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London, UK -- The Burmese Military has continued their assault against the Rohingya population despite an order for provisional measures by the International Court of Justice, which ordered them to cease any actions targeting the minority group. Early in the morning on Saturday 22 January an artillery shell landed in a civilian area in Kin Taung Village, Buthidaung Township. Two women were killed in the explosion, one of them was pregnant. Seven others were injured and taken to Buthidaung Hospital. Witnesses from Kin Taung told BHRN that there was no fighting between the Burmese Army at the time. Villagers in Kin Taung and surrounding villages told BHRN that Burma’s 551 Light Infantry Battalion is stationed about a mile north and that there is another temporary base the same battalion established about a mile south of the village.
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London, UK -- Burma Human Rights Network heartily welcomes the decision of the International Court of Justice to impose Provisional Measures on Burma while the case investigating Genocide against the Rohingya proceeds. With these measures comes the responsibility of the international community to apply as much pressure as possible to ensure that Burma, the Burmese Military, and Aung San Suu Kyi comply with the court's orders.
“Today is a great day for justice and finally brings hope for so many Rohingya who felt forgotten by the world for too long. Now that Burma is realising that the world may not stand for their crimes any longer it is vital that all parties in the international community use all tools at their disposal to ensure that Burma complies with the ICJ’s orders. Then as the case continues there will truly be hope that justice for the Rohingya may prevail,” Said BHRN’s Executive Director, Kyaw Win.
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London, UK -- Burma’s self-appointed panel to investigate crimes against the Rohingya, the so-called Independent Commission of Enquiry (ICOE), has released their conclusions that they found evidence of war crimes committed by certain soldiers but no evidence of genocide. The ICOE has been suspected from its formation of serving the purpose of allowing Burma to investigate and exonerate itself and their supposed findings prove these suspicions to be correct.
“The ICOE was established for the purpose of undermining legitimate efforts to seek out the truth of what happened to the Rohingya since the Military unleashed a genocidal campaign against them and these findings attempt to do exactly that. By blaming low ranking soldiers for a campaign coordinated from the very top of the Burmese Military, Burma thinks they can absolve themselves of any wronging and they are attempting to do so only days before the International Court of Justice rules on provisional measures to protect the Rohingya from the Military. It would be extremely foolish to think that is a coincidence,” Said BHRN’s Executive Director, Kyaw Win.
