The massacre at Inn Ding [2] is the mass execution of the Rohingya carried out on September 2, 2017 by the Myanmar army and Arakan fighters in the village of Inn Ding, located in Rakhine State [1] [3] [4] [5] . Authorities said the dead were members of the Rohingya Arakan’s Salvation Army . This massacre is notable for the fact that the Myanmar authorities for the first time recognized that it was committed by the armed forces of the country out of court during the "sweep".
| The Inn Dean Massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Pursuit of the Rohingya in Myanmar | |
| Overview Information | |
| Place of attack | Inn Dinn, Rakhine State , Myanmar |
| Attack target | Rohingya accused of membership in the army of salvation of Rohingya Arakan |
| date | September 2, 2017 (UTC + 6:30) |
| Weapon | Small arms, machetes |
| Dead | 10 [1] |
| Suspects | Myanmar Army |
Content
History
Background
Rohingya is the ethnic minority of Myanmar, whose representatives live mainly in Rakhine State. They have been persecuted for a long time and are considered one of the most persecuted minorities in the world [6] [7] [8] . The modern period of the persecution of the Rohingya began around the 1970s [9] . Since that time, they have been regularly harassed by authorities and nationalist Buddhists. Poor relations between various minorities living in Myanmar were repeatedly used by the military, who ruled the country [6] . According to Amnesty International , the military who ruled Myana have been violating Rohingya rights since at least 1978, and as a result many Rohingya fled to Bangladesh [10] . In 2005, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees supported the repatriation of the Rohingya from Bangladesh to Myanmar, but these plans were curtailed following allegations of human rights violations in refugee camps. [11] As of 2015, about 140 thousand Rohingya victims of pogroms in 2012 were still in camps for internally displaced persons [12] .
On October 9, 2016, insurgents from the Rohingya Arakan Salvation Army (ASRA) launched their first large-scale attack on the Burmese border posts separating Myanmar from Bangladesh [13] . The second such attack was launched on August 25, 2017, in response to the Myanmar armed forces, they began to carry out “sweeps,” which, according to critics, were directed against civilians, not militants [14] .
Massacre
After the ARSA attacks carried out on August 25, 2017, a detachment of Burmese soldiers of about 80 people arrived in Inn Din to recruit local Arakan Buddhists to strengthen "local security." Soldiers of the Tamado , border police, and representatives of local Arakanians burned the houses of the Rohingya, but left the houses of the Arakanians intact. The destruction at Inn Dean was confirmed by satellite photographs taken on August 27 and 28. Several hundred Rohingya escaped from the village of Inn Dean to the mountains, many of the refugees intended to get into refugee camps in Bangladesh [1] .
September 1, some of the people who hid in the mountains in search of food began to go to the beaches located near the village of Inn Din. After that, they were arrested by the soldiers and local militias who arrived there, who accused the arrested of membership in the ARSA. According to representatives of local Arakanians, around 17:00 the arrested were taken to a local school, photographed, given replaceable clothes and fed. The next morning, September 2, the arrested were again photographed by the military, on this one kneeling. Then the soldiers took the arrested to the hill, after which they shot them with headshots. One of the locals, a former soldier, Soe Chai, who allegedly took part in the burial of the victims, told Reuters that each of the dead was shot in the head 2-3 times. Also, according to him, some people who did not die immediately began to be buried alive, but then local residents arrived and chopped up the victims of the machete [1] .
Military Investigation
General Tamado Min Aung Hlang published a post on Facebook stating that an investigation would be conducted into reports of a mass grave found in Inn Ding [15] . On January 10, 2018, in a regular post, he announced the results of the investigation. The investigation confirmed the presence in Inn Dean of a mass grave of Rohingya bodies, called in the post "Bengal terrorists." According to the post, the mass grave contained the remains of 10 corpses of “Bengal terrorists” who were captured and killed by the Burmese military with the support of local residents [16] . This investigation was the first time that the military admitted their responsibility for the massacres committed during their “sweeps” [17] .
On April 10, 2018, General Min Aung Hlang posted another post on Facebook, informing that 7 soldiers were convicted of complicity in the massacre. They were sentenced "to 10 years of hard labor in a remote area" [18] .
