There was raining that day the river had flooded. Before and we couldnt cross the river with our babies and children and we were sitting on the riverbank and when his soldiers came and surrounded us. By sailors and began arrogant is an area. Where and when they started stabbing our men and shooting at them the 2nd i shouted shot you just thank the women good long sticks wrangling in than a mile and i need. A lot of really. Very very precarious soldiers carried me off along with 6 other women that are down the dominie that other. Than one another as they took us away my youngest brother said to me farewell my sister. In law i cant say all the terrible things they did to us. Although the. Slip. What happened was called a cleansing operation. In the summer of 2017 the myanmar army laid waste to the Western State of rakhine formerly r. A contrabands. Nearly 500 villages were burnt down. The row hinge a population fled to the forests and hills muslims one wanted in a mainly buddhist country. After days on foot the survivors reached the border. On the opposite bank bangladesh. To. Find out about this is when we have to know why many more the soldiers beat us. I lost my daughter she is a little bigger than this child here my father and my mother are missing when they set the village on fire i took my wife and the children who were there and ran away as fast as i could since then i dont know where my daughter is 400 mothers do. Therefore they go to the street and by the river i saw many dead bodies including children wherever we looked there were mutilated and burned bodies there because the no food idea. Of it. Not. The crackdown but thousands dead in rakhine the province where the range of people used to live. Most of them fled myanmar their own country. Bangladesh has taken 700000 refugees. The situation remains a textbook example of ethnic cleansing can anyone rule out but elements of genocide may be present. Genocide. International law is yet to decide but thats what many academics and diplomats are calling the situation. What is not in doubt is that the events were premeditated. And that requires decisions by people in power that requires time and resources to plan. Unless it be meditated nothing. Happens without a plan theres always a master plan. Bangladesh is home to the largest refugee camp in the world. The wrong him jump all told the same story citing the same violence the same methods. And synonymous with crimes against humanity. To not told. Far from their homeland the survivors in this village tell their stories. To describe a well oiled machine. At the number that that day at 8 in the morning the soldiers attacked our village from the north they set our houses on fire and fired their guns we knew we had to get away. With a lot of we took our things and fled. But i would build why dont they go. For other one we took our bags and our children and ran to the beach we hid by the riverbank. But then the soldiers surrounded us like a mother to decide oh about the. Thought a lot of them are a mother people ran away in all directions some fell down others jumped in the water. And they drove us all out of the entertainment mohnish couldnt download then they separated the men and the women who did it my own boss and i really. We know you dont look for the nomination shot and killed the men there are about and there might have been better. To have been on with them when they got there to escape the bullets we jumped into the river and there were 4 or 5 of us we fled to the opposite riverbank from there we saw what they did to my wife and the other women. We had to watch what was happening. So i think. They didnt stop shooting we watched and cried. My wife and i had a baby it was our 1st child. I watched and i wept. Youre gonna want to bet on my women all the men were dead they started to throw the babies in the water and they killed the children with machetes before they threw them in the river to. My what was the beat and kill people they set my house on fire and threw my baby into the fire. The other boys after they had killed the men and children they started dragging the women off in groups of 5 or 6. With little girl i knew they brought us to our house blindfolded us and bound our arms and legs they raped us they knew no massy. Were doing to her place and when. The soldiers came to us 3 times then they left us lying on the ground and like to see in. Them it was late afternoon. I thought i was going to die. I close my eyes and said my last prayer is. That moment they set the house on fire. But i managed to crawl out that were going to get there they are used to be afraid of death but im not afraid any more than a mother or father. Or mother. Men and women separated children massacred systematic rape. They used the same methods and almost all the villages they attacked. Matthew smith heads an ngo that defends human rights in asia. Hes investigating the violence suffered by the right in japan people. We documented upwards of 11000 soldiers for 27 battalions that were operational during these attacks that requires decisions by people in power that requires time and resources to plan so all of these all of these aspects certainly speak to a genocidal intent. The eyewitness accounts of the survivors are unanimous the soldiers want to love. Their men it is my destiny and it was a variance and soldiers acted