February 21, 2020
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar’s army said in a statement on Friday it would hold more court-martials over alleged abuses against Rohingya Muslims, after a government-appointed commission said soldiers committed war crimes against the minority.
FILE PHOTO: Rohingya children are seen at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 7, 2019.
The panel concluded, in a report published in January, that members of the security forces, among “multiple actors”, were responsible for war crimes and serious human rights violations during a military-led crackdown against the group in 2017.
The army said in a post on its website on Friday it had studied the panel’s report in great detail and was reviewing allegations.
The army said in a post on its website on Friday it had studied the panel’s report in great detail and was reviewing allegations.