70 killed in Myanmar crackdown on anti-coup protesters: U.N. expert

At least 70 people have been killed in the crackdown on anti-coup protesters by Myanmar security forces since the military took control of the country last month, a U.N. expert on human rights in the Southeast Asian country said Thursday."Credible reports indicate that, as of today, Myanmar security forces have murdered at least 70 people," Thomas Andrews said at a session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva."The junta is detaining dozens, sometimes hundreds, every day," he said. "The total number of arbitrary arrests and detentions since 1 February had risen beyond 2,000, and the vi…READ FULL ARTICLE