together. There are at least 500 of them that allusion to villages listen killed people and burned down houses and that then i saw them attacking people with knives cutting peoples throats and throwing babies into the file didnt it haha they did it on the soldiers orders. Well the minute is out on the air then i mean that i think. Civilians and soldiers acting together. That. There is a dead in the air and these images filmed by of myanmar soldier an officer in combat gear is addressing some buddhist villagers. You know these people are breeding like rabbits there are more and more of them thats why theyre a threat to our ethnic minorities they want to populate the whole of record. Then they will conquer the whole country and take control of it thats what theyre planning to do. We cant be afraid of these foreigners. Where they are. The officer reveals the me and more armies plans. The new we will hit them hard and fast have no doubt we will cleanse their villages. One group of soldiers will be in charge of cleansing the area while another group will prevent the russian ship from escaping. So they dont scatter where you are. But here are the other 2 no zone is essentially describing what the military ended up doing which was attacking rethinking diligence in some cases blocking them from from from fleeing and then massacring them and in other cases just driving them out towards bangladesh. I dont like no i dont go we have no backpacks no food and we wont sleep we have come only with our guns and bullets so that we can defeat them. But were counting on your help in this mission to show your courage. On yourselves with machetes he sticks around and we even have to fight people dont and small children to make sure we defeat them. And you hear the soldiers encouraging the civilians to themselves take up arms and so and we ended up seeing this this this ended up taking place villagers were armed with Farm Equipment with long swords with knives in some cases with firearms and they flanked me im Army Soldiers and police one eyewitness described it to us after watching some of these trains described to us as they were being trained to kill it looked like they were being trained to kill he said to us. Harming civilians creating a militia to attack an ethnic Group Amounts to a war crime. Was a crime against humanity. In the last few years one man has played a central role in changing mindsets. Starting in 2012 when he was released from prison this month has been touring the country to convince the poor of the dangers of islam. A holy man turned politician. So. We run through his harness the anti rohingya hatred inherited from the colonial era. During the 2nd world war prior to independence the Muslim Minority supported the british. Many buddhist of me and mark never forgave him. d he met the monk at the height of his fame. Sometimes they call me the neo nazi the bald nazi or the bin laden of myanmar but ive already made my statements about that. A lot. Of. The racist creature was protected and financed by the generals in power. Ah machine iraq the exploited just popularity to have mixed faith marriages prohibited. A little while ago im very active on social media especially on the issues of foreigners and the rape i. Listen to the biggest threat to all of us are the muslims who marry several women and have lots of children because they want to become a majority i mean on mars. I s. Quite a. Little by little the radical sides influence growing with hindsight his words could be understood as a warning. For. The government made the right decision they no longer use the word broken joe they say they are Illegal Immigrants and they should be put in a camp so they would even be prepared to send them to another country. Driving the real hinge of muslims out of me and mar the country where they had lived for centuries. That day the monk revealed the generals plans years before any action was taken. It was also at this time that london based academic thomas pick managers went to southern rakhine. There were media reports about the problems with muslims and the reports about muslims raping buddhists making the front pages of the media. There were a group of monks touring the country to explain to schoolchildren the problems of islam. A specialist in state crimes mcmanus quickly became convinced that an act of genocide was imminent. This is part of a stigmatize ation stage of genocide you problematize another group there are still accepted to the still part of society but you point to them and you say look what they do theres something wrong with them and that is the 1st stage in genocide. The theatrics to turn from words into actions. Led by radical monks and accompanied by the police the buddhists attacked muslim villages. It was the 1st act of a tragedy that would last 5 years. In june 2012120000 broken just muslims were driven from their villages and forced into camps. Southern rakhine had been cleansed. Little by little the ropin just lost the remaining rights. They could no longer study and seek health care or even leave the camps. When you know any. Of. Those not in prison camps but confined to their villages in a rest day like. Were. All hope. Well not. Really well. On other gone. But after years of persecution in our movement was born in recalling the rock n roll hinge a salvation army. Only going to jews of this mysterious