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Thursday, August 30, 2018

( 30.08.2018 ) What Will the UN Fact-Finding Mission’s Report Mean for Rohingya? ( thediplomat.com)


What Will the UN Fact-Finding Mission’s Report Mean for Rohingya?

Will the damning indictment of Myanmar’s military be enough to force the international community to act?
By Shafiur Rahman
August 30, 2018



For four decades, Rohingya refugees and exiles have been imploring the world to recognize that what is happening in Myanmar is nothing short of genocide. Aside from a few exceptions, their calls have been thwarted by the preference of world leaders, states, and multilateral organizations for the more cautious, legally directionless, and nebulous term “ethnic cleansing.” But Rohingya appeals have now finally been answered with the publication of a report by the UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar.

In what must be an excoriating read for Myanmar’s generals and politicians, the report accuses them of indiscriminate killings, large-scale gang rapes, and the torching of entire villages in attacks described as “widespread and systematic” and which had “genocidal intent.” Most significantly, the report calls for the top brass of Myanmar’s security forces, the Tatmadaw, to face the International Criminal Court for genocide as well as for crimes against humanity and war crimes. There is scathing criticism too of Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel laureate and de facto leader of the country, for failure to use her position or her moral authority to prevent the developments in Rakhine state.


What then are the real world implications and the significance of this report? For Rohingya spokesperson Nay San Lwin of the Free Rohingya Coalition, the answer is crystal clear:

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