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US fears ‘fresh atrocities’ against Rohingya in Myanmar
The United States has said it fears "new atrocities" in Myanmar (formerly Burma), particularly against the Rohingya Muslim minority, as violence escalates in the western Rakhine state.
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"The acts of genocide and other crimes against humanity committed by the military against the Rohingya, as well as the intercommunal tensions they have fueled in Rakhine State and elsewhere in the country, underscore the grave dangers to which civilians are exposed,” the US diplomacy said in a statement on Tuesday.
"The current upsurge in violence and intercommunal tensions also raises the risk of further atrocities,” the US State Department added, calling “on the Burmese military, as well as all armed actors, to protect civilian populations and allow unimpeded humanitarian access.”
On Sunday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights had already said he was “deeply alarmed” by the escalation of violence in Rakhine, warning of the potential for further atrocities.
Reporting that his services were seeking “to corroborate reports of serious violations”, Volker Türk said he was “deeply alarmed by reports of escalating violence and the destruction of property in Buthidaung Township in northern Rakhine State, reportedly displacing tens of thousands of civilians, primarily Rohingya”.
"With intercommunal tensions between the Rakhine and Rohingya communities running high – and actively stoked by the military – this is a critical moment when the risk of further atrocity crimes is particularly high,” the UN official said in a statement.
Atrocity crimes – genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes – are considered by the UN as the most serious of crimes under international law.
In 2017, Rakhine State was the scene of a massive military-led persecution of the Rohingya minority, which the United Nations is investigating as a genocide.
Renewed clashes have wracked the state since the rebel Arakan Army attacked security forces in November, ending a ceasefire that had largely held since the junta seized power in a coup in 2021.
Türk called for an end to the fighting and protection of civilians, and for the warring parties to allow “immediate and unimpeded humanitarian access”.
He also urged the belligerents to “fully and unconditionally respect international law, including the measures already ordered by the International Court of Justice for the protection of the Rohingya”.
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