explosions devastated the city these blasts tore through the city's port killing at least 100 people leaving thousands injured we're getting some live images right now of the blast site that's what you're looking at there rescue workers are searching for survivors there in the area it is unclear how many people are missing right now the number of locations in favor of. this is due to be a news live from berlin i'm brian thomas thanks so much the. images of cars on. the photos studios are kind of documents lives in bygone era. and leads to those living today. they are guarding gaza's past in a box. collected memories stories of august 14th mon t

w. 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. for a. beginner a given area. 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 rangan with analyzing i need. a lot of really.

very very brave 10 soldiers carried me off along with 6 other women that were there done that the minute answer. and then another not as 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. that's the my. keep. what happened was called a cleansing operation. in the summer of 2017 the myanmar army laid waste to the western state of rakhine formerly our economy.

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. to.

find out about this 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 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 mother's day. therefore they got in the street and by the river i saw many dead bodies including children wherever we looked there were mutilated and burned bodies there because the no food idea. of it.

the crackdown left thousands dead and recalling the province where the range of people used to live. most of them let me and mark their own country. bangladesh has taken in 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. unless it be meditated nothing any amount happens without a plan there's always a master plan. i. 2 bangladesh is home to the largest refugee camp in the world. the royal in-joke 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. why don't the lot of they 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. and they drove us all out of the many many miners couldn't download then they separated the men and the women who did it my own boss and i really. one of the 3 of them were nominated shot and killed the men about and there might have been a. lot of them on with the weather 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. with that on my wall when 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 one of them beaten killed people they set my house on fire and threw my baby into the file. after they had killed the man and children they started dragging the women off in

groups of 5 or 6. he got away with little girl i knew they brought this to our house blindfolded us and bound arms and legs they raped us. they knew massey. was doing this. when. the soldiers came to us 3 times then they left us lying on the ground and like to see. it was late afternoon. i thought i was going to die . i close my eyes and said my last prayer is. that moment they set the house on fire. but i managed to crawl out. i used to be afraid of death but i'm not afraid anymore one of the.

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 that defends human rights in asia. he's investigating the violence suffered by the right 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.

of. the eyewitness accounts of the. viber psychoanalysis the soldiers were to love. their military watershed in what was a variance and soldiers acted together. there are at least 500 of them the tulu junking villages lesson killed people and burned down houses in that in that i saw them attacking people with knives cutting people stroke and throwing babies into the fire. the hot as they did it on the soldiers orders. well the minute it out i did in an ingot of the. civilians and soldiers acting together.

very well there is a dead end here in these images filmed by a 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 record. 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. the moon 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. i don't like no i don't well 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 of 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. harming 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 the dangers of islam. a holy man turned politician. machine we run through his harness 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 him 'd. i. 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 machine in iraq that exploded just popularity to have mixed faith marriages

prohibited. i think. a little of a cool claim 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 i mean on mars. i s. play a. little by little the radical monk saws influence growing with hindsight his words could be understood as a warning. 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 won't 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 picked man's went to southern rakhine. there were media reports about the problems with muslims there were 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 patriots who turned 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 broken just muslims were driven from their villages and forced into camps. southern rakhine had been cleansed. little by little the ropin just lost the remaining rights. they could no longer study seek healthcare or even leave the camps.

or any. of. those not in prison camps but confined to their villages in a rest day like. we're . all hope. well not. really well. on either gone. but after years of persecution in our movement was born in regard to rock n roll in just salvation army. only going to jews of this

mysterious guerrilla army and these propaganda films. that are murdered are murdered. and you have a murder but. 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.

the mother who. was involved on the rakhine state to me and mark. the region is off limits to journalists. since 2017. humanitarian organizations have also been banned it's a territory devoid of outside witnesses. you know you know if you're. going to if you don't know where to go about it like you know who would like. to defend itself against accusations of genocide the myanmar government invited in a handful of journalists. but

the trip is tightly controlled. but. 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 burnt villages the ruins of which are barely visible.

slowdown the. love lives slowed down but stopping it's up to question each time we pass a bill in which the car speeds on. the past what used to be booked in 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. a pejorative ethnic slur used by the region's buddhists to describe the region. as soon as we arrive in the northern 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 town. people in the minority little when we look back in history we see it was always the muslims who attacked the local buddhists now 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 think. 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.

the accusations of crimes against humanity or brushed aside by the mayor. 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. they've managed to kill 22000 in 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 root in their own houses unless on their own accord. after the genocide it's the last stage it's about the nile 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 injured were driven out. of. the convoy heads to northern rakhine their 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 injure land did not stay empty for long. 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 for me and mark. there's no one to provide you know you. know ok i get some. of the. i think.

mr president distinguished representatives ladies and gentlemen i'm honored to once again to address you and represent you my report to this council on the situation of human rights in myanmar. i read the international community going to tell bangladesh they were let's continue their generosity indefinitely for a crisis but that was caused in myanmar i really 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 unequivocal no i implore you to stop the talking and start doing i thank you for attention thank you. for instance trying to get this is it that unfortunately is not calling for people yes of course it's been delayed a long and yet as you know justice delayed is justice denied. no the high level of 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. please know that exceptionally who are these others to whom the diplomat refers. 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. but in 2015 the lady from young gone refused to express an opinion on the rock into question. we met her briefly during her election campaign. but since you're here at this stage it's like this.

if it's really good it's a complex love take that you know you can tell us i said. once appointed state council or her position became clear it was that of the military with whom she shared power. to. the league 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 a 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 her 1st right after she was elected use of a hand and she said oh no we don't use that word range and i told her no i can't use something else and principle i am going to separate range. 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 there now this narrative of the western model to you may not get any access.

3 days later she asked you in march parliament to withdraw the diplomatic credit ation young he 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 curry had a 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 real hinge of crisis those who caused the chaos of 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 a 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 in a political but it could also mean big profits. we know crime staters 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 so my points are that they're in central. there is a 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. you 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 real him 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 would you say this is the authority for immigration and identification with all return needs will register here. you know that then we will issue them with this identity card. commissioner of the card as a condition of their return. and. 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 big yeah yeah. yeah. if they accepted the rangel way for their burmese nationality. they all refuse. the last minute visit camp on the border i mean mark.

these rohinton chose to stay in their country. in markets and present them behind barbed wire. how is it possible to believe a 1000000 exiles will return. to trust the promises of a country which tortures 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 whole 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 2 with no guarantees for their safety with no recognition of their identity the

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