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EU Issues Statement Regarding the Situation in Kachin State

February 27, 2018/in News

The European Union Delegation in agreement with the EU Heads of Mission in Myanmar have issued the following statement in relation to the conflict in Kachin State. “Decades of conflict in Kachin state have displaced families, disrupted development, caused despair and left communities divided. During a three-day visit to Kachin State from 21 to 23 […]

Bulldozing Rohingya villages was not ‘demolition of evidence,’ official says

February 27, 2018/in News

Burma has bulldozed the remains of Rohingya Muslim villages to make way for refugee resettlement, not to destroy evidence of atrocities, an official leading reconstruction efforts in the troubled northern state of Rakhine said on Monday. Last week, New York-based Human Rights Watch said it had analysed satellite imagery showing Burma had flattened at least […]

EU Issues Statement Regarding the Situation in Kachin State

February 27, 2018/in News

Bulldozing Rohingya villages was not ‘demolition of evidence,’ official says

February 27, 2018/in News

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EU Issues Statement Regarding the Situation in Kachin State

February 27, 2018/in News

The European Union Delegation in agreement with the EU Heads of Mission in Myanmar have issued the following statement in relation to the conflict in Kachin State.

“Decades of conflict in Kachin state have displaced families, disrupted development, caused despair and left communities divided.

During a three-day visit to Kachin State from 21 to 23 February 2018, the EU Heads of Mission met the Chief Minister and Kachin State Government, political, ethnic and religious leaders, civil society, IDPs, aid workers and human rights defenders. We are grateful for the warm welcome and hospitality of the people of Kachin state.

The visit confirms our fear that Myanmar’s transition to democracy has not yet brought durable peace and progress to Kachin state. With peace talks in Kachin stalled, the local people face continued human rights violations, loss of lives and dignity, lost opportunities, land grabbing and an unsustainable and inequitable exploitation of Kachin’s natural resources.

We call on all parties to the conflict to cease hostilities and offensive operations and fulfil Myanmar’s obligations under international law to protect civilians and non-combatants. Only progress towards a political agreement on Myanmar’s future constitutional settlement can ensure lasting peace.

The EU is one of the international witnesses to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement. The EU supports peace and reconciliation projects across Myanmar with 68 million euros and provides humanitarian aid to people affected by conflict. We call on the security agencies to lift existing restrictions on the delivery of impartial and necessary support by the international community to communities in need.”

EU Issues Statement Regarding the Situation in Kachin State

Bulldozing Rohingya villages was not ‘demolition of evidence,’ official says

February 27, 2018/in News

Last week, New York-based Human Rights Watch said it had analysed satellite imagery showing Burma had flattened at least 55 villages in Rakhine, including two that appeared to be intact before heavy machinery arrived.

The group said the demolitions could have erased evidence of atrocities by security forces in what the United Nations and the United States have called an ethnic cleansing campaign against the stateless Rohingya minority.

A military crackdown prompted by Rohingya insurgents’ attacks on 30 police posts and an army base on 25 August drove 688,000 people from their villages and across the border into Bangladesh, many of them recounting killings, rape and arson by Burmese soldiers and police.

Burma has denied most allegations and asked for more evidence of abuses, while denying independent journalists, human rights monitors and UN-appointed investigators access to the conflict zone.

De facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi in October set up the Union Enterprise for Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development (UEHRD) to lead the domestic response.

Veteran economist Aung Tun Thet, who is the chairman of the body, said villages were being bulldozed to make it easier for the government to resettle refugees as near as possible to their former homes.

“There’s no desire to get rid of the so-called evidence,” he told reporters on Monday, responding to the allegations of demolition of evidence.

“What we have intended [is] to ensure that the buildings for the people that return can be easily built,” he added.

Aung Tun Thet also said Burma would do its best to make sure repatriation under an agreement signed with Bangladesh in November would be “fair, dignified and safe.”

In a speech to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres restated his call for Burma to “ensure unfettered humanitarian access in Rakhine State.”

The United Nations suspended activities in northern Rakhine and evacuated non-critical staff after the government suggested it had supported Rohingya insurgents last year. The UN refugee agency has been excluded from the repatriation process.

“The Rohingya community desperately needs immediate, life-saving assistance, long-term solutions and justice,” Guterres said on Monday.

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ND-Burma formed in 2004 in order to provide a way for Burma human rights organizations to collaborate on the human rights documentation process. The 13 ND-Burma member organizations seek to collectively use the truth of what communities in Burma have endured to advocate for justice for victims. ND-Burma trains local organizations in human rights documentation; coordinates members’ input into a common database using Martus, a secure open-source software; and engages in joint-advocacy campaigns.

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