© AP Rohingya refugee Dildar Begum, 70, has not heard from her son since she fled Myanmar a year ago and fears he has been killed.
The World Daily AUGUST 28th, 2018
Myanmar’s Acts of Potential Genocide
The Myanmar Government’s morality and ethics have recently been put to question by the UN, as reports of violence inflicted upon Rohingya Muslims by the county’s police and security forces, believed to be potential acts of attempted genocide. Findings have excavated evidence of such acts that include murder, torture, sexual slavery, and forced country expulsion, all of which are indicative of an attempted Islamic cleansing.
There is no shortage of evidence against the Myanmar Government, as investigators have discovered evidential patterns of violence, assaults, and violations of human rights, all committed along Rakhine, Shan, and Kachin, all under the army’s guise of ‘fighting terrorism’, a defence that was swiftly made insignificant.
“Military necessity would never justify killing indiscriminately, gang raping women, assaulting children, and burning entire villages. The Tatmadaw’s [army’s] tactics are consistently and grossly disproportionate to actual security threats, especially in Rakhine state, but also in northern Myanmar,” as stated by the report of the incidents.
The events had been occurring since last August 2017, and since then it’s also been reported that over 10,000 people have been killed thus far. These attacks and acts of violation are hardly new, however, as it was still last year in Rakhine, when 700,000 Rohingya were forced to flee across the border to escape into Bangladesh.
The International Crime Court (ICC), founded in 1998, are likely to be the ones who will be responsible for judging the Myanmar Generals named in the reports; the ones accountable for these now frequent attacks and assaults.
U.S. President Donald Trump, despite his promise during his trip through Asia last year regarding US support for an end to the violence and the safe return of refugees in Myanmar -according to prepared remarks provided to reporters- has still not reacted to the events, and is reportedly split on his indecision on how to punish those responsible for the supposed genocide.
"Here we are a year later, and the results are catastrophic for the Rohingya," stated Sen. Jeff Merkley; an Oregon Democrat who has been closely watching the situation. "It's time for bold, clear leadership by the United States – it's way past time for such leadership, and I hope it materializes soon."
China’s resistance to punishing the Myanmar regime, with which its had extensive investment, trade and energy links; is that Beijing has long been conflicted against Western intervention in countries that are considered to be part of its back yard. It is long suspected by diplomats that there will eventually be an intensive move to refer Myanmar to the ICC, which must be agreed by the security council, yet would not be agreed to by the Chinese council.
By P. K.
©2018 THE WORLD DAILY
