According to a statement by the Burmese Women’s Union (BWU), 30 women were killed and 17 were arrested by the military junta during February 2024.
The 30 women were reportedly killed due to the junta’s aerial bombardment, shooting heavy weapons, torture, and arson to death.
“When they (junta) came to arrest me, they came with more than 60 troops even though they arrested an unarmed girl. At that time, I was not at home, so they arrested my younger sister who is my cousin. When they arrested women, the conversation inside the interrogation was violent and degrading. I heard they (junta) beat and tortured other women and faked their faces,” an elder sister of a woman arrested by the junta troops told MPA.
In addition, the BWU statement reported that there were 17 women arrested by the junta troops during February _ 6 women in Yangon Region, 5 women in Mandalay Region, 5 women in Tanintharyi Region, and a woman in Shan State.
“Furthermore, I heard they (junta) molested and raped young girls, LGBTQ+ people during the interrogation. My younger sister was arrested and detained for 3 months for no reason and was released. But they (junta) still call phone to home and watch her,” she said.
Most of the arrested women were reportedly arrested and detained under the pretext of accusation of sharing and writing false information on social networks, the news of arson and killing on two men of Myauk Kin Yan, being members of the PDFs, and joining Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM).
“The Burmese army which has not risen to the level of the savages of the ancient era, will not be reluctant to kill even a newborn child if they wish, so there is nothing special to say because I believe 100 percent,” said a young man living in Yangon.
Regarding the 30 women who were killed, the Sagaing Region has the highest number of female deaths with 15, and the Bago Region has the second highest number of female deaths with 6, according to the report of the Burmese Women’s Union.
From 2021 February 1 of military coup to 2024 February 28, there were 806 women killed in the junta’s airstrikes and heavy artillery shooting targeting civilians, there are still 3,332 women detained, and among them, 781 women have been sentenced.





