Human Rights
Watch Report Launch: "All You Can Do is Pray to Save your Lives"
Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Burma's Arakan State
Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Burma's Arakan State
10.30am
to 12 noon, Monday April 22, 2013
This
is not an FCCT-sponsored event. It is a paid function and responsibility for
program content is solely that of the event organizer
In June 2012, deadly violence erupted between
Arakanese Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in four townships of Burma's Arakan
State. In October, after months of meetings and public statements promoting
ethnic cleansing, Arakanese mobs attacked Muslim communities in nine townships,
razing villages and killing residents. State security forces operating in Arakan
State are implicated in failing to prevent atrocities or directly participating
in them. One soldier told a Muslim man who was pleading for protection as his
village was being burned: "The only thing you can do is pray to save your
lives."
Human Rights Watch's investigation, based on visits to Arakan state and interviews with over 100 persons, uncovered clear evidence of government complicity in ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity against Rohingya Muslims.
These abuses continue through today by authorities' actions to deny aid and impose severe restrictions on movement of the estimated 125,000 internally displaced persons in Arakan state.
Human Rights Watch will release its report, "All You Can Do is Pray": Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Burma's Arakan State, at the FCCT on Monday, April 22, from 10:30 to 12:00.
Featured speakers will be:
Phil Robertson, Deputy Director, Asia Division, Human Rights Watch
Matt Smith, report author and consultant, Human Rights Watch
The event is free and open to the public.
Human Rights Watch's investigation, based on visits to Arakan state and interviews with over 100 persons, uncovered clear evidence of government complicity in ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity against Rohingya Muslims.
These abuses continue through today by authorities' actions to deny aid and impose severe restrictions on movement of the estimated 125,000 internally displaced persons in Arakan state.
Human Rights Watch will release its report, "All You Can Do is Pray": Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Burma's Arakan State, at the FCCT on Monday, April 22, from 10:30 to 12:00.
Featured speakers will be:
Phil Robertson, Deputy Director, Asia Division, Human Rights Watch
Matt Smith, report author and consultant, Human Rights Watch
The event is free and open to the public.
Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand
Penthouse, Maneeya Center Building
518/5 Ploenchit Road (connected to the BTS Skytrain Chitlom station)
Patumwan, Bangkok 10330
Tel.: 02-652-0580
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