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Rights groups call on Total to suspend payments in Myanmar operations
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PARIS (Reuters) - Total faced calls from rights groups on Tuesday to suspend payments on operations in Myanmar following a coup, after the oil group said it was worried about the situation while also highlighting the importance of its business there.
FILE PHOTO: The logo of French oil and gas company Total is seen in Rueil-Malmaison, near Paris, France, March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
The French company, which has been in Myanmar since 1992, operates at the Yadana and Sein offshore fields, which supply Myanmar’s domestic market via a pipeline built by national company Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE).
“Total is worried about the situation and hopes for a peaceful solution,” Total said in a statement on Twitter on Monday, responding to a news article about its involvement in Myanmar.
“Total condemns violations of fundamental rights wherever they take place and will be aligned with any decisions on sanctions. As a reminder, Yadana supplies half of the electricity in Yangon.”
The military ousted the elected government of veteran democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1, detaining her and cracking down on protests that followed. More than 180 people have been killed.
The U.N. human rights investigator has called for coordinated international sanctions on MOGE, the country’s state energy firm.
Companies such as France’s Total and U.S.-based Chevron have worked for decades with MOGE, which, according to the U.N. investigator “is now controlled by the military junta and represents the single largest source of revenue to the state”.
Total’s statement sparked a response from Justice for Myanmar, an activist group, which said Total “should match words with action by suspending all payments to the illegal military junta”.
Other social media users also responded, including some in Myanmar who said they would prefer electricity to be cut off.
Australia’s Woodside Petroleum said last month it was cutting its presence in Myanmar amid concern over the violence by security forces against protesters demonstrating against the coup.
People clash with security forces as they continue to protest against the military coup and detention of elected government members in Hlaing Tharyar, Yangon
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night time protest in Hledan junction Yangon 14 March
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国民に結束を呼びかけ
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国軍によるクーデターでは、政権与党だった国民民主連盟（NLD)の指導者アウンサンスーチー氏など、同党幹部らを拘束。NLDが大勝した昨秋の総選挙で大規模な不正があったことを、政権転覆の理由にしている。
常に子供や若者は安全を感じる必要があります。ユニセフはパートナーと協力して、さまざまな地域の言語で運営されているカウンセリングヘルプラインや治安部隊によって恣意的に拘束されている子供たちへの法律扶助サービスを通じて、子供たち、親、介護者、子供たちへのサービスプロバイダーに心理社会的サポートを提供しています。
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UNICEF condemns killings and arbitrary detentions of children by security forces during ongoing crisis in Myanmar
At least five children reportedly killed, four severely wounded and 500 arbitrarily detained since protests began last month
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BANGKOK, 4 March 2021 ? As the crisis in Myanmar escalates, the number of children killed, wounded or arbitrarily detained by security forces continues to grow. As of 3 March, at least five children and multiple young people and adults have reportedly been killed; at least four children have been severely wounded.
In addition to those killed or seriously wounded, many children are being exposed to harm from tear gas and stun grenades, and are witnessing horrific scenes of violence, in some cases directed against parents or family members, putting them at risk of severe psychosocial distress.
Arbitrary arrests and detentions of protestors, including children, are continuing to occur. UNICEF’s partners estimate that more than 500 children have been arbitrarily detained. Many of those arrested or detained are being held incommunicado, without access to legal counsel, in violation of their human rights.
UNICEF condemns in the strongest possible terms the use of force against children, including the use of live ammunition, and the arbitrary detention of children, and calls on security forces to immediately refrain from violence and to keep children and young people out of harm’s way.
UNICEF calls on all actors to uphold the best interests of the child, one of the core principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), as a primary consideration. UNICEF reminds all actors of the obligation to uphold all children’s rights as enshrined in the CRC, and the Myanmar Child Rights Law enacted in 2019.
Our thoughts go to the families of the victims and to all children impacted by the current crisis.
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Notes to Editors
At all times, children and young people should feel safe. Together with its partners, UNICEF is providing psychosocial support to children, parents, caregivers, and service providers to children through a counselling helpline, that operates in different local languages, and legal aid services for children arbitrarily detained by security forces.
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