Raw daily log of Rohingya reports
Note: This was a working document of Rohingya reports as they came in, maintained by Jamila Hanan, who was working closely with Rohingya reporters during the period of the Myanmar military’s ‘clearance operation’ that began on 8th October 2016 and came to an end in February 2017.
Any queries regarding this data log can be sent to jamilahanan1@gmail.com
Map of incidents: bit.do/rohingyamap
The ✓ symbol has been placed next to those reports that have been mapped.
All times mentioned below are in Myanmar local time.
A table of official place names with coordinates can be seen here: bit.do/rohingyaplaces
A new log of recent events can be viewed here: http://bit.do/rohingyalog2
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tNiCK5Ux41nZgjKxTXWOib4u4CHBNszfzDWu-vhYPto/edit?usp=sharing
Hlun Htein officers, state government officials and village authorities held a meeting with locals from the destroyed village tracts of Ra Bai La,[Kyar Gaung Taung] Sau Ra Gazi Bil [Dar Gyi Zar] and Bor Gazi Bil [Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son] on Monday.
The villagers have earlier been ordered by local authorities to report at a local school in the area for a very important meeting.
Village authorities started the meeting by saying it was very unfortunate the Muslims in the area had to suffer through no fault of their own. They however said it was also not the fault of the Tatmadaw who were merely doing their job by responding to terrorists. While they understood the terrorists were few and did not represent most of the people in the community, it was their fault that they were suffering like that.
The authorities also said the terrorists were now living a luxurious life in hotels in foreign countries while the Muslims suffered in this country.
Another official however said that in the aftermath of the violence, the villagers burned down their own houses to garner sympathy from the international community. He said there was no use now debating over what happened but under the laws of Myanmar, those houses that have been burned down were now the property of the government and the Muslims were not allowed to resettle there.
The message has been greeted with disbelief and sarcasm as the entire village tracts have been burned down by the army in mid November. Some of the Rohingyas however pointed out that there was some land besides the burned down houses which were not affected by the fire and whether it was now permissible for them to settle there. The officials however said that was unlikely but they would raise the issue with the Tatmadaw and inform them.
They however told the Rohingyas there was no need to worry as the government would resettle the people of Sa Li Frang, Sau Ra Gazi Bil, Bor Gazi Bil and Ra Bai La somewhere else. They asked the locals to look forward to bright future where the government will provide them with a better village complete with food, education and healthcare.
At the end of the meeting, the Muslims said there was absolutely no need for the government to take such efforts to resettle them elsewhere. Rather if they were given permission, they would go back to the old villages and would repair their damaged settlements without any help from the government. The response irritated the officials who reminded the men that all the burned houses were government property. They went away saying there would have to a decision before the monsoon season.
A Rohingya man, Abusiddiq, is beaten to a critical condition by 2 police
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/828624610094698497 (video of unconscious man lying on floor)
A Bangladeshi fisherman was killed and another injured in Hlun Htein firing on the Teknaf Maungdaw border, according to reports in the Bangladesh media.
The shooting took place on the Naaf river which separates the two countries at around 6.30am.
AT Correspondent, Teknaf
A Bangladeshi fisherman was shot to dead and the other one injured seriously by Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) while the fishermen were fishing at Naf-River on 6 January 2017.
Police and local source said, a group of Myanmar Border Guard Police in a speed boat intruded into Bangladesh water territory through sluice gate no. 2 of Naf-River at 6: 00 am and opened fire on the fishermen indiscriminately.
Nurul Amin (26) son of Kabir Ahamed of Chowdhury para, Teknaf was succumbed to his bullet injuries of Myanmar Border guard Police and Murtaza (25) son of Sona Miah of the same area was injured seriously in the gun fire of BGP.
At that time, another one who immediately jumped into the water managed to be saved.
The injured Murtaza was rushed to Teknaf hospital for treatment by Border Guard Bangladesh. But due to critical state, the victim then was again referred to Cox’s Bazar Medical Hospital for better treatment.
Ascertaining the news, the Sub-Inspector, Mufizul Islam of Teknaf said, the corpse was rushed to Cox’s Bazar hospital morgue for postmortem.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2017/02/08/a-bangladeshi-national-shot-dead-1-injured-by-myanmar-bgp/
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A minor boy from Kawa Bil in Maungdaw North was tortured by Tatmadaw personal on Sunday.
13 year Md Hasson from the Paschim para of the now destroyed village tract had gone to fish in a nearby river when he was intercepted by soldiers at around 8.30 am. He was taken to the army camp where he was brutally tortured throughout the day.
The boy says he was released in the late afternoon time and he managed to crawl some distance in his battered state following which he collapsed. Locals later found him lying on the ground and carried him back to the settlement.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/507-minor-boy-tortured-for-fishing (photo of injured boy)
An underage Rohingya boy was brutally tortured by the Myanmar troops in northern Maungdaw on Sunday (Feb 5), leaving him wounded severely and in critical condition, an eyewitness has reported.
He is Hassan (son of) Zubair, 13, a displaced Rohingya boy originally from the Middle hamlet of the village of ‘Kyikanpyin’ locally known as ‘Hawar Bil.’ Displaced when the BGP (Border Guard Police) Commander ‘Thura San Lwin’ uprooted the entire Middle hamlet on October 23, 2016, his family has been taking shelter at the West hamlet (of Kyikanpyin) since then.
It was at around 8:30 AM on February 5, the boy, desperately in need of daily meals, went out for fishing to a nearby fishery pond to the west of the village, where a dozen of Myanmar’s troops appeared out of nowhere. The troops rounded him up and took him to their camp in the nearby ‘Wapeik (Wabeik)’ hamlet.
In the camp, the military tortured him for the whole day and released him at around 4:30 PM. Unable to move and walk, the boy barely managed to crawl some distances towards his hamlet, where he was encountered by a man who helped him returned to his parents taking shelter in the West hamlet of Kyikanpyin.
His parents, being homeless and too poor, are unable to provide him medical treatments and there is no hope from the troops that tortured him either. With no treatments, his condition could get even worse.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/underage-rohingya-boy-tortured-myanmar-troops/
A 13-year-old Rohingya boy was mercilessly tortured by Myanmar soldiers in Northern Maungdaw on Sunday.
A Rohingya boy named Hasson, son of Zubareik, from West Hamlet in Kyee Kan Pyin village tract, was fishing on Sunday, February 5th, in ponds that are owned by local Rohingya on the western side of Wa Peik hamlet. He was detained at 8:30 AM by Myanmar soldiers while he was fishing and was taken to a nearby camp based in Wa Peik hamlet.
The boy was then said to have been tortured and beaten by the soldiers while he was in custody until 4:30 PM that evening. His condition now is described as as critical by locals who reported finding him collapsed and crawling in a nearby field where he was unable to walk. Villagers said he was trying to make his way to West Hamlet by walking and crawling as his injuries caused him to lose strength and collapse repeatedly. He was carried to his home by the villagers who found him.
Due to curfew restrictions the boy was unable to receive medical treatment and remained in his home for the night. His parents remained worried whether he will survive the injuries of his beatings. His parents reported that they are concerned that even when they are able to travel to the health clinic they will not have enough money to do so.
Hasson’s family previously lived in the Middle Hamlet but were forced from the village by the order of the Border Guard Police Chief, Thura San Lwin, on October 23rd, 2016. Since this time Hasson and his family have been living with another family who allowed them to take refuge in their home in West hamlet.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2017/02/a-13-year-old-rohingya-boy-mercilessly.html
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The Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) have beaten up and arrested numbers of Rohingya villagers in northern Maungdaw, releasing them later after extortion of ransom money, it has been reported.
The Border Guard Police (BGP)-involved in the tortures and money extortions are identified as the members of the Camp based at the village of ‘Kwan Thi Pin’ in the northern Maungdaw.
Last Sunday (on Feb 5), four BGP members arrested a 70-year-old man, Halu Allaudin, while he was working in his garden. They began torturing him and freed him only after Kyat 100,000.
Soon after releasing him, the BGP arrested another villager named ‘Bodi Alam (son of) Noor Mohammed, 30. They began beating him up to the extent that the man lost his consciousness. Eventually, his relatives had to pay Kyat 300,000 to the BGP to stop torturing and release him.
Besides, on the same day, the four BGP personnel arrested following two villagers were arbitrarily arrested and detained in the Camp for the whole night. The next day, the BGP released him after Kyat 50,000 from each.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/police-beat-arrest-rohingya-villagers-ransom/
Another prisoner has been tortured to death in the notorious Buthidaung prison.
The corpse of 17 year Abdur Rahman (s/o Md Hossain) was handed over to local Muslims in the area who buried him following a religious funeral. Those tortured to death in this notorious prison are generally buried in secret.
Abdur Rahman and 18 others were arrested from Nga Khura on the first day of the crackdown that started on October 9. The fate of the other prisoners are not known.
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Tatmadaw forces fell upon Rohingyas as they were coming out of a mosque in Dunsay [Koe Tan Kauk], Rathedaung following early morning prayers on Friday. During the sudden attack, the soldiers indiscriminately charged at the Muslims with batons and sticks.
The Rohingyas ran away in different directions. However, four did not manage to escape.
Later, the four detained men managed to negotiate a release with the soldiers by giving them chickens.
AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
Rohingya students have been facing racial discrimination and hatred of Buddhist Rakhine teachers at school in Shitafuru village of Maungdaw South.
Source said to our correspondent, there is a Rakhine teacher at Shitafuru School who has been appointed for about 20 years. Since then he has been serving as a school teacher at that school.
His name is Saya Win Maung who has serious hatred for Rohingya students.
The teacher always beat the students with cane sticks to injury despite the child beating is strictly prohibited in child rights law.
The villagers say, “The Rakhine teacher, Win Maung beat our children for nothing but for only racial discrimination and hatred which is child rights violation”.
Earlier, he beat several students for which students refuse to go to school fearing the beating of the teacher.
Furthermore, the biscuit snacks which are donated by World Food Program (WFP) for the students are not distributed to them properly by the teacher, Win Maung which he misappropriates finally.
Villagers are expressing their deep concern over such harassments of the Rakhine cruel teacher who racially beats and discriminates the Rohingya students at school. Therefore, the children deny attending the school regularly that hampers the children’s learning.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2017/02/01/rohingya-students-face-racial-hatred-and-assaults-of-teachers-at-school/ (photo of young boy with whip/cane mark on back)
Video of young boy with whip/cane mark on back https://youtu.be/l0SZDdfAc5E
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1st Feb 17 A Rohingya House Burnt To Ash Around 12:45 Am Belongs Hafiz AbuShama In LetWaeDetPuZunChaung Buthidaung
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/826735029615079424 (photo of house on fire)
A Rohingya man was killed allegedly by Buddhist nationalists in Pauktaw township.
Abdur Rahman, 23, from Anak Parang was going to the hills on Tuesday when he was attacked at around 9am.
Rahman was travelling with other Rohingyas who howver managed to flee the scene when they were attacked. Locals allege Buddhist nationalists who have a strong presence in the area are responsible for his death.
