This report is a result of the mutual project of The Seagull and Asian Dignity Initiative. We would like to thank a local partner in Meikthilar that organized interview with victims making this report.
From March 20, 2013, a gruesome massacre beyond imagination took place for three days in Meikthilar, the central part of Myanmar. The rioters were armed with chains, knives, long swords, and iron pipes and moved around in groups of dozens of people. They instigated people by saying “We will kill them all. We cannot spare their lives.” and looked for people as if they were hunting. The Muslims, the minority group, were on the run
to avoid the riot of the Buddhist-nationalist mob group and had to take refuge in jungle, swamp, or anywhere where they could avoid the rioters. The houses, stores, and mosques of the Muslims were set on fire. Some of the rioters mercilessly killed dozens of students and teachers with long swords and iron pipes and burned their bodies. Among the bodies being burned included a number of people still alive. The three days of madness that led to massacre, arson, and violence died down slowly after the Myanmar government declared a state of emergency.
Asian Dignity Initiative and The Seagull interviewed the victims and interest holders of the Meikthilar massacre who were institutionally excluded by the government and living in the threat and fear of the Buddhist-nationalist mob group and the 969 Movement to record the circumstance at the time of the incident and the human rights violation that has continued. With this report, Asian Dignity Initiative and The Seagull wishes to urge the Myanmar government to take responsible measures, such as neutral and fair investigation on the massacre and human rights investigation, punishment of the perpetrators, appropriate compensation, and prevention of recurrence, and put efforts into respecting, protecting, and realizing the human rights of minority races and religions in Myanmar in company with the international society.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u8pLmcVpdqZv-_OWw-az1xFtrSTmwrVX/view
This report is a result of the mutual project of The Seagull and Asian Dignity Initiative. We would like to thank a local partner in Meikthilar that organized interview with victims making this report.
From March 20, 2013, a gruesome massacre beyond imagination took place for three days in Meikthilar, the central part of Myanmar. The rioters were armed with chains, knives, long swords, and iron pipes and moved around in groups of dozens of people. They instigated people by saying “We will kill them all. We cannot spare their lives.” and looked for people as if they were hunting. The Muslims, the minority group, were on the run
to avoid the riot of the Buddhist-nationalist mob group and had to take refuge in jungle, swamp, or anywhere where they could avoid the rioters. The houses, stores, and mosques of the Muslims were set on fire. Some of the rioters mercilessly killed dozens of students and teachers with long swords and iron pipes and burned their bodies. Among the bodies being burned included a number of people still alive. The three days of madness that led to massacre, arson, and violence died down slowly after the Myanmar government declared a state of emergency.
Asian Dignity Initiative and The Seagull interviewed the victims and interest holders of the Meikthilar massacre who were institutionally excluded by the government and living in the threat and fear of the Buddhist-nationalist mob group and the 969 Movement to record the circumstance at the time of the incident and the human rights violation that has continued. With this report, Asian Dignity Initiative and The Seagull wishes to urge the Myanmar government to take responsible measures, such as neutral and fair investigation on the massacre and human rights investigation, punishment of the perpetrators, appropriate compensation, and prevention of recurrence, and put efforts into respecting, protecting, and realizing the human rights of minority races and religions in Myanmar in company with the international society.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u8pLmcVpdqZv-_OWw-az1xFtrSTmwrVX/view