This report was produced through the support of Gwangju Human Rights Peace Foundation, Human Rights Foundation Saram, Truth Foundation, and Hanwoo Memorial Fund.
On August 25, 2017, security forces from the Myanmar military, Border Guard Police, and Rakhine civilians attacked the village of Koe Tan Kauk, located in Maungdaw, Rakhine State. Battalion 537 had previously deployed to the area and stationed at a Rakhine temple in Shinklin, as well as at the school and at a military camp to the north of Shinklin. Security forces set fire to hundreds of homes in the village and looted property. The arson began in the early morning between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. and lasted for hours until the afternoon. The only building that remained standing afterward was the school. Based on an initial survey, the total number of Koe Tan Kauk villagers killed on these two days amounts to 148. In the terror after such mass-scale violence and killing, Koe Tan Kauk villagers escaped to Bangladesh, where they now live in temporary tents inside precarious refugee camps.
Asian Dignity Initiative interviewed 20 people in total, consisting of 9 women and 11 men. The interviews, which included more than 100 questions, consisted of four parts in the following order: the initial survey; experiences of discrimination 2012-2016; the atrocity in October 2016; and the brutality in August 2017.
In this report, Asian Dignity Initiative sought to explain how the Rohingya suffered from systematic destruction between 2012-2016, as well as to demonstrate that the massacre and atrocities committed in October 2016 and on August 25, 2017 in the village of Koe Tan Kauk followed the pattern of genocide and/or ethnic cleansing. The report also detailed the forced expulsion of Rohingya villagers from Frangchaung in 2012 and their subsequent settlement in an IDP camp in Koe Tan Kauk, from which they were ultimately driven out yet again in August 2017. 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/16_Pv81fL8V-EHhBjbqPVSdfozkcSn-ce/view
This report was produced through the support of Gwangju Human Rights Peace Foundation, Human Rights Foundation Saram, Truth Foundation, and Hanwoo Memorial Fund.
On August 25, 2017, security forces from the Myanmar military, Border Guard Police, and Rakhine civilians attacked the village of Koe Tan Kauk, located in Maungdaw, Rakhine State. Battalion 537 had previously deployed to the area and stationed at a Rakhine temple in Shinklin, as well as at the school and at a military camp to the north of Shinklin. Security forces set fire to hundreds of homes in the village and looted property. The arson began in the early morning between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. and lasted for hours until the afternoon. The only building that remained standing afterward was the school. Based on an initial survey, the total number of Koe Tan Kauk villagers killed on these two days amounts to 148. In the terror after such mass-scale violence and killing, Koe Tan Kauk villagers escaped to Bangladesh, where they now live in temporary tents inside precarious refugee camps.
Asian Dignity Initiative interviewed 20 people in total, consisting of 9 women and 11 men. The interviews, which included more than 100 questions, consisted of four parts in the following order: the initial survey; experiences of discrimination 2012-2016; the atrocity in October 2016; and the brutality in August 2017.
In this report, Asian Dignity Initiative sought to explain how the Rohingya suffered from systematic destruction between 2012-2016, as well as to demonstrate that the massacre and atrocities committed in October 2016 and on August 25, 2017 in the village of Koe Tan Kauk followed the pattern of genocide and/or ethnic cleansing. The report also detailed the forced expulsion of Rohingya villagers from Frangchaung in 2012 and their subsequent settlement in an IDP camp in Koe Tan Kauk, from which they were ultimately driven out yet again in August 2017. 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/16_Pv81fL8V-EHhBjbqPVSdfozkcSn-ce/view