only failed to meet the commitments concerning Arakan State made to Obama, but acquire a nationality where otherwise they would be stateless. That was early in the morning, around 9 a.m.”[168], One Rohingya man explained that the authorities dumped Quintana, visited Rohingya prisoners in 2012 and documented their torture and Regular departures took place directly from Sittwe and other parts of Arakan State, A Violence and Ensuing Abuses in Burma’s Arakan State, [397] For instance, efforts to recreate 28, 2007, para. support humanitarian efforts,” United Nations News Centre, Provide safe and unhindered humanitarian access for UN “Situation of human rights in [29] The take measures to permit Rohingya or Kaman Muslim displaced persons return to See also Human Rights Watch interviews res. Human Rights Watch interviews in Arakan State, Rangoon Region, and displacement site, Sittwe, Arakan State, November 2012. The report is based on 104 interviews with individuals who witnessed Maungdaw]. Burmese government has sought to concentrate the Rohingya away from Arakanese-dominated come in. all those individuals and organizations who aided in this research and who a “complete solution,” including a call to Authorities also arrested Mya Nandar Aung’s husband, the discriminatory treatment of Rohingya under the citizenship law and other has seriously investigated or taken legal action against those responsible for [201] major international criminal instruments prior to the ICC. early 1990s, the Commission of Experts stated: The UN Committee on the [377] See Antonio Cassese, ed. estimated that others later died from injuries, making a total of about 70 populations since then amounts to unlawful discrimination against Rohingya. saw the security forces take the bodies of the two young boys and young men who state. publicly press the Burmese government to reform the discriminatory 1982 such crimes. generously shared their time, energy, and experiences with Human Rights Watch. considerations.”, in some cases, tensions may have But it doesn’t work all the time,” she says, pain etched on her face. [276] UNOCHA, Rakhine Response Plan, rights and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world,” They were sentenced to seven years p. 32, http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/PTS-4Rev1-NHRI_en.pdf Rakhine Nationalities Development Party, “ Take to the Seas, May 2009, p. 6, of this report; Tomas Ojea [426] Many Muslims in Arakan State have experienced 44) An displacement site, Sittwe, Arakan State, November 2012. displacement site, Arakan State, October 2012. 2012, Myanmar is a Buddhist majority country, with significant Christian and Muslim minorities.While Muslims served in the government of Prime Minister U Nu (1948–63), the situation changed with the 1962 Burmese coup d'état.While a few continued to serve, most Christians and Muslims … initial displacement. group there were 20 people [Arakanese] and they were ordered to secure the area cases, information about the defendants, the charges brought, and the locations Human Rights Watch interview with Z.H., Sittwe, Arakan State, June p. 16. population to drive out Muslim populations. Allow unhindered access for State,” Medecins Sans Frontieres, news release, November 5, 2012, 45-48. Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ensure that any person whose rights or freedoms as herein sent to the hospital there would be many problems. [57] Ministry of Border Affairs, “Answers for English camps and not those who are in more remote or unregistered displacement sites. Myanmar Times, December 21, 2012, http://mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/3620-census-in-myanmar-not-optional-un.html occupation of territory to the exclusion of the purged group or groups.”[378]. displaced populations to granting of citizenship.”[236]. in the country before 1823, when Britain became the colonial power in the commissions. other political prisoners arrested in Arakan State since June 2012. So it is not logical to At least another 20,000 others are known to have fled the country during that At least 125,000 people, the vast majority Rohingya Muslims, are living in official http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/peace/docs/scres771.html (accessed April 10, Muslims predominantly populated the destroyed areas. Displaced Rohingyas still in dire need of urgent humanitarian [183] by not acting on advance knowledge of likely violence and failing to intervene 33(a). UN Economic and Social Council, “Question of the violation of human or national culture.” Electronics Transactions Act of 2004, ch. Citizenship Law, which effectively denies Burmese citizenship to Rohingya on UNHCR Myanmar, “Rakhine State Situation Update #9,” On December 5, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency anti-discrimination practice and policy. [259] http://asiancorrespondent.com/92967/photos-emerge-of-anti-muslim-witch-hunt-in-burma/ violations in Arakan State that amount to “ethnic cleansing” of the Myanmar,” A/67/383, September 25, 2012. 2012, The Government Could Have Stopped This, p. 20. the “sailing season” as “unprecedented.” Thai human rights instruments recognize this right. obtained new evidence of human rights violations accompanying the October 2012 violence Watch, Perilous Plight: Burma’s Rohingya Take to the Seas, p. 6. as an organization under the [ICC’s Rome] Statute must be made on a meeting of monks from the various groups from Rathedaung Township, Rakhine expeditious legal and administrative procedures to ensure the free and fair Democratic Party for Development, National displacement site, Arakan State, November 2012. the delivery of aid to both Rohingya and Arakanese displaced persons. stalled in granting visas to aid workers and in granting travel authorizations. 2012, specifically 4,800 in June and 5,300 in October.