Genocide
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"Wary of international interference, Myanmar insisted Saturday it wants Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled to neighboring Bangladesh repatriated to their former homes so they can live in a “more conducive environment” than the one they left. But it said such a relocation must take place under controlled conditions.
Kyaw Tint Swe, Myanmar’s minister for the office of the state counselor, said in his nation’s address at the U.N. General Assembly that Myanmar is working with Bangladesh and the United Nations to find “long-term and practical solutions” to bring home some of the more than 740,000 Rohingya in the country’s Rakhine state, which borders Bangladesh.
“We fully share the concern of the international community over the violence that affects communities in Rakhine,” Kyaw Tint Swe said. “Our priority now is to expedite repatriation and to create a more conducive environment for verified returnees.”
He also warned of “destructive movements in the camps aimed at preventing repatriation.”
Myanmar’s military began a harsh counterinsurgency campaign against Rohingya Muslims in August 2017 in response to an insurgent attack. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled what has been called an ethnic cleansing campaign involving mass rapes, killings and burning of their homes. Many of them are residing in camps in and around Cox’s Bazar, a Bangladeshi town near the border with Rakhine..."
Source/publisher:
"The Japan News" (Japan)
Date of publication:
2019-09-29
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-30
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Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Discrimination against the Rohingya, Genocide, Internal displacement/forced migration of Rohingyas, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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Sub-title:
Officials frustrated by collapse of refugee repatriation attempt
Description:
"Bangladesh is set to erect barbed-wire fencing, guard towers and cameras around Rohingya camps, the home minister said Thursday citing security concerns, in a move critics said would turn the refugee settlements into prisons.
Dhaka has been growing frustrated with the Rohingya in Bangladesh – who number nearly a million – since the collapse of a recent repatriation attempt to encourage them to return home to Myanmar. The stateless Muslim minority live in large camps in southeastern border towns, with the majority having fled Myanmar’s Rakhine state in August 2017 after a military crackdown.
“There are three large camps. We’ll fence the three camps with barbed wires,” Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan told reporters Wednesday.
“Watch towers and CCTV cameras” would also be set up to monitor activity in the Cox’s Bazar district settlements, he added..."
Source/publisher:
Agence France-Presse (AFP) (France) via "Asia Times" (Hong Kong)
Date of publication:
2019-09-27
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-28
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Discrimination against the Rohingya, Genocide, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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"Myanmar’s government is pushing for the more than 1 million Rohingya refugees currently in Bangladesh to start returning to the country, in an effort to project an image of peace and reconciliation to the outside world. Yet as grim as the situation is for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, where they live in what is now the world’s largest refugee settlement, their prospects back in Myanmar are even worse.
It is little surprise, then, that few if any Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority in Myanmar, have taken up the offer. This is Myanmar’s second attempt at facilitating the repatriation of Rohingya, after an earlier effort failed last November. Bangladesh’s government, which supports repatriation, has been making life harder for Rohingya refugees in the country. In early September, it shut off mobile internet access in refugee camps, a move condemned by human rights groups because it could make it more difficult to deliver humanitarian services.
The Bangladeshi government desperately wants to close the overcrowded camps, fearing major disease outbreaks, but only if Rohingya refugees leave the country and do not integrate into Bangladeshi society. It fears the refugees’ impacts on the job market and social stability..."
Source/publisher:
"World Politics Review (WPR)"
Date of publication:
2019-09-26
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-27
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Discrimination against the Rohingya, Genocide, Internal displacement/forced migration of Rohingyas, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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"The House of Representatives is set to vote on the BURMA Act of 2019 (H.R. 3190) as early as tomorrow, September 24. The legislation has garnered 53 cosponsors in the House, but will need even more support to move forward. The Rohingya are in a more dire situation than ever, with those who remain in Myanmar subjected to ongoing atrocities, while those seeking safe haven as refugees in Bangladesh are being squeezed by Dhaka via a series of rights-effacing restrictions. It’s time for Washington to step up its response to this clear-cut genocide. The Trump Administration must take a much harder line with Myanmar, sending a strong message that the regime cannot get away with such atrocities and hollow sham repatriation attempts. It must also share more of the burden with Bangladesh so as to assuage the country’s mounting frustration with the continued presence and needs of the Rohingya. The BURMA Act provides a solid strategy for meeting both of these objectives by acknowledging the extent of the atrocities perpetrated by the Myanmar military, activating counter-impunity mechanisms like robust sanctions against the top architects of the genocide, and increasing humanitarian assistance to help Bangladesh better manage the response.
As a recap, in August of 2017, a brutal campaign waged by the Myanmar military apparatus, known as the Tatmadaw, triggered a mass exodus of more than 750,000 Rohingya to neighboring Bangladesh — an operation that rights groups, the UN, U.S. elected officials, and even some governments have branded a genocide. It has been two years since the “final solution” against the Rohingya began, but their circumstances have not improved since the horrific crackdown. If anything, they have continued to deteriorate. The Rohingya in the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, have been living in a purgatorial limbo for the past two years — caught between a homeland that yearns for their extermination and a host country that wants them out. The Rohingya are essentially being squeezed by both sides, systematically stripped of their dignity and deprived of their rights with ever-increasing severity..."
Source/publisher:
"Jewish World Watch" (USA)
Date of publication:
2019-09-24
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-24
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Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Discrimination against the Rohingya, Genocide, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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"The European Parliament has called on the UN Security Council to adopt targeted sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations in Myanmar.
It also called on the Council to refer the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court (ICC). So far, the UN Security Council has been divided over any concrete action against Myanmar for opposition of veto powers – China and Russia.
The European Parliament adopted a resolution with 546 votes in favour, 12 against and 94 abstentions on Thursday on “Myanmar, notably the situation of the Rohingya”.
Over 730,000 Rohingyas fled brutal military crackdown in Myanmar’s Rakhine state since August 2017, which according to the UN independent investigators, amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity.
The Rohingyas took shelter in Bangladesh, and two attempts of repatriation failed as the refugees said the guarantee of citizenship and safety was not ensured.
The remaining 600,000 Rohingya in Rakhine still face the threats of genocide, according to the UN investigators.
They are subjected to ongoing discriminatory policies and practices, systematic violations basic rights, while there are tight military controls in place limiting access to aid agencies and media in Rakhine.
