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Myanmar Panel: War Crimes But No Genocide Committed Against Rohingya

Wayne Lee

   An independent panel created by the Myanmar government has concluded
   that government security forces committed war crimes against Rohingya
   Muslims but that they did not commit genocide against the ethnic
   minority.

   The findings were included in a report released Monday by the
   Independent Commission of Inquiry.

   The commission, established by the government in July 2018, says it was
   "tasked to investigate allegations of human rights violations and
   related issues" after terrorist attacks in 2017 by a Rohingya insurgent
   group in Myanmar's Rakhine state.

   The Myanmar government responded to the attacks with a military-led
   crackdown against the insurgent group, known as the Arakan Rohingya
   Salvation Army.

   More than 730,000 Rohingya fled Rakhine state to neighboring Bangladesh
   during the weekslong crackdown that was widely condemned
   internationally.

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