Bangkok: The Myanmar junta has maintained a fatal military campaign, including air strikes and artillery assaults, despite the announcement A ceasefire After A major earthquake killed thousands in MarchAccording to the United Nations and the data of a crisis instructor.
The earthquake of March 28, the worst natural disaster to strike the poor nation for decades, triggered a multi-national rescue effort to support hundreds of thousands Already ravaged by the conflict and repeated international calls to stop fighting.
On April 2, following similar measures by opposition armed groups, the Myanmar army announced a 20-day ceasefire to support humanitarian aid. On Tuesday, he indicated that the temporary cessation had been extended until April 30 after rare high -level talks led by the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
But the United Nations not reported figures show that fighting continued relentlessly and a reuters analysis of the data provided by the site project on the location and events of armed conflict (ACLED) revealed that the frequency of the junta air attacks has increased since the announcement of the cease-fire, compared to the six months earlier.
A junta spokesman did not answer several Reuters calls asking for comments.
Between March 28 and April 24, the army launched at least 207 attacks, including 140 air strikes and 24 artillery dams, according to data from the United Nations Human Rights Office, on the basis of reports it had received.
More than 172 attacks have occurred from the ceasefire, including 73 in areas devastated by the earthquake.
“It's as usual,” said James Rodehaver, head of Myanmar for the United Nations Human Rights Office.
“The ceasefire … should have involved stopping all military activities and reusing your soldiers to support the humanitarian response and that did not happen.”
Myanmar has been in crisis since The soldiers took power in February 2021Taking over the elected government of the Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.
A brutal repression of the junta against the opposition sparked a spiral civil war, including in the central Heartlands previously peaceful where the demonstrators took up arms.
