Daily Briefing in Relation to the Military Coup

Updated 20 October 2022   

According to AAPP documentation, at least (780) houses and buildings have been sealed off by the junta between February 2021 and September 2022.  

Since the February 1, 2021, military coup and the emergence of the Spring Revolution, a total of (2376) people, pro-democracy activists and other civilians have been killed through military crackdown following pro-democracy movements.             

Since the coup, a total of (12705) people are currently under detention, (1589) of which are serving sentences. There are a total of (84) post-coup death row prisoners as of October 20, 2022. (121) people have been sentenced in absentia, of whom (42) have been sentenced to death. This makes a total of (126) who have been sentenced to death. (22) people have been released on bail and (3179) people have already been released. These are the numbers verified by AAPP. The actual numbers are likely much higher. We will continue to update accordingly. 

On October 19 at around 3 pm, kindergartens 6-year-old Henry Bawi Za Lian and 7-year-old James Siang Za Uk, were killed by a junta artillery shell and another child was injured. The children were hit whilst returning home from school at Buanlung Khua Village in Hakha Township, Chin State.

On October 19 at around 10 am, Nyunt Nyunt and a six-month pregnant woman named Soe Soe, were killed by a junta airstrike near Pyar O Tan Village. The pair were living in Nown Tan Village in Yinmarbin Township, Sagaing Region. They were running away from the junta when the junta launched an airstrike near Yin Paung Taing Village.

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 

Interactive sub-domain for AAPP data: https://coup.aappb.org/ 

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Killed – bit.ly/3taCmp3

Total Arrested – bit.ly/3t7IE90

Still Detained – bit.ly/3m3Z8Lm

Released – bit.ly/3MbC3kd

Death Penalty in Detention – https://bit.ly/3BmDPO0 

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