The devastation he left in Myanmar The 7.7 magnitude earthquake that shaken the South -East Asia on Friday He did not stop the civil war that hit the country for four years. The government of the National Unity (Nug), made up of politicians and activists unlike the military council, denounced that the Tatmadaw (the army) resumed the bombings on some villages controlled by the opposition militias, despite the catastrophe. His statements were supported this Sunday by the officials of the United Nations Office for Human Rights (ACNUDH). “According to the reports we are receiving from the ground, less than an hour after the earthquake, the army was launching air attacks,” said James Rodehaver, head of the organization’s Myanmar team.
“They bomb their people, even in the areas beaten by the earthquake. Almost if they wanted to attack those who tried to save people trapped under the rubble,” Rodehaver detailed.
To deal with the disaster and facilitate the arrival of the aid, the Nug said this Sunday A high unilateral fire Two weeks in the areas affected by tremor – the military council did not talk about it – the most powerful in a century. The balance is equivalent to at least 1,700 deaths, about 3,400 injured and 300 missing, according to a declaration of the military council cited by various media.
Despite the growing need to intensify the rescue work in Myanmar, the spiral of violence did not stop in the country, one of the poorest in Asia. “We ask all the ethnic groups and the citizens who actively collaborate with the nug and revolutionary forces in the supply of global rescue aid and relief to the victims of the earthquake,” he asked for the opposition to the military council in a declaration in which this newspaper had access. This organization declares the legitimate authority of Myanmar in the semi -vita.
The United Nations warned this morning that the serious deficiency of medical supplies hinders the response to the catastrophe, but Rodehaver took a further step forward. He explains that the military “have long been the main obstacle to humanitarian assistance and access to the affected areas”. His words are in line with those of the United Nations supervisor for Myanmar, Thomas Andrews, who had already warned that the general regime of Min Conit Hlaing, in particular that a stopping mandate of the International Criminal Court weighs – uses humanitarian aid as “weapons”, preventing him from reaching the areas controlled by the opposition. Andrews asked to channel him through ethnic organizations and groups of civil society.
The ancient Burma (about 54 million inhabitants) immersed in the deepest political, economic and social chaos From 2021 Couop d’tt. That February 1st, Tatmadaw overturned the government chosen to the polls and concluded ten years of democratic transition led by the Nobel Peace Prize of 1991, 1991, Aung San Suu Kyiwho continues to stop since then –Now, under the domestic arrest– In the first months following the streets, the roads were full of demonstrators who asked for their release. However, The brutal repression Unleashed by the military council against the opposition, it caused a spiral of violence which, moreover, exacerbated a conflict between Tatmadaw and the ethnic minorities wars that date back to several decades over time.
Currently, about half of the territory is In the hands of a mosaic of opposing groups to the military councilWhile Tatmadaw has strengthened his presence in large cities. The United Nations estimated before the earthquake that the conflict had left almost 20 million people without food or refuge.
After the unusual request for help from the international community made by Min Aung Hlaing on Friday, some citizens cited by independent means waited for a respite to the civil war. But that’s not the case. NUG Sources have ensured this newspaper that on Saturday afternoon aerial of the military council continued the attacks in the state of Shan and in the Sagaing region, both affected by the earthquake.
The little official information that leave the contrasts of Myanmar with the data provided by Thailand on the consequences of the earthquake in its territory. The strong shock reached Bangkok, the capital, more than 1,000 kilometers away. There all the attention is put in the operation to save the 15 people who are believed to continue in life trapped under the rubble of a skyscraper that was under construction and that collapsed like a castle of cards at the time of the shock. The rescue teams hurry up to the efforts for counterproats, while the 72 -hour critical window is exhausted to find the survivors. This Sunday, the metropolitan government confirmed the death of 18 people in the city. Most of the victims (11) were workers who worked in the construction of the aforementioned property of 33 plants. The authorities opened an investigation into the collapse. According to the last official figure, there are also 33 injured and 78 missing.
But from Myanmar, a nation that has been practically isolated from the world since it was tested, the information comes to Droppers. However, on Saturday they allowed the entry of hundreds of foreign rescuers. The United Nations (OCHA) humanitarian coordination office warns that the operations have been hindered by enormous damage to the roads and infrastructures.
“Even if we are still knowing the total scope of the damage, most of us have never seen a destruction of this caliber. There is a very high level of stress and anxiety, since many people try to identify their relatives as they propagate the misinformation in social networks,” says Haider Yaqub, director of the international plan of Myanmar, who is currently in Yangon.
“The damage to the highway that connects Yangon, Naipyidó and Mandalay caused interruptions of the service, with cracks and irregularities on the road that forced to suspend the bus operations,” said Ochha in a note. This agency also confirmed that the hospitals in the center and in the north -ovest of Myanmar (the most affected area after the earthquake) have difficulty participating in the flood of wounded.
Federica Franco, director of the Mission of Medici without borders in the country, has also said that the situation is “very complicated” for the rescue teams because “there are important communication cuts”. The United Nations speaker for Myanmar, Tom Andrews, warned that the minute minute Hlaing minute regime – on the one who weighs a stopping mandate of the International Criminal Court – uses help as “weapon” and asked to channel him through democratic opposition and rebellious groups.
A team of Chinese rescuers is already in the Burmese territory. Russia, Malaysia and Singapore also sent planes loaded with supplies and staff and from India they left several ships with 40 tons of humanitarian aid. In addition, today 17 OCHA trucks are expected to arrive with medical and refuge supplies to face the current lack of medicines, anesthetics and emergency blood reserves.
The satellite images published by Maxar Technologies revealed the level of destruction in sagaing, 16 kilometers from the epicenter and Mandalay, the second largest city in the country, already 17.2 kilometers of the earthquake nucleus. It is in the latter that the devastations of the tragedy will be expected will be greater. The photos, captured on Saturday, show damage to pagodas, temples and residential buildings, in addition to the Sagaing bridge, which collapsed on the IRRAWDDdy river. The nug indicated in an initial evaluation that at least 2,900 buildings, 30 roads and seven bridges have suffered damage.
For the second consecutive night, thousands of people slept outdoors in different parts of the nation, fearing another tremor. The doctors of one of the main hospitals in the capital, Naipyidó, were also forced to take care of their patients on the street, collect the BBC regional service.
A projection of the United States geological service (USGS) estimates that the death taught could exceed 10,000 and that material losses could exceed the country’s annual economic production. Kyi Minn, director of the world vision of the NGO Myanmar, estimates that “will have reconstructed some of the most affected areas.