On April 29 this year, the EU extended a ban on selling arms to Myanmar and prolonged sanctions against high-ranking officials over their role in the Rohingya crisis.
The embargo on weapons and other equipment that could be used for repression would stay in place until at least April 30, 2020.
In Thursday’s resolution, Members of European Parliament (MEPs) expressed grave concern about the ongoing and long-lasting conflict and called upon Myanmar government and the security forces to immediately stop the violations..."
Source/publisher:
The Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia) via "Asia News Network" (Thailand)
Date of publication:
2019-09-22
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-23
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Discrimination against the Rohingya, Genocide, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Human rights issues, UN human rights bodies and mechanisms
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"The 600,000 Rohingya remaining inside Myanmar face systematic persecution and live under the threat of genocide, an independent international UN fact-finding mission on Myanmar says in a new report.
“The threat of genocide continues for the remaining Rohingya,” said Marzuki Darusman, chair of the fact-finding mission, recalling that a year ago the mission said it had found “genocidal acts” in Myanmar’s 2017 “clearance operations” that killed thousands and caused more than 740,000 Rohingya to flee for their lives to Bangladesh.
“Myanmar is failing in its obligation to prevent genocide, to investigate genocide and to enact effective legislation criminalising and punishing genocide,” Darusman said.
The report, published on 16 September, was to be presented the following day to the UN Human Rights Council, which created the mission in 2017. It says Myanmar’s ethnic groups have a common – but not identical – experience of marginalisation, discrimination and brutality at the hands of the Myanmar armed forces, the Tatmadaw..."
Source/publisher:
"ALIRAN"
Date of publication:
2019-09-23
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-23
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Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Discrimination against the Rohingya, Genocide, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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Topic:
Rohingya Muslims, Rakhine State, Genocide, Humanitarian Crisis, Citizenship.
Topic:
Rohingya Muslims, Rakhine State, Genocide, Humanitarian Crisis, Citizenship.
Description:
"Considerable historical evidence affirms that the Rohingya Muslims
are indigenous inhabitants and rightful citizens of Myanmar, who
have been living in Rakhine State not for decades, but for
centuries. The Myanmar government has been systematically
eradicating the Rohingya people due to their Islamic religious
identity. This analysis finds that the ongoing persecution on
Rohingya Muslims is a manifestation of a classical model of ethnic
cleansing. The disasters experienced in Rakhine State present a
complete evidence of systematic, widespread and prolific human
rights violations, including heinous crimes against humanity. This
article presents an academic perspective on repeated incidents,
based on authentic proofs to international community of ethnic
cleansing committed by the Myanmar army. This research has been
carried out through various types of sources, such as recent and
previously published books, articles, local and international
newspapers, TV channels, magazines, documentaries, human rights
organizations’ reports, and eye-witness accounts of the victims.
Finally, it provides suggestions to resolve the rising problems, which
may bring a permanent solution to the long-lasting humanitarian
crisis in Rakhine State..."
Source/publisher:
"Academia.edu" (USA) via "AL-SHAJARAH" (Malaysia)
Date of publication:
2018-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-22
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Discrimination against the Rohingya, Genocide, Internal displacement/forced migration of Rohingyas, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, The rights of non-citizens, Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to nationality, citizenship and immigration (commentary)
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Arakan, Rakhine state, ethnonationalism, Rohingya, Burma, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan, state oppression, refugees
Topic:
Arakan, Rakhine state, ethnonationalism, Rohingya, Burma, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan, state oppression, refugees
Description:
"The name Rohingya denotes an ethnoreligious identity of Muslims in North Rakhine
State, Myanmar (formerly Burma). The term became part of public discourse in the late
1950s and spread widely following reports on human rights violations against Muslims in
North Rakhine State during the 1990s, and again after 2012. Claims for regional Muslim
autonomy emerged during World War II and led to the rise of a Rohingya ethnonationalist
movement that drew on the local Muslim imaginaire, as well as regional history and
archaeology. To explore the historical roots of distinctive identity claims and highlight
Buddhist-Muslim tensions, one must reach back to the role of Muslims in the precolonial
Buddhist kingdom of Arakan and their demographic growth during the colonial period.
Civic exclusion and state harassment under Burma’s authoritarian regimes (1962–2011)
put a premature end to political hopes of ethnic recognition, and yet hastened a process
of shared identity formation, both in the country and among the diaspora. Since the
1970s, refugees and migrants turned to Bangladesh, the Middle East, and Southeast
Asian countries, forming a transnational body of Rohingya communities that reinvented
their lives in various political and cultural contexts. A succession of Rohingya nationalist
organizations—some of whom were armed—had negligible impact but kept the political
struggle alive along the border with Bangladesh. Although Rohingya nationalists failed to
gain recognition among ethnic and religious groups in Burma, they have attracted
increasing international acknowledgment. For postdictatorial Myanmar (after 2011), the
unresolved Rohingya issue became a huge international liability in 2017, when hundreds
of thousands fled to Bangladesh following military operations widely interpreted as ethnic
cleansing. In December 2017, the United Nations’ high commissioner for human rights
acknowledged that elements of genocide may be occurring..."
Source/publisher:
"Academia.edu" (USA) via Oxford Research Encyclopedia (UK)
Date of publication:
2018-05-00
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-22
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Discrimination against the Rohingya, Genocide, Internal displacement/forced migration of Rohingyas, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Statelessness: general studies and reports, Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to nationality, citizenship and immigration (commentary)
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citizenship, colonialism, crisis, identity, Myanmar, Rohingya.
Topic:
citizenship, colonialism, crisis, identity, Myanmar, Rohingya.
Description:
"The people who call themselves Rohingya are the Muslims of Mayu Frontier area,
present-day Buthidaung and Maungdaw Townships of Arakan (Rakhine) State, an
isolated province in the western part of Myanmar across Naaf River as boundary from
Bangladesh (Chan, 2005). For the past three decades, the Rohingya have been seeking to
restore their unrecognised ethnic identity, for any ethnic group has the right to identify
itself or decide what name it should be called. Rohingya identity crisis began when they
were divested from their cultural, national and ethnic identity in 1982, while Cheesman
(2017) argues that 1982 citizenship law did not affect the Rohingya though he mentioned
in the abstract that ‘people who reside in Myanmar but are collectively denied citizenship
– like anyone identifying or identified as Rohingya – pursue claims to be taingyintha so
as to rejoin the community.’
