U.S. accuses Myanmar military of 'planned and coordinated' Rohingya atrocities

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U.S. accuses Myanmar military of 'planned and coordinated' Rohingya atrocities
Matt Spetalnick, Jason Szep

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government investigation has found that Myanmar’s military waged a “well-planned and coordinated” campaign of mass killings, gang rapes and other atrocities against the Southeast Asian nation’s Rohingya Muslim minority.

The U.S. State Department report, which was released on Monday, could be used to justify further U.S. sanctions or other punitive measures against Myanmar authorities, U.S. officials told Reuters.

But it stopped short of describing the crackdown as genocide or crimes against humanity, an issue that other U.S. officials said was the subject of fierce internal debate that delayed the report’s rollout for nearly a month.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-usa-exclusive/u-s-accuses-myanmar-military-of-planned-and-coordinated-rohingya-atrocities-idUSKCN1M42DY