The victim was repeatedly stabbed with sharp weapons and beaten with blunt objects.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/502-suspected-buddhist-nationalists-murder-man-in-pauktaw (photo of deceased man)
AT Staff report
Rakhine extremists killed an innocent Rohingya wood cutter at Anak Pyin (Kiniparang)Village of Pauktaw Township while going to the forest to collect fire wood on 31 January 2017.
The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahman (25) son of Abdul Latif of Aak Pyin.
According to report, the victim was slaughtered by Rakhine miscreants while he was going to the forest to collect fire wood to sell for his livelihood on 31 January at around 9: 00 am.
The corpse was found by other fire wood collector who also went to the forest and informed the relatives of the victim who rushed to the spot and carried the dead body home.
The body was rushed to the Pauktaw morgue for autopsy. After postmortem, it was handed over to the parents who then buried the body in the village cemetery after Namaj e Zanaza.
The local police was informed of the matter instantly but they did not arrest any culprit in this connection, family source alleged.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2017/02/02/rakhine-extremists-kill-a-rohingya-wood-cutter-in-pauktaw/
Video of the deceased man
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A Rohingya woman was deceived and gang-raped by the Myanmar military in northern Maungdaw on Monday (Jan 30) night, it has been reported.
Around 13 military forces held and gang-raped her in the Infantry Unit Base at the village of ‘Ye Dwin Pyin’ locally known as ‘Kuwar Bil’ in Northern Maungdaw for the whole night on Monday.
The rape-victim is identified to be a 27-year-old single mother of three children going by the name Ms. NB (daughter of) U KM (the real name withheld for safety) from the same village.
“The military used their collaborator known as ‘Mareya’ who also acts as a figurehead of the village to deceive and trap her for rape. They ordered him to call her on pretext of receiving the aids provided for her by the WFP. She called her up to his home, handed her some Kyat 50,000 calling it aid money from WFP and tricked her wait there until the military’s arrival.
“When the military arrived, she understood why she was called up and made to wait. So, she screamed and resisted but to no avail. The military abducted her to their camp, where they raped her for the whole night” said a villager, speaking to Rohingya Vision TV on the condition of anonymity.
The rape-victim is reported to have been suffering from severe physical injuries and mental trauma as she’s not having access to medical treatments.
The military infantry unit, where the woman was brutally raped by the 13 military personnel, falls under the command of the Battalion base at the village of ‘Zee Pin Chaung’ in northern Maungdaw.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/woman-deceived-gang-raped-military/
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Hundreds of soldiers entered the now destroyed village tract of Sa Li Frang [Myaw Taung] on the early morning hours of Saturday. They detained around 40 young men and took them to the local school.
There was no escape route for the Rohingyas as the huge military force surrounded the village tract from all sides.
The detained Rohingyas were asked to divulge information concerning rebel activity in the locality. They however said they had no information of that sort. During this time, those detained were severely assaulted.
However, the Tatmadaw later said there was no rebels in Sa Li Frang at the moment. The detained men were released in the afternoon.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/498-tatmadaw-raid-sa-li-frang
There are allegations that more than a dozen Rohingya women are being held as sex slaves in a military base near Sommoinna in Maungdaw South.
Our correspondent say there is a military base near the Cinghali khal in an area locals refer to as Maug guna. Here a vegetable and dry fish trader was summoned after he was crossing one of the army checkpoints on Saturday. When he was taken to the base, he claimed to have seen around 15 Rohingya women in a cage wearing only their undergarments.
On the same day, a woman outside the village say she came upon the decaying scent of corpses in the forests near the checkpoint. As she came down from the hills, the woman was noticed by a soldier from the checkpoint who slapped her and told her to go away.
The incidents could not be verified by our correspondent.
Earlier sources had said the military was holding sex slaves in their base near Oo Daung.
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Tatmadaw forces raided the remote village tract of Badana in Buthidaung on Saturday, assaulted women and looted valuables from Rohingya homes.
Local sources informed that due to continued military activity in the remote regions, the Rohingyas stay on alert especially during the night time and the males flee to the mountains at the first sign of trouble. However in recent times, the military have taken to assaulting women when they find the males of the household absent.
Cows, sheep and poultry belonging to the Rohingyas are taken away by the soldiers. Gold and cash were also taken during the night raid.
The remote regions of northern Buthidaung don’t have mobile connection and it is difficult for the Rohingyas to get information out. The locals in the Badana area allege that the security forces have been taking advantage of their isolation to perpetuate gross human rights violation against the Muslim community...
Earlier on the same day, a shopkeeper from the area who had a big store in the nearby Thanchi bazar was assaulted by soldiers who also proceeded to loot his shop. The victim has been identified as 42 year Enaytul Rahman.
The Rohingyas in Badana and Ba Da Kar have requested that the outside world pay more attention to their isolated village tracts.
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Six people were arrested from a checkpoint in Maungdaw town on Friday.
The arrests were made after the bus carrying them was waved down at the Thanashuk checkpoint in the city centre.
The arrested men were all passengers on the bus. Their identities could not be known immediately. They have been taken to an unknown location by Hlun Htein forces.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/492-six-arrested-from-maungdaw-checkpoint
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Tatmadaw forces entered Maung Hna Ma in Maungdaw North on Friday and looted Rohingya property.
Sensing trouble ahead of the raid, local villagers, especially young men and women fled to the hills before the army entered the village. The army however looted many of the empty houses whose residents had already run away.
20.5053291320801, 92.5869293212891
The Myanmar authorities imposed a new ban on the Rohingya fishermen in southern Maungdaw on January 27, preventing them from fishing in the Naff River and the Bay of Bengal, it has been reported.
The government’s ban is seemingly aimed to force the Rohingya people to accept the National Verification Card (NVC), which the Rohingya community rejects outright.
U Aye Myint, a human rights activist in Maungdaw said “first, they have put restrictions on farming on their lands and logging in forests. Now, the authorities have banned them from fishing in the sea. The government likely want them to kneel down before them and accept NVC Cards or lose all their means to livelihoods.”
Earlier, the local Rohingya fishermen were allowed to set off to the sea for fishing by fidying boats. Since October 2016, the Myanmar armed forces completely banned their access to fishing in the sea.
From January 5 to January 27, having charged money from the local Rohingya fishermen in southern Maungdaw, the authorities — the BGP, the Village Administrations and the Sarapha (the Defense Security Service) — allowed them to use fishing nets for fishing on small scales on the seashores and the river banks.
On January 27, the administrator of the village of ‘Inn Din (Aang Daang) and the Border Guard Police (BGP) issued an order that the fishermen in the villagers would be given access to the sea only when they (the villagers) agree to accept the NVC cards.
“They are trying to pressure us. But we are not accepting the NVCs. That’s why they are trying to make us face starvation”, a local Rohingya fisherman in southern Maungdaw.
Similar bans have also been imposed on the fishermen in the neighboring villages, ‘Kyauk Pandu and Khwa Chaung.’
Besides, the authorities in southern Maungdaw have issued a rash order that the new born Rohingya babies won’t be registered as long as the locals do not agree to accept the NVC cards.
The Rohingya people categorically reject the NVC ID card because according to 1982 Citizenship of Burma (Myanmar), it is issued to the foreigners recently migrated to Myanmar and awaiting the approval of their Application for the Naturalized Citizenship status. Therefore, accepting the NVC Card will deprive them of Indigenous Status and Citizenship Rights by birth.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/authorities-impose-new-ban-rohingya-fishermen/
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Rohingya women says her father and mother were buried in this mass grave
Likely killed 13-15 Nov.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/825004382009835520 (video)
With translation:
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Myanmar troops warned KoeTanKauk Rohingya villagers on 27th Jan that they will be shot dead if fishing again with makeshift rafts.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/825318917350494208
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A Rohingya was detained by BGP in Bagguna [Tat U Chaung] village of Southern Maungdaw without any legal ground on 26 January 2017. Later the victim was released after taking extortion of Kyat 50, 000 from him in his fateful days. The victim is Hasan (30) son of Abu Taher of Bagguna of maungdaw south.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2017/01/28/night-crackdown-continued-in-maungdaw-north/
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Reported 28 Jan, military operation 25 Jan: Villagers have fled from the Marjuntoli neighbourhood of Zammoinna, Maungdaw North following military operations on Thursday.
A huge Tatmadaw force was poised to enter the restive village tract when locals sensing another carnage left their homes and fled in the direction of the wilderness.
At present, the Rohingyas, including the children are spending hard times with little food. Many of the children have also not eaten.
20.7765693664551, 92.3948974609375
A boatman was arrested and severely tortured in Cairafara [Chairafara = Du Nyaung Pin Gyi], Maungdaw South.
Md Yunus was summoned by the Hlun Htein Reymu in the local camp on Wednesday and told he was ferrying weapons for rebels in his boat. After which he was severely tortured.
At one point, the Hlun Htein personal told Yunus that he would be released if he could pay two million kyats. Yunus asked his relatives to raise the money by mortgaging his house. He was later released.
Another man was also fined by the same officer on that day on allegations he was not on the family registrar. Md Shafiq was forced to pay half a million kyats to stay out of trouble.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/496-boatman-tortured-in-cairafara
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A Rohingya girl child bit by an infected dog died in southern Maungdaw on Wednesday (Jan 25) due to deprivation of access to medical treatments, a local source has reported.
The deceased child is identified as the 6-year-old daughter of U Abdul Hakim, a local of the village of ‘Chein Khali’ in southern Maungdaw. She was among the three children bitten by an apparently rabies-infected dog at ‘the Rescue Center’ in the village in November 2016.
“The parents of the children tried their best to give them (the children) vaccines in order to prevent viral diseases developing in them due to bites by the dog. However, our travel was severely restricted in November and there was no medical facilities around a rural village like Shil Hali (Chein Khali). So, they couldn’t give the children any vaccine,” said a local of the village, speaking to Rohingya Vision TV.
U Abdul Hakim took his girl-child to the MSF Clinic in the village of ‘Inn Din (Aan Daang)’ on January 23 as she seriously fell ill. The MSF clinic transferred the child to the Maungdaw General Hospital afterwards.
The Maungdaw Hospital discharged the child stating that she reached at the last stage of the rabies infections. The girl passed away at around 4:00 AM on Wednesday.
Other two children bitten by the infected dog are still under the cares of the MSF Clinic in ‘Inn Din.’
http://www.rvisiontv.com/child-bitten-infected-dog-dies-lack-medical-treatment/
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Reported 2 Feb, villagers fled 25 Jan: Similarly, local sources have informed the army have increased their activities around the remote village tract of Ba Da Kar in Buthidaung. The situation seems worse and there are reports that both the men and women have fled the village since January 25. The latest situation remains unclear. There are allegations some of the locals have kept in touch with Muslims abroad to promote attacks against security forces….
The Rohingyas in Badana and Ba Da Kar have requested that the outside world pay more attention to their isolated village tracts.
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Since morning 9:30am Myanmar military raiding NgaSarKyu VT Maungdaw Tsp. 3 fishermen detained who were fishing in the lake in LakeAin H.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/823812565985849344 ✓
In Nga Sa Gru, at least three men were arrested as they were fishing in the nearby river.
