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A total of 1,132 women have been killed and 5,649 arrested by the Myanmar military junta since the February 2021 coup, according to a new report by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
The AAPP said it collected the data between the start of the coup and the end of August this year. But the figures reflect only cases that could be verified by the rights group and the actual number of victims is probably much higher, it added.
Ever since the military ousted the elected civilian government of the National League for Democracy (NLD), women across the country have taken the lead in an anti-military protest. Although many were killed, arrested, tortured and subjected to sexual violence, women...