Recently, almost all news channels and agencies, social and human right activists,
journalists etc. have addressed and tackled the Rohingya crisis. Much of the focus was on
the ongoing violence and systematic ethnic cleansing committed by some fanatic
Buddhists and military forces. Thus, this 21st century most outrageous tragedy has nearly
prevailed all social media, depicting the worst discrimination and bloodiest atrocities
ever..."
Source/publisher:
"Academia.edu" (USA)
Date of publication:
2018-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-22
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Discrimination against the Rohingya, Genocide, Internal displacement/forced migration of Rohingyas, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, The rights of non-citizens, Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to nationality, citizenship and immigration (commentary)
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Sub-title:
European Parliament urges UNSC; calls for targeted sanctions
Description:
"The European Parliament has called on the UN Security Council to impose a comprehensive arms embargo on Myanmar and to adopt targeted sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations against the Rohingyas.
It also called on the Council to refer the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court (ICC). So far, the UN Security Council has been divided over any concrete action against Myanmar for opposition of veto powers -- China and Russia.
The European Parliament adopted a resolution with 546 votes in favour, 12 against and 94 abstentions on Thursday on “Myanmar, notably the situation of the Rohingya”.
Over 730,000 Rohingyas fled brutal military crackdown in Myanmar’s Rakhine state since August 2017, which according to the UN independent investigators, amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity. The Rohingyas took shelter in Bangladesh, and two attempts of repatriation failed as the refugees said the guarantee of citizenship and safety was not ensured.
The remaining 600,000 Rohingya in Rakhine still face the threats of genocide, according to the UN investigators. They are subjected to ongoing discriminatory policies and practices, systematic violations basic rights, while there are tight military controls in place limiting access to aid agencies and media in Rakhine..."
Source/publisher:
"The Daily Star" ( Bangladesh)
Date of publication:
2019-09-21
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-21
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Genocide, Discrimination against the Rakhine
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Sub-title:
European Parliament urges UNSC; calls for targeted sanctions
Description:
"The European Parliament has called on the UN Security Council to impose a comprehensive arms embargo on Myanmar and to adopt targeted sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations against the Rohingyas.
It also called on the Council to refer the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court (ICC). So far, the UN Security Council has been divided over any concrete action against Myanmar for opposition of veto powers -- China and Russia.
The European Parliament adopted a resolution with 546 votes in favour, 12 against and 94 abstentions on Thursday on “Myanmar, notably the situation of the Rohingya”.
Over 730,000 Rohingyas fled brutal military crackdown in Myanmar’s Rakhine state since August 2017, which according to the UN independent investigators, amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity. The Rohingyas took shelter in Bangladesh, and two attempts of repatriation failed as the refugees said the guarantee of citizenship and safety was not ensured.
The remaining 600,000 Rohingya in Rakhine still face the threats of genocide, according to the UN investigators. They are subjected to ongoing discriminatory policies and practices, systematic violations basic rights, while there are tight military controls in place limiting access to aid agencies and media in Rakhine..."
Source/publisher:
"The Daily Star" ( Bangladesh)
Date of publication:
2019-09-21
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-21
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Genocide, Discrimination against the Rakhine
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"Members of the European Parliament discussed the situation of the Rohingya in Myanmar at a plenary session in Strasbourg.
Estonian MEP Urmas Paet said in his speech that due to the continued violence of the Myanmarese government and army against the Rohingya, the European Union must make new decisions as to how to put pressure on the state.
"The latest UN fact-finding mission in Myanmar said that some 600,000 Rohingyas remaining in the state are living in fear of a new genocide," Paet said. "The crimes against humanity committed by the Myanmarese army and war crimes against ethnic communities are continuing, and the army and government are enjoying impunity," he noted.
The Estonian MEP said that the Rohingya in Myanmar are being discriminated against and have been deprived of their basic rights.
"They are facing the threat of arbitrary arrest, they have no freedom of movement and only have limited access to healthcare services," he added.
Paet said that some 700,000 Rohingya who have fled to Bangladesh to escape the violence of the Myanmarese army are also facing several problems.
"The Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh is overcrowded. The conditions there are unsanitary and the access to healthcare is limited," he said. "Children lack opportunities for receiving an education and human trafficking is on the rise."
The Estonian MEP said that the European Union and other international organizations must make an effort to gain access to the Myanmarese conflict regions in order to provide aid and monitor the system on the spot. Human rights violations in the state must be investigated in depth and the perpetrators have to be held responsible..."
Source/publisher:
"The Baltic Times" (Latvia)
Date of publication:
2019-09-19
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-20
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Genocide, Discrimination against the Rohingya, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Statements, reports, press briefings and webcasts on Myanmar by fact-finding entities mandated by the Council
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Title: European Parliament adopts resolution urging UNSC to impose full arms embargo against Myanmar
Sub-title:
UNSC urged to refer Myanmar to International Criminal Court
Description:
"The European Parliament passed a resolution yesterday, urging the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to impose a comprehensive arms embargo on Myanmar.
They also urged the UNSC to adopt targeted sanctions against those natural, and legal individuals who appear to be responsible for serious human rights violations.
In a resolution titled “Myanmar, notably the situation of the Rohingya,” the members of European Parliament (MEP) reiterated their strong condemnation of all past and present human rights violations which, according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity, perpetrated by the armed forces of Myanmar against the country’s minority Rohingya population.
They expressed grave concern about the ongoing and long-lasting conflict, and once again urged the Myanmar government, and its security forces to immediately stop the violations.
The resolution also commended the efforts undertaken by the government, and people of Bangladesh to provide refuge, and security to Rohingya refugees. It also urges the Bangladeshi side to fully respect the principle of non-refoulement, and not force Rohingya refugees back into Myanmar, where their lives could be in danger.
The MEPs welcomed the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor to open a preliminary investigation into crimes under the court’s jurisdiction, committed against the Rohingya population since 2016..."
