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U.N. investigators trace Myanmar atrocities from attacks to suppliers

Annual report documents deliberate airstrikes, mass detention and torture as evidence builds for prosecutions.

Myanmar security forces have arrested approximately 30,870 people since the Feb. 2021 coup, according to U.N. investigators.
Myanmar security forces have arrested approximately 30,870 people since the Feb. 2021 coup, according to U.N. investigators. (Ajay Karpur/Unsplash)

GENEVA (AN) — United Nations investigators are examining whether people outside Myanmar who provide weapons and other material used in atrocities could face prosecution in foreign courts, as evidence is built tracing attacks on civilians through the military’s command structure.

Nicholas Koumjian, head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, said on Tuesday that investigators have begun discussions with judicial authorities in several countries over potential cases involving people who provide the means for crimes committed inside Myanmar.

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