Sub-title:
State Policy to annihilate Rohingya
ဖော်ပြချက်/အကြောင်းအရာ:
"Apartheid, an Afrikaans word meaning “apartness,” describes an ideology of racial segregation that had
been practiced in South Africa from the time of the Cape Colony’s founding by the Dutch East India
Company in 1652. Keeping two different traffic lights in the black and white in the same road may damage
both. Similarly, implementing the 1982 citizenship law for Muslims excluding Buddhists will never bring
democracy and peace in Myanmar.
This legal analysis considers persecution of the Rohingya in Myanmar constitute genocide, as defined by
the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The Genocide
Convention, 1 which was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948 and entered into
force in 1951, declares that genocide is a crime under international law.
I will present legal point of view and historical point of view to see the clear picture of crime against
humanity against Rohingya in Myanmar. Though Rohingya enjoyed citizenship right as well as indigenous ethnic right until 1965, during the dictatorship era, General Ne Win planned to annihilate Rohingya
through State policy. Ne Win, changed name of Rohingya first, then, started the institutionalized
persecution. Military junta, since 1988, systematically committed genocidal process against Rohingya.
The 153-page report, “‘All You Can Do is Pray’: Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya
Muslims in Burma’s Arakan State,” describes the role of the Burmese government and local authorities in
the forcible displacement of more than 125,000 Rohingya and other Muslims and the ongoing
humanitarian crisis. Burmese officials, community leaders, and Buddhist monks organized and
encouraged ethnic Arakanese backed by state security forces to conduct coordinated attacks on Muslim
neighborhoods and villages in October 2012 to terrorize and forcibly relocate the population. The tens of
thousands of displaced have been denied access to humanitarian aid and being unable to return home..."
ရင်းမြစ်:
"Academia.edu" (USA)
Date of Publication:
2016-12-09
Date of entry:
2019-10-19
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
အကြောင်းအရာ/အမျိုးအစား:
Countries:
Myanmar, Bangladesh
Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar:
Rakhine State
Language:
English
မှတ်တမ်း:
ပုံစံ:
pdf
အရွယ်အစား:
2.45 MB (47 pages)
Resource Type:
text
Text quality:
- Good