The Burmese military junta issued a “special command” authorizing the deployment of troops in civilian-populated cities, and the use of snipers to intimidate and kill civilians, according to a report released on March 24.
The report, published by human rights group Fortify Rights and Yale Law School’s Schell Center, stated that senior general Min Aung Hlaing had created the special command the day after the military coup that ousted elected Aung San Suu Kyi in February last year.
