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Evidence Of Rohingya Mass Graves Uncovered In Myanmar

posted by janrinok on Saturday February 03 2018, @12:02AM   
from the echoes-of-Bosnia,-Iraq-et-al dept.

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" has found the following story:

Scores of Rohingya villagers in Myanmar have been massacred and buried in 5 mass graves, according to an exclusive investigation by the Associated Press news agency.

The report by the news agency on Thursday includes witness testimony from two dozen survivors and relatives of victims, as well as time-stamped mobile phone footage of the aftermath of the attack.

Estimates suggest 400 members of the persecuted minority were killed by Burmese troops.

In one massacre, a group of men were picking teams for a local football-like game called 'chinlone' in the village of Gu Dar Pyin, when soldiers began firing at them.

A survivor named Noor Kadir later found six of his friends buried in two separate mass graves. He said the bodies of the victims were only recogniseable through the colour of their shorts.

The mass killing is believed to have taken place on August 27 and survivors told the Associated Press that soldiers had tried to cover up evidence of the atrocity.

Video obtained by the agency indicates attempts at using acid to remove the bodies.

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Widely regarded as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world, the mainly Muslim Rohingya people, are denied citizenship by the Burmese government, which claims they are not native to Myanmar.

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Original Submission

• Crisis Created by Social Media Codes of Conduct Crisis Created by Social Media Codes of Conduct (Score: 2) by canopic jug on Sunday February 04 2018, @05:41AM (1 child)

  by canopic jug (3949) on Sunday February 04 2018, @05:41AM (#632817) Journal

  In a more neutral world, we'd be getting articles about Myanmar being under slow-boil invasion for decades from Bangladesh. So in some ways this is a "crisis" created by social media and their attendant codes of conduct due to the requirement of said codes of conduct that users are only tolerated if their posts fall somewhere on a spectrum of vocally/violently supporting Islam or being quiet about the topic. As a result these invaders and killers are spun as the poor victims. There are only a few factors involved:

  • People resist changing their opinions, even when presented with facts
  • People form opinions even without supporting facts, and facts are few and far between on social media
  • Social media codes of conduct prohibit certain topics, regardless. This is one of them.

  And voilà, there you have a blind spot through which you can drive a convoy of trucks or at least swarms of invaders. Bangladesh supporters and Islamists know that and exploit that. Tactically it is a variant of the old method to get there first with the most soldiers. Social media's rules have created a situation where specific facts are excluded from posting thus ensuring that public opinion forms in a specific direction. Again, once an opinion is formed, it will not be dislodged by facts.

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  Money is not free speech. Elections should not be auctions.

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• Re:Crisis Created by Social Media Codes of Conduct (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 04 2018, @06:09PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 04 2018, @06:09PM (#632965)

  "Bangladesh supporters and Islamists know that..."

  You are straight up wacko.

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