Till publishing of the report, our correspondents have not been able to trace their whereabouts.
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In Nga Khura, soldiers arrested a man called Shaker (s/o Jokir Ahmed) and took him to custody...
The photo of Shaker was however later uploaded on a government website on Wednesday where he was accused of being a terrorist.
On Tuesday morning, Tatmadaw and Hlun Htein raided Nga Sa Gru and Nga Khura, two of the village tracts that were on the receiving end of the crackdown unleashed on October 9.
In Nga Khura, soldiers arrested a man called Shaker (s/o Jokir Ahmed) and took him to custody.
...The photo of Shaker was however later uploaded on a government website on Wednesday where he was accused of being a terrorist.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/489-at-least-four-apprehended-in-nga-khura-and-nga-sa-gru-in-renewed-crackdown (photo of Shak, with eyes blanked out, from gov website)
24thJan17 Innocent Rohingya Shaker S/o Zawkir Ahmd Arrested Without Any Reason By The Myanmar Govt NgaKuYa Mdw
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/824181621473550341 (same photo)
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On Tuesday morning, Tatmadaw and Hlun Htein raided Nga Sa Gru and Nga Khura, two of the village tracts that were on the receiving end of the crackdown unleashed on October 9....
In Nga Sa Gru, at least three men were arrested as they were fishing in the nearby river.
Till publishing of the report [on 25th], our correspondents have not been able to trace their whereabouts ...
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On January 24 morning, the officials from the Maungdaw Township administration held a meeting with the displaced villagers of the ‘Wapeik’ and the ‘Middle Hamlet’ at the ‘Annex High School’ in Kyikanpyin.
During the meeting, the township administration officials told the Wapeik villagers of ‘restoring them to their original homes in the Wapeik and re-building it as a model village.’ The proposal was warmly welcomed by the displaced Wapeik villagers attending the meeting.
A displaced person from the Middle hamlet attending the event also said “our entire hamlet was removed in the name of ‘Operation Clearance.’ Now, we need to take in the neighborhoods, which is very inconvenient. We can’t return to our homes after the expulsion either. Our homes were plundered and some homes were destroyed too.”
In reply, the township administration team promised the villagers that they would arrange for their returns to their original homes soon. The villagers attending the meeting were happy for the positive responses from the authorities.
However, now, the displaced villagers are extremely disappointed over the authorities’ divisive plan of resettlement realizing that the actual place they (the authorities) are trying to resettle them to is a different place contrary to their promise earlier.
The current place the authorities are planning to resettle the displaced Rohingyas is located by the highway between ‘Kyikanpyin’ and ‘Zin Paing Nya’ villages. It’s a low-lying ground prone to frequently flooding in the monsoon, difficult to find drinking water in the summer and unsuitable for agriculture.
A displaced villager also added that the villagers are currently facing troubles in taking shelters in the neighborhoods and the want the authorities to restore them to their original place.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/rohingya-villagers-disagree-govts-resettlement-plans/
Today, January 24th 2017, at 9:30 AM villagers from Middle Hamlet and Wa Paik Hamlet were in a meeting with the Maungdaw Township adminisration at the associate high school in Kyee Kan Pyin village tract.
In the meeting the township administrators said that the authorities are planning on building a new model village for the villagers displaced from Wa Paik. A villager from Wa Paik warmly welcomed the offer from the administration.
At the same time another villager from the Middle Hamlet informed the Township Administrator that they were forced to leave their homes by the military and that they were pushed out of their village. The villager said they were now taking refuge in in other villages since they were not allowed to return home. He said all their belongings were lost or looted, including even the wood and pillars used to construct their homes. The administrator responded by saying he would arrange the return of the villagers as soon as he could.
The villagers from Wa Paik said they felt the administrator intentionally avoided mentioning that the model village would be constructed in a new area, so many in the meeting were very happy with the offer by the Township Administration. The Ministry of Information later posted about the meeting on their Facebook page where they explained that the planned area for the model village would not be in Wa Paik Hamlet but in another location instead. The villagers from Wa Paik lost their homes in arson attacks they attribute to Myanmar Security Forces in reprisal for attacks against the Border Guard Police on October 9th, 2016.
Details have emerged that the Government is planning on building the model village on the roadside of Kyee Kan Pyin-Zan Paing Nyar, located inside Kyee Kan Pyin village tract, and on the roadside of Kyee Kan Pyin-Kyein Chaung, located in Nwar Yone Taung village tract. These locations are known for salty soil and poor access to drinking water. Realizing this, villagers informed RB News they would not agree to resettle in these locations because of of how difficult it will be for them to live and farm there. They said they will request the government to resettle them back on their own land in Wa Paik village.
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2 Rohingya from MiChaungZay Buthidaung detained by Myanmar army today for 3:30hrs. They're forced to give a list of educated & rich ppl.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/823890683916390404 ✓
Two Rohingya men were arrested and tortured from Mein Gee Si, Buthidaung.
Hafizur Rahman and Sufian were arrested by the Tatmadaw on Tuesday.
The arrested men were taken to the Tatmadaw camp and severely beaten up. They were then asked to divulge the name of all Rohingyas who had relatives abroad or those who were financially better-off. Unable to withstand the torture, the two men gave a list of 113 well off people.
Tatmadaw forces later took them to the village on Wednesday evening and released them.
Following the incident, a tense atmosphere is prevailing in the village.
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A villager was brutally assaulted by a Rakhine mob near Mujai, Rathedaung.
Noor Alam suffered serious injuries and was left in an unconscious state following the assault. He was attacked at around 4pm on Tuesday when he left his village to collect wood in the nearby forests.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/488-mujai-wood-collector-critically-injured-in-mob-attack (photo or old man lying on floor)
NurAlam-42yrs, frm NyaungBinGyi Mozie RTD was beaten till faint by 5 Rakhines on 24/1/2017 while collecting firewood
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/824183739358072832 (photo)
AT Correspondent, Rathedaung
Rakhine miscreants assaulted a poor Rohingya man in Youngbingyi (Muzai) village of Rathedaung Township while he was collecting fire wood in the bushes on 24 January 2017 at around 4: 00 pm.
According to our correspondent report, Nur Alam (42) son of Miah Hussain of Youngbingyi Village of Rathedaung Township was assaulted and left injured in unconscious state by Rakhine extremists while he was collecting fire wood into the bushes near his village.
Now he is in critical state following merciless assaults of Rakhine miscreants. The victim is too poor to buy treatment and at one stage there is no government medical facility for Rohingya people in the locality for which he has been suffering pain of serious injury.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2017/01/25/a-rohingya-assaulted-by-rakhine-in-younbingyi/
24thJan17 Poor Rohingya Beaten To Critical Now By Rakhine Buddhists At 4:00 In NyangPinGyi Muzai Rathedaung
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/824174186843279361
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/824174614427430912 (same photo)
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[Note: it is unknown who killed these 3 Rohingya as there are conflicting reports]
Three Rohingya who had been abducted on 20 January 2017 by Myanmar military from Diyaltali village of Batagha Union [Pa Da Kar Ywar Thit], Maungdaw north found dead at a grave yesterday.
The victims are Mohamed Sultan 30 son of Nazir Ahamed, Shofik son of Sultan Ahamed and Md Zubair son of Sultan Ahamed of Diyatali village.
According to our correspondent, the three dead bodies of the same family have been recovered dead from a grave.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2017/01/24/abducted-rohingya-recovered-dead-in-maungdaw-north/
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At least two cattle heads of Rohingya resident of Zammonia [Pwint Hpyu Chaung] village tract of Maungdaw north have been looted by military.
Source said to our correspondent, the two cattle belonging to Mohammed Tayob (37) son of Md Alam of Zammonia have been robbed by army, one slaughtered and the rest one still alive kept for another meal...
It is learnt that 85 % of Rohingya’s cattle were looted by Rakhine extremists and government forces during the crackdown carried out by them against Rohingya in the last three months of 2016.
Only 15 % cattle remained which are now being looted again by army members in Zammonia village of Maungdaw north
http://www.arakantimes.org/2017/01/23/rohingyas-cattle-looted-by-myanmar-military/
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The same group of the troops [as those that robbed aid in Sin Thay Pyin on 22 Jan] arbitrarily beat up two Rohingya firewood collectors during a patrol on Monday (Jan 23). They victims are:
Mohammed Alam (28), s/o Mohammed Ullah from ‘Kyein Chaung (Boli Bazaar)’ And Rafique (25), s/o Mohammed, from ‘Fokitaung [Laung Don]’
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-rob-aids-provided-displaced-people-northern-maungdaw/
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The Myanmar military robbed humanitarian aids from a number of displaced Rohingya families in northern Maungdaw last Sunday (Jan 22), which had been provided to them (the displaced families) by the UNHCR and the WFP earlier, it has been reported.
The UNHCR (the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) provided Tarpaulin Sheets and Hygienic materials to the displaced people in ‘Sinthaepyin (Haanti Fara)’ hamlet of ‘Lon Doong’ village early last week, where the WFP (the World Food Programme) provided Biscuits, Cooking Oil and Rice to the villagers.
Last Sunday morning, a group of Myanmar’s soldiers conducted raids on the village of ‘Sinthaepyin’ on pretext of ‘Region Clearance’ and the men in the village fled in fear of arbitrary arrests. The troops beat up 6 elderly people who couldn’t flee from the village.
The troops plundered the aids provided by the UNOs (United Nations Organizations) during raids in some houses. The owners of some houses robbed are:
Kamal (s/o) Aamir Hussein
Rashidullah (s/o) Rashid Ahmed
Salimullah (s/o) Izhar Meah
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-rob-aids-provided-displaced-people-northern-maungdaw/
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Today, on Sunday, 22 January 2017, fifty soldiers entered Tin May village of Buthidaung from 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM, beat more than 100 villagers severely while searching to arrest those 21 persons mentioned above.
I have personal facts of those villagers. Seven of them are now in critical conditions. Nasir, one of the today’s victims, requested urgent protection from inhumanely persecution of army battalion 232 and 552.
http://www.aungaungsittwe.com/army-battalions-attempt-to-eliminate-rohingya-village/ ✓
Tatmadaw forces entered three different village tracts in North Buthidaung and severely assaulted villagers on Sunday.
In the early morning hours, the forces entered the Ta Mi and began to assault anyone they could get their hands on. At least seven villagers received serious injuries, according to local sources.
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In Buthidaung Township, around 25 Military conducted raids on two Rohingya villages, ‘Tet Min Chaung (Raimma Hali)’ and ‘Kyauk Phyu Taung’, last Sunday (Jan 22).
During the raids in ‘Tet Min Chaung’ , the military went rampant, severely beat all the locals encountered regardless of young or old and plundered many houses. A 70-year-old man is said to be in critical condition as he was tortured by the village. Another villager is reported to have lost three teeth as the Myanmar soldiers punched him on his face.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-military-raid-rohingya-villages/ ✓
At the same time [as the raid in Tin May], the Tatmadaw raided Tat Min Chaung where they proceeded to severely beat up villagers. At least one man has been reported to be seriously injured in the raid.
