Myanmar Army Again Accused of War Crimes in Rakhine State

[TomSea]

Myanmar Army Again Accused of War Crimes in Rakhine State
2019-05-29



The Myanmar military has committed “war crimes” and other human rights violations against civilians in western Myanmar’s violence-ridden Rakhine state since early January when the government ordered its troops to crush a rebel ethnic armed group in the region, Amnesty International said in a new report released Wednesday.

The London-based rights group’s new report, titled “No One Can Protect Us: War Crimes and Abuses in Myanmar’s Rakhine State,” presents new evidence of abuses based on more than 100 interviews with villagers from various ethnic and religious groups in Rakhine state and conflict-affected areas. Amnesty also reviewed satellite images and videos and interviews with human rights officials and rights activists.

Clashes between Myanmar forces and the Arakan Army (AA), which seeks greater autonomy in Rakhine state, intensified earlier this year when rebel soldiers conducted deadly attacks on police outposts in the region

Read more at: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/myanmar-army-again-accused-of-war-crimes-05292019162057.html

Read about the Arakan here.