Showing posts with label #Myanmar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Myanmar. Show all posts

Sunday, November 12, 2017

Atrocities on par with Adolf Hitler in Myanmar


Atrocities continue in Myanmar against the Rohingya. The government had accepted the Rohingya as a national race in the past. They were even  elected to the Parliament.  In the late 20th century, it was decided to change their status to illegal Bengali immigrants. They have been stripped of human rights. They can not work or fish to feed themselves or their families.  Myanmar soldiers conduct "clearance operations" against  the Rohingya by calling every Rohingya a terrorist. Torture and rape are common. The name "clearance operation" is another name for ethnic cleansing.  The countries leader,  Aung san Kyi Un denies it even though pictures and survivors exist.

The village of Tula Toli in Myanmar is a sight of horrific atrocities.  A helicopter landed next to the village.  Rakine Buddists and non-Rohingya people joined the soldiers. The people were told they were safe but their homes might be burned. They were asked to go to the beach for their safety.

On the beach an atrocity occurred. People were mowed down with by gunfire. The dead were chopped up and thrown into the river. Those that escaped reported on what happened.  See the fourth link for survivors account.  Gang raped till some of the young girls and women died from it.  Some survivors burned alive. One woman had her 1 year old daughter ripped from her arms and thrown alive into a bonfire of burning clothes. Other children were thrown alive into bonfires.

After Adolf Hitler, the world swore never again.  Genocide is happening again and world leaders look the other way. They choose to "talk it to death." I worry that the Rohingya will disappear as a people before world leaders decide to do something.  I can almost hear them saying a collective "Oh well" when the Rohingya vanish from the world

I watched news feeds and read information from the following links before blogging.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/myanmar-soldiers-systematically-gang-raped-rohingya-women-un-9399600

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_people

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/12/asia/myanmar-rohingya-tula-toli-massacre-testimony/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing

https://qz.com/1127120/the-ethnic-cleansing-of-the-rohingya-is-visible-from-space/

https://news.sky.com/story/rohingya-babies-dumped-and-left-to-die-in-myanmar-crisis-11123366

http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/foreign-affairs/2017/11/12/myanmar-army-torturing-rohingya-people/

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya/last-exit-from-myanmar-rohingya-wait-for-weeks-on-beach-idUSKBN1DC0UX

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/19/asia/myanmar-yangon-rohingya-buddhists/index.html



















Wednesday, January 4, 2017

16 month old Mohammed Shohayet, a Rohingya should have had a voice

The word religion should never be used. Faith Practice should replace that word. It says and shows more clearly how people serve God.  Men, women, children, and infants have been slaughtered in hideous ways to appease some perverted monsters ideas of religion.

In the Rakine state in Myanmar, the Rohingya Muslims are being murdered. They are considered one of the worlds most prosecuted "religions." Even though they have lived in Myanmar for generations, they are in their country considered immigrants from Bengal. Bengal is now called Bangladesh since 1947.

Amnesty International has been investigating the horrific violence being committed against the Rohingya. It is systemic  and brings Hitler and his atrocities to mind. Amnesty International says the actions against the Rohingya may amount to "crimes against humanity. Myanmar gives a extremely convoluted response. Genocide is not happening since there are still Rohingya Muslims living in the Rakine. Also, the Rohingya  religious buildings are still standing so there is no genocide.

16 month old Mohammed Shohayet was escaping to Bangladesh with his family. The military got word that people were escaping to Bangladesh. They started firing at them. Mohammed's family got separated. Only the father survived. In the the aftermath, the father has only one reminder of his family. A friend took the picture of 16 month old Mohammed drowned on the beach face down in the mud of the riverbank and sent it to him. He should have had a voice. His voice was silenced.

I watched news feeds and read information from the following links before blogging.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Bangladesh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_people

http://www.genocidewatch.org/aboutgenocide/8stagesofgenocide.html

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/02/world/myanmar-investigates-brutality-against-rohingya-muslims/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/03/asia/myanmar-alan-kurdi/index.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38505228

http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21654124-myanmars-muslim-minority-have-been-attacked-impunity-stripped-vote-and-driven