If you commit crimes like the Burmese military, and lie about it like the Burmese military, you are violating international law like the Burmese military, and you'll be investigated and face international justice, just as Min Aung Hlaing and the rest will one day.
Urgent Alert: 17th May, Buthidaung (morning)
Arakan Army invaded Rohingya villages in the areas highlighted on the map. Residents forcibly displaced & Rohingya have been shot. People are trapped with no escape routes.
Evening: Reports indicate thousands have been displaced.
On Friday 17 May. 200,000 [Rohingya] people are reported to be displaced with unconfirmed numbers of casualties. Credible sources cite Arakan Army soldiers as committing the attacks.
@SpecialCouncil's statement:
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"On May 17, the (Arakan Army) ordered the Rohingya in downtown Buthidaung to leave the town no later than May 18 at 10 am. When the Rohingya refused to leave, they set fire to the entire downtown area at 9: 30 pm, not even waiting until their own deadline," according to Free Rohingya Coalition, a global network of Rohingya activists who share common concerns about Myanmar's human rights violations.
As of now, more than 150,000 people have become homeless and need urgent humanitarian intervention, Nay San Lwin, the coalition's co-founder, told Anadolu.
The displaced residents, according to him, are still inside the township with many fleeing to rural areas.
Some are on the road and in paddy fields, he added.
They were trying to flee to Maungdaw township, which borders Bangladesh. However, they were not allowed by the Arakan Army to flee to Maungdaw, he went on to say.
"All their crimes against the Rohingya must be investigated, and they must be held accountable," Nay said.
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There is a serious humanitarian crisis unfolding in #Buthidaung town now. Last night tens of thousands of #Rohingya civilians including women, children, and the elderly were driven out of their homes when the #ArakanArmy set them on fire. The civilians include large numbers of internally displaced persons who had fled to Buthidaung after fighting took place in their villages. They have spent the day in the paddy fields under the hot sun, without enough food to eat or water to drink. They have nowhere to go. The international community MUST step up – international humanitarian intervention is urgently needed to save Rohingya lives.
It was the Arakan Army (AA) that set the Rohingya houses on fire in downtown Buthidaung. When a Rohingya tried to extinguish the fire, an AA member shot him, an eyewitness said.
The #ArakanArmy has surrounded #Buthidaung downtown , after issuing an order for #Rohingya to leave the town by 10am tomorrow. Tens of thousands of Rohingya sought refuge there in recent days and weeks after fleeing fighting in their villages. Now I'm receiving credible reports that Arakan Army soldiers are setting Rohingya homes on fire in Buthidaung. It is the middle of the night there and people are being driven out of their homes. We are working hard to verify further information.
The Arakan Army effectively has control over Buthidaung township already. Most #MyanmarMilitary are reported to have already retreated to #Maungdaw in the past few days. There is no justification for the Arakan Army to attack Buthidaung town. It is clear now that the Arakan Army is using the same tactics as the regime to forcibly displace Rohingya from Buthidaung.