“We wiped out about 20 villages,” Private Zaw Naing Tun said, adding that he, too, dumped bodies in a mass grave. The two soldiers’ video testimony, recorded by a rebel militia, is the first time that members of the Tatmadaw, as Myanmar’s military is known, have openly confessed to taking part in what United Nations… Continue reading Sep 2020. Former Myanmar Soldiers detail Mass Atrocities Part 2
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Sep 2020. Former Myanmar Soldiers detail Mass Atrocities Part 1
Two Myanmar soldiers confess their crimes in a monotone, a few blinks of the eye their only betrayal of emotion: executions, mass burials, village obliterations and rape. The August 2017 order from his commanding officer was clear, Pvt. Myo Win Tun said in video testimony. “Shoot all you see and all you hear.” He said… Continue reading Sep 2020. Former Myanmar Soldiers detail Mass Atrocities Part 1
Aug 2020. Myanmar Soldier Shooting
August 2020. Myanmar’s army has said it shot dead at least six people detained in a village school in Rakhine state. A spokesman confirmed troops fired on unarmed detainees saying they had tried to grab the soldiers’ weapons. The detained were being questioned for links to the rebels of the Arakan Army, who are ethnic… Continue reading Aug 2020. Myanmar Soldier Shooting
Nov 2016. Myanmar Human Rights Abuses on the Rohingya
November 2016. If you Think About It. All the Wars/Conflicts that are Going On in the World are All Religion Based. The Intolerance of Religion or the Extremity of Religion. In Myanmar, also known as Burma, the UN has called for an Investigation into Alleged Human Rights Abuses Against the Minority Ethnic Rohingya Muslims. Hundreds… Continue reading Nov 2016. Myanmar Human Rights Abuses on the Rohingya
Jun 2020. Ethnic Cleansing continues in Myanmar
June 2020. This is what life is like for the 130,000 internally displaced Rohingyas trapped in detention camps in central Rakhine state in Myanmar: in the camps, they have no future, with little access to land or livelihoods. They depend on foreign aid supplies and die of treatable diseases because of limited access to healthcare.… Continue reading Jun 2020. Ethnic Cleansing continues in Myanmar