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Republic of the Union of Myanmar
National Unity Government
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Statement on the 6th Anniversary of the atrocities committed against the Rohingya people in 2017
25th August 2023
The National Unity Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar commemorates with great sadness the sixth anniversary of the egregious atrocities committed against the Rohingya people by the Myanmar military in 2017.
Thousands of Rohingya were killed and disappeared. Rape and sexual violence, including mass gang rape, were used systematically to intimidate, terrorise and punish Rohingya women and girls. Hundreds of villages were razed. Lives were destroyed, and histories were erased. Last year, the United States Government determined that these crimes amounted to genocide.
Today, over one million Rohingya people remain displaced not only from their villages and homes but from the country to which they belong. Many live in crisis and deep poverty as refugees, including in camps in Bangladesh. A growing number of Rohingya denied any foreseeable prospect of a return to their homes and livelihoods in Myanmar have resumed treacherous sea voyages, placing their lives in the hands of traffickers. This shows just how desperate they are.
The National Unity Government recognises the Rohingya people as an integral part of Myanmar and as nationals. We acknowledge with great shame the exclusionary and discriminatory policies, practices, and rhetoric that were long directed against the Rohingya and other religious and ethnic minorities. These words and actions laid the ground for military atrocities, and the impunity that followed them emboldened the military’s leaders to commit countrywide crimes at the helm of an illegal junta.
Acting on our ‘Policy Position on the Rohingya in Rakhine State’, the National Unity Government is committed to creating the conditions needed to bring the Rohingya and other displaced communities home in voluntary, safe, dignified, and sustainable ways.
We are also committed to social change and to the complete overhaul of discriminatory laws in consultation with minority communities and their representatives. A Rohingya leader now serves as Deputy Minister of Human Rights to ensure that Rohingya perspectives support the development of government policies and programs and legislative reform.
Furthermore, the National Unity Government is committed to delivering justice to survivors of historic and continuing military atrocities. Truth-telling and accountability are essential. So too is recognising the true extent and scale of the crimes committed against the Rohingya and other minorities and ending the history of denial. We pledge our full cooperation with national and international accountability mechanisms, including the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court.
Myanmar’s new Federal Democracy Charter promises a nation founded on peace, justice, equality, human rights, and the protection of minorities. We urge Myanmar people of all ethnicities, religions, social groups, and communities to join in making it a reality.
National Unity Government
Myanmar’s civilian government expressed great shame on Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day for historic injustices that led to atrocities. It also acknowledged the Rohingya as an integral part of Myanmar, saying it will create the necessary conditions to bring them home safely.
The Karenni Nationalities Defense Force succeeded in raising 1 billion kyats (about US$ 476,000) in 28 days to rearm four battalions. The weapons were handed over at a ceremony on Friday.
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Myanmar junta jets bombed Buddhist shrines near a former mountaintop base in Karen State’s Myawaddy Township on Friday. Regime forces were driven from the base on July 21. Repeated attempts to retake the base have resulted in heavy losses of regime troops.
Junta's Nay-pyi-daw airforce dropped bombs via 2 Yak-130 fighter jets onto tower-tai hillock situated on #MyaWaddy's Mt.Latkat in the afternoon of Aug 18, yesterday. Consequently, several dwellings including the religious places on it were damaged and destroyed.
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Approximately in the twilight of Aug 17, a drunk man U Htun Win Naing was SHOT and TAKEN AWAY by soldiers — engaging in ambush reconnaissance — in #Tanintharyi's ta-mote-chon. Since that time, he went disappearing and locals are believing that he had been KILLED.
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A local man informed that junta terrorists keep shooting indiscriminately into the forests of #kyangin and #myanaung townships since this year July 19 for no reason. Their arbitrary shooting prompted the rustics in those areas to seek refuge in more safer places.
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At #Kachin State,Local people told @Khithitofficial that more than 50 people from Mya Lal Village,BaMaw Township were arrested by Terrorist Army.
It is reported that more than 50 People were locked up in a Monastery in MyaLal village.
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Between Aug 13 and 16, 6ppl incl: a 13yo and 16yo schoolboys were KILLED by arbitrary shooting of junta thugs in shwe-kyin, mone & kyauk-gyi villages of #Bago region, the KNU announced. Perpetrators were known to be those soldiers from LIB-264 based in panezalot.
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Singaporean companies supporting Myanmar's military cause people suffering and death. Since the illegal coup, Singapore has aided the junta with weapons and funds, enabling atrocities. Singapore's government should act now to halt this support.
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On the morning of Aug19, SAC Troops invaded and abducted More than 50 people from the MyaLel village in BanMaw Tsp, Kachin state. The SAC Troops burned down 2 villages, stole public properties , and patrolled the area.
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Update : About 150 SAC terrorists were rummaging from house to house in #KhinOo's mya-kan-thar ward following the case of yesterday. It's known that Ma Thida Oo remains DETAINED at the station for questioning about UG (urban guerilla PDF). Moreover, ... 1/2
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