Panel finds war crimes but no genocide against Rohingya

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YANGON: A government-appointed panel established in Myanmar to probe allegations of abuses in Rakhine state in 2017 that drew global outrage said they had found no evidence of genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority.

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More than 730,000 Rohingya fled Rakhine state during weeks of brutal violence, during which the United Nations says gang rapes and mass killings were carried out with “genocidal intent”. Hundreds of villages were burned to the ground and later razed and scraped.

Although the panel acknowledged “war crimes” had taken place, rights groups and Rohingya leaders dismissed the report as a “whitewash” days ahead of an expected ruling by the UN’s highest court on a genocide case against the country. The commission of inquiry said there were “reasonable grounds” to conclude members of the security forces among “multiple actors” were responsible for possible war crimes and serious human rights violations during a military-led crackdown against the group in 2017.

“The ICOE has not found any evidence suggesting that these killings or acts of displacement were committed pursuant to an intent or plan to destroy the Muslim or any other community in northern Rakhine State,” the panel’s statement read. Myanmar President Win Myint said in a statement on Tuesday the government “concurred” with the findings of the commission and vowed to pursue further investigations, specifically into alleged crimes by civilians and Rohingya militants. — Reuters

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These Rohingya fled Bangladesh to seek a better life in Burma. Over the years their numbers grew in a Burmese town and demanded independance from the Junta military govt. Which lead to violence. In Myanmar, they are trying to repeat how Bangladesh broke away from Pakistan.

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