Myanmar military leaders must face genocide charges – UN report
Top military commanders in Myanmar should be investigated and prosecuted for the “gravest” crimes against civilians under international law, including genocide, United Nations-appointed investigators said on Monday. The development follows the release of a report into the circumstances surrounding the mass exodus of more than 700,000 Rohingya people from Myanmar, beginning in mid-August last year […]
Pope Francis strongly criticised atrocities, including mass killings and gang rapes, committed against Rohingya Muslims
Pope Francis strongly criticised atrocities, including mass killings and gang rapes, committed against Rohingya Muslims. Condemning the torture and killings committed by Myanmar’s security forces that – according to a UN report – possible amount to ethnic cleansing, Francis said in a statement on Wednesday that Rohingya Muslims were targeted “simply because they want to […]
Myanmar army has carried out mass killings of Muslim minority, UN rights office says, in possible ethnic cleansing
Myanmar’s security forces have committed mass killings and gang rapes of Rohingya Muslims and burned down villages since October in a campaign that likely amounts to crimes against humanity and possibly ethnic cleansing, according to the United Nations. “The ‘area clearance operations’ have likely resulted in hundreds of deaths,” a report from the UN’s human […]