Guerrilla Army are these propaganda films. That are murdered are murdered. Are not going to murder but. Without uniforms and under equipped the Militants Attack me and more police stations in the summer of 2017 the powderkeg have been let. One aug 25th came around and writing in the attendance attacked and killed a handful of. New more officials the authorities essentially activated what appeared to be a very well planned operation. A massive repression of the wreckage of minority led to the myanmar army being accused of crimes against humanity. Or you might know the Rakhine State to me and mark. The region is off limits to journalists. Since 27000. Humanitarian organizations have also been banned its a territory devoid of outside witnesses. And you know what youre. Going to if youre not really go about it like you know who would like. To defend itself against accusations of genocide the myanmar government invited in a handful of journalists. But the trip is tightly controlled. And. We take the only road leading north to where the injured lived before they were driven out. Everywhere military camps and forts took the place of birth villages the ruins of which are barely visible. Slow down please. Love low life slow down but stopping its up to question each time we pass a bill in which the car speeds on. We pass what used to be booked in jakarta nz for only the charge stops of palm trees for me. The driver has seen it all. But he has been warned. He has only one word to say color. Black. A pejorative ethnic slur used by the regions buddhists to describe the wreckage. As soon as we arrive in the Northern Capital of rakhine were taken to a press conference. One might think. In a propaganda lesson delivered by the governor and a handful of officials in the finest room town. People in the minority even when we look back in history we see it was always the muslims who attack the local buddhists. They seized the land whenever they had the opportunity. The government just did what was necessary to retain our national territory. The official version of the genocide. I mean. It was neither the police nor the army who drove these people out nobody forced them to leave it was rohingya terrorists who burned down their houses forced them to flee with. The accusations of crimes against humanity are brushed aside by the mayor. How can that be. If it had really been genocide and they wouldnt be here any more. Time here. And you know. Theyve managed to kill 22000 then my estimates range and drive up to a 1000000 out of the country without any repercussions and theyve managed to convince the people that this is all fake news that this never happened that the ruined their own houses unless on their own accord. After the genocide its the last stage its about denial its about rewriting history its about understanding what happened in another way as part of the new national story. What has happened since the engine were driven out. In. The convoy heads to north american tour trucks everywhere. The road is still being built but whole villages have appeared only one year after the wreckage of flood. Prefabricated houses that the government has given to buddhists moving here from other parts of the country. The settlement show that the royal hinterland did not stay empty for long. The International Community is increasingly taking a stand and denouncing the crimes against the right engine. But justice takes time. In the corridors of the palace of nations one woman is once again preparing to defend the range of cards. Since 2014 Yankee League has been the un special rapporteur for human rights for me and mark. Theres no one to provide them to. You if not ill go get some you heard about it i think. Mr president distinguished representatives ladies and gentlemen im honored to once again to address you and present you my report to this council on the situation of human rights in myanmar. I repeat the International Community going to tell bangladesh they must continue their generosity indefinitely for a crisis that that was caused in myanmar were going to tell the road into refugees that they are going to have to endure the situation and definitely the answer to the above questions must be unequivocally no i implore you to stop the talking and start doing i thank you for attention thank you. For instance which is it time for shes not to interview yes of course its been delayed a long and yet as you know justice delayed is justice denied. You know high level. Generals who really did feel were doing. Atrocities crimes they must be tried and as long and as well as others to me to me. Please know that exceptionally who are these others to whom the diplomat refers. Given her knowledge of the workings of the myanmar political machinery at the start of her mandate young he leave regularly met with Nobel Peace Prize winner. But in 2015 the lady from young gone refused to express an opinion on the rock into question. We met her briefly during her election campaign. But since were going to share this stage its like this. Yes its really just its a complex love i think that you know you can contact us at. Once appointed state counselor her position became clear it was that of the military with whom she shared power. Yankee leave and the Nobel Peace Prize winner had been close for years. For the 1st time the south korean diplomat revealed what was said during their last meeting. I would have a tete a tete very private meeting and i would raise many issues in had a very good we talk you know she asked about my mother about how my father is doing we talked about family. When i met her and her 1st fight after she was elected use of a hand and she said oh no we dont use that word range and i told her no i cant use Something Else and principle i am going to separate range. Despite having a mandate from the United Nations the diplomat was only able to visit north and rakhine once. When i saw her in 2017 she was very bitter about the u. N. And. And i asked her i need more access to different areas and in july she said to me if you continue to now this narrative of the west general to you may not get any access. 