Reuters Journalists Arrest
On September 12, 2017, Myanmar police arrested Reuters journalists Van Lon and Kya So Oo at the Yangon restaurant who arrived there at their invitation. Shortly before that, the arrested journalists were engaged in an independent investigation of the mass grave found in Inn Dean [19] .
According to journalists, the police arrested them after they presented documents to police officers unfamiliar to them before. In a press release issued by the police after the arrest of the journalists, the meeting in the restaurant is not mentioned, it says that the journalists were arrested on the outskirts of Yangon [20] . The arrested were accused of keeping secret documents, this is prohibited by the Law “Official Secrets Act”, adopted in the colonial period, which provides for punishment up to 14 years in prison [21] . Reuters called on the Myanmar authorities to release the journalists immediately, saying the reason for their arrest was their investigation. After the court’s final hearing, Reuters published all the materials collected by the arrested journalists during the investigation [22] [23] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Massacre in Myanmar: One grave for 10 Rohingya men (English) , Reuters . Date of treatment February 10, 2018.
- ↑ Reuters has received evidence from the Myanmar military about the mass execution of Rohingya Muslims in Inn Ding Village
- ↑ In a first, Burmese military admits that soldiers killed Rohingya found in mass grave , The Washington Post (10 January 2018). Date of treatment January 10, 2018.
- ↑ Myanmar military: Soldiers killed 10 captured Rohingya terrorists after Buddhists forced them into grave , The Japan Times (11 January 2018). "The military announced on Dec. 18 that a mass grave containing 10 bodies had been found at the coastal village of Inn Din, about 50 km (30 miles) north of the state capital Sittwe. The army appointed a senior officer to investigate. ”.
- ↑ Reuters report alleges murder, arson by Myanmar's military , CNN . Date of treatment February 10, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 Kevin Ponniah. Who will help Myanmar's Rohingya? . BBC News (December 5, 2016).
- ↑ Matt Broomfield . UN calls on Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi to halt 'ethnic cleansing' of Rohingya Muslims , The Independent (10 December 2016). Date of treatment December 12, 2016.
- ↑ New wave of destruction sees 1,250 houses destroyed in Myanmar's Rohingya villages , International Business Times (November 21, 2016).
- ↑ Rohingya Refugees Seek to Return Home to Myanmar , Voice of America (November 30, 2016). Date of treatment December 9, 2016.
- ↑ Amnesty International. Myanmar - The Rohingya Minority: Fundamental Rights Denied (2004). Date of treatment February 11, 2015. Archived December 13, 2014.
- ↑ UNHCR threatens to wind up Bangladesh operations . New Age BDNEWS, Dhaka (May 21, 2005). Date of treatment April 25, 2007. Archived April 25, 2009.
- ↑ Head, Jonathan . The unending plight of Burma's unwanted Rohingyas (1 July 2013). Date of treatment February 11, 2015.
- ↑ Myanmar policemen killed in Rakhine border attack , BBC News (October 9, 2016). Date of treatment October 12, 2016.
- ↑ Massacre at Tula Toli: Rohingya recall horror of Myanmar army attack , The Guardian (September 7, 2017). Date of appeal September 23, 2017.
- ↑ A Mass Grave Has Been Found in Western Myanmar, the Military Says , Time (December 19, 2017). Date of treatment January 10, 2018.
- ↑ Myanmar security forces took part in killing 10 Rohingya: Army , Straights Times (10 January 2018). Date of treatment January 10, 2018.
- ↑ Rohingya crisis: Myanmar army admits killings , BBC (10 January 2018). Date of treatment January 10, 2018.
- ↑ Seven Myanmar soldiers sentenced to 10 years for Rohingya massacre , Reuters (April 10, 2018). Date of appeal April 10, 2018.
- ↑ These journalists were jailed for investigating atrocities in Burma. This is what they found. , Washington Post (February 9, 2018). Date of treatment February 10, 2018.
- ↑ Myanmar policeman who arrested Reuters reporters tells court he burned , Reuters (2018). Date of treatment February 10, 2018.
- ↑ Reuters: Journalists held for probing Rohingya massacre , www.aljazeera.com . Date of treatment February 10, 2018.
- ↑ Reuters Publishes Story Of Myanmar Massacre After 2 Journalists Arrested ( NPR.org) . Date of treatment February 10, 2018.
- ↑ Reuters Report Details Work of Journalists Detained in Myanmar ( VOA) . Date of treatment February 10, 2018.