Source/publisher:
"Dhaka Tribune" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication:
2019-09-20
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-20
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Genocide, Discrimination against the Rohingya, Internal displacement/forced migration of Rohingyas, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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MYANMAR, WAR CRIMES, JUSTIC, EGENOCIDE, SHAN STATE, RAKHINE STATE, OHCHR, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, RIGHTS, KAREN STATE, UN FACT-FINDING MISSION, MYANMAR MILITARY, 'FLYING TOMATO', UNHRC
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MYANMAR, WAR CRIMES, JUSTIC, EGENOCIDE, SHAN STATE, RAKHINE STATE, OHCHR, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, RIGHTS, KAREN STATE, UN FACT-FINDING MISSION, MYANMAR MILITARY, 'FLYING TOMATO', UNHRC
Description:
"The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (aka Forum-Asia), Progressive Voice and the Karen Human Rights Group are calling on member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council to take concrete action to ensure justice and accountability for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes perpetrated against ethnic and religious minorities in Myanmar.
We are deeply concerned regarding the escalation in conflict, particularly in Rakhine and Shan states, and are urging the UNHRC to broaden the mandate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar regularly to document and report violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law in that country.
Shan state has observed an escalation in conflict since the factions of the Northern Alliance’s Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), Arakan Army (AA) and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) carried out attacks against the Myanmar military’s Defense Service Technological Academy at Pyin Oo Lwin in Mandalay Region, as well as a toll gate, customs house and police security outpost on August 15. The military was quick to retaliate, with some of the worst fighting observed in Lashio and Kutkai. In Lashio, the military used Buddhist temples to fire shells into villages, resulting in the death of a 52-year-old farmer. In Kutkai, parents and family grieved the death of three Kachin children due to heavy shelling between the Northern Alliance and the military..."
Source/publisher:
"Asia Times"
Date of publication:
2019-09-19
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-19
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations against several groups, Genocide, Statements, reports, press briefings and webcasts on Myanmar by fact-finding entities mandated by the Council, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Peace processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (websites, documents, reports and studies), Non-Ceasefire Groups
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"The UN warns hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar face a "serious risk of genocide"
Two years after Myanmar's military crackdown on the Rohingya, UN Investigators say conditions remain 'deplorable' for the muslim ethnic minority,
600,000 Rohingya living in Rakhine state face a serious risk of genocide and that it is impossible for hundreds of thousands who fled to Bangladesh to return.
Last year, the UN fact finding mission found that military officers carried out a campaign against the Rohingya with "genocidal intent".
The investigators are now calling for Myanmar to be held responsible, and army generals to face trial over rapes and killings.
But would that be enough to end the suffering of one of the most persecuted minorities in the world?..."
Source/publisher:
Al Jazeera English (Qatar)
Date of publication:
2019-09-17
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-18
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Genocide, Discrimination against the Rohingya, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Statements, reports, press briefings and webcasts on Myanmar by fact-finding entities mandated by the Council, The rights of non-citizens
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"Myanmar’s civilian leader, a Nobel laureate once extolled as a champion of democracy, could face prosecution for crimes against humanity because of the military’s attacks on Rohingya Muslims and other minority groups, United Nations investigators said on Tuesday.
Their statement was a new sign of how far the leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, had fallen from grace in the three years since she took office, overshadowed by the military’s campaign against the Rohingya.
She was first acclaimed as an icon of the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar, having won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 and endured many years of house arrest. Now she has become an international pariah for her government’s response to brutal oppressions by Myanmar’s military.
In a report to the United Nations top human rights body in Geneva on Tuesday, a panel of investigators, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, said the 660,000 Rohingya people who remain in Myanmar face systematic persecution..."
Source/publisher:
"The New York Times" (USA)
Date of publication:
2019-09-17
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-18
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Genocide, Discrimination against the Rohingya, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Statements, reports, press briefings and webcasts on Myanmar by fact-finding entities mandated by the Council
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"The 600,000 Rohingya remaining inside Myanmar face systematic persecution and live under the threat of genocide, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar says in a new report.
“The threat of genocide continues for the remaining Rohingya”, said Marzuki Darusman, Chair of the Fact-Finding Mission, recalling that a year ago the Mission said it had found “genocidal acts” in Myanmar’s 2017 “clearance operations” that killed thousands and caused more than 740,000 Rohingya to flee for their lives to Bangladesh.
“Myanmar is failing in its obligation to prevent genocide, to investigate genocide and to enact effective legislation criminalizing and punishing genocide,” Darusman said.
The report, published today, will be presented on Tuesday to the Human Rights Council, which created the Mission in 2017. It says Myanmar’s ethnic groups have a common – but not identical – experience of marginalization, discrimination and brutality at the hands of the Myanmar armed forces, the Tatmadaw.
The report includes much new information about human rights abuses resulting from the Tatmadaw’s decades-long fight against the country’s minority ethnic groups. On the Tatmadaw’s conflict with the Arakan Army, the report says: “In an attempt to prevent civilian support to the insurgency, the Tatmadaw has cut the lifelines of ethnic Rakhine communities, restricting both people’s freedom of movement and humanitarian access” so that many cannot make a living or get food.....မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိရိုဟင်ဂျာများ ဖိနှိပ်ညှင်းပန်းခံရ၊ ဂျန်နိုဆိုက် အန္တရာယ်လက်ရောက်တွင် နေထိုင်နေရသည်ဟု ကုလကျွမ်းကျင်ပညာရှင်များကဆို။..."
Source/publisher:
The United Nations Human Rights Council (A/HRC/42/50)
Date of publication:
2019-09-16
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-17
Grouping:
Individual Documents
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Statements, reports, press briefings and webcasts on Myanmar by fact-finding entities mandated by the Council, Human rights issues, UN human rights bodies and mechanisms, Genocide, Discrimination against the Rohingya, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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"Cross-party MPs say it is still unsafe for Rohingya refugees to return home and call for tougher sanctions on Myanmar and greater support to Bangladesh
September 10th, 2019, London - A cross-party group of MPs has warned that continued violence and discrimination against the Rohingya in Myanmar mean conditions are still unsafe for returns, leaving Bangladesh hosting over a million refugees. They urged the UK Government to step up pressure on Myanmar, including introducing tougher sanctions and referring the situation to the International Criminal Court.
The recommendations are part of a series made in a new report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on the Rights of the Rohingya, which is published today. The APPG, chaired by Anne Main MP and co-chaired by Rushanara Ali MP, received oral and written evidence from a wide range of humanitarian and human rights organisations, Rohingya civil society groups and UK Government officials.
