







These young men were kicked in the head and back.

Another man in uniform uses a stick to beat the young men.









This group of young men were also abused by KNU security forces.

This video has been making the rounds on social media in Burma for the past week. Because of the nature of the footage, FRANCE 24 chose to share only screengrabs in which the victims’ faces have been blurred.The video shows four young men, handcuffed and sitting on the ground. They are surrounded by men wearing military fatigues and khaki uniforms. One of the uniformed men starts kicking one of the young prisoners, first in the back and then in the head. He then does the same thing to the next man. While hitting them, he asks: “What came over you? Why were you arguing? Why were you fighting? What’s the problem? How dare you?”Then another uniformed man starts hitting the young men. This time he uses a stick to beat their arms and hands. “Do you want to fight each other? Go on, start hitting each other!” he says.Then, the camera moves to show four other young men, who are also sitting on the ground, tied to one another. The men in uniform also beat them with the stick, cracking down on their hands, arms and backs and, in one case, a man’s shin. You can hear one of the young men sobbing.