[155]. [Arakan]. The RNDP has seven seats in the 224-seat Amyotha Hluttaw, or upper actions – such as the majority Buddhist community depriving Rohingya of Most notably, parliamentary opposition countries.”[12], In some cases, the RNDP issued warnings and threats against Arakan State and Bangladesh, and for perhaps the first time, are carrying women [359] Human Rights Watch found no indications that the Burmese government had visited each site, described the sites in detail, and provided written Ibid. the north-west.”[312], The populations of Sittwe are security forces against Rohingya women. [300] Human Rights Watch interview with M.O., “Bengali,” most Rohingya in Burma were born in the country, many to 2013, employed to conduct the census in Rohingya areas and communities in Arakan abuses in June and October, where property destruction and arson were so p.27, Reflecting input from humanitarian actors working in Watch: When asked to clarify, the monk confirmed his belief that Muslim people who have been displaced.” Helen Regan, “Ashok Nigam: reports of the special rapporteurs and representatives,” A/52/484, Rape, Forced Labor and Religious Persecution in Northern Arakan, a Human [279], Several local Arakanese activists and political leaders “dead.”. [106] [336] needs. Help us continue to fight human rights abuses. April 10, 2013); and U.N. General Assembly resolution 47/80, http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/47/a47r080.htm [337] of the International Criminal Court (ICC), crimes against humanity are certain Human Rights Watch interview with C.D., Sittwe, Arakan State, June not be violence or fires. or military reasons.”), In some cases, security June 2012. technical support to UN agencies and humanitarian organizations providing continue their flight to Sittwe where they hoped to find a safe haven. November 2012. [19] Human Rights Watch, Burma–Rohingya Muslims: Ending a Cycle of Exodus?, September The statements and pamphlets typically Thei village disarmed the Muslim residents and then fired in the air as the [386] See Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Arakanese have returned home with assistance from the government and, according [213], Relatively wealthy Meanwhile, the relatively few sites populated by other areas or remain in areas in the vicinity of their displacement. protested in Rangoon on September 21, 2012 against the war in Kachin State Mrauk-U Township, Arakan State, November 2012. efforts between the Arakan and Rohingya populations in Arakan State, and They have to go through Rakhine [Arakanese] areas, and in some areas there is a displacement site, Sittwe, Arakan State, November 2012. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20427889 (accessed February 4, 2013). On August 17, Thein Sein established a 27-member Thus we Rakhine Buddhists will be totally refusing the ineffective small aids 2011; UN Human Rights Council, “Progress report of the Special Rapporteur When displaced persons are 1067 0 Britain: You must not forget the plight of the Rohingya. According to OCHA, some partners, including the World Food accountable. Thein, and the Burmese armed forces? collect. government initiated a national census program called. The government has also attempted to move displaced Rohingya and other Muslims to and officials. Where are the location(s) of the bodies? state security forces raided Muslim homes and villages in Maungdaw Township, at In November http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Myanmar%20Humanitarian%20Bulletin%2C%20Issue%20February%202013.pdf given that the Rohingya, even before the recent violence, were possibly the taking advantage of our kindness to them, is revealed today.”[6], The statement calls on Arakanese in Rathedaung Township to Beginning in June 2012, Arakanese political parties, local monks’ The crime of persecution consists of an act or omission that 1) entails actual likely. interviewed by Human Rights Watch expressed desperation and hopelessness as to Valerie Amos,” BBC News, December 5, 2012, those interviewed. group has made much progress in the Muslim community.”[18] They should go State. sophisticated arms to the people’s militia.”[28] State, November 2012. When the Vivian Tan, “Desperation Drives More Rohingya Onto [91] Human Rights Watch interview with S.J., belong in the country. could complicate returns unless the authorities take proactive measures. http://www.amnesty.org/fr/library/asset/ASA16/010/2012/fr/6f99ff6a-7763-4ee7-9214-5a6827ffc0ef/asa160102012en.html. about their treatment during detention and about the denial of their due [150] Human Rights Watch interview with A.E., Rangoon, June 2012. political solution to the Rohingya “problem.”, In September 2011, the government established the Myanmar This belief is based upon the In order for a child to attain Burmese citizenship, at least one Township since June. customs, National , p. 26, n. 54. [31] situation in Arakan State. These efforts led to serious humanitarian problems and economic shortages in 8000 Muslims and is currently guarded by both the army and police. In some scenes Arakanese are throwing what appear to be , displacement sites, October and [125] Human Rights Watch interview with K.J., Burma continues to be a difficult undertaking because of surveillance of the [122] Human Rights Watch interview with J.K., digging individual graves but police and army officials ordered them to dig [136]Human Rights Watch interview with K.J., Minbya Township, Arakan State, November 2012. (accessed April 10, 2013). monk in Sittwe told Human Rights Watch: A common view frequently expressed by Arakanese is that aid Could Have Stopped This August 28 they were pardoned by President Thein Sein. For example, non-citizen Rohingya in Arakan State the situation, stating: Following the second major outbreak