you don't they want to know new cases at all and with the city at the center of the outbreak nationally 34 new cases were reported all had been brought in from abroad he said. faces data news live from berlin up next doc film reports on the on last treatment of pro hinge of its range of minority i'm rebecca races in berlin thanks very much for watching. it go beyond. that. whatever it takes. to the running. mate for minds.

there was raining that day the river had flooded. before last we couldn't cross the river with our babies and children and we were sitting on the riverbank and when his soldiers came and surrounded us. by sailors and began arrogant is a layer. there and then when they started stabbing our men and shooting at them the same they shouted shop. they hit us the women good long sticks. in the animal and i need. a lot of really. very brave terrorists soldiers carried me off along with 6 other women that i'd

done the damage that answer. that in our eyes they took us away my youngest brother said to me farewell my sister. in law i can't say all the terrible things they did to us. you know they were there that others. what happened was called a cleansing operation. in the summer of 2017 the myanmar army laid waste to the western state of rakhine formerly farrakhan province. nearly 500 villages were burnt down.

the row hinge a population fled to the forests and hills muslims one wanted in a mainly buddhist country. after days on foot the survivors reached the border. on the opposite bank bangladesh. the matter look the same when we have enough time anymore the soldiers beat us. i lost my daughter she is a little bigger than this child here my father and my mother are missing when they

set the village on fire i took my wife and the children who were there and ran away as fast as i could since then i don't know where my daughter is 400 motor is it. therefore they got in the street and by the river i saw many dead bodies including children where ever we looked there were mutilated and burned bodies there because when a food. loaded. following . the crackdown left thousands dead and recalling the province where the range of people used to live. most

of them fled myanmar their own country. bangladesh has taken 700000 refugees. the situation remains a textbook example of ethnic cleansing can anyone rule out but elements of genocide may be present. genocide. international law is yet to decide but that's what many academics and diplomats are calling the situation. what is not in doubt is that the events were premeditated. and that requires decisions by people in power that requires time and resources to

plan. it was if he meditated nothing. happens without a plan there is always a master plan. i. 2 bangladesh is home to the largest refugee camp in the world. the roll him jump all told the same story citing the same violence the same methods .

the name of one village has become synonymous with crimes against humanity. to law told. far from their homeland the survivors in this village tell their stories. to describe a well oiled machine. that the mother left that day at 8 in the morning and if the soldiers attacked our village from the north they set our houses on fire and fired their guns we knew we had to get away. with a lot of we took our things and fled. but i would know why don't the lot of that go . for then we knew that we took our bags and our children and ran to the beach

we hid by the riverbank. but then the soldiers surrounded us like a mother to decide oh about the. plus that a lot of them are a mother people ran away in all directions some fell down others jumped in the water. in the they drove us all out of the bank many mothers couldn't download then they separated the men and the women who did it only one bus and i really. had the nomination shot and killed the man the alphabet and no matter how badly. i had been on with them when they got there to escape the bullets we jumped into the river and there were 4 or 5 of us we fled to the opposite riverbank from there we saw what they did to my wife and the other women. we had to watch what was happening. so i think. they didn't stop shooting we watched and cried.

my wife and i had a baby it was our 1st child. i watched and i wept. hi dad. donna we went over there in my when i went all the men were dead they started to throw the babies in the water and they killed the children with machetes before they threw them in the river to. my what was the beat and kill people they set my house on fire and threw my baby into the fire. the other boys after they had killed the man and children they started dragging the women off in groups of 5 or 6. with little girl and they brought us to our house blindfolded us and bound our arms

and legs they raped us they knew no massey. doing this. when. the soldiers came to us 3 times then they left us lying on the ground and like to see in. the way it was late afternoon. i thought i was going to die. i close my eyes and said my last prayers. at that moment they set the house on fire. but i managed to crawl out that we're going to get there they are used to be afraid of death but i'm not afraid anymore and a mother father and mother. men and women separated children massacred systematic rape. they used the same

methods and almost all the villages they attacked. matthew smith heads an ngo the defense human rights in asia. he's investigating the violence suffered by the rock in japan. we documented upwards of 11000 soldiers from 27 battalions that were operational during these attacks that requires decisions by people in power that requires time and resources to plan so all of these all of these aspects certainly speak to a genocidal intent. on.

