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Truth and reconciliation in Myanmar refers to the examination of human rights abuses in Myanmar, [1] [2] [3] particularly involving those suffered by the Rohingya people. [ citation needed ] From a coup d’état in 1962 to a general election in 2010, Myanmar (previously known as Burma) was controlled by a military regime.
The initial investigations focused on violence against the Rohingya in Rakhine State in 2016 and 2017 and the movements of Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh that followed the violence. [2] Evidence considered in the investigation included witness reports, "documentary evidence and authenticated scientific, photographic and video materials".
In April 2019, the UN appointed an American prosecutor as head of an independent team that will probe human rights violations in Myanmar's volatile Rakhine state, focusing on atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims. However, Myanmar's ruling political party National League for Democracy disapproved of the new UN investigative mechanism. [94]
A report issued at the end of last year by Nyan Lynn Thit Analytica, a Myanmar research and advocacy organization, said that since the military's 2021 takeover, 936 civilians had been killed and ...
Myanmar has a population of approximately 54.5 million in 2023. [2] The 2014 census noted that 88% were Buddhist, 6% were Christian, 4.3% were Muslim, 1% were Animist and 0.5% were Hindu. [3] However, the large movement of Rohingyas in 2017 has halved the number of Muslims in the country.
Myanmar security forces killed at least 25 people in another raid in Tabayin. [111] These attacks occurred in Central Myanmar, also known as Anya, an area that had rarely seen armed violence in recent times. [112] On 2 July, troops assaulted several villages in Sagaing Region and reportedly killed 41 civilians.
The UN has expressed concerns about the ongoing "heavy fighting" between the military and armed resistance groups in Myanmar‘s northern region which displaced more than 30,000 people.
Indonesia is hosting an international meeting involving the United Nations and opponents of Myanmar's ruling military, sources with knowledge of the talks said on Friday, as a regional effort to ...