Tat Min Chaung has been tense since the new year as the Tatmadaw continue to raid the village and also practise heavy firing in the nearby mountains.
On 22nd at least 70 Rohingya from TatMinChaung VT & 20 from KyaukPhyuTaung VT were severely beaten by Myanmar army.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/823799390867509250 ✓
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Similar atrocities by the military have been reported in ‘Kyauk Phyu Taung’ village [as that in Tat Min Chaung]. (We are working on details of the atrocity crimes committed.)
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-military-raid-rohingya-villages/ ✓
There has been a similar raid in the nearby village of Kyauk Hpyu Taung [as that in Tat Min Chaung].
On 22nd at least 70 Rohingya from TatMinChaung VT & 20 from KyaukPhyuTaung VT were severely beaten by Myanmar army.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/823799390867509250 ✓
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a group of army intruded into the holy mosque in Washa [War Shee Lar?] village of Maungdaw south where they drank wine and despised the holy Quran in the mosque on 22 January 2017
Mohamed Jahangir (27) son of Fayas Ahamed was halted on the way by BGP while riding on his motorbike to his house from Buthidung Township and snatched Kyat 200, 000 and mobile phone from his possession.
According to report, on 22 January 2017, a Rohingya man from Keletaung Yowa of Kantama union, Buthidaung north was robbed of his money and mobile phone by police.
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The village of ‘Kyi Kan Pyin’ locally known as ‘Hawar Bil’ in Maungdaw was besieged by a joint force of approximately 200 Soldiers and Border Guard Police (BGP) at around 2:00 AM last Saturday (Jan 21). The joint forces conducted raids on Rohingya houses at the ‘South hamlet’ of ‘Kyi Kan Pyin,’ checked ‘House Registration Lists’ of the villagers and took family group photographs.
During a day-long raid, four villagers were arbitrarily arrested and taken to the detention of the BGP Headquarter in the village. They are:
1) Mohammed Jafar (42), Mohammed Hussein
2) Shomsul Alam (39), Noor Mohammed
3) Noor Alam (30) [Taking shelter at his relative’s in the South hamlet as his home at Wapeik hamlet has been burnt by the military.]
4) An unidentified man from Maungnama (Mondama) village [visiting his relative at the South hamlet]
A Rohingya in Northern Maungdaw on the condition of anonymity said “It’s like the government considers all of the people of Wapeik as criminals, which itself is a crime. Their homes have been burnt down. So, don’t they have rights to seek refuge in the neighborhoods? All these people arrested are innocent.”
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-military-raid-rohingya-villages/ ✓
Tatmadaw and Hlun Htein forces besieged the now destroyed village tract of Kawa Bil [Kyee Kan Pyin] in Maungdaw North at around 2am on Saturday.
Later they entered the Dakhin para neighbourhood at first light and went house to house to check family lists to ensure ‘Bangladesh based terrorists’ were not hiding in the area.
During the raid, four people were arrested and taken away. Three have been identified as Md Zafar, Shamsul Alam and Noor Alam. The fourth person has not been identified.
Sources say some of the arrested men might have been staying out of their homes as their abodes had earlier been burned.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/487-four-apprehended-from-kawa-bil ✓
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From today Rohingya in ChinThaMa VT in Buthidaung are banned to shop at PhaungTawPyin bazaar. Nowhere to get foods. They'll starve soon.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/822440463093432324 ✓
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Tatmadaw forces entered Shab Bazar [Maung Gyi Taung] in Buthidaung once again on Friday, spreading terror in the tensed village tract.
The forces have not made any arrests till publishing of the report. They however took away chickens, goats and cows belonging to the Rohingyas. They also entered a mosque atop a hill and turned the place upside down. They then raided the next door house belonging to Zakaria and dug up the place.
In none of the cases did they find any weapons.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/485-another-raid-in-shab-bazar ✓
Tatmadaw forces launched a crackdown in So Parang, Buthidaung from Thursday.
The exact details are not clear as communications have been cut off, but it is known the army alleges Muslim rebels are hiding in the village.
The Aishwarayamu and some male members of his family were arrested on Friday as the Tatmadaw alleges he has not given information concerning the rebels.
The Aishwayaramu, as the village headman is known, is a pro government appointee who spies on local villagers and maintains contacts between the government and the roots. Unlike the general populace, they normally have a more privileged position with the government.
Earlier on Thursday, the army assaulted one man on flimsy allegations. When the victim Md Harun was asked to provide his residence papers, he duly did so, but the soldiers alleged there was no government seal on the paper. When Harun pointed out the seal, they got furious and started to beat him up. His papers were also taken away. Later neighbours arranged his papers back in exchange for 50,000 kyats.
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Tatmadaw personal assaulted four children in Zammoinna [Pwint Hpyu Chaung], Maungdaw North for keeping their shops open.
On Thursday, Tatmadaw forces went to a small shop area in the village tract and asked the shopkeepers, all of them children aged around 12 or younger, under whose permission they had reopened the shops. Following this, they proceeded to beat up the children.
The soldiers then told them these shops must be demolished as they were built without proper government authorisation.
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Myanmar army battalion 232 and 552 have been persecuting Rohingya in Tin May (Tammi Fara) village of Buthidaung since November 2016 and accused 21 Rohingya for the destruction of Buddhist statue in Kyaung Ywa of Buthidaung on January 19, 2017.
As soon as I heard accusation against Rohingya; the destruction of Buddhist statue in Kyaung Ywa of Tin May village tract of Buthidaung I called the villagers on 19 January 2017. My first source was Rashida who answered me ” Administrator Kyaw Thar Oo, Vice Administrator Hamidullah and many soldiers arrest villagers and extort money.
Some are accused illegal marriage, some are accused supporters of terrorists and some illegal building. Though all are innocent, villagers give them money demanded by the military if the villagers can afford. Now they accused 21 villagers including my husband for the destruction of a Buddhist idol. My husband cannot stay at home in fear of torture by the military.”
Maulana Muhammad Haris said “Administrator Kyaw Thar Oo and military accused 21 villagers including my brother that they (villagers) destroyed hands of an idol in the pagoda, Kyaung Ywa of Bathidaung. Administrator and military demanded from the villagers eight million kyats. No one destroyed the Buddhist statue. No Rohingya goes there though it locates near our farmlands.”
Azizur Rahman told me that demand of 8 million kyats by the Administrator, Kyaw Thar Oo and army officers is to remove the village. He said ” They (military) know well we can’t afford that much money. Everyone knows that no villager destroyed the statue. I’m one of the 21 Rohingya accused by them. We told them to take all our farmlands instead money and let us to live in peace. They want to arrest us. They want to remove our village. We cannot stay at homes in fear of torture since last week.”
Village Administrator of Tin May, Kyaw Thar Oo son of U Khay Phyu and army officers from Army Battalion-232 and Battalion-552 have been extorting money from Rohingya villagers, arbitrarily arresting innocent people those who could not be affordable the amount of money demanded by Administrator and army officers since November 2017.
I discussed a Rakhine Buddhist from Buthidaung regarding ” the new statue issue in Kyaung Ywa of Buthidaung. He pointed out some facts; one of them is “Statue’s hands broke when a branch of dried tree fell on it” and the second fact is “there is no evidence that someone broke it”.
http://www.aungaungsittwe.com/army-battalions-attempt-to-eliminate-rohingya-village/ ✓
on January 19, authorities claimed there was vandalism in the local pagoda and made a list of 21 civilian from Ta Mi who had allegedly taken part in this act. Our sources say it is highly unlikely there has been any kind of vandalism, and those accused were definitely not involved in any acts of violence.
This is the form for Smart ID card. Govt is testing in Buthidaung. No race, religion mentioned but language. Authorities filled up Bengali. I advised Rohingya in Buthidaung to participate in this testing program. But now I told them to stop. We can't accept what we are NOT.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/821980041793961985 (photo of application form) ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/821980366110134272 ✓
Further concerns regarding new Smart Card here: http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmars-smart-card-move-leaves-rohingyas-bewildered/ ✓
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Nurul Amin, Rohingya villager from NgaSarKyu was detained by #Myanmar BGP on 16th Jan. Tortured, 100K extorted & his motorbike robbed. BGP gave back his motorbike on 17th Jan. Another 3 villagers from NgaSarKyu detained on 17th Jan. Tortured & one was 500K extorted.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/821673868255432704 (2 photos of injured Nurul Amin) ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/821682468277383169 ✓
Breaking News!
(18 January 2017/ Burma time: 10.20 AM)
A group of soldiers beat up Nurul Amin, S/O Kharom Ali of Nga Sar Kyue village, northern Maunngdaw township and snatched his motorbike around 12.30 pm on January 16, 2017.
The Rohingya Muslim man was on his way to Kyin Chaung village when the soldiers stopped him and asked to give the motorbike tohim. He said that it was his bike and he would not give it to them. Then the soldiers began beating him and finally took away the bike. Nurul got bruises on his right eye and also on his left waist.
Are the soldiers not acting like robbers?
(As reported by a local villager)
https://www.facebook.com/RoHlaHluBaii/posts/208135362990942?pnref=story.unseen-section (3 photos of injured Nurul Amin) ✓
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Video published on Jan 17, 2017
*The old lady said, "Her husband, 5 sons and son-in-law, total 7 persons from her family, were shot and burned on 13-Nov." She is weeping and saying as "Allah, we are waiting for Justice, no justice for us in this world."
All of the other women are in footage, have lost their family members and they are expecting for justice.
*Skulls & bones are also from DaGyiZarr villagers, burned alive on 12/13-Nov-2016, remained after burnt.
*DaGyiZarrVT (ChutoGozibil), Maungdaw north, Rohingya burned alive by Myanmar Army on 12/13-Nov2016.
*The ashes and remained black burned body shapes are Mr.Mohammed Alam S/O Idris and his mother Laila, shot then burned. (Idris is in abroad)
*The last one is Kalabanu, an over-aged Rohingya women; widow of Ismail and mother of Shobir Ahmed & Rashid Ahmed from Mazor Fara hamlet of DaGyiZarr village tract. She was slaughtered by Mogh Army (Myanmar Army) on 12-Nov 2016.
https://youtu.be/Gyfb-FjUqes ✓
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Military arrested these 2 innocent Rohingya from NgaYantChaung VT Buthidaung
https://twitter.com/Rafiquerhg/status/821331625690677248 (photos of two young men) ✓
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Mass graves in LuPanPyin H, KyetYoePyin VT. 1st - 2 bodies, 2nd - 4, 3rd - 3 or 4 and 4th - 3. They all were killed in mid October 2016.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/820905260176834560 (video) ✓
See report on 14 Oct
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Tweeted Mon 16 Jan: A 55-yo Rohingya from NgaYantChaung VT Buthidaung was arrested on last Friday [13 Jan] and he was killed yesterday [Sun 15 Jan]. His family forced to sign a paper he wasn't killed but died of disease. His two sons also were arrested with him. And another two villagers as well.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/820900186075627521 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/820901056355954688 ✓
From source in Buthidaung (but not the village in question): “Today at around 9 AM, Taung Bazaar Army returned a detainees dead body who was beaten to death. Janaza was done at 2 PM. Haji-MV Badullah (F) Mozul Mia Age 68 years, an old man accused of having link with militants. He was from Nga Yan Chaung village. This person and his son and some other persons were arrested on Last Thursday. Taung Bazaar area is a bit tensed. Armies in BGP are have increased their usual work. Since a few days people can't move and some are in hiding.”
