This report was produced through the support of Gwangju Human Rights Peace Foundation and Human Rights Foundation Saram.
On August 27, 2017, security forces from the Myanmar military, police, Border Guard Police, and Rakhine civilians attacked the village of Gudam Para, located in Buthidaung, Rakhine State. One day prior, an attack by security forces on nearby Dumma Para village had made many Rohingya flee to hide in Gudam Para. The 200-300 assailants besieged Gudam Para between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. and killed and injured Rohingya villagers. Security forces raped Rohingya women. Security forces and Rakhine civilians burned down 300-450 Rohingya homes at about 2:00-3:00 p.m. Security forces set fires by shooting launchers and Rakhine civilians set fires with gasoline. In the terror after such mass-scale violence and killing, Gudam Para villagers escaped to Bangladesh, where they now live in temporary tents inside precarious refugee camps.
Asian Dignity Initiative carried out in-depth interviews with selected victim-survivors in refugee camps in Bangladesh. 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.
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 massacres and arson committed on August 25-28, 2017 in the village of Gudam Para followed the pattern of genocide and/or ethnic cleansing. 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/1uRIYVHxwqQ7b9hIIALjQY4X-MFlS8P1Z/view
This report was produced through the support of Gwangju Human Rights Peace Foundation and Human Rights Foundation Saram.
On August 27, 2017, security forces from the Myanmar military, police, Border Guard Police, and Rakhine civilians attacked the village of Gudam Para, located in Buthidaung, Rakhine State. One day prior, an attack by security forces on nearby Dumma Para village had made many Rohingya flee to hide in Gudam Para. The 200-300 assailants besieged Gudam Para between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. and killed and injured Rohingya villagers. Security forces raped Rohingya women. Security forces and Rakhine civilians burned down 300-450 Rohingya homes at about 2:00-3:00 p.m. Security forces set fires by shooting launchers and Rakhine civilians set fires with gasoline. In the terror after such mass-scale violence and killing, Gudam Para villagers escaped to Bangladesh, where they now live in temporary tents inside precarious refugee camps.
Asian Dignity Initiative carried out in-depth interviews with selected victim-survivors in refugee camps in Bangladesh. 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.
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 massacres and arson committed on August 25-28, 2017 in the village of Gudam Para followed the pattern of genocide and/or ethnic cleansing. 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/1uRIYVHxwqQ7b9hIIALjQY4X-MFlS8P1Z/view