The author is the Director of Amnesty International Indonesia, a lecturer at Indonesian Law College Jentera, and the founder of Public Virtue Research Institute
JAKARTA, Indonesia
The international community, ASEAN and Indonesia need to take firmer steps to stop the bloodshed and other human rights violations against men, women, and children that have occurred in Myanmar since the Tatmadaw armed forces staged a coup against the democratic government on Feb. 1.
As of April 13, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) recorded that at least 3,054 people have been in detention, including politicians, pro-democracy activists, human rights defenders, and journalists.
The group also reported that at least 714 people had been killed in the security forces’ brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters since the military takeover, and the actual…