the eyewitness accounts of the survivors are unanimous the soldiers were killed over. there many didn't want that city and it was of the hands and soldiers acted together. there were at least 500 of them that tool villages liason killed people and burned down houses in that then i saw them attacking people with knives cutting people struts and throwing babies into the file didn't it hahaha they did it on the soldiers orders. well the minute is out on the air then i mean not that. civilians and soldiers acting together.

yeah there is a dead end here in these images filmed by of myanmar soldier an officer in combat gear is addressing some buddhist villagers. don't you know these people are breeding like rabbits there are more and more of them that's why they're a threat to our ethnic minorities they want to populate the whole of. then they will conquer the whole country and take control of it that's what they're planning to do. we can't be afraid of these foreigners. where they are. the officer reveals the me and more armies plants. we will hit them hard and fast have no doubt we will cleanse their villages. one group of soldiers will be in charge of cleansing the area while another group will prevent the russian ship from escaping. so they don't scatter anywhere.

but here i don't know you know them is essentially describing what the military ended up doing which was attacking rethinking diligence in some cases blocking them from from from fleeing and then massacring them and in other cases just driving them out towards bangladesh. you know i go i don't go we have no backpacks no food and we won't sleep we have come only with our guns and bullets so that we can defeat them. but we're counting on your help in this mission to show your courage. on yourselves with machetes he sticks around and we even have to fight people don't and small children to make sure we defeat them. there you see the soldiers encouraging the civilians to themselves take up arms and so and we ended up seeing this this this ended up taking place villagers were armed with farm

equipment with long swords with knives in some cases with firearms and they flanked me i'm army soldiers and police one eyewitness described it to us after watching some of these trains described to us as they were being trained to kill it looked like they were being trained to kill he said to us. arming civilians creating a militia to attack an ethnic group amounts to a war crime. was a crime against humanity.

in the last few years one man has played a central role in changing mindsets. starting in 2012 when he was released from prison this month has been touring the country to convince the poor of the dangers of islam. a holy man turned politician. who has harnessed the anti rohingya hatred inherited from the colonial era. during the 2nd world war prior to independence a muslim minority supported the british. many buddhist of me and mark never forgave

them 'd. we met the market the height of his fame. sometimes they call me the neo nazi the bald nazi or the bin laden of myanmar but i've already made my statements about that. a lot of. the racist preacher was protected and financed by the generals in power. ah the shooting iraq that exploded just popularity to have mixed faith marriages prohibited.

a little bit cool i'm very active on social media especially on the issues of foreigners and the rape i. listen to the biggest threat to all of us are the muslims who marry several women and have lots of children because they want to become a majority and me on mar day. i asked quite a. little by little the radical mosque saw its influence growing with hindsight his words could be understood as a warning. for. the government made the right decision they no longer use the word. they say they are illegal immigrants and they should be put in a camp where they would even be prepared to send them to another country.

driving the real hinge of muslims out of me and mar the country where they had lived for centuries. that day the monk revealed the general's plans years before any action was taken. it was also at this time that london based academic thomas big man's went to southern rakhine. there were media reports about the problems with muslims the reports about muslims raping buddhists making the front pages of the media. there were a group of monks touring the country to explain to schoolchildren the problems of islam.

a specialist in state crimes mcmanus quickly became convinced that an act of genocide was imminent. this is part of a stigmatize ations stage of genocide you problematize another group they're still accepted to the still part of society but you point to them and you say look what they do there's something wrong with them and that is the 1st stage in genocide. the theatrics to turn from words into actions. led by radical monks and accompanied by the police the buddhists attacked muslim villages. it was the 1st act of

a tragedy that would last 5 years. in june 2012120000 running to muslims were driven from their villages and forced into camps. southern rakhine have been cleansed. little by little the rockin just lost the remaining rights. they could no longer study and seek health care or even leave the camps.

