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Rights group says Myanmar's minority Muslim group has been subjected to ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

Ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity have been committed against Myanmar's ethnic Rohingya people, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), a New York-based nongovernmental organisation.

According to the report released on Monday, entitled All You Can Do is Pray, more than 125,000 ethnic Rohingya have been forcibly displaced since two waves of violence in May and October 2012.

Satellite images show almost 5,000 structures on land mostly owned by Muslim Rohingya have been destroyed, says the report.

The October attacks, the report states, were coordinated by Myanmar government officials, an ethnic Rakhine nationalist party and Buddhist monks. The deadliest attack took place on October 23, in which witnesses say at least 70 Rohingya - including 28 children - were massacred in Mrauk-U township.

The UN has described the Rohingya as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world.

Most Rohingya who live in Myanmar's western Rakhine state are denied citizenship by the Myanmar government, which claims they are illegal immigrants from neighbouring Bangladesh and often refers to them as "Bengali".

The Myanmar government has done nothing to prevent the violence, alleges the report, and at times government forces have joined in the attacks on the Rohingya.

"The Burmese government engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya that continues today through the denial of aid and restrictions on movement," Phil Robertson, HRW's deputy Asia director, said.

"The government needs to put an immediate stop to the abuses and hold the perpetrators accountable or it will be responsible for further violence against ethnic and religious minorities in the country."

In response to a letter from Human Rights Watch, the Myanmar government asserted that "the armed force, police force and militias handled the conflicts between the two communities in accordance with the existing laws, rules and regulations taking care of providing security in order to restore law and order and tranquillity".

Allegations that the police used excessive force to handle the outbreak of violence in June "were unfounded and not true information", the government said, adding that authorities faced "unfounded bias" from media both within and outside the country.

The government also said it has established an independent commission to study "the conflict" in Rakhine.

Conflicts between Muslim Rohingya and Buddhist Rakhine have long roiled Rakhine. During World War II, clashes between the Rakhine, who supported Japanese forces, and the Rohingya, who supported the British, led to many deaths.

source: Report documents 'Rohingya persecution' - Asia-Pacific - Al Jazeera English
 
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Rights group says Myanmar's minority Muslim group has been subjected to ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

Ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity have been committed against Myanmar's ethnic Rohingya people, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), a New York-based nongovernmental organisation.

According to the report released on Monday, entitled All You Can Do is Pray, more than 125,000 ethnic Rohingya have been forcibly displaced since two waves of violence in May and October 2012.

Satellite images show almost 5,000 structures on land mostly owned by Muslim Rohingya have been destroyed, says the report.

The October attacks, the report states, were coordinated by Myanmar government officials, an ethnic Rakhine nationalist party and Buddhist monks. The deadliest attack took place on October 23, in which witnesses say at least 70 Rohingya - including 28 children - were massacred in Mrauk-U township.

The UN has described the Rohingya as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world.

Most Rohingya who live in Myanmar's western Rakhine state are denied citizenship by the Myanmar government, which claims they are illegal immigrants from neighbouring Bangladesh and often refers to them as "Bengali".

The Myanmar government has done nothing to prevent the violence, alleges the report, and at times government forces have joined in the attacks on the Rohingya.

"The Burmese government engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya that continues today through the denial of aid and restrictions on movement," Phil Robertson, HRW's deputy Asia director, said.

"The government needs to put an immediate stop to the abuses and hold the perpetrators accountable or it will be responsible for further violence against ethnic and religious minorities in the country."

In response to a letter from Human Rights Watch, the Myanmar government asserted that "the armed force, police force and militias handled the conflicts between the two communities in accordance with the existing laws, rules and regulations taking care of providing security in order to restore law and order and tranquillity".

Allegations that the police used excessive force to handle the outbreak of violence in June "were unfounded and not true information", the government said, adding that authorities faced "unfounded bias" from media both within and outside the country.

The government also said it has established an independent commission to study "the conflict" in Rakhine.

