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Saturday, May 25, 2019

Genocide and crimes against humanity have occurred in Burma, says charity

CHURCH TIMES
24 May 2019 

Christian Solidarity Worldwide: hopes of democracy have been ‘dashed’ 
THE hopes raised by the 2015 elections and elevation of Aung San Suu Kyi have been “dashed”, as genocide and crimes against humanity — rather than democratisation — have occurred in Burma, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) warned this week.

“Abuse of human rights continue, and peace seems further away than ever,” a new report by CSW, Burma’s identity crisis: How ethno-religious nationalism has led to religious intolerance, crimes against humanity and genocide, concludes.