Repressive “peace” and investor security in #Myanmar / #Rohingya

26.8.17

Repressive “peace” and investor security in Myanmar /  السلام القمعي وأمن المستثمرين في ميانمار | Shahid Bolsen: The situation in Rakhine state is deteriorating rapidly and all signs indicate that a new pogrom against the Rohingya is imminent. United Nations fact-finding investigators have been banned from the country. The army has deployed heavy artillery, armored cars and helicopters, for “clearance operations” in Northern Rakhine, and there is speculation that Buddhist civilians will be organized into militias with arms and training by the military. Already in the Western township of Zay Di Pyin Rohingya have been blocked by Buddhist civilians from leaving the village. There is every reason to fear that ethnic cleansing operations this time around will be broader and more brutal than ever before.