An Imam Baddullah s/o Muzaffar was arrested in NgaYantChaung Buthidaung by army on Jan13 & tortured to death at Army Battalion-552 today.
https://twitter.com/Sthumoe/status/820989033018982400 (photo) ✓
The following report is compiled by a Rohingya originally from the area, with relatives there:
Maulana Baddullah son of Muzaffar and his two sons were arrested by commander of army battalion-552 on 13 January was tortured to death returned his dead body to his family in the morning of 16 January 2017. Wife of Baddullah said ” The whole body of my husband has mark of torture “
Many Rohingya from Buthidaung and Maungdaw township reported me that army has been using force ignoring rule of law. Today, an Imam was tortured to death in Nga Yant Chaung Village of Buthidaung Township.
Myanmar military went to Nga Yant Chaung village of Buthidaung and some soldiers dived in the lake of the village at 11 AM to 1 PM, on 14 January 2017 and pretended searching something in it. No villagers could approach them and dared to ask the reason.
On 15th January they came again and started emptying water and digging the lake as if they were seeking a hidden treasure in the lake. Villagers were in fear that they might hide weapons in the lake and blamed on Rohingya.
In the evening, a Rohingya informed that “out of five Rohingya arrested on 13th January one person admitted he had hidden weapons in the lake because of torture. As they are being tortured saying “show us the place where you hid the weapons” one of them answered” in the lake.” That’s the reason they digged the lake but they found nothing. Baddullah was tortured to death by army battalion 552 and one of his sons was released today and another son is still in army custody.
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Service @Cincds FB Page and State Counsellor Office Information Committee @MyanmarSCOInfoCom FB Page didn’t mention arrest of Baddullah. Whenever army tortured to death someone they never write anything in the news or they announced someone died because of such and such disease.
For the case of Baddullah, one of his son was published officially that they involved in Maungdaw attack without mentioning Baddullah and his other son and they also cheated public as if victims were arrested on 15 January though they were arrested on 13 January 2017.
While returning the dead body of Baddullah, an officer warned victim’s family not to report about him anywhere or they would pay the price for that. “Twenty soldiers led by two army officers were watching and waiting with families and relatives of Baddullah until his dead body was buried by them. No one was allowed to take any photo or video clip of corpse”. Said NM
http://www.aungaungsittwe.com/imam-tortured-death-myanmar-army-battalion-buthidaung/ (photo of Sawdul Amin Son of Imam Baddullah who is still in Army custody) ✓
AT Correspondent, Buthidaung
Myanmar brutal army has resumed violence in various areas of Buthidaung north for the last three days which has been specially continued in Nga Yant Chaung village tract of Taung Bazar where a religious scholar was killed by army on Sunday, 15 January 2017.
Source said to our correspondent, the army entered the village and started to carry out raid against the Rohingya civilians where the religious scholar along with his two sons were arrested by army and tortured brutally in the custody.
Among the three victims, Mv Baddulla (65) s/o muzaffar, father of the two arrested sons died following the indiscriminate and merciless torture of army members. But, the army declared that he was died of his disease.
Later, the military informed the relatives of the victim and handed the deceased over to them having forcibly received undertaken from the relatives on the white paper and threatened them not to accuse anyone of army or disclose about the death incident to anyone.
A Rohingya Cleric was tortured to death by the Myanmar military in Buthidaung Township last Sunday (on Jan 15), a reliable source has reported.
The victim cleric is identified as Mv. Badullah (60) from the village of ‘Ngaran Chaung’ in ‘Taung Bazaar’ area in Northern Buthidaung.
Last Friday (on Jan 13), approximately 30 military personnel from the ‘Battalion 552’ raided the house of Mv. Badullah and arrested him was along with his son Hala Bodiya apparently with the accusation of possessing weapons.
The cleric was inhumanely tortured for two days leading him to an unfortunate demise on Sunday.
On Monday (Jan 16) morning, the military took the dead body of the cleric to Taung Bazaar hospital for autopsy. Afterwards, the military summoned the remaining family members of the cleric and some elderly persons from his (the deceased’s) neighborhood and forced them to give statement and sign (on papers) that he was an asthma patient and died because of the disease.
After that, the military handed over the dead body to the family members for funeral and he was buried in the evening.
Earlier, the military arrested three more villagers of Ngaran Chaung on January 9 on arbitrary allegation of involving in the raids on the three Border Guard Police (BGP) posts in Maungdaw on October 9, 2016. They were publicly tortured after the arrests and taken to the Battalion 552. From there, they were transferred to the Buthidaung Prison in the evening on January 9 without any trial.
They are:
1) Abu Sufyan
2) and his son Burshah
3) Sultan Ahmed
The Myanmar military have since recently started conducting sporadic raids on Rohingya villages in ‘Taung Bazaar’ area on pretext of searching weapons hidden in the region. The military have ordered the villagers of ‘Ngaran Chaung’ through the village administrator, U Maung Lone, to stay home and also threatened them (the villagers) to be shot dead in case of fleeing from homes (in fear of arrests) during raids.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/rohingya-cleric-tortured-death-buthidaung/ ✓
See also photo of man’s body uploaded to map (sent via Twitter DM).
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Myanmar BGP demolished a Mosque and a Madarasa in Thandar VT, Southern Maungdaw on 15th Jan 2017 at 3PM.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/820959212972998656 (video) ✓
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A Myanmar Border Guard Policeman (BGP) robbed and beat a poor Rohingya woman in southern Maungdaw on January 15, a local source has reported.
The policeman robbed Kyat 60,000 and a nose ring worth Kyat 50,000 from the victim woman identified as Shashidah (25), daughter of U Ali Hussein, from the village of ‘Kyaung’Taung (Gora Hali)’ in southern Maungdaw.
It has been learnt that it was about 3:00 PM when got body-searched and robbed by the policeman on her way back home from her parents’ home in the village of ‘Udaung.’
“Ms. Shamshidah and her family is facing financial hardships. So, she went her parents to borrow some money. On her way back home, she encountered with a policeman from the BGP post between Gora Hali and Udaung passing by her on a motorcycle. He stopped her and searched her body.
So, he found Kyat 60,000 in her, which she borrowed from her parents and one nose ring. He robbed them all. When the woman demanded them back, he beat her mercilessly”, said a local Rohingya in the region.
When the village in-charge of ‘Kyaung Taung’ asked the policeman to return the woman her belongings, the policeman posed death threats even to him (the village-charge).
Later, the village in-charge lodged a complaint to the commander of the military infantry unit (nearby the mountain) in the village, some military personnel arrived at the (Kyaung Taung) BGP post and made the policeman return the money to the poor lady. However, the policeman didn’t return her her nose ring refusing that he hadn’t robbed it.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/policeman-robs-beats-rohingya-woman-southern-maungdaw/ ✓
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The same policeman [as that which robbed and attacked Rohingya lady from Kyaung Taung] beat a Rohingya man identified as Abdullah (son of) Abu Siddique from ‘Kanpoo’ village on the same day.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/policeman-robs-beats-rohingya-woman-southern-maungdaw/ ✓
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At least 150 Myanmar troops are in YeAungChaung H MieTaik VT, TaungPyoLetWal since the morning. Rohingya men fled. 10 men detained. But they were released 2 hrs ago. Women are in the village. So the villagers are worried that women will be abused at night.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/820688681107419136 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/820688681107419136 ✓
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The situation in TaungBazar VT, NgaYantChaung VT in Buthidaung Tsp working day by day. 5 Rohingya men arrested 2 days ago [13 Jan] and severely tortured. People said 1 killed but can't verify yet. Looting, torturing, beating and many types of abuses since last 2 days.
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An elderly man has allegedly been tortured to death in Taung Bazar in Buthidaung.
Md Bahad Ullah, along with his two sons, and two other Rohingyas were arrested by the army on Friday. Sources had earlier alleged that soon after his arrest, the arrested men faced brutal torture in custody.
On Sunday morning, army personal handed over his lifeless body to family members. One family member claimed Bahad Ullah had died from asthma. However local sources say they are being forced to say that following threats by security forces.
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“The commander of the Battalion 551 in Northern Maungdaw summoned the administrator of ‘Oo Shye Kyar’ village and warned him to not let any of his villagers meet with any outsider (referring to Ms. Yanghee Lee) in the absence of his knowledge/permission and ordered him (The village administrator) to ask other village administrators in the region to do the same. He said failures to follow his order would result in significant punishments” said U Aye Myint, a human rights activist based in Maungdaw.
Rohingya villagers in Bura Shida Para [ of Maungdaw North have been threatened with dire consequences if they meet with UN special envoy Yanghee Lee who is scheduled to visit the area on Sunday.
The commander of Battalion 551 called on the Aishwyaramu of the village tract on Saturday to relay this message. He said that if the villagers failed to heed the Tatmadaw’s commands, the situation will take a turn for the worse.
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Two government collaborators (tabbeys) have warned well off families in Shab Bazar [Maung Gyi Taung], Buthidaung that unless they came up with a huge sum of money, the Tatmadaw will burn their houses and the entire village, as it was allegedly an illegal settlement built without any government authorisation.
The two tabbeys, Ali Ahammed and Jamal have long been involved in the oppression of Rohingya villagers with the full backing of security forces.
The 13 households targeted are Nur Hasan, Afiur Rahman, Md Shukkur, Dudu Miah, Jamal, Md Saber, Md Jokir, Issa Haque, Noor Mohammed, Md Rashid, Md Redwan, Md Ayes and Abdul Hamid. They have been asked to pay extortion ranging from 3 to 6 million kyats. The victims are at a loss on how to get such a huge amount of money.
A fish trader has been forced to part will his life savings after being brutally tortured by the police in Yon Chaung, Buthidaung.
Noor Mohammed, 45, from Firing Dong, Rathedaung supplied fish from his home village to Yon Chaung. On Friday, police arrested and brutally tortured him. He was also threatened with death. To escape with his life, Noor agreed to pay the police everything he had. Altogether he paid around 2.1 million kyats.
He was released on Saturday.
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According to villagers @YangheeLeeSKKU wasn't allowed to visit KoeTanKauk village instead they took her to ThaWunChaung. She was angry. This is what I was told. She knows the best how the authorities tried to take her to ThaWunChaung and make that village as KoeTanKauk.
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The Myanmar authorities accompanying Ms. Yanghee Lee, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar who is on a four-day visit in Arakan, duped her into visiting a wrong village in southern Maungdaw last Saturday (Jan 14), it has been reported.
On Saturday morning, the UN Rapporteur set off to meet the villagers of ‘Koetankauk (Dounsay Fara) in Rathedaung Township as initially scheduled. However, the authorities took her to the village of ‘Thawan Chaung’ in southern Maungdaw bypassing ‘KoeTankauk’ (in northern Rathedaung).
