This report was produced through the support of Gwangju Human Rights Peace Foundation, Human Rights Foundation Saram, The Truth Foundation, and Hanwoo Memorial Fund.
On August 27, 2017, the Myanmar military, including Light Infantry Division 33, Border Guard Police (BGP), and mobilized Rakhine villagers surrounded and breached Chut Pyin Village, invaded houses going from door-to-door, and committed a massacre of Rohingya civilians. Security forces targeted civilians hiding in houses and shot them to death. Indiscriminate gunfire from machine guns killed many Rohingya as they fled to a neighboring village or hide in the mountains. Those wounded by bullets were slaughtered with knives and stabbed to death. Hundreds of people were arrested and detained at the school, and the whereabouts of about 50 people remain unknown to this day. A survey reveals that approximately 380 innocent residents of Chut Pyin villagers were killed. The military raped many women in their own houses, as well as outdoors and in a school building. The total extent of suffering of these survivors, of gunshot wounds and of horrific rape, is unimaginable. During the massacre, no information whatsoever reported any activity of ARSA or other similar insurgent groups.
The purpose of this report is to advance truth-seeking in order to support and aid the Rohingya victims of mass-scale violence, as well as to promote and actualize transitional justice. In addition, a criminal trial to hold perpetrators responsible for their horrific actions will ultimately require the submission of relevant evidence to the authorities.
For this report, Asian Dignity Initiative conducted forty in-depth interviews of 17 women and 23 men. The interviews, which included more than 100 questions, consisted of three main parts in the following order: the initial survey, experiences of discrimination from 2012-2016, and the massacre in 2017.
Asian Dignity Initiative concludes that systematic destruction of Rohingya villagers in Chut Pyin since 2012, as well as the massacre of August 27, 2017, constitute genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Therefore, our view is that the international community needs to actively intervene and take steps to address the situation.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11lg-keLSnXVyLA_no9u37XRk8Ek_YvBW/view
This report was produced through the support of Gwangju Human Rights Peace Foundation, Human Rights Foundation Saram, The Truth Foundation, and Hanwoo Memorial Fund.
On August 27, 2017, the Myanmar military, including Light Infantry Division 33, Border Guard Police (BGP), and mobilized Rakhine villagers surrounded and breached Chut Pyin Village, invaded houses going from door-to-door, and committed a massacre of Rohingya civilians. Security forces targeted civilians hiding in houses and shot them to death. Indiscriminate gunfire from machine guns killed many Rohingya as they fled to a neighboring village or hide in the mountains. Those wounded by bullets were slaughtered with knives and stabbed to death. Hundreds of people were arrested and detained at the school, and the whereabouts of about 50 people remain unknown to this day. A survey reveals that approximately 380 innocent residents of Chut Pyin villagers were killed. The military raped many women in their own houses, as well as outdoors and in a school building. The total extent of suffering of these survivors, of gunshot wounds and of horrific rape, is unimaginable. During the massacre, no information whatsoever reported any activity of ARSA or other similar insurgent groups.
The purpose of this report is to advance truth-seeking in order to support and aid the Rohingya victims of mass-scale violence, as well as to promote and actualize transitional justice. In addition, a criminal trial to hold perpetrators responsible for their horrific actions will ultimately require the submission of relevant evidence to the authorities.
For this report, Asian Dignity Initiative conducted forty in-depth interviews of 17 women and 23 men. The interviews, which included more than 100 questions, consisted of three main parts in the following order: the initial survey, experiences of discrimination from 2012-2016, and the massacre in 2017.
Asian Dignity Initiative concludes that systematic destruction of Rohingya villagers in Chut Pyin since 2012, as well as the massacre of August 27, 2017, constitute genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Therefore, our view is that the international community needs to actively intervene and take steps to address the situation.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11lg-keLSnXVyLA_no9u37XRk8Ek_YvBW/view