More than 260 local and international organizations sent an open letter to the United Nations Security Council on February 24 urging it to send a delegation to Myanmar as quickly as possible and calling for its intervention to stop violence against the peaceful protestors, avoid further casualties and release those unfairly arrested. 

The letter sent 263 organizations pointed out the police violent crackdown on the protestors at Yadanarbon shipyard in Mandalay on February 20, the February 9 incident in Nay Pyi Taw in which 19-year-old Mya Thwe Thwe Khaing was shot in the head and died, another violent crackdown on the protestors in Myitkyina of Kachin State, public casualties and beating, arresting and threatening reporters. 

It also highlighted internet blackouts from 1am to 9 am since February 14 and adoption of stricter laws and restrictions in relation to cyber security.

The letter then quoted the record of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) as saying that nightly arrests are being made on the civil servants participating in the civil disobedience movement and that 684 people have been arrested, charged or punished since the military coup on February 1. 

The organizations also expressed their concern over lack of human security in Myanmar due to arson attacks and other violent criminal acts being committed by thugs in communities after over 23,000 prisoners were released on 12 February. 

They stressed the urgent need to have the support of the UNSC while continuing to go against the coup and peacefully protest and resist further violence. 

The letter called for the UNSC to send a delegation quickly to intervene in Myanmar's issue.