OPINION - Myanmar gov't doggedly continues with its genocide denial

Sub-title: 

'Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her partners in crimes should know that denial is a part of genocide'

Description: 

"After having co-presided with the visiting Chinese president Xi Jinping over the signing of 33 agreements, including bilateral trade deals, Memorandums of Understanding, strategic partnership agreements, and technical cooperation, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was all smile again this Monday. On the official website of Myanmar's Independent Commission of Enquiry, smiley Ms Suu Kyi was seen posing for cameras as the former Deputy Foreign Minister of the Philippines Ms Rosario Manalo presented her with the final report of the Myanmar-established Independent Commission of Enquiry which the Philippines diplomat chaired. The Free Rohingya Coalition, an international network of Rohingya refugee activists and their supporters, issued a statement, refuting the findings of the commission that there is “no” or “insufficient” evidence to establish the genocidal intent behind Myanmar’s destruction of the Rohingya community in Rakhine state and the mass deportations of estimated 800,000 Rohingya into Bangladesh in 2016-2017..."

Creator/author: 

Maung Zarni

Source/publisher: 

"Anadolu Agency" (Ankara)

Date of Publication: 

2020-01-21

Date of entry: 

2020-01-22

Grouping: 

  • Individual Documents

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Countries: 

Myanmar, Bangladesh

Language: 

English

Resource Type: 

text

Text quality: 

    • Good