Myanmar regime commits genocidal destruction of ethnic populations, democrats and dissidents

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Opinion
Maung Zarni
Published: 15 Mar 2023,

Myanmar military leaders think they can keep on perpetrating human rights crimes against one targeted community after another. Chillingly, they are getting away with waves of their international crimes, including genocide.

An exhausted Rohingya refugee fleeing violence in Myanmar cries for help from others crossing into Palang Khali, near Cox`s Bazar, Bangladesh on 2 November 2017.Reuters File Photo

The reported pilot repatriation plan by Min Aung Hlaing’s coup regime is nothing more than an act to release the steam of international pressure.

Apparently, Myanmar military leaders think they can keep on perpetrating human rights crimes against one targeted community after another. Chillingly, they are getting away with waves of their international crimes, including genocide. They are attempting to fool the international governments with this latest charade of Rohingya repatriation.

UN Calls for Investigation After Dozens Massacred in Myanmar

TRT World
27 Dec 2021

The United Nations is calling for a thorough and transparent investigation into the massacre of at least 35 people, including women and children, in Myanmar's eastern Kayah state. The incident, that's reported to have taken place on December 24, came to the world's attention after photos taken by the Karen Human Rights Group showed bodies on the backs of trucks, burnt beyond recognition. While Myanmar's military stands accused of another mass killing, the country's state media is reporting that the army had shot and killed terrorists. International condemnations are in order, but are these enough to change the reality on the ground? 

 

Guests: 

 

Maung Zarni

 Adviser to Genocide Watch 

 

Nay San Lwin 

Co-founder of the Free Rohingya Coalition 

 

Htwe Htwe Thein 

Associate Professor at Curtin University 

 

 

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OPINION - Purge genocide culprits from democratic leadership: Myanmar

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Maung Zarni

08.05.2021

Hesitating to take stand against Rohingya genocide is costing $1B to National Unity Government and blocks its global recognition

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The author is coordinator of the UK-based Free Rohingya Coalition, general secretary of Forces of Renewal Southeast Asia, and a fellow of the Genocide Documentation Center in Cambodia

LONDON

It was excruciatingly painful for me to watch the four-minute question and answer between US Congressman Brad Sherman and Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar’s pro-democracy permanent representative to the UN during the virtual hearing, entitled the Unfolding Crisis in Burma hosted by US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 4.

Burmese Scholar: Military Junta Using Terror Against “Entire Population” to Keep Power After Coup

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MARCH 01, 2021
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In Burma, mass protests continue after at least 18 people were killed in anti-coup protests, marking the deadliest day since the February 1 military coup which deposed and detained de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Police fired live ammunition into crowds as Burmese forces steadily escalated their crackdown. One local group says 1,000 people were arrested, including journalists and medical professionals. “The coup group and the entire security sector … have essentially terrorized the entire population,” says Maung Zarni, a Burmese scholar, dissident and human rights activist. “I have seen absolutely nothing like what is happening.”