or any. of. those not imprisoned in camps confined to their villages and rest day like. we're. all hope. well not. really well. on earth gone. but after years of persecution in our movement was born in recalling the rock n roll him just salvation army. only committers of this mysterious guerrilla army and these propaganda films.

are not going to matter. without uniforms and under equipped the militants attacked me unmarked police stations in the summer of 2017 the powder keg had been lit. when august 25th came around and running a militant attacked and killed a handful of. myanmar officials the authorities essentially activated what appeared to be a very well planned operation. a massive repression of the wreckage a minority led to the myanmar army being accused of crimes against humanity.

don't. worry about the rakhine state to me and mark. the region is off limits to journalists. since 27000. humanitarian organizations have also been banned it's a territory devoid of outside witnesses. and you know when you're. going if you don't know when you go well you know about it like you know when i go. to defend itself against accusations of genocide the myanmar government invited in a handful of journalists. to

trip is tightly controlled. and. over that. we take the only road leading north to where the injured list before they were driven out. everywhere military camps and forts took the place of birth villages the ruins of which are barely visible. slowdown. one of low level slowed down but stopping itself the question each time we pass

a bill in which the car speeds on. we pass what used to be broken jakarta and for only the charred stops of palm trees remains. the driver seen it all. but he has been warned. he has only one word to say color. the lack of. a pejorative ethnic slur used by the region's buddhists to describe the range. as soon as we arrive in the north and capital of rakhine were taken to a press conference. where you might think. the propaganda lesson delivered by the governor and a handful of officials in the finest room talent. to get people in the

minority a little bit when we look back in history we see it was always the muslims who attack the local buddhists. they seized the land whenever they had the opportunity . the government just did what was necessary to retain our national territory. the official version of the genocide. i mean. it was neither the police nor the army who drove these people out nobody forced them to leave it was rohingya terrorists who burned down their houses forced them to flee with. the accusations of crimes against humanity or brushed aside by the mayor.

here there was no genocide here it has never happened and never will. if that were true why are muslims still living in the region. but how can that be. if it had really been genocide and they wouldn't be here anymore. and you know that it won't. be true that they've managed to kill $22000.00 then my estimates range and drive up to a 1000000 out of the country without any repercussions and they've managed to convince the people that this is all fake news that this never happened that the ruined their own houses and left on their own accord. after the genocide it's the last stage it's about denial it's about rewriting history it's about understanding what happened in another way as part of the new national story.

what has happened since the engine were driven out. the convoy heads to north american tour trucks everywhere. the road is still being built but whole villages have appeared only one year after the engine fled. prefabricated houses that the government has given to buddhists moving here from other parts of the country. the settlement show that the rock into land did not stay empty for long.

though. the international community is increasingly taking a stand and denouncing the crimes against the right engine. for

justice takes time. in the corridors of the palace of nations one woman is once again preparing to defend the range of cards. since 2014 yankee league has been the un special rapporteur for human rights and b m r. there's no water provided on the in the you. know i'll go get some kid about it i think. mr president distinguished representatives ladies and gentlemen i'm honored to once again to address you and represent you in my report to this council on the

situation of human rights in myanmar. i repeat the international community going to tell bangladesh they must continue their generosity indefinitely for a crisis but that was caused in myanmar are we going to tell the road into refugees that they are going to have to endure the situation and definitely the answer to the above questions must be unequivocally no i implore you to stop the talking and start doing i thank you for attention thank you. for instance can interject if you visit that unfortunately it's not for the interview yes of course it's been delayed a long and as you know justice delayed is justice denied. you know high level. generals who really did feel were doing. atrocities crimes they must be tried and as long and as well as others to me to me. they're.

