The civil war in Myanmar continues despite the high fire after the earthquake

One of the most famous landmarks in the Mandalay region, Monastery of Maha Oghayay BonzanKnown as the Monastery of Li Nou, he was completely ruined. The building collapsed, over 200 years, during 7.7 earthquake on the Richter scale.

After a week of earthquake, attention focuses on the growing humanitarian crisis. The official number of death The natural disaster in Myanmar exceeds 3,300 people.

Rescue teams continue Looking for bodies Among the rubble, but attention focuses more and more to help the survivors and respond to the catastrophe. Before the earthquake, it was calculated that the country was 20 million people in need And three million displaced people due to Years of civil war.

The army hinders the rescue work due to the civil war

On Friday, the Deputy Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Tom Fletcher, traveled to Myanmar. According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, the Myanmar Council carried out At least 61 attacks from the earthquakeand Despite the high fire announced after the disaster.

In a press conference, UNHCR spokeswoman Ravenna Shamdasani said that the army launched 16 operations A high temporary fire He announced on April 2, adding that the board of directors also continued to use it, even among those that reached the affected areas to carry out the rescue work.

The spokesman confirmed that despite the disaster, the army continues Restriction of movement in affected areas Through the earthquake, which hinders the delivery of humanitarian aid to those in need.

Part of the disaster area in the hands of the rebels

Volcker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, is described as Catastrophic In the affected areas in a statement, it confirms that the conditions increase their exacerbation due to the suspension of communications, including Internet service, by the Council.

The High Commissioner urged the parties that faced Respect high temporary fire It was announced due to the earthquake and the immediate arrival and without the obstacles of human workers to the disaster affected areas.

In Myanmar, After the military coup 2021There have been many armed uprisings against the council, and since then, the increasingly organized armed groups, which were recruited among the various ethnic minorities, have been organized on many areas, including most of the epic area, which was affected by the earthquake.