She came to know she was in a wrong place when she asked the villagers of Thawan Chaung after being in the village. Angered with the accompanying authorities double-crossing her, she left the place and didn’t return to ‘KoeTankauk’ village again.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-authorities-dupe-un-human-rights-rapporteur-visiting-wrong-place/ ✓
Later it was reported that she may have visited the BGP outpost there, but numerous villagers confirmed that she did not visit the village.
Tweeted on 18 Jan:
Visiting KoeTanKauk BGP outpost & KTK Rohingya village is completely different. I was told by many sources she didn't visit KTK village.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/821643786002530304 ✓
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Tweeted Mon 16 Jan: A 55-yo Rohingya from NgaYantChaung VT Buthidaung was arrested on last Friday [13 Jan] and he was killed yesterday [Sun 15 Jan]. His family forced to sign a paper he wasn't killed but died of disease. His two sons also were arrested with him. And another two villagers as well.
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At 7pm on 13th January, in Aung Seik Pyin (Sa Dula Sor), BGP arrest Mohammed Yunus son of Noor Hussein as he is returning from Wet Kyein (Wike Kaung). He is detained and tortured overnight, receiving lacerations to his ears, then released the next day after the payment of 500,000 kyats.
http://www.thestateless.com/2017/01/15/bgp-severely-beat-a-rohingya-and-extorted-a-big-sum-of-money/ ✓
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Tatmadaw entered the now destroyed village tract of Ra Bai La [Kyar Gaung Taung] in Maungdaw North and herded the women to the local school on Thursday.
Here the women were asked to pose for pictures. During this time, they were sexually molested as soldiers touched their private parts and passed lewd comments. When any of them expressed discomfort, they were taken up and locked in a classroom.
It is not known what happened inside the rooms but a source said they were gang raped.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/471-more-sex-attacks-in-ra-bai-la ✓
Police raped at least four women and assaulted three children during a raid in Basara, Maungdaw South.
On Thursday night police accompanied by government collaborators entered the village tract on allegations Muslim rebels had been planning activities in the settlement.
Local sources say the allegations were cooked up by the notorious collaborator and human trafficker Kala Borda who has been working with security forces for more than 15 years.
As the locals got whiff of the tabbey’s intentions and knowing the raid was imminent, they escaped the village well before the police came. Many had earlier spent previous nights in the hills owing to the wild allegations made by Kala Borda.
Police however entered Rohingya homes and took turns raping at least four women. The actual number of victims might be higher.
Failing to find the men in their homes, in some cases the police took their anger out on the children. Three children, all aged under ten years were beaten up.
A tense situation is prevailing in the area.
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Army commander & team gathered Rohingya in school of KyaGongTaung of Maungdaw & forced them to say army did no atrocity
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/819536551969292289 (photo of hamlet from a distance) ✓
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Stolen aid:
Today Turkish govt & public donated 304 rice sacks for Rohingya in KyeeKanPyin. 44 sacks taken by NaTaLa & 17 sacks by village admin.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/819186071275704320 (photo) ✓
The Turkish Humanitarian NGOs donated rice to the displaced and violence-hit Rohingyas at the village of Kyikanpyin in Northern Maungdaw (locally known as Hawar Bil) on Wednesday (Jan 11), it has been reported.
The Turkish NGOs, TiKA and AFAD, handed over 304 sacs of rice containing 50 Kg in each sac to the village administrator, U Zaw Phyu Tun (known as an extremist Rakhine Buddhist), for distribution to the Rohingya villagers.
“After the humanitarian team had left, the village administrator divided the rice sacs and estimated 60 sacs of rice were given to the villagers of Wapeik (Wabek) hamlet of Kyikanpyin, 62 sacs to the villagers of the middle hamlet, 60 sacs to the villagers of the South hamlet and other 44 sacs were kept aside for the ‘Illegal Rakhine/Bama Settlers known as Natala Modal Villagers. And approximately, the village administrator took the renaming 17 sacs for himself reasoning that these were required as the transportation costs,” said an eyewitness, speaking to RVISION Correspondent on the condition of anonymity
http://www.rvisiontv.com/turkish-ngos-donate-rice-rohingyas-kyikanpyin/ ✓
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(note: unsure exactly which hamlet ‘Aantala Battala’ is, but known to be in Kha Maung Seik village tract)
A shepherd boy is in a critical condition following assault by Hlun Htein forces in Aantala Battala [Kha Maung Seik], Maungdaw North.
On Wednesday, Mohib Ullah along with a girl from the village was grazing cattle in the fields outside the village when some Hlun Htein personal came to the area. They called out to the girl but noticing their suspicious behaviour, she ran away. Mohib took some time to react by which time the forces had captured him.
They proceeded to severely beat him and left him in an unconscious state. He was later rescued by locals but continues to be in a critical state, made worse by the complete lack of medical care.
Local sources say the original intention of the security personnel was to rape the girl but when they failed to apprehend her, they took their anger out on the boy.
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At least 35 houses were demolished by security forces in Soha Parang [Chut Pyin] and Firing Dong of Rathedaung on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Our correspondents say either the Rohingyas have to pay the Hlun Htein, or their houses are being destroyed, which means the poorer villagers who cannot afford to pay are the ones whose houses are being demolished.
However, the homes on the sides of the roads are being demolished regardless of whether the occupants can pay the security forces or not.
On the other hand, it has become mandatory for the shop owners to pay bribes. In all cases, the bribe money was between 200,000 to 300,000 kyats.
The occupants of houses were forced to destroy their own homes at gunpoint.
The government alleges thousands of Rohingya occupied structures are built without proper authorisation.
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10thJan2017 Rohingya Who were beaten to critical have been invited again From Gawdusara By Myanmar Army 11.00Am
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/818756469608693760 (photo) ✓
100 of Rohingya in GawDuTharYar of Maungdaw need help, they lost everything during Myanmar military raids
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/818794662282432516 (video of women and children) ✓
100 of Rohingya in GawDuTharYar of Maungdaw need your help, cannot survive & leave somewhere, "please save us" they said
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/818795236935643139 (video of women and children) ✓
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Note: story here we haven’t yet been able to confirm
Many of the women kidnapped from Sa Li Frang [Myaw Taung] in Maungdaw North are currently being kept in a military base near Oo Daung, Maungdaw South, according to local sources.
Our sources from Oo Daung who were called to a newly constructed military base in the area say they have spoken to this women. The six victims were found sitting together inside the base. They said they are being raped everyday.
The women also said that before them there were six other Muslim women in this base. Out of them five had died, presumably following continuous gang rape. The corpse of the women were burned. The evidence of the rites still exist around the camp. It is not known what happened to the survivor woman in that batch.
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Reported 18 Jan: Two exhumed mass graves at the village of ‘Dar Gyi Zar’ in Northern Maungdaw have revealed decomposed dead bodies of at least a dozen of people, reliable sources have reported.
The gruesome scenes of the skulls and skeletons found in the mass graves in ‘Dar Gyi Zar’ locally known as ‘Bor Gozi Bil’ (as shown in the pictures below) show the shocking scale of the local Rohingya Muslims massacred by the joint forces of Myanmar’s military and Border Guard Police (BGP) reported between 12th-14th November 2016.
A local in Northern Maungdaw (as his identity can’t be disclosed for security reasons) said “we unearthed the mass graves on January 10 in the hope that we would show them to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar, Ms. Yanghee Lee, as a proof of how the Myanmar military and BGP have committed massacres of our people. Unfortunately, she wasn’t able to visit ‘Bor Gozi Bil’ during her visit that has left us disgruntled.
However, we are still hopeful and want to show the pictures of the mass-graves to the world and Ms. Yanghee Lee through media.”
According to the accounts of the surviving victims in the locality, at least 31 civilians were massacred by the Myanmar armed forces at the Dar Gyi Zar village alone in mid November 2016.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/mass-graves-reveal-massacre-northern-maungdaw/ ✓
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/821416637949624320 (3 photos of skulls and human bones) ✓
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More than 100 Myanmar military have again arrived at MaungGyiHtaunt by many boats this (10/1/17) evening. Villagers fear of atrocities
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/818833253071101952 ✓
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A huge Tatmadaw team equipped with heavy weapons entered the village of Tat Min Chaung in Buthidaung on Thursday.
The soldiers took up positions throughout the village and made the local school their headquarters.
No assaults have been reported yet, but the aggressive positions of the Tatmadaw personnel have created terror in the area.
One of the commanders have said that rebels had hidden weapons in the village. Unless the weapons were handed over, the villagers will be tortured, said the official.
There are reports that another army team have taken up positions in nearby Kepru Dong.
AT Correspondent, Buthidaung
Myanmar police in Buthidaung Township has been harassing the innocent Rohingya people in different forms and extorting huge amount of money from Rohingya every day accusing them in various false allegations.
According to our correspondent reports, a police officer whose name is Htin Aung, from Rakhine Community keeps on duty in Buthidaung check point and harassing the Rohingya pedestrians in different forms. He molests the Rohingya women who cross the police check point while he along with his members extort money from motorbike riders alleging in concocted charges.
On the other hand, the police of Buthidaung Township arrested some Rohingya traders on 10 January 2017. They were tortured severely and later released after taking extortion of Kyat one million from the victims.
The victims were Mohammed Harun (40) son Hajee Abdul Gaffar, Habibur Rahman of ward# 1 and Muhammed Rofique of ward# 4 in Buthidaung Township.
The police extorted Kyat 500, 000 from Harun, 300, 000 from Habibur Rahman and 200, 000 from Mohamed Rofique.
Such harassment on Rohingya is much in Buthidaung Township which become intolerable for us now, said a villager
http://www.arakantimes.org/2017/01/11/myanmar-police-extorts-money-harasses-rohingya-in-buthidaung/ ✓
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Meet the Rohingya boy from PwintPhyuChaung who claims that Myanmar military cut the throats of his Daddy & Brother and he was shot.
[Note: although this was recently reported, this event likely happened on 12th Nov or 13th Nov when many atrocities were reported to have taken place there; refugees who have fled from Pwint Phyu Chaung have only reached Bangladesh in recent weeks]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/818472422332624897 (video) ✓
https://youtu.be/RNAobjcWsVU (video) ✓
Translation of video:
This is as a heart breaking story of Antolia hamlet (local name), Pwin Phyu Chaung Village tract (locally called Zammonia), about 15 miles distance from down town to Northern Maungdaw, Rakhine State, Myanmar.
Q. Where are you from?
The Boy: From Antolia hamlet of ZammoniaVT.
Q. Who are your father and mother?
The Boy: My father is Auli Ahmed and mother is Mamtaz.
Q. Where is your mother?
The Boy: Left for work.
Q. How many brothers are you?
The Boy: My brother was slaughtered by Military.
Q. Your Father?
The Boy: My father was also slaughtered by Army.
Q. Did you see? By what they slaughtered you father?
The Boy: I saw my father was slaughtered by Army by long sword. At first they shot by gun then slaughtered by sword then I have escaped for my life.
