JS: And Luis Sinco was embedded with a marine company in very heavy fighting, and took the picture of a marine, he didn’t know his name at the time, but his name was James Blake Miller, twenty years old, from a coal-mining town in Kentucky. Julian Stallabrass: So this must be at the second battle for Fallujah, right? Iain Boal: Let’s start with the image of the “Marlboro Marine” by the photojournalist Luis Sinco, who was on assignment in Iraq for the Los Angeles Times. James Blake Miller (Marlboro Marine) © Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times She called for all armed forces to protect civilians and said the use of air strikes and artillery in residential areas must cease immediately.Marine Lance Cpl. The former Chilean president urged all parties - but especially the military - to allow unrestricted access to humanitarian aid, and called for the immediate release of all political prisoners.
The international community must redouble its efforts to restore democracy and prevent wider conflict before it is too late."īachelet said more than 1,100 people had now reportedly died at the hands of the security forces since the coup, while over 8,000 others, including children, had been arrested and more than 4,700 still in detention. "The national consequences are terrible and tragic - the regional consequences could also be profound. "Myanmar's stability and path to democracy and prosperity have been sacrificed over these last months to advance the ambitions of a privileged and entrenched military elite," she said. "These disturbing trends suggest the alarming possibility of an escalating civil war," she said.īachelet urged countries to support a political process that would engage all parties, saying the ASEAN regional bloc and influential powers should use incentives and disincentives "to reverse the military coup and desperate spiral of violence".
"Conflict, poverty and the effects of the pandemic are sharply increasing, and the country faces a vortex of repression, violence and economic collapse," she said.įaced with the "overwhelming repression of fundamental rights", the armed resistance movement was growing. Myanmar has been in turmoil since Aung San Suu Kyi's government was ousted by the military in February, sparking a nationwide uprising that the junta has tried to crush.Īttacks on troops have increased since lawmakers ousted by the generals called for a "people's defensive war" earlier this month.īachelet said the human rights situation had deteriorated significantly as the effects of the coup "devastate lives and hopes across the country". Michelle Bachelet told the United Nations Human Rights Council that time was running out for other countries to step up efforts to restore democracy and prevent a broader conflict.
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