Myanmar Families Hold Funerals for Victims Killed in Protests against Military Junta

"We call on the military to stop killing and detaining protesters," the office's spokeswoman, Ravina Shamdasani, said in Geneva.

Strikes spike food prices

A civil disobedience campaign of strikes is paralyzing large parts of the economy and could undermine the ability of poor families to feed themselves, the UN World Food Program (WFP) warned.

The WFP said the price of rice was up as much as 35 percent in parts of the north and prices of cooking oil and pulses were also higher, while the cost of fuel had risen by 15 percent since February 1.

"These rising food and fuel prices are compounded by the near paralysis of the banking sector, slowdowns in remittances, and widespread limits on cash availability," the WFP said.

The army took power after its accusations of fraud in a November 8 election won by Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) was rejected by the electoral commission.

Reuters