Rohingya Muslims
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An independent commission established by Myanmar’s government has concluded there are reasons to believe that security forces committed war crimes in counterinsurgency operations that led more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighboring Bangladesh. However, the commission, headed by a Philippine diplomat, said in a report given Monday to President Win Myint that there…
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The international community on Monday supported the UN report, which called for an investigation and prosecution of Myanmar’s top military officials on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes against Rohingya Muslims. The report prepared by the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar stated that human rights violations and abuses committed in…
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Myanmar’s army chief denied his forces committed rape and other sexual abuses during a crackdown he ordered on Rohingya Muslims, as he addressed UN Security Council delegates in the capital Naypyidaw. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing heads an army accused of “ethnic cleansing” by the United Nations, including the widespread rape and murder of civilians…
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