The report condemns the impunity for the atrocities of August 2017, described by UN officials as ‘ethnic cleansing’, which forced more than 700,000 Rohingya people across the border to Bangladesh. The MPs call for measures to increase diplomatic and economic pressure on the Government of Myanmar, including by working with the European Union to expand targeted sanctions to include companies run by the military. It also calls on the UK Government to use its leadership role at the UN Security Council to draft a resolution that refers the situation to the International Criminal Court.
Rushanara Ali MP, co-chair of the APPG on the Rights of the Rohingya, said: “For years, parliamentarians have been raising the alarm about the atrocities inflicted on the Rohingya community in Myanmar. The events of August 2017 were the latest in a history of ongoing human rights violations and discrimination for which the Myanmar military have never been held accountable. Without justice, recognition of their rights and citizenship, the Rohingya community will remain in limbo as refugees in Bangladesh and across the region.
The UK must show leadership and uphold human rights and international laws on the world stage. At the UN Security Council, the UK should work with like-minded partners to end the stalemate and refer Myanmar to the International Criminal Court immediately. We must bring to justice those responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.”..."
Source/publisher:
"Reliefweb" via Government of the United Kingdom
Date of publication:
2019-09-09
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-11
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Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Human rights issues, UN human rights bodies and mechanisms, Genocide, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Burmese and other stateless people in Burma, Bangladesh and India, Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to nationality, citizenship and immigration (commentary)
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"Myanmar is holding insurgent suspects incommunicado in a practice that may be covering up torture, UN human rights experts said on Tuesday (Sep 3).
Myanmar's human rights record has been under international scrutiny since a 2017 army-led campaign forced more than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims into neighbouring Bangladesh. The army has said they were targeting terrorists, but the United Nations has said the campaign was executed with "genocidal intent".
Since late 2018, government troops have been battling the Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group that recruits from Rakhine state, where Buddhists make up the majority.
The three UN experts - Yanghee Lee, Agnes Callamard and Nils Melzer - said they had grave concerns about the army's use of incommunicado detention in the recent conflict, as well as allegations of torture, ill-treatment and deaths in custody..."
Source/publisher:
"CNA"
Date of publication:
2019-09-03
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-04
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Individual Documents
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Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Genocide, Human rights issues, UN human rights bodies and mechanisms, Discrimination against the Rohingya
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"The United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention warns of certain indicators that
“provide an environment conducive to the commission of atrocity crimes,” including
“increased politicization of identity” and discriminatory “measures or legislation”
targeting protected groups. In addition to certain prohibited acts, such as killing members
of a group, genocidal States often use legal and administrative tools to facilitate the
destruction of a targeted group “in whole or in part.”
In Myanmar, successive governments have implemented measures and legislation to erase
Rohingya Muslims’ identity and rights, creating an enabling environment for genocide.
This report documents how the Government of Myanmar is using discriminatory
administrative measures to deny Rohingya the right to nationality. The government
has forced or coerced Rohingya to accept National Verification Cards (NVCs), which
effectively identify Rohingya as “foreigners,” and Myanmar authorities tortured
Rohingya and imposed restrictions on Rohingya freedom of movement in the context of
implementing the NVC process. This report finds that the NVC process violates
customary international law as well as core human
rights treaties to which Myanmar is a party,
including the International Covenant on Economic,
Social, and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Convention
on the Rights of the Child, and the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women, and may have contributed to the commission
of genocide and crimes against humanity.
The Rohingya are a predominantly Muslim ethnic
minority group indigenous to Buddhist-majority
Myanmar. Using a citizenship law entered into
force in 1982, the government denies access to full
citizenship for individuals who do not belong to
“national” ethnic groups determined by the State.
The State relies on an arbitrary and disputed list of
135 recognized national ethnic groups. As Rohingya
are not among the “national ethnic groups” specified
by the Myanmar government, the law effectively
strips them of access to full citizenship rights.
Over the years, successive governments in
Myanmar also created a series of administrative
“citizenship scrutiny” processes to progressively
limit rights for Rohingya..."
Source/publisher:
"Fortify Rights"
Date of publication:
2019-09-03
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
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Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Genocide, Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to nationality, citizenship and immigration (commentary), The rights of non-citizens
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"Senior United Nations personnel and some international humanitarian organisations have supported Myanmar government polices against Rohingya Muslims by backing their acceptance of National Verification Cards, human rights advocacy group Fortify Rights says in a new report.
The accusation is made in “Tools of Genocide: National Verification Cards and the denial of citizenship of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar”, a 102-page report released in Bangkok on September 3.
The release of the report comes as the International Criminal Court is considering whether to seek a full investigation into allegations that Rohingya Muslims were the victims of crimes against humanity during a “clearance operation” by the Tatmadaw in northern Rakhine State that began in August 2017.
The operation, launched after coordinated attacks on security posts by the militant Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, was accompanied by widespread reports of killings, mass rape, torture and the torching of villages and sent about 740,000 people fleeing to safety to neighbouring Bangladesh..."
Source/publisher:
"Frontier Myanmar"
Date of publication:
2019-09-03
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Discrimination against the Rohingya, Genocide, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Statelessness, Human rights issues, UN human rights bodies and mechanisms
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Human rights group says 'citizenship scrutiny' has gradually limited Rohingya rights in Myanmar and at root of crisis.
Description:
"The National Verification Card (NVC) scheme targetting Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims is part of a systematic campaign by Myanmar authorities to erase their identity, according to a new report by Fortify Rights published on Tuesday.
The human rights organisation says the NVC process and denial of citizenship fall within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in its probe into crimes against the minority group, which was initiated last year. "The Myanmar government is trying to destroy the Rohingya people through an administrative process that effectively strips them of basic rights," Matthew Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Fortify Rights, said in a statement by email.
"This process and its impacts lie at the root of the Rohingya crisis, and until it's addressed, the crisis will continue."..."
Source/publisher:
"Al Jazeera"
Date of publication:
2019-09-03
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Genocide, Discrimination against the Rohingya, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Statelessness
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Army says court martial proceedings are under way after inquiry at village said to have been a Rohingya mass grave site.
Description:
"Myanmar's army says rare court martial proceedings are under way following an investigation into atrocities in Rakhine state, two years after a brutal military crackdown forced more than 700,000 Rohingya into Bangladesh.
In a statement on Saturday, the office of Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing said a military court that visited the northwestern state found soldiers had shown "weakness in following instructions in some incidents" at a village said to have been a massacre site of the Rohingya, a Muslim-majority, long-persecuted minority in Myanmar.
