Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s Arakan State
APRIL 22, 2013
This 153-page report describes the role of the Burmese government and local authorities in the forcible displacement of more than 125,000 Rohingya and other Muslims and the ongoing humanitarian crisis. Burmese officials, community leaders, and Buddhist monks organized and encouraged ethnic Arakanese backed by state security forces to conduct coordinated attacks on Muslim neighborhoods and villages in October 2012 to terrorize and forcibly relocate the population. The tens of thousands of displaced have been denied access to humanitarian aid and been unable to return home.
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ISBN: 978-1-62313-0053
ISBN: 978-1-62313-0053
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- “All You Can Do is Pray”
- Map of Arakan State, Burma
- Summary
- Methodology
- Chronology of Events: May 2012-April 2013
- I. Promoting Ethnic Cleansing: June-October 2012
- II. Coordinated Attacks and Abuses Against Muslims in Arakan State: October 2012
- III. Mass Graves
- IV. Post-October Abuses
- V. The Response from Naypyidaw
- VI. Humanitarian Concerns
- VII. Denial of Citizenship
- VIII. Legal Standards: Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing
- IX. Recommendations
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix I: History of Violence and Abuse against Rohingya
- Appendix II: Reply from the Burmese Government to Questions Submitted by Human Rights Watch to President Thein Sein – March 27, 2013
- Appendix III: Letter with Questions from Human Rights Watch to President Thein Sein – January 29, 2013
- Glossary of Terms