Burma: Satellite Images Show Widespread Attacks on Rohingya

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Attacks and arson in late October by ethnic Arakanese against Rohingya Muslims in Burmas Arakan State were at times carried out with the support of state security forces and local government officials, Human Rights Watch said today. New satellite imagery obtained by Human Rights Watch shows extensive destruction of homes and other property in the predominantly Rohingya Muslim areas of Pauktaw, Mrauk-U, and Myebon townships, all sites of violence and displacement in late October 2012.

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Yan Thei Village, Mrauk-U Township: Pre-attack View of Village

Yan Thei Village, Mrauk-U Township, on 11 February 2012. Pre-attack view of village in satellite image.
Damage Analysis: Human Rights Watch; Image DigitalGlobe 2012; Source: EUSI

Yan Thei Village, Mrauk-U Township: Post-attack View of Village

Yan Thei Village, Mrauk-U Township, on 3 November 2012: Post-attack view of village in satellite image with annotated building damages.
Damage Analysis: Human Rights Watch; Image : DigitalGlobe 2012; Source: EUSI

 

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The Burmese monks who preach intolerance against Muslim Rohingyas

Reforms in Burma have revealed a sectarian divide between Buddhists and ethnic Muslims whose villages are being destroyed in brutal clashes with echoes of similar clashes in the Balkans, parts of Africa and Northern Ireland.
The Muslim Rohingya minority are being targeted by Burmese Buddhists and driven from their villages in their thousands. Their plight was highlighted during his recent visit by the US President Barack Obama, but hopes that Burma's most prominent civil rights campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi may support their cause have so far proved fruitless.

 

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Re: The Burmese monks who preach intolerance against Muslim Rohingyas

And they say buddist are most tolerant and peaceful people on earth. what a shame