Myanmar?s military accused of genocide in damning UN report

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"Mission concludes army has carried out ?gravest crimes? against Rohingya in Rakhine and minorities elsewhere...Myanmar?s military has been accused of genocide against the Rohingya in Rakhine state in a damning UN report that alleged the army was responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity against minorities across the country. The UN report said it found conclusive evidence that the actions of the country?s armed forces, known as the Tatmadaw, ?undoubtedly amounted to the gravest crimes under international law” in Rakhine as well as in Kachin and Shan, states also riven by internal conflicts. The UN investigators were denied access to Myanmar by the government but interviewed 875 witnesses who had fled the country. They found that the military were ?killing indiscriminately, gang-raping women, assaulting children and burning entire villages” in Rakhine, home to the Muslim Rohingya, and in Shan and Kachin. The Tatmadaw also carried out murders, imprisonments, enforced disappearances, torture, rapes and used sexual slavery and other forms of sexual violence, persecution and enslavement ? all of which constitute crimes against humanity. I am a Rohingya refugee: we will become like animals if we stay in these camps Noor Ilyas in Jamtoli refugee camp, southern Bangladesh Read more In northern Rakhine, the mission also found evidence of mass extermination and deportation..."

Creator/author: 

Hannah Ellis-Petersen

ရင်းမြစ်: 

"The Guardian"

Date of Publication: 

2018-08-27

Date of entry: 

2018-08-27

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English