GENEVA – The investigators from United Nations called for an international probe and action against top leadership of Myanmar’s army including its chief for genocide against the country’s Rohingya minority.
“Myanmar’s top military generals, including Commander-in-Chief Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing, must be investigated and prosecuted for genocide in the north of Rakhine State, as well as for crimes against humanity and war crimes in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan States,” a UN-backed fact-finding mission said.
Thousands of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims fled to Bangladesh following a campaign of arson and killings by the army in the Buddhist-majority last year.
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The investigative report of UN mission says that the army tactics had been “consistently and grossly disproportionate to actual security threats.”
The fact-finding mission created by the UN Human Rights Council in March 2017, concluded in a report that “there is sufficient information to warrant the investigation and prosecution of senior officials in the Tatmadaw (Myanmar army) chain of command.”
“The crimes in Rakhine State and the manner in which they were perpetrated are similar in nature, gravity and scope to those that have allowed genocidal intent to be established in other contexts,” the report said.
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Myanmar’s Army chief, Min Aung Hlaing and five other top military commanders must be held accountable in line with international norms and standards, the report added.
The fact-finding report also Criticised country’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, for a perceived failure to stand up for the stateless minority.
The investigators called on the UN Security Council to refer the Myanmar situation to the International Criminal Court, or for an ad hoc international criminal tribunal to be created.
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They also recommended an arms embargo and “targeted individual sanctions against those who appear to be most responsible.”
Earlier on Saturday, thousands of Rohingya refugees carried out furious protests to acquire “justice” on the first anniversary of Myanmar military’s crackdown on Rakhine. Protestors held peaceful marches, held banners and attended rallies chanting, “We want justice from the UN.”
Protests were held to commemorate the first anniversary of Myanmar’s crackdown on Rohingyas which started on 25th August 2017 and resulted in a mass exodus of Muslims to camps in Bangladesh.
Moreover, In his first categoric statement denouncing the violence in Rakhine, the UN human rights chief had accused Myanmar of waging a “systematic attack” on the Rohingya Muslims and warned that “ethnic cleansing” seemed to be underway.
