War crimes, not genocide committed against Rohingya: Myanmar probe

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YANGON: A Myanmar-appointed panel concluded on Monday (Jan 20) that some soldiers likely committed war crimes against its Rohingya Muslim ...

A Rohingya refugee reacts while holding his dead son after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh on Oct 9, 2017, about two months after operations by the Myanmar military began. YANGON: A Myanmar-appointed panel concluded on Monday that some soldiers likely committed war crimes against its Rohingya Muslim community but the military was not guilty of genocide, findings swiftly condemned by rights groups.

But refugees carried consistent accounts of widespread murder, rape, torture and arson with them and have so far largely refused to return for fear of their safety.This is the furthest any Myanmar investigation so far has gone in accepting atrocities occurred. The report seems to scapegoat individual soldiers rather than place responsibility on the military command, said Phil Robertson from Human Rights Watch, calling for the immediate release of the full report.

 

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