Description:
"At least five previously unreported mass graves have been uncovered in Burma, in the newest piece of evidence for what looks increasingly like genocide against the Rohingya in Rakhine state.
The Associated Press confirmed the existence of the graves around the village of Gu Dar Pyin, through interviews with more than two dozen survivors in Bangladesh refugee camps and time-stamped mobile phone videos.
The government regularly claims massacres like Gu Dar Pyin never happened, and has acknowledged only one mass grave containing 10 ?terrorists” in the village of Inn Din.
The AP findings suggest not only the military?s slaughter of civilians but the presence of many more graves with many more people...The UN special envoy on human rights in Burma [Yanghee Lee] said the military?s violent operations against Rohingya Muslims bear ?the hallmarks of a genocide”..."
Source/publisher:
AP via "Daily Mail"
Date of Publication:
2018-02-01
Date of entry:
2018-02-02
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Language:
English