No additional details were provided.
In 2018, The Associated Press news agency reported the existence of at least five graves of Rohingya in the village, Gu Dar Pyin, in the township of Buthidaung..."
Source/publisher:
"Al Jazeera"
Date of publication:
2019-09-02
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-02
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Discrimination against the Rohingya, Genocide, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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" Myanmar’s army will court-martial soldiers after a new finding in an inquiry into atrocities in Rakhine state, from which more than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims fled a 2017 army-led campaign the United Nations says was executed with “genocidal intent”. On Saturday, the website of Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing said a military court that visited the northern state found soldiers had shown “weakness in following instructions in some incidents” at a village said to have been a Rohingya massacre site.
In 2018, the Associated Press news agency reported the existence of at least five graves of Rohingya in the village, Gutarpyin, in the township of Buthidaung.
But government officials at the time said 19 “terrorists” had died and their bodies were “carefully buried”.
On Sunday, military spokesman Tun Tun Nyi told Reuters the investigation’s findings were secret..."
Source/publisher:
"Reuters"
Date of publication:
2019-09-01
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-01
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Discrimination against the Rohingya, Genocide
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"Today marks two years since more than 700,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar to escape what UN investigators have called a "genocide" in Rakhine state.
Al Jazeera's correspondents Mohammed Jamjoom and Stefanie Dekker reflect on the stories they heard and the suffering they saw when they visited the camps in Bangladesh where the Rohingya sought shelter..."
Source/publisher:
"Al Jazeera English"
Date of publication:
2019-08-25
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-01
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Genocide, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Statelessness
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Sub-title:
August 25th: Second Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day and Myanmar/Bangladesh Repatriation Plans
Description:
" On this day, we commemorate the Rohingya genocide. On 25 August 2017, the Myanmar military launched a clearance operation to systematically remove Rohingya people from their land by burning villages, killing and harming tens of thousands of people, and enacting sexual violence against women and children.
The clearance operations sparked the largest exodus of Rohingya people to date, which forced approximately 745,000 Rohingya people into Bangladesh, into an area where some 200 000 Rohingya were already located, due to previous waves of genocidal violence and persecution. The 2018 Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar’s (IIFFMM) report concluded that Myanmar’s commander-in-chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, and his top military leaders should be investigated and prosecuted for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. These amount to the most serious crimes under international law.
As the second anniversary of the Rohingya genocide looms and passes, we are also witnessing renewed talks of repatriation of Rohingyas to Myanmar from Bangladesh. In August 2019, ASEAN representatives joined a Myanmar government delegation which was visiting the refugee camps in Bangladesh with the goal of restarting repatriation talks with the Rohingya community. Myanmar and Bangladesh, with the cooperation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), will potentially start repatriating people this month, and they are currently surveying refugees to identify those who wish to return voluntarily..."
Source/publisher:
"Progressive Voice" via Canadian Rohingya Development Initiative
Date of publication:
2019-08-22
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-28
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Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Genocide, Internal displacement/forced migration of Rohingyas, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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"The governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh should suspend any immediate plans to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, said Fortify Rights today. The authorities should ensure Rohingya have basic rights and protections in Myanmar and engage in meaningful consultations with Rohingya refugees before facilitating future refugee returns to Myanmar.
Bangladesh and Myanmar authorities agreed to begin refugee returns tomorrow, August 22, 2019.
“Repatriations now would be dangerous and reckless,” said Matthew Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Fortify Rights. “Governments should focus on ensuring accountability for mass atrocities, restoring Rohingya citizenship rights, and ending deprivations of basic human rights that are ongoing in Rakhine State.”
Myanmar reportedly added 3,450 Rohingya to a “repatriation list” derived from a list of more than 22,000 Rohingya provided by the Government of Bangladesh.
In 2016 and 2017, Myanmar Army-led genocidal attacks forced nearly 800,000 Rohingya to flee from Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State to Bangladesh. The Rohingya are a Muslim ethnic minority, indigenous to Myanmar.
“My house was set on fire and burned during the military operations [in August 2017],” a Rohingya refugee woman, 40, told Fortify Rights in Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh. “Before we go home, I want citizenship.”..."
Source/publisher:
"Progressive Voice" via Fortify Rights
Date of publication:
2019-08-21
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-28
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Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Genocide, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Statelessness
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"As we approach the second anniversary of the Burmese military offensive against the Rohingya on 25th August 2017, in which thousands were killed and 700,000 fled to neighbouring Bangladesh, Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government, EU, USA and other governments to start implementing the recommendations on the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar. To date not a single government anywhere in the world has done so.
The United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar was created by the United Nations Human Rights Council to establish the facts of what has been taking place in Rakhine State against the Rohingya, and in Kachin and Shan States. In a report published 18th September 2018, it concluded that the Burmese military were responsible for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and made a series of recommendations, including referring the situation in Burma to the International Criminal Court.
The Mission also called for a UN mandated global arms embargo, targeted sanctions on military companies, and a review of support for the 2020 election in Burma, if the Rohingya continue to be disenfranchised.
To date, rather than take these measures, the few governments which have taken any action have mostly only introduced bans on a small number of military personnel taking holidays in their countries..."
Source/publisher:
"Progressive Voice" via Burma Campaign UK
Date of publication:
2019-08-22
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-28
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Genocide, Various rights: reports of violations against several ethnic groups, Discrimination against the Rohingya
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Sub-title:
Refugees in Bangladesh camps demand rights and citizenship on second anniversary of exodus after Myanmar crackdown.
Description:
"Thousands of Rohingya refugees have marked the second anniversary of their exodus into Bangladesh by rallying and praying as they demand Myanmar grant them citizenship and other rights before they agree to return.
Almost 200,000 Rohingya participated in a peaceful gathering, which was attended by UN officials, at the Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar on Sunday, police officer Zakir Hassan told AFP news agency.
Children, hijab-wearing women, and men wearing long lungis shouted: "God is great, long live Rohingya" as they marched in the heart of the world's largest refugee camp to commemorate what they described as "Genocide Day".
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'Conditions here are inhumane': Rohingya in Bangladeshi camps
Some carried placards and banners, reading "Never again! Rohingya genocide remembrance day" and "Restore our citizenship".
On August 25, 2017, nearly 740,000 Muslim-majority Rohingya fled Rakhine State for Bangladesh - joining 200,000 already there - after Myanmar's armed forces launched a brutal crackdown following attacks on security posts..."