Conflicts between Muslim Rohingya and Buddhist Rakhine have long roiled Rakhine. During World War II, clashes between the Rakhine, who supported Japanese forces, and the Rohingya, who supported the British, led to many deaths.

source: Report documents 'Rohingya persecution' - Asia-Pacific - Al Jazeera English

Is the opposition to the Rohingyas religious, cultural, ethnic or a combination? I believe in Burma it is ethnicity that generally causes violence.
 
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religious , true but sad

And what is the Burmese government's official stand on them? They want to evict them all out? Have the Rohingyas caused any trouble to the Burmese state or is it all manufactured reasons and good old mayhem?
 
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Is the opposition to the Rohingyas religious, cultural, ethnic or a combination? I believe in Burma it is ethnicity that generally causes violence.

i guess it's mix

, Non- Rohingya Muslims (Native) don't face much problem.
 
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And what is the Burmese government's official stand on them? They want to evict them all out? Have the Rohingyas caused any trouble to the Burmese state or is it all manufactured reasons and good old mayhem?

some Buddhist monks say that Muslims are good in business and feared Muslim may one day take over Burma, that was their main cause to fight against Muslim. Well many reports say Myanmar governments is helping and promoting anti-rohinga campaigns.
 
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We are about 50 Muslim states, yet we do not protect Muslims against a pathetic country called myanmer.

We can easily invade myanmer and sanction it, blocking its oil supply would be enough to squeeze the crap out of it. Yet we don't.

I guess Muslims are to busy fighting each other.
 
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We are about 50 Muslim states, yet we do not protect Muslims against a pathetic country called myanmer.

We can easily invade myanmer and sanction it, blocking its oil supply would be enough to squeeze the crap out of it. Yet we don't.

I guess Muslims are to busy fighting each other.

They Have Huge Support Of " Republic of China Army " , i guess-- they are not Dependent for oil on Arab , They have Enough in country.


Most Powerful Christen countries Couldn't do anything for Christen in Egypt , No one can do anything . Arab Don't care much about South Asian Muslims
 
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And what is the Burmese government's official stand on them? They want to evict them all out? Have the Rohingyas caused any trouble to the Burmese state or is it all manufactured reasons and good old mayhem?

The Burmese President is on record telling the UN that if you wanna stop the killings take all of them as refugees because they are not his citizens. The UN told him that is impossible.
 
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Whatever has happened in Myanmar against the muslim is a such a shame. It must stop . I condemn it in the toughest way possible. RIP to all the innocents killed there.
 
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We are about 50 Muslim states, yet we do not protect Muslims against a pathetic country called myanmer.

We can easily invade myanmer and sanction it, blocking its oil supply would be enough to squeeze the crap out of it. Yet we don't.

I guess Muslims are to busy fighting each other.

Invading Myanmar is the distant dream, Myanmar has support of China even in the days of international isolation. Myanmar keep too much economic importance for many regional countries in East, South East and South Asia. As a Pakistani you may not know the importance of Myanmar in the region.
 
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We are about 50 Muslim states, yet we do not protect Muslims against a pathetic country called myanmer.

We can easily invade myanmer and sanction it, blocking its oil supply would be enough to squeeze the crap out of it. Yet we don't.

I guess Muslims are to busy fighting each other.

Yep heck Bangladesh is their neighbor yet it refused to even let them into Bangladesh let along a country miles away.
 
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The Burmese President is on record telling the UN that if you wanna stop the killings take all of them as refugees because they are not his citizens. The UN told him that is impossible.

India has taken in some rohingya refugees from Myanmar , what is the case with Bangladesh ? How many have they taken in ? Any idea ?
 
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The Burmese President is on record telling the UN that if you wanna stop the killings take all of them as refugees because they are not his citizens. The UN told him that is impossible.

He wants the world to "take them", legitimate issues one can understand but how does one just take them? AND why would any country do so? :what:
 
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