Myanmar Panel: War Crimes But No Genocide Committed Against Rohingya

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"An independent panel created by the Myanmar government has concluded that government security forces committed war crimes against Rohingya Muslims but that they did not commit genocide against the ethnic minority. The findings were included in a report released Monday by the Independent Commission of Inquiry. The commission, established by the government in July 2018, says it was “tasked to investigate allegations of human rights violations and related issues” after terrorist attacks in 2017 by a Rohingya insurgent group in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. The Myanmar government responded to the attacks with a military-led crackdown against the insurgent group, known as the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army. More than 730,000 Rohingya fled Rakhine state to neighboring Bangladesh during the weekslong crackdown that was widely condemned internationally..."

Creator/author: 

Wayne Lee

Source/publisher: 

"VOA" (Washington, D.C)

Date of Publication: 

2020-01-21

Date of entry: 

2020-01-23

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  • Individual Documents

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Countries: 

Myanmar, Bangladesh

Language: 

English

Resource Type: 

text

Text quality: 

    • Good