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Put away violence and oppression, and do what is just and right.
Ezekiel 45:9
The Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting online on 12-16 May 2025, lifts up the suffering of the people, churches and other faith communities of Myanmar for prayers, solidarity, advocacy and action.
While we have been meeting, funerals have been held in Myanmar for almost two dozen students and teachers reportedly killed in an airstrike on a local school by the military junta’s forces on 12 May. This attack on Ohe Htein Twin village, in Sagaing region’s township of Tabayin, is also reported to have left as many as another one hundred people wounded.
This incident is emblematic of the impact of military rule on people and communities throughout Myanmar since the military coup of 1 February 2021, compounded in late March by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake which caused many deaths and widespread destruction.
Afflicted both by natural disasters and the brutality of the ruling military, the people and churches of Myanmar cry out for compassion and help. The Executive Committee urges all WCC member churches and partners to pray and act for peace, justice and democracy in Myanmar, and for support for its people and churches.