Note: The family is in recently arrived refugee camps, Kutupalong in Bangladesh
https://mirsdq.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/my-father-and-brother-were-slaughtered.html ✓
Watch This Clip, Rohingya Baby Saying His Father Slaughtered & Brother too & He Was Shot By Myanmar Army. This Family Is In KutuPalong Now
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1013934948750922&id=215329155278176
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/818482447239159810 ✓
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Myanmar army's atrocity against Rohingya continues in GaDuThaYar of Maungdaw; beating & arbitrarily arrest daily
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/818358340677816321 (video of army movements in village, possibly making arrests, but hard to see) ✓
Today (9.1.17) at 1PM, military came to GaDuThaYar of Maungdaw, gathered 15 Rohingya include 5 ladies & forced to sign a paper. On the paper, it's written that army didn't destroyed anything, nor rape, nor tortured any1, we will be witnesses if need.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/818457692867989505 ✓
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/818458351071686656 ✓
The Tatmadaw have continued to raid the village tract of Gaw Du Tha Ya in Maungdaw South, arresting civilians and raping women.
Tensions broke out after seven leading community members were arrested after being called to a meeting last week.
On Saturday, they assaulted villagers and raped at least 14 women. Many of the homes were looted. Many households were also forced to pay extortion money as their houses were alleged to be constructed without proper government authorisation.
At present, most of the families from the southern and western hamlets of the village tract are spending their days in the wilderness to escape the crackdown.
Gaw Du Tha Ya, along with the nearby village of Kila Dong is a traditional hotspot for violence but have escaped the brutal crackdown unleashed by the Tatmadaw in Maungdaw North. The calm is being shattered over the weekend.
The seven arrested men have been brutally tortured in custody, allege local sources.
The Tatmadaw and the Hlun Htein has maintained a heavy presence in the area.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/459-torture-and-rape-in-gaw-du-tha-ya ✓
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Military from battalion 551 enter Kyar Gaung Taung (known locally as Rabailla) and arrest 3 innocent Rohingya. 36 year old school teacher Karim Ullah is taken to army station at 7.30pm Monday, accused of seeing weapons hidden in the village. He is tortured, sustains several injuries, and released Wednesday 11th Jan. His father Shadid Ullah age 95, and 70 year old retired school master Mahson (son of Sayed Ahmed), are also arrested and interrogated the same. The 3 are now in a critical condition.
http://www.thestateless.com/2017/01/11/three-rohingya-in-critical-condition-after-myanmars-military-torture/ (photo of old man lying down, plus photos of bruises on legs on the younger man) ✓
A Rohingya teacher, Kalim from Kya Gong Taung of Maungdaw was tortured by Myanmar military on 9.1.17
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/819239003752796161 (2 photos of bruised legs) ✓
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Soldiers aided by human traffickers kidnapped and raped six women from Kunir Khali [Leik Ya], Maungdaw North.
At around 10pm on Monday, the soldiers and the three human traffickers entered the southern neighbourhood of the village tract. As they entered a house, some of the women shrieked with terror. At this point, the soldiers fired in the air with automatic weapons causing locals to flee the scene.
Six women were dragged out of their homes and taken out of the village where they were raped throughout the night. The victims are 45, 32, 30, 19, 16 and 16 years old.
Locals rescued the women on the next morning following the payment of a million kyats.
The human traffickers are also from the locality but they don’t live in the Rohingya villages anymore as they have a long record of committing crimes against the local populace, say local sources. They have been identified as Md Salam alias Momo, Ola Chand and Md Rafique. It is rumoured they live along the military base.
The security forces have long been directly involved in criminal activities such as human trafficking and drugs smuggling.
Further verification of this story came back with info as follows:
The women quarreled each other. 3 informants of BGP took advantage on this problem and they informed to BGP. A BGP officer and 10 troops came into the village and shot into air 3 times. Then they detained 6 women and took them to BGP regional outpost. They were detained the whole night there. On the following morning they were extorted 2 lakhs each and total 1.2 million kyats. As they were in the outpost in the whole night, we doubt that whether they were raped. But the women didn’t claim anything. So we can’t say now that they were raped.
The informants are Rafique s/o Zafor from Laik Ya middle hamlet, Gurasan s/o Abu Bakkor from Laik Ya north hamlet and Mamed Salam aka Maung Maung s/o Batha Miah from Laik Ya north hamlet. ✓
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the military arrested three more villagers of Ngaran Chaung on January 9 on arbitrary allegation of involving in the raids on the three Border Guard Police (BGP) posts in Maungdaw on October 9, 2016. They were publicly tortured after the arrests and taken to the Battalion 552. From there, they were transferred to the Buthidaung Prison in the evening on January 9 without any trial.
They are:
1) Abu Sufyan
2) and his son Burshah
3) Sultan Ahmed
http://www.rvisiontv.com/rohingya-cleric-tortured-death-buthidaung/ ✓
Video Rohingya lady in need of urgent healthcare (with contact number):
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/818570856678817792
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This Rohingya man from Gawthuthara VT was detained yesterday with other 6. Today released. He was tortured by Myanmar' BGP & military.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/818039199215603712 (video) ✓
https://youtu.be/dbWctmKwzeA ✓
Myanmar troops' abuses continue. These Rohingya from Gawthuthara VT Maungdaw had to flee from the village since yesterday evening.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/818041179547766784 (video of men and boys who had fled village) ✓
Some Rohingya men in the footage were taken out from homes and tortured by Myanmar military and BGP yesterday
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/818042137916952577 (video with injured men crying) ✓
https://youtu.be/d6vB6vD4zIg ✓
These Rohingya women from Gawthuthara fled from the village since yesterday evening. They said escaped from abuses by Myanmar troops.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/818042986370043904 (video) ✓
https://youtu.be/00bFaaupvqo ✓
This video is from GaDuThaYar of Maungdaw where Myanmar army&BorderGuards are hunting Rohingya to torture&rape
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/817953375098544128 (video of women in field)
https://youtu.be/dvaMB5Aw7zY (men and women how had fled) ✓
Video of 7 Rohingya men from Gawthuthara village tract, South Maungdaw, who were all tortured by troops today
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/818078204997107712 (video) ✓
https://youtu.be/oLPCNfdTESU ✓
Rohingya from GoDuThaYar of Maungdaw have to leave continuous atrocities of #Myanmar army&border guard police
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/817960219497988099 (2 photos of people fleeing) ✓
Compilation of videos out of Gaw Du Thar Ra today with some translations included
https://youtu.be/wHCQ-meJjrY ✓
AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
Myanmar brutal military forces have been carrying out intense crackdown against the Rohingya villagers where dozens of innocent people have been arrested and the women have been sexually assaulted by army in Guduthaya village of Southern Maungdaw since yesterday.
The army members have besieged the village and started arresting people arbitrarily and making attempt to conduct mass rape on women in the village.
All the male members of the village fled from the village and several women have been sexually assaulted by army members who have been found inside their houses.
A woman says they could not sleep at night due to violence of army against the Rohingya in the village since yesterday.
“We are fleeing from the village to escape sexual rape of army. We are going where we can see. If we stay at home in the village, we will also be raped by military forces”, said another woman who could escape rape.
The arrested people have been cruelly tortured by army to severe injury on different parts of their bodies in the custody.
Now, all the residents of Goduthay village tract are scattered outside the village, some have been arrested many other men including women and children fled away from the village., source said.
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A man has died following assault by Hlun Htein forces in Raimba Khali [Ye Aung Chaung], Maungdaw North.
Mostafa was fishing in the river near the village on Saturday when Hlun Htein men intercepted him. They proceeded to severely assault him.
He was released later in the day when villagers came up with a ransom of 700,000 kyats.
But his condition deteriorated and he was taken to the hospital the next morning. He however died at around 10am on Sunday.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/466-killed-for-fishing ✓
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Tatmadaw has said all Rohingyas in Dunsay Para [Koe Tan Kauk], Rathedaung will have to collect timber for construction of a base in their village. The base was to be constructed to monitor activities of local following the leak of video that showed Hlun Htein personal assaulting a Rohingya boy and a man in early November when security force crackdown on villagers in the aftermath of a rare protest. The video was leaked last week and was shot by a Hlun Htein personal but authorities blamed members of a Muslim community.
Now the Tatmadaw is saying that Dunsay will be constant surveillance.
Local say the order is problematic as they need axes and sharper instruments for collecting timber but all these tools have been seized by security forces. They also said they don’t have any access of food sources and the added workload will mean they have even less time collecting food for their families. At present the village is close to starvation.
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Two Rohingya women from MaungGyiTaung VT Buthidaung were raped by Myanmar troops today afternoon. One is 45-yo and another one is 35-yo.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/818053343432085505 ✓
Two Rohingya women from Maung Gyi Taung village tract in Buthidaung Township were raped by the Myanmar Military.
Today, January 8th, 2017 at 12 noon soldiers from Light Infantry Unit 564 raped two Rohingya women from Maung Gyi Taung village tract. The women were 45-years-old and 35-years old. One was gang raped by two soldiers and the other was raped by one soldier, according to local villagers.
On January 7, 2017 at 11am a Rohingya a 20-year-old Rohingya youth named Fayaz, son of Nasir, was arrested by soldiers from LFU 564 and Border Guard Police and was taken to Police Battalion 3. He was reportedly tortured while he was in custody as authorities tried to extract information about weapons they believed Rohingya were hiding. Fayaz reportedly had no connection to any weapons or fighting but the security forces were reported to have continued to abuse him while he was in custody until he finally told them that there was a hiding place with weapons by a river nearby to make the torture stop.
Today on January 8th, 2017 at 10am Fayaz was brought in handcuffs to the river located in Myit Nar hamlet of Maung Gyi Taung village tract by soldiers from LFU 564. One they arrived there it was obvious that Fayaz had made up the location earlier as he was trying to make his torture stop and he jumped into the river to try to escape but was caught by a villager and handed back to the soldiers. He was beaten severely on the spot.
Some soldiers then took him back to the LFU 564 and another group of soldiers entered the village and were reported to have raped two women while they were there. When the soldiers entered the village the men fled fearing arrest or torture. The soldiers then forced children to leave from the houses and raped two women who were neighbors at this time. Both of the women are married and have children.
(RB News does not publish the names of victims of rape or sexual assault in order to protect their dignity, safety and privacy)
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2017/01/two-rohingya-women-raped-by-myanmar.html#sthash.BqtZMkce.dpuf ✓
.. on 8 January two women were sexually raped by troops during the raids. The names of the victims are H. 22 years old and F. 40 years old. They are both from Maung Gyi Taung village tract of Buthidaung.
About 250 detainees were released but some 50 victims are still in the confinement of Myanmar military where they are still being tortured.
The Myanmar State Counselor Office Information Committee on its Facebook site made an announcement that four of the detainees were identified as militants which is entirely a concocted allegation and is just propaganda against those four victims to tarnish the images and views of Rohingya towards the international community, said a Rohingya teacher from Buthidaung.
The victims were identified as – Mohammed Tarak, Kamaru, Dil Mohammed and Mohammed Ullah of Maung Gyi Taung of Buthidaung north.
