Description:
We discuss a Human Rights Watch report that alleges government involvement in the violence against minority Rohingya...Authorities in Myanmar stand accused of a campaign of ethnic cleansing of minority Rohingya Muslims.
According to a report by Human Rights Watch, their actions amount to crimes against humanity, including murder, persecution and deportation.
It relates to violence in Myanmar?s western Rakhine state in June and October of last year, in which more than 200 people were killed, and over 100,000 displaced.
Human Rights Watch says government security forces did nothing to stop the violence, and even took part in it..."
Source/publisher:
Al Jazeera (Inside Story)
Date of Publication:
2013-04-23
Date of entry:
2014-07-11
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
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Language:
English