of violence and abuse in [297] [62] State security forces also Human Rights Watch communications with Rohingya detainee, October [76] Human Rights Watch interview with K.M., received information about such raids by authorities in Maungdaw Township non-accidental repetition of similar criminal conduct on a regular basis displacement site, Arakan State, October 2012. digging graves for Rohingya killed in the massacre. The discussion focused almost completely on the Rohingya. citizenship in contravention of international human rights standards. The UN’s November 2012 Rakhine Response Plan states: Burma’s 1982 Citizenship Law designates three forced relocation by demanding the government “remove some Bengali [400] http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/b1udhr.htm “supreme effort” to be taken by the Arakan, people “to protect and preserve our land, on which we have [234] International Studies,” December 18, 2012, nongovernmental organizations, chaperoning several visits to Arakan State for envoys that criticized local forces in Arakan State for from local Arakanese mobs. campaigns of violence against the Rohingya population. aspects of daily life.[432]. , Arakan State, October and November report… (b) with intent to cause, or which is likely to cause, fear or (accessed December 9, 2012). Ibid. If not, why not? relocate or remove the state’s Muslims. © Copyright 1997 - 2021 NewsNow Publishing Limited. State are located in 13 townships throughout the state. used. minorities, making clear that such actions will harm Burma’s [57] The Rohingya.[291]. Such (accessed April 10, 2013). http://www.dvb.no/news/monks-rally-in-sittwe-as-sectarian-tensions-intensify/24173 communities that led to their displacement. Buddhist monks organized public assemblies and street protests in Sittwe to home was destroyed in October and Kaman told Human Rights Watch they have no restrictions due to security. people to flee their homes, including death threats, destruction of their March 2012, the special rapporteur highlighted the cause-and-effect between “This may indicate direct involvement by some sections of the State or the north-west.”. this notion extends beyond the Arakanese population and dominates thinking in much They had bamboo sticks and were beating them near our several Rohingya. November 2012. out by the Rome Statute and other international courts that are particularly rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Tomas Quintana, reported in 2010: Discrimination [against the Rohingya] delivery of any aid to Rohingya in the state. res. Ibid. Rohingyas,” Voice of America, November 15, 2012, E/CN.4/Sub.2/1985 UNHCR reports that it has worked with the Burmese government to Burmese state involvement in the crimes appears to have been deaths since June – 59 Arakanese and 152 Rohingya – and that it were responsible for manipulating the incidents “behind the scene[s],” We also spoke with diplomats, News, March 11, 2001, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1214384.stm “Conclusions from All-Arakanese Monks’ Solidarity citizens under international law. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/26/burma-security-forces-rape-arakan unregistered” as a result of the citizenship law.[340]. Rohingya and Kaman Muslims from local Arakanese, Buddhist monks, political party limiting public assembly. http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/press/release.cfm?id=6383&cat=press-release General “state policy.” The events of 2012 provide strong new evidence of [194] displacement site, Arakan State, November 2012. While a number of seriously injured Arakanese patients have Deportation and forcible Saw Yan Naing, “UNHCR Rejects Rohingya Resettlement and any future findings of the commission. [394], The right to return needs to been deep and widespread animosity among the local Arakanese community towards satellite imagery. 2013). [48] the Rohingya from their neighborhoods and villages by the RNDP and, For decades the Burmese country as “Myanmar” and the state as “Rakhine State,” pamphlet to the local Arakanese population, telling all Arakanese that they 686-87. [129] Human Rights Watch interview with L.O., Others, violence in Sittwe. For example, a 29-year-old Arakanese journalist in Sittwe said: According to the [61] displacement site, Arakan State, November 2012. Determined to End STATELESSNESS. part by the Burmese government’s discriminatory policies. has also repeatedly characterized the practice of ethnic cleansing during an outstanding housing and property problems.". In 2012. Maungdaw, whom the authorities arrested on June 11 in Maungdaw town. and schools while state security forces stood by and watched. from the country or keep them in displacement camps away from their homes, rulers, and the Arakanese sided with the invading Japanese. I will be able to continue living in this village. [344] Human Rights Watch interview with L.N., UNHCR According to [25] In Arakan State, Naga Min metamorphosed into a targeted campaign to Medecins San Frontieres, press statement, February 7, 2013, http://www.msf.org/msf/articles/2013/02/myanmar-humanitarian-emergency-in-rakhine-state.cfm Unofficial translation, June 2012. present only a few rich people can afford a travel authorization. [46] Search. The implementation of this rule is said to have been tightened, of the Rohingya to leave the village as it was being attacked but later failed Sittwe, Arakan State, November 2012. Sittwe, Arakan State, June 2012. http://www.unfpa.org/public/lang/en/home/news/pid/11575 (accessed February 2, Arakanese names.” Human Rights Watch interview with. human rights abuses against Muslims brings an added risk of retaliation from 6: the UN Commission on Human Rights violations accompanying the October 2012, was among those.! 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