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"1. The terrorist military council has, from the time of the illegal coup d'etat on 1st
February 2021 up till now, raided and pillaged healthcare facilities, impeded and
interfered with healthcare and charitable work, threatened, harassed and
murdered healthcare workers and charity workers, issued arrest charges on
trumped up charges on healthcare personnel and relentlessly been inflicting these
atrocious inhumane acts.
2. On 26th October 2021, a press release (https://tinvurl.com/attackstohealthcare) on
an analytical report compiled by Insecurity Insight, Physicians for Human Rights
and the Johns Hopkins University Centre for Public Health and Human Rights
(CPHR) stated that at least 297 attacks and threats against health workers,
facilities, and transports in Myanmar were perpetrated by the military from
February 1 to September 30, 2021. Within the 297 total incidents, there was hard
evidence that 267 incidents are attributed to Myanmar’s armed forces (SAC or the
Tatmadaw).
3. Within all the total incidents that took place during the first eight months of the
military’s coup and crackdown between 1st February to 30th September 2021, there
were:
- 210 health workers arrested
- 40 health workers injured
- 29 health workers killed
- Hospitals raided at least 87 times
- Hospitals occupied at least 56 times
- 25 incidents impacting COVID-19 response measures.
In addition, more than 700 healthcare workers are in hiding from warrants issued
by the terrorist military council on concocted charges.
4. The assault on healthcare activities has not ceased and continued beyond
September 2021. The following events have since taken place;
- A shooting took place at Pinion Private Hospital on 24th October 2021.
- Murder and arrests of female healthcare workers in Kalay Township and
raiding and pillaging of Hpa-lun Taung station hospital, Hpa-an Township on
16th November 2021.
- Raiding, arresting and harassing doctors, nurses, basic healthcare staff and
patients at "Karuna" clinic in Christ the King Cathedral in Nyaung Yar, Loikaw
City, Kayah State on the morning of 22nd November 2021.
In addition, the terrorist military council is continuously resorting to arbitrarily
detaining CDM healthcare workers, Specialists and charity workers.
5. Committing all these criminal acts targeting the healthcare workers, the charity
workers and their clinical facilities is in contravention of the Geneva Conventions
and United Nations Security Council’s Resolution 2286 and not in line with national
laws or international humanitarian and human rights laws.
6. The National Health Committee (NHC) hereby gives notice to the terrorist military
council to cease these barbaric acts upon the healthcare and charity workers and
to keep them free from harm. The Committee also urges the international
community for a timely intervention to prevent these atrocities from happening
again..."
Source/publisher:
National Health Committee - Myanmar
Date of Publication:
2021-11-28
Date of entry:
2021-11-28
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Myanmar
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