The United Nations is warning Burma is “plumbing the depths of a human rights abyss,” as the military regime intensifies the killings and arbitrary arrests of tens of thousands of civilians since seizing power in a coup over three years ago. The gruesome findings were part of a new report by the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights which detailed that many of those detained by the Burmese military are children taken from their parents; dozens of those children have died in custody. This is U.N. rights office spokesperson Liz Throssell.

Liz Throssell: “Since the coup on the 1st of February, 2021, at least 5,350 civilians have been killed, more than 3.3 million displaced, and over half the population are living below the poverty line, primarily due to military violence.”