3 days later sons who cheat as you march parliament to withdraw the diplomatic credit ation young he lead was forced to leave me and mark. And son suchi had built up a lot of Political Capital over the years she is a Nobel Peace Prize winner and she used this to provide cover for the military to carry out their operations every time the International Community came in and said look we have reports we have evidence they were frankly bamboozled by own sons to cheat using her capital she built up over the years to provide cover for the military to carry out a Genocidal Campaign this is complicity in genocide and uncensored she should be investigated for complicity in genocide. If our own sons who choose image has been tarnished by the road into crisis those who caused the chaos in rakhine are using it to their advantage. After 50 years of dictatorship and 2011 in march started moving toward democracy. A transfer of power from the military to a civilian government. But in fact it didnt happen the general still controlled the country. Is going to benefit from the destruction of the rangers from their annihilation the genocide the military need a way of explaining to the burmese people why they still need such a huge military at all. So the question is do we need a minutes rise country so that so the military are creating problems like the ranger so that the country will rally around the military is that offenders they remained in power there in complete control of the country the strategy was a success. A strategy that worked in the generals favor not only on a political it could also mean big profits. We know crime status resorts riches so we know that the military are going to want to get their teeth into the resources that are there it shouldnt have been one of the poorest state and. We have some evidence some reports that there in central. There is are iranian there is nicole there is all those what we call it specialists and that is official government secret its almost where you have no access to any information theres no data and so to have access to those resources. We cant have People Living there. Having driven out the undesirables you mark claims to be ready to welcome them back. At least thats the official line adopted under international pressure. The fortys take us to the border to the bridge over which hundreds of thousands of rangers are meant to cross on the return. To myanmar authorities promised to house the injured in this empty camp. The camps are guarded by the same brigades which drove them from their villages. Inside officials are waiting for the new arrivals the scene is carefully staged. You know that i would you say this is the authority for immigration and identification. All return east will register here. You know that then we will issue them with this identity card. And inform her of the card as a condition of their return. Then they can apply for an official i. D. Card. But it doesnt mean they are citizens of myanmar. This card merely states that the holder is an immigrant who wants to live in myanmar. By the end of it being here. Illegally. Yet. If they accept it the wrench away for their burmese nationality. They cant refuse. The last visit camp on the border in myanmar. These were his choice to stay in their country. And mark is imprisoned them behind barbed wire. How is it possible to believe a 1000000 exiles will return to trust the promises of a country which tortures. What is going to happen next for the ranger come bangladesh absorb them into their size what does that mean for the royal india as a culture. The genocide is continuing is going on as we speak so people have to ask the question how do we get through hinge your home and how do we rekindle their culture how do we get people back together and if we dont do it the genocides continuing so so every day that nothing is done is the world continuing the genocide of the region. 2 2 with no guarantees for their safety with no recognition of their identity the working just dont want to return to their land. One of the most persecuted minority. The world is waiting for justice. China quarantine diary. Journalist sebastian only belviq documents daily life in beijing where protective measures grow tighter every day. The state controls and monitors with a heavy. But there is resistance. Which under the close of. 90 minutes on w. Were all set. To go beyond the obvious that. Were all about the stories that matter 2. 100. Whatever it takes. Lives are running out how much if it was not the job you made for mines. 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