The #Myanmar junta has lost entire swathes of #Burma territory.

The Burmese online newspaper #Irrawady details the practices of the junta: the military arbitrarily arrest civilians and then use them as human shields, particularly in #Kachin State. The purpose is to advance through the countryside, to protect regular soldiers from rebel fire and to avoid mines hidden in the ground.

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-makes-mass-arrest-of-human-shields-in-kachin-state.html #stateViolence #mountain #minorities #oilAndGas #China