Two Myanmar Soldiers Taken to the Hague After Confessing to Rohingya Killings: Reports

The Washington Post
By Reuters
Sept. 8, 2020

(Reuters) - Two Myanmar soldiers have been taken to The Hague after confessing to murdering minority Rohingya Muslims during a 2017 crackdown, two news organisations and a rights group reported on Tuesday.

The two men admitted to killing dozens of villagers in northern Rakhine state and burying them in mass graves, according to the New York Times, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the non-profit Fortify Rights, citing statements the men made on videos filmed in Myanmar this year.

UN experts urge probe of Rohingya killings in Bangladesh

Dhaka (AFP)
18 September 2019

UN human rights experts have raised new concerns about the treatment of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh following a deadly backlash over the killing of a ruling party official.

At an August 25 rally, some 200,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh marked two years since the exodus from Myanmar after a military crackdown | © AFP/File | MUNIR UZ ZAMAN  

The experts called for an “impartial” investigation into the deaths of at least six Rohingya men in gunfights with police after they were named as suspects in the killing of Omar Faruk, a youth wing official of the ruling Awami League.

Myanmar must protect civilians in Rakhine: Rights group.

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Vakkas Dogantekin |28.03.2019

Burma Human Rights Network calls on military to immediately cease operations against civilian areas of state

ANKARA 

The London-based Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) called on Myanmar’s military Wednesday to immediately cease operations in civilian areas of Rakhine state.

“In this conflict, the Burmese military is proving again that they have no concern for human life or the safety of civilians," said a statement by BHRN’s Executive Director, Kyaw Win.

"This is especially true of minorities in the country, and the ethnic Rakhine and Rohingya living in Rakhine state are evidence of this inhumane disregard," Win said.