releasing that exceptionally who are these others to whom the diplomat were 1st. given her knowledge of the workings of the myanmar political machinery at the start of her mandate young he leave regularly met with nobel peace prize winner son switchy. but in 2015 the lady from young gone refused to express an opinion on the injury question. we met her briefly during her election campaign. but since the war on terror this state it's like this. if it's really just it's a complex love so they could you tell you can tell us at. once

appointed state counselor her position became clear it was that of the military with whom she shared power. yankee leave and the nobel peace prize winner had been close for years. for the 1st time the south korean diplomat revealed what was said during their last meeting. i would have a tete a tete very private meeting and i would raise many issues in had a very good we talk you know she asked about my mother about how my father is doing we talked about family. when i met her and at 1st right after she was elected use

of later hand and she said oh no we don't use that word to hinge and i told her no i can't use something else in principle i am going to separate wage. despite having a mandate from the united nations the diplomat was only able to visit northam rakhine once. when i saw her in 2017 she was very bitter about the u.n. and. and i asked her i need more access to different areas and in july she said to me if you continue to now this narrative of the u.s. general to you may not get any access. 3 days later sons who cheat ask you in march parliament to withdraw the diplomatic credit ation young the league was forced to leave me and mark.

she had built up a lot of political capital over the years she is a nobel peace prize winner and she used this to provide cover for the military to carry out their operations every time the international community came in and said look we have reports we have evidence they were frankly bamboozled by a sense to cheat using her capital she built up over the years to provide cover for the military to korea to genocidal campaign this is complicity in genocide and uncensored she should be investigated for complicity in genocide. if our own sons who choose image has been tarnished by the route into crisis those who caused the chaos in rakhine are using it to their advantage.

after 50 years of dictatorship in 2011 in march started moving toward democracy. a transfer of power from the military to a civilian government. but in fact it didn't happen the general still controlled the country. is going to benefit from the destruction of their engine from their annihilation the genocide the military need a way of explaining to the burmese people why they still need such a huge military at all. so the question is do we need a minute's rise country so that so the military are creating problems like the ranger so that the country will rally around the military is their defenders they

remained in power there in complete control of the country the strategy was a success. a strategy that worked in the general's favor not only on a political it could also mean big profits. we know crime state is resource rich so we know that the military are going to want to get their teeth into the resources that are there it shouldn't have been one of the poorest state and. we have some evidence some my points are that in central. there is an iranian there is nicole there is all those what you call it specialists and that is official government secret almost where you have no access to any information

there's no data and so to have access to those resources. we can't have people living there. having driven out the undesirables you mark claims to be ready to welcome them back . at least that's the official line adopted under international pressure. the words take us to the border to the bridge over which hundreds of thousands of injured are meant to cross on their return. to myanmar authorities promised to house the engine in this empty camp. the

camps are guarded by the same brigades which drove them from their villages. inside officials are waiting for the new arrivals the scene is carefully staged. yeah you know that what would you say this is the authority for immigration and identification. all return east will register here. then we will issue them with this identity card. commissioner the card as a condition of their return. will be then they can apply for an official i.d. card. but it doesn't mean they are citizens of myanmar. this card

merely states that the holder is an immigrant who wants to live in myanmar. by the end of it being here. illegally. yet. if they accepted the revenger way for their burmese nationality and they all refuse . the last minute visit to camp on the border in myanmar. these rohinton chose to stay in their country. myanmar has imprisoned them behind barbed wire.

how is it possible to believe a 1000000 exiles will return. to trust the promises of a country which tortured them. what is going to happen next for the ranger come bangladesh absorb them into their size what does that mean for the right india as a culture. the genocide is continuing is going on as we speak so people have to ask the question how do we get through hinge a hole and how do we rekindle their culture how do we get people back together and if we don't do it the genocides continuing so so every day that nothing is done is the world continuing the genocide of the original. 2 2 with no guarantees for their safety with no recognition of their identity the working just don't want to return to their land. one of the most persecuted

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