Source/publisher:
"Al Jazeera"
Date of publication:
2019-08-25
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-26
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Genocide, Discrimination against the Rohingya, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Statelessness
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"NEW YORK: Sexual violence committed by Myanmar troops against Rohingya women and girls in 2017 was an indication of the military's genocidal intent to destroy the mainly Muslim ethnic minority, United Nations investigators concluded in a report released on Thursday (Aug 22).
The panel of independent investigators, set up by the UN Human Rights Council in 2017, accused Myanmar's government of failing to hold anyone accountable and said it was responsible "under the Genocide Convention for its failure to investigate and punish acts of genocide."
A military crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine state that began in August 2017 drove more than 730,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh.
Myanmar denies widespread wrongdoing and says the military campaign across hundreds of villages in northern Rakhine was in response to attacks by Rohingya insurgents.
"Hundreds of Rohingya women and girls were raped, with 80 per cent of the rapes corroborated by the Mission being gang rapes. The Tatmadaw (Myanmar military) was responsible for 82 per cent of these gang rapes," the report said..."
Source/publisher:
"CNA"
Date of publication:
2019-08-22
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-23
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Genocide, Sexual orientation - Discrimination based on, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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"Burma Campaign UK today slammed American web services company Cloudflare as ‘complete hypocrites’ for terminating its services for the 8chan website, used by terrorist white nationalists involved in mass shootings in America and elsewhere, whilst still working for Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military. United Nations investigators have said Min Aung Hlaing should be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court for genocide of the ethnic Rohingya from Burma.
“Cloudflare are complete hypocrites, saying they draw the line at content on 8chan while at the same time working for a military leader responsible for genocide,” said Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK. “The only conclusion that can be drawn is that Cloudflare see American lives as more valuable and important than the lives of the Rohingya. You only cross a line for Cloudflare when you kill Americans, not foreigners.”
Cloudflare provides website services for Min Aung Hlaing’s personal website, and for the military-controlled Burmese police force, which also played a role in the genocide of the Rohingya in addition to numerous other human rights violations across the country.
In December 2018 Burma Campaign UK placed Cloudflare on its ‘Dirty List’ of companies linked to Burma’s military. Cloudflare have not responded to correspondence from Burma Campaign UK but defended working for Min Aung Hlaing when approached by media..."
Source/publisher:
"Progressive Voice" via "Burma Campaign UK"
Date of publication:
2019-08-06
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-19
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Individual Documents
Category:
Genocide, Discrimination against the Rohingya
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"Malaysia’s foreign ministry said Tuesday that Myanmar’s government must pursue justice for alleged human rights abuses against the Muslim Rohingya minority so that hundreds of thousands who fled a brutal military crackdown can return safely to the country.
The call came ahead of a meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers in Bangkok this week. It also followed a weekend meeting between a Myanmar government delegation and representatives of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh to discuss creating conditions for their safe repatriation.
More than 700,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh after a counterinsurgency campaign by Myanmar’s military in the western state of Rakhine in response to attacks in 2017 by a Rohingya insurgent group. The campaign led to accusations that security forces committed mass rapes and killings and burned thousands of homes..."
Source/publisher:
"The Washington Post" via Associated Press
Date of publication:
2019-08-17
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-18
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Discrimination against the Rohingya, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Internal displacement/forced migration of Rohingyas, Genocide, ASEAN-Burma relations
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"UN human rights investigators say military leaders in Myanmar should be investigated for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity - and have called for them to be referred to the International Criminal Court. In an unprecedented move, the investigators named 6 top generals, including the Commander in Chief of the armed forces, and his deputy. UN investigators interviewed hundreds of victims and found evidence of murder, rape, and torture against the Rohingya predominately in Myanmar's Rakhine state. More than seven-hundred-thousand of them have fled into Bangladesh. But Myanmar's UN representative rejected the report, describing it as one-sided. Our Myanmar correspondent Nick Beake sent this report from Cox's Bazaar in Bangladesh..."
Source/publisher:
"BBC News"
Date of publication:
2018-08-28
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-17
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Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Genocide, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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Description:
"On Wednesday, Trump met with victims of religious persecution from countries including China, Turkey, North Korea, Iran, and Myanmar.
In a clip that's circulating online, a Rohingya refugee asked Trump what he planned to do about the genocide in Myanmar.
Trump responded: "Where is that?"
A man next to Trump said that it's next to Burma, which is incorrect. Myanmar used to be referred to as Burma.
Since 2017, more than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar, according to the Human Rights Watch.
Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories..."
Source/publisher:
"Business Insider (BI)"
Date of publication:
2019-07-18
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-15
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Individual Documents
Category:
Genocide, USA-Burma relations
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"A new UN report is calling on the international community to cut ties with Myanmar's military, and the companies it controls and relies on. It has accused the military of using the wealth of its vast business holdings to help fund atrocities against ethnic groups -- in particular, referring to the military's genocidal intent against the Rohingya minority. The report cited two main enterprises - Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited and Myanmar Economic Corporation. UN investigators warn that foreign firms doing business with them could be complicit in international crimes..."
Source/publisher:
CNA
Date of publication:
2019-08-05
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-07
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Sub-title:
Activists back Mahathir for calling end to genocide and restoring full rights to Rohingya
Description:
"Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s comments on the Rohingya genocide has angered Myanmar, as it continued to deny crimes against the Muslim community in Rakhine state.
In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency last week, Mahathir had said that the Rohingya faced “massacre or genocide” and “they should either be treated as nationals, or they should be given their territory to form their own state.”
Taking exception, Myanmar’s Foreign Ministry, in a statement on Wednesday, expressed “dismay and objected” to the Malaysian leader’s comments.
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Myint Thu who met Malaysian Ambassador to Myanmar Zahairi Baharim on Wednesday at the headquarters of Myanmar Foreign Ministry in Naypyitaw, rejected the allegations of genocide.
“Such allegations are not supportive to the ongoing efforts of Myanmar government and ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] in finding a sustainable solution for peace, development and social harmony in Rakhine State,” he told the Malaysian envoy.
He also said that Malaysian leader’s statement was not constructive and described it as a breach of the principles enshrined in the ASEAN Charter. “It was also against the ASEAN’s cardinal principles of non-interference in the internal affairs and respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ASEAN member states,” said the ministry statement.
