Myanmar Junta violence and responsibility to protect last week, one of the most graphic images of the military-led violence in Myanmar flashed across the globe digitally. Share Via Email | A+A A- Anti-coup protesters gather with makeshift shields, helmets and face masks during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar. (Photo | AP) last week, one of the most graphic images of the military-led violence in Myanmar flashed across the globe digitally. On March 8, a day celebrated as International Women’s Day, came a photo of a Catholic nun on her knees in front of security forces pleading to ensure that the youth hiding within the Church were not killed. It was the most poignant image of the gruesome violence that has been ensuing for the past few weeks in Myanmar, even as the international community had rhetorically pushed its repeated line on the return to “normalcy” and “urging all conflicting parties to show restraint”. In one of the most brutal crackdowns since the military coup that brought the tatmadaw back into power on 1 February 2021, the attack on the youth hiding within the Myitkyina’s St Columban’s Cathedral in Kachin state was by far the most chilling reminder of where Myanmar may be headed if the world watches silently.