Burmese people wore “anti-Communist silencing the UN” masks on May 5.
Myanmar’s military government has killed at least 568 people since its coup d’état in February, but the Chinese Communist Party has blocked international sanctions against the junta at the United Nations, sparking discontent among Burmese people who marched in Yangon on March 5 wearing masks against the “silencing” of the UN by the Chinese Communist Party to call for international attention to Myanmar issues.
At a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council on March 31, UN Special Envoy to Burma Christine Schraner Burgener called on the UN to consider all available means and take collective action to avoid further deterioration of the situation in Burma. However, Zhang Jun, the Chinese Communist Party’s representative to the UN, made it clear once again that the Chinese Communist Party does not support the imposition of sanctions on Burma, saying that they would only intensify conflicts and confrontations. This has sparked discontent among the Burmese people against the CCP.
At around 3:30 p.m. on the 5th, many people took to the streets again in Yangon, Burma’s largest city, waving banners calling for the restoration of democracy, and some wore masks against the UN being “silenced” by the Chinese Communist Party in protest of the Communist Party’s support for the military coup and its repeated obstruction of the UN’s condemnation of the coup and imposition of sanctions at the UN Security Council.
According to a Twitter image, the mask features the UN logo and a bloody hand of the Chinese Communist Party’s five-star red flag over the mouth, with “tears of blood” under the eyes to show that the people of Burma are shedding tears of blood because the UN has been silenced by the Chinese Communist Party.
Mask strike to reject military coup. Masks express the condition of UN Security Council with the veto of China for Myanmar. The law of the Jungle influence all over the world. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #April4Coup #InternetShutdown pic.twitter.com/ leYCQGtKeW
- hlwan oo (@lwankhat) April 4, 2021
The Twitterati also said the mask was worn to express the Communist Party’s repeated opposition to the UN reaching out to Myanmar at the UN Security Council.
According to a report received by the UN human rights office, at least 568 people, including 47 children, have been killed in Burma since the Feb. 1 coup. The report also concluded that the actual death toll could be much higher.
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