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UN report finds 5,350 civilians have been killed by the military since the coup in February 2021.

Myanmar’s military regime has stepped up killings and arrests in an apparent bid to silence opponents with tens of thousands of people arrested since the coup more than three years ago, a United Nations report has found.

The military seized power in February 2021, removing the elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi and triggering nationwide street protests that it violently crushed.

The protest movement has since turned into a widening armed rebellion, and fighting is continuing on multiple fronts. The military introduced conscription in February to try and boost its ranks.

On Tuesday, a report issued by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, said 5,350 civilians had been killed by the military since the coup. The report was based partly on remote interviews with hundreds of victims and witnesses because investigators were denied access to the country.

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