Human rights situation in Myanmar, including the situation of religious and ethnic groups

Reference RC-B9-0502/2021

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How the groups voted

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The Left39

29010074%

S&D146

140006100%

Greens/EFA73

6800

The European Parliament adopted by 647 votes to 2, with 31 abstentions, a resolution on the human rights situation in Myanmar, including the situation of religious and ethnic groups.The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA and ECR groups.As a reminder, on 1 February 2021, the military of Myanmar, known as the Tatmadaw, in a clear violation of the constitution of Myanmar, arrested President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as leading members of the government, seized power over the legislative, judicial and executive branches of the government by means of a coup d’état, and declared a one-year state of emergency. In August 2021, the commander-in-chief, Min Aung Hlaing, announced that…