Daily Briefing in Relation to the Military Coup

Updated 16 March 2022   

According to AAPP documentation, at least (440) houses and buildings have been sealed off by the Junta since the 2021 coup up until February 2022.

As of March 16, 2022, (1677) people are now confirmed killed by this junta coup. AAPP compiled and documented (1) fallen hero today. This (1) fallen hero from Ayadaw Township in Sagaing Region was killed on previous days and documented today. This is the number verified by AAPP. The actual number of fatalities is likely much higher. We will continue adding as and when.      

As of March 16, 2022, a total of (9705) people are currently under detention. (844) people have been sentenced in person, of them 45 have been sentenced to death (incl. 2 children). 1973 are evading arrest warrants. 118 people have been sentenced in absentia, of them 39 sentenced to death in absentia. In total 84 sentenced to death, in person and absentia. The exact identities and total figure remains to be verified, but we will continue to confirm the recently released.    

On March 11, a former chairman of the Letpadan Student Union, named Aung Kaday Soe, and a reporter of the Bago Weekly Journal, named Nyein Chan Wai, were sentenced to 8 years and 3 months imprisonment under Section 124 of the Penal Code by the court in Thayarwady Prison in Bago Region. They had already been sentenced to 3 years imprisonment under Section 505(a) of the Penal Code. 

On March 14, at around 2:30pm, U Pyinnyar Zawta, a monk from Anout monastery of Makyeekone Gyi Village in Magway Region’s Myothit Township was arrested by the military, notified by junta informers. 

AAPP will continue to inform on verified daily arrests, charges, sentences and fatalities in relation to the attempted coup, and update the lists with details of these alleged offenses. If you receive any information about detentions of, or charges against, CSO leaders, activists, journalists, CDM workers, other civilians and fallen heroes in relation to the military and police crackdown on dissent, please submit to the following addresses: fatality-data@aappb.org  detention-data@aappb.org 

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