A report published by a team of United Nations investigators points to a dramatic increase in war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Myanmar's military
Bin village of the Mingin Township in Myanmar's Sagaing region was set ablaze by the Myanmar military, according to villagers, February 3, 2022. / Photo: Reuters Archive
War crimes committed by Myanmar's military, including the bombing of civilians, have become"increasingly frequent and brazen", a team of United Nations investigators have said in aThe report published on Tuesday by the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar , which covered the period between July 2022 and June 2023, said there was"strong evidence that the Myanmar military and its affiliate militias have committed three types of combat-related war crimes with...
These crimes include the indiscriminate or disproportionate targeting of civilians using bombs and the burning of civilian homes and buildings, resulting at times in the destruction of entire villages, it said.
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