Myanmar soldiers confess to mass murder of Rohingya Muslims in new video: rights group

CNN
Rebecca Wright and Ben Westcott, CNN
September 10, 2020

(CNN)Two Myanmar military deserters say they were ordered to take part in the indiscriminate mass killing and rape of Rohingya Muslims in 2017, a human rights group claims, in video confessions which correspond with individual accounts given by survivors of the alleged atrocities.

Soldiers behind Inn Dinn massacre quietly freed in November: report

COCONUTS YANGON

By Coconuts Yangon 

May 27, 2019  Yangon time 

Ten Rohingya men kneel with their hands bound shortly before their extralegal execution by Myanmar security forces and Buddhist villagers in Inn Din village on Sept. 2, 2017.

The seven soldiers sentenced to 10 years hard labor for their involvement in the Inn Dinn massacre served less than a tenth of their sentence before quietly being freed in November, Reuters reported this morning.

Condemnations pour in over release of Myanmar soldiers

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Md. Kamruzzaman 
DHAKA, Bangladesh
27.05.2019

7 soldiers who murdered Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state set free, report claims
Human rights activists across the world have expressed concerns over the release of seven Myanmar soldiers who murdered 10 Rohingya Muslims in a 2017 military crackdown in its western Rakhine state.

“The only reason these seven soldiers were arrested is because Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo exposed these cold-blooded murders in an investigative news story that could not be refuted,” Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director of Human Rights Watch tweeted.

Exclusive: Myanmar soldiers jailed for Rohingya killings freed after less than a year

REUTERS  

Shoon Naing, Simon Lewis

Ten Rohingya Muslim men with their hands bound kneel in Inn Din village, Myanmar, September 1, 2017. Handout via REUTERS

 
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar has granted early release to seven soldiers jailed for the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys during a 2017 military crackdown in the western state of Rakhine, two prison officials, two former fellow inmates and one of the soldiers told Reuters.

Myanmar soldiers jailed for Rohingya massacre freed after months

Aljazeera
27/05/2019

Troops released in November 2018 after serving less than one year of their 10-year prison terms, Reuters report says.

Ten Rohingya men with their hands bound kneel as members of the Myanmar security forces stand guard in Inn Din village on September 2, 2017 [Handout via REUTERS] [Reuters]

Myanmar has granted early release to seven soldiers jailed for the killing of 10 Rohingya men and boys during a 2017 military crackdown in the western state of Rakhine, two prison officials, two former fellow inmates and one of the soldiers told Reuters news agency.

Myanmar troops kill six in Rakhine for suspected rebel links.

Aljazeera

3rd May 2019

Soldiers opened fire as a clash erupted with the detained villagers, according to member of parliament.

More recently, civilians have been caught up in clashes between the military and the Arakan Army [File:Min Kyi Thein/AP Photo]

Myanmar security forces have shot dead at least six people in the troubled western state of Rakhine after soldiers and police detained hundreds of people at a school, a military spokesperson said.

CJ Werleman Renewed campaign to wipe out surviving Rohingya will be the most savage yet

TheNewArab 
16th April 2019

Rohingya refugees in a temporary settlement in 'no man's land' between Myanmar and Bangladesh [Getty]

Comment: There's growing evidence the 

military junta in Myanmar is using its 

ground offensive against separatists as 

a pretext to 'clean out,' the remaining Rohingya,

writes CJ Werleman.

Last week, a Myanmar military helicopter attacked a Rohingya Muslim village in Rakhine state, leaving as many 30 dead and dozens more injured. 

Myanmar’s top court to hear Reuters reporters’ appeal.

ejinsight

on the pulse

Mar 26, 2019 9:35am

Reuters reporters Wa Lone (shown here talking to media in July last year) and Kyaw Soe Oo have spent more than 15 months in detention since they were arrested in December 2017. Photo: AFP

Myanmar’s Supreme Court was scheduled on Tuesday to hear the appeal of two Reuters journalists imprisoned for breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, in a case that has raised questions about Myanmar’s progress towards democracy.

Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have spent more than 15 months in detention since they were arrested in December 2017, while investigating a massacre of Rohingya Muslim civilians involving Myanmar soldiers.

Arakan Army Says It Is Holding 11 Myanmar Soldiers After Fierce Weekend Fighting.

RADIO FREE ASIA 

2019-03-12

The Arakan Army displays weapons and ammunition it seized during a weekend attack on Myanmar Army soldiers near Pyan So village in Paletwa township, western Myanmar's Chin state, March 11, 2019.

Photo courtesy of the Arakan Army's website

The Arakan Army has taken 11 Myanmar Army soldiers prisoner and seized arms following a weekend clash in Chin state’s Paletwa township, which abuts volatile Rakhine state where hostilities have intensified between the two sides since late last year, an AA official said Tuesday.

BGB returns trespassing Myanmar soldier

bdnews24.com
Bandarban Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 03 Mar 2019

The Border Guards Bangladesh has sent back a Myanmar soldier who was arrested over trespassing on the border with Lemuchhari in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari.

The army soldier was returned to the BGP, the border security force in Myanmar, following a flag meeting at Ghundhum border at around 11:00 am on Sunday, said Lt Col Asaduzzaman, chief of BGB-11 battalion.