Rohingya experts, however, blamed Myanmar for "buying time" and diverting the focus of international community, by repeatedly denying crimes, it has committed against the Rohingya Muslim community in the Rakhine state.
Some 750,000 Rohingya fled state persecution since August 2017 and took shelter in neighboring Bangladesh as thousands were killed, raped and hundreds of Rohingya villages were completely burnt..."
Source/publisher:
ASIA - PACIFIC
Date of publication:
2019-08-01
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-04
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Discrimination against the Rohingya, ASEAN-Burma relations, Genocide
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Description:
"The United Nations condemns its own actions in Myanmar. Could learning the lessons of the past have prevented a genocide?..."
Source/publisher:
The Newsmakers via TRT World
Date of publication:
2019-06-26
Date of entry/update:
2019-07-29
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Discrimination against the Rohingya, Genocide
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Description:
''Irwin, of World Uyghur Congress, compares Europe’s response over the Uighur issue to its vocal criticism of the Myanmar government, which now faces European sanctions over its maltreatment of its Muslim Rohingya population.
Some in the international community have described Myanmar’s brutal clearance operations that have driven over 700,000 Rohingya over the border into Bangladesh as a “genocide.” Now, some are starting to refer to what is happening in Xinjiang as the beginning of a genocide...''
David Hutt
Source/publisher:
Asia Times
Date of publication:
2019-01-19
Date of entry/update:
2019-01-19
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Discrimination against the Rohingya, Genocide
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English
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Executive Summary: "Incitement to violence that targets communities or
individuals based on their identity can contribute to
enabling or preparing atrocity crimes, (genocide, war
crimes and crimes against humanity), and is both a
warning sign and early indicator of the risk of those
crimes . Monitoring, preventing and countering incite-
ment to violence, particularly in societies divided along
identity lines and in situations where tensions are high,
can contribute to prevention efforts .
States have the primary responsibility to protect popu-
lations from atrocity crimes, as well as their incitement,
but other actors can and should play a role . Religious
leaders and actors can play a particularly influential role,
as they have the potential to influence the behaviour
of those who follow them and share their beliefs . Given
that religion has been misused to justify incitement to
violence, it is vital that religious leaders from all faiths
show leadership in this matter
.
The process that led to the development of the Plan
of Action for Religious Leaders and Actors to Prevent
Incitement to Violence that Could Lead to Atrocity
Crimes, known as the ?Fez Process”, stemmed from the
need to better understand, articulate and encourage
the potential of religious leaders to prevent incitement
and the violence that it can lead to, and to integrate
the work of religious leaders within broader efforts to
prevent atrocity crimes .
The ?Fez Process” refers to a series of consultations,
organised by the United Nations Office on Genocide
Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect between
April 2015 and December 2016, with religious leaders,
faith-based and secular organizations, regional organi-
zations and subject matter experts from all regions of
the world . The recommendations contained in the Plan
of Action were developed by the religious leaders and
actors who participated in these consultations . They are
relevant not only to situations where there is a risk of
atrocity crimes, but also to other contexts, including
the protection of human rights, the prevention of vio-
lent extremism and the prevention of conflict .
As efforts to prevent atrocity crimes and their incite-
ment are most likely to succeed when different actors
are working in collaboration, the Plan of Action also
includes recommendations for other actors, including
States and state institutions and civil society, includ-
ing new and traditional media . The Plan of Action is
founded on human rights principles, in particular the
right to freedom of expression and opinion, freedom of
religion and belief and the right of peaceful assembly
.
The Plan of Action contains three main clusters of
recommendations that aim to
prevent
,
strengthen
and
build
. Each cluster includes recommendations that are
organised according to thematic focus .
It is recommended that, under the stewardship of the
United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the
Responsibility to Protect, this Plan of Action is imple-
mented at regional, national and local levels . For a com-
prehensive implementation of the Plan of Action, it is
recommended that all relevant stakeholders contribute,
including state and religious institutions, secular and
religious civil society organizations, new and traditional
media, academia and education institutions, as well as
regional and international organizations .
Implementing this Plan of Action could contribute to
the prevention of atrocity crimes worldwide, especially
in areas affected by religious and sectarian tensions
and violence . Its implementation will also enhance the
respect, protection and promotion of human rights."
Source/publisher:
United Nations
Date of publication:
2017-12-00
Date of entry/update:
2018-03-24
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Genocide, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Inter-Communal violence and discrimination - global
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"From 7 to 13 March I visited Bangladesh to assess the situation of the
Rohingya population who have
crossed the border from Myanmar to Bangladesh since the most
recent incidents of violence in northern Rakhine state in October 2016 and August 2017. During
my
visit, I had the opportunity to meet Bangladeshi authorities, civil society actors and members
of the diplomatic community. I also visited refugee camps in Cox?s Bazaar, where survivors I
met shared horrifying stories of what they have endured...Let us be clear: international crimes were committed in Myanmar. Rohingya Muslims
have been
killed, tortured, raped, burnt alive and humiliated, solely because of who they are. All
the
information I have received indicates that the intent of the perpetrators was to cleanse northern
Rakhine state of their existence, possibly
even to
destroy the
Rohingya
as such, which, if proven,
would constitute the crime of genocide. However, whether
or not
we consider that
the
crimes
committed
amount to crimes against humanity or genocide,
this
should not delay our resolve to
act
and to act immediately.
We owe this to the
Rohingya population..."
Source/publisher:
UN Office on Genocide Prevetion and the Responsibility to Protect
Date of publication:
2018-03-13
Date of entry/update:
2018-03-15
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Genocide
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Description:
"The Contracting Parties ,
Having considered the declaration made by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 96 (I) dated 11 December 1946 that genocide is a crime under international law, contrary to the spirit and aims of the United Nations and condemned by the civilized world,
Recognizing that at all periods of history genocide has inflicted great losses on humanity, and
Being convinced that, in order to liberate mankind from such an odious scourge, international co-operation is required,
Hereby agree as hereinafter provided :
Article I
The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish.
Article II
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
Article III
The following acts shall be punishable:
(a) Genocide;
(b) Conspiracy to commit genocide;
(c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide;
(d) Attempt to commit genocide;
(e) Complicity in genocide..."
Source/publisher:
ICJ, United Nations
Date of publication:
1948-12-09
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-18
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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