at a home in a remote part of southern Myanmar.
- Manny Maung
- The Diplomat
They accused the owner of funding a pro-democracy militia and took her away at gunpoint in an unmarked vehicle.
Early the next morning, her family found her body outside her house, bearing marks of torture and a bullet wound to her chest.
“Her mouth was dislocated … her nose was bloodied; her face was covered with dark bruises and both of her hands were covered with blood where they…