All kinds of aggressions on the Rohingya were led by Myanmar military and BGP forces during the raid under the pretext of searching weapons in the villages. They increased their oppressions after refusing to give 30 women from each village for sexual interest, he added.
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A Rohingya prisoner was tortured to death after making an escape attempt from Tatmadaw forces in Buthidaung.
Nasir Ahmed was arrested on Saturday from Goinna para in So Parang village tract of Buthidaung. Following his arrest, he was mercilessly tortured throughout the night. He was also informed that he would spend the rest of his life in the infamous Buthidaung prison.
As he was being transferred on Sunday, he made an escape attempt near the bridge leading to Buthidaung town. The security was however much too tight and soldiers managed to recapture him. He was then severely assaulted and taken to custody.
In custody he was tortured again. As his condition deteriorated, he was taken to the Buthidaung hospital. He succumbed to his injuries at around evening, according to local sources.
Scores of saffron clad Buddhist nationalists in Yangon forced Muslim organisers to stop a ceremony honouring the holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
Shortly after the ceremony started on Sunday, the nationalists marched into the programme forcing the Muslims to cease their activities.
Security personal called to the scene refused to intervene.
"We have celebrated this festival for my whole life. Now this seems like an attack on freedom of religion," Kyaw Nyein, secretary of the Ulama Islam organisation, told AFP.
"The monks tried to stop the ceremony without saying what we had done wrong... Why aren't authorities taking action?"
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Demolishing Rohingya houses & shops continued. On Jan 7, 2017 - 6 houses & 2 shops in ZeePinChaung VT TaungPyo demolished by Myanmar BGP
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27 Rohingya houses & 4 shops from ThaPyayTaw VT Maungdaw Township were forced to demolish by Myanmar's BGP after Dec 20th, 2016.
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As Myanmar army has been hunting to rape Rohingya are running from GaduThayar of Maungdaw today
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14 Rohingya women raped,scores molested; 7 men arrested,homes looted by Myanmar army at Goduthara village in S. Maungdaw on 7/1/17 night
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At least 14 Rohingya women were raped by the Burmese military, over 3 dozens of men and women beaten up and many homes plundered at the village of ‘Goduthara’ in southern Maungdaw last Saturday (Jan, 7), local sources reported.
The villagers claimed numbers of Burmese soldiers conducted raids on the southern hamlet of Goduthara at around 4 pm on Saturday, where they began chasing and beating the village men.
As the men fled in fear of arbitrary arrests, they began beating and molesting scores of women in the village and looted their (the women’s) ornaments. During the hours of the chaotic raids, the military raped four women in the village.
At night at around 8 pm, the military raided the southern and western hamlets of the village again and indulged in tortures of the villagers including men and women and arrested 7 men. The soldiers committed more robberies and RAPED further 10 more women.
The sources further mentioned the soldiers were distributing the (looted) ornaments and money among themselves in the village’s school, the 7 villagers locked up in a room in the school managed to flee.
Yesterday (on January 8), the Border Guard Police (BGP) led by the Commander ‘U Kyaw Thuri’ arrived at Godusara and listed the numbers of the victims including women and men suffered in the hands of the soldiers at the earlier night and apparently submitted it to the higher authorities.
At around 3:30 pm on Sunday, the commander of the battalion based ‘Mawra Waddy’ arrived at Goduthara and provided medical treatments to the victims. After that, the commander publicly beat the soldiers involved in the crimes and took them to their base camp in ‘Mawra Waddy’ village.
“Soldiers indulged in the crimes of rapes can’t be freed by just giving them some beatings as punishments and must be court-marshalled. However, at a place where there is no justice at all, this kind of action by the military commander gives a little bit of sense of justice to the public.
“On other hand, we are suspicious if ‘these criminal actions by the soldiers and the subsequent punitive actions taken by their commander’ could be some deliberate attempts to implicate the public with the sense that if the soldiers commit wrong things/crimes, the authorities will take actions” said a U Aye Myint, a human rights activist based in Maungdaw.
At least 30 women were raped and approximately, 30 women and 7 men were tortured by the soldiers on the Saturday night.
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I've received 6 Rohingya women rape victims name from Gawthuthara VT, Southern Maungdaw. There're many more. They were raped on Jan 7.
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Tweeted on 11th Jan: I can confirm now 12 Rohingya women & girls were raped by Myanmar military on 7 Jan 2017 at night in Gawduthara VT Southern Maungdaw
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At least 12 women, including minor girls were raped during a raid in Gaw Du Thaya, Maungdaw South.
Victims told our correspondent in the area that the security forces apprehended them and confined them on Saturday evening. In the night, at around 9pm, soldiers took turns raping them. The ordeal went on for around two hours after which they were thrown out. The victims also said during the rape, the soldiers brutally assaulted them.
Most of the victims say they were apprehended after soldiers broke into their homes and took them away while beating them. In some cases, soldiers also raped them in their homes.
Our correspondent and other local sources say the actual number of women raped on Saturday night was more, but only a dozen have confessed to the ordeal.
In conservative village societies, many still regard rape as shameful and don’t confess to being the victim. Additionally many women don’t confess in fear of distressing the male members of their families.
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An Islamic religious school (Madarasa) in KanPaingNar H, ShweZar VT in Maungdaw was demolished by Myanmar's BGP on Jan 7, 2017
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7thJan2017 Mv Abdul Hkm (65 Yrs) S/o AbduSalam Arrested By Myanmar Govt From MaungGyiTaung Buthidaung
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Rohingya Imam Abdul Hakim from MaungGyiHtaung of Buthidaung was arrested by army at 9AM, 7Jan & being tortured custody
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Many Rohingya are leaving from MaungGyiHtaung of Buthidaung becoz of torturing, arbitrarily arrest&hunting for rape by Myanmar army
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Rohingya civilians from MaungGyiHtaunt VT of Buthidaung forced to flee from their homes as Army continues raids, arrest & torture today.
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Atrocity of Myanmar army against Rohingya continues in MaungGyiHtaung of Buthidaung, pp are leaving in fear
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/817784639372726273 (video) ✓
This is Mamedullah, age 27. His full name is Muhammed Ullah but his friends and family call him Mamedullah for short. He is one of the few Rohingya to gain himself an education in his village in Maung Gyi Taung in Buthidaung township, against all the odds. He studied physics for three years at Sittwe University, graduating with a Physics Major degree in 2012.
After he had earned his degree, he worked as a volunteer teacher for the community, for which he was much respected. Then he opened a little shop in Myoma market in Buthidaung. The photo of him here was taken at his shop.
I spoke to one of his old university friends to find out what he is like as a person. This is what he told me:
“He is of usual size, about 5 feet tall. Not rich and an average kind of person. He doesn’t wear fancy clothes, he lives a simple life. He is very cool and calm with his manners. He is liked by everyone and his friends admire him for his way of communicating with people and for the work he did as a teacher.
He was the same in university as he is here in the village, he never changed. He used to wear longyis and long sleeves or half sleeves, never trousers. When travelling to university he was careful not to sit next to a girl in the car. He just used to hang out with his friends.
I swear I never saw him argue with anybody. He used to tease his friends a little; he was a happy person. Overall, he was a very normal guy. Everything about him is so normal. He never seemed to desire big things or comforts, he was content with life.”
On 4th January, all that would change. At 2am in the morning soldiers and police besieged his village and made an announcement by loud speaker for someone from every household to report to the school in the morning. At 6 am, Mamedullah went with his elderly father to the school. They knew that they were at risk of torture, as had happened in other villages before, but they didn’t want any punishment to come down on their family so they followed orders.
At the school, the military began to beat Mamedullah’s father, Mamed Ameen. Mahmedullah could not bear to see his father hurt in that way so he called on the troops to leave his father alone and to beat him instead, so the military beat Mamedullah as well. They beat him until he was in a serious condition, and then they arrested him and took him away along with some other innocent young men.
The President’s Office posted a photo of Mamedullah later that day, with 3 other men that they had arrested at that time to Facebook, accusing them of storing home -made guns on a betel farm:
https://www.facebook.com/MyanmarSCOInfoCom/posts/665229846983458
Mamedullah’s friend told me, “He was targeted just because he is one of the few people who is educated in his village. I know everything about him. He is a very normal personal person. No criminal record. I was crying when I saw the government describing him as a militant”.
Other researchers I spoke to said the same thing: that all the villagers say there were no guns. Many people have a small betel farm for some extra income, like gardening around their homes, but farming was not his line of work, his main income was from his little shop.
And regarding the other men that were arrested with him:
“It is crystal clear they are innocents. This is a completely fake story the government created just to continue their oppression on the Rohingya. The people in the picture posted on the President’s Office
website, labelling them as militants, are just very normal people who make their living through daily labour. It saddens all of us to see this kind of cruelty from our government. It is completely shameless.
We never predicted they would try to drag Buthidaung people into this [clearance operation]. People from Buthidaung did nothing against the government in 2012 and in October 2016, although they were scattered, tortured, arrested and extorted. These are unbearable actions of our government. It seems like they want to do something to the people in Buthidaung as well as Maungdaw, but people here don’t have a border to run and cross to save their lives. Here it is surrounded by mountains on every side. There are many military regiments and BGP battalions around. How shameless is this government showing their power against some of the poorest and most helpless people?”
Later we received disturbing news, Mamedullah had been spotted in hospital. A close friend of the man I was talking to had been to visit a relative who was admitted to Buthidaung Government Hospital. Whilst there, at around 2.30pm on the 5th January, he saw Mamedullah and the other arrestees in the hospital:
“He saw blood dripping from Mamedullah’s head and legs with his own eyes. They were extremely beaten and tortured. The eye witness said even while the doctor was giving treatment, BGP [Border Guard Police] pointed and put their guns on those four men’s heads. Their legs and hands were bound with iron chain. Even though their eyes were open they couldn’t recognise that they were in hospital or what the doctor was doing to them."
The witness says that treatment was administered for approximately 30 minutes before they were taken away by the Border Guard Police.
Whilst writing up this story, we heard the rumour Mamedullah may have died in custody. His friend said to me:
“Oh Allah…I pray that’s not true. Please, he was a very simple innocent person. It will be unfair if anything happens to him. The world must stand with us. He is as innocent as a new born baby”
On further verification, we think this news was a mistake, as none of our contacts have heard the same. We are now hopeful that he is still alive and that both Mamedullah and the other innocent men arrested with him will now be released with immediate effect.
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Village Administrator‘s harassments on villagers in Aung Tha Pye
AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
The innocent villagers are subjected to different forms of harassments of the Aung Tha Pye village administrator, Thein Shwe U, son of U Tha Maung under sector 1, of Northern Maungdaw.
Source said to our correspondent, the Rohingya who have motorbikes have to give them to the village administrator (Rakhine Community) in turn every day for his use. Otherwise, he forcibly snatches the motorbike from the Rohingya or assaults them. He has been doing like this since 9 October incidents taking the advantage of that.
Finally, when the villagers refused to give their motorcycle to him, he told the villagers to collect money from every family to buy a motorcycle for him so that he would not have to take motorbike from any one