Daily Briefing in Relation to the Military Coup

Updated 14 November 2022   

According to AAPP documentation, at least (786) houses and buildings have been sealed off by the junta between February 2021 and October 2022.  

Since the February 1, 2021, military coup and the emergence of the Spring Revolution, a total of (2451) people, pro-democracy activists and other civilians have been killed through military crackdowns following pro-democracy movements.             

Since the coup, a total of (12964) people are currently under detention, (1646) of whom are serving sentences. There are a total of (86) post-coup death row prisoners as of November 14, 2022. (121) people have been sentenced in absentia, of whom (42) have been sentenced to death. This makes a total of (128) people who have been sentenced to death. (22) people have been released on bail and (3193) 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 11 November at around 9:00 am, Aye Soe Thein and Kyar Chay, from Di Par Yone village, Ponnagyun Township in Rakhine State, returned from releasing cows outside the village. When they were returning, an artillery shell exploded close to them, fired by Ponnagyun based Battalion 550. Aye Soe Thien died as a result of the explosion, having been fatally injured in the head. Kyar Chay was further seriously injured, having broken his collarbone and dislocated his right hip, and died on the way to the hospital.

On November 5, at around 5 in the evening, Hein Min Kyaw was arrested by the armed wing of the junta while he was using a phone at the entrance of Bodar village. Hein Min Kyaw was a worker from Yuzana palm oil factory in Bodar village, Bokpyin township in Tanintharyi Region. On November 9, Hein Min Kyaw’s body was found shot in the head near Bodar village. Two phones, a gold ring, and some money were on his person when he was arrested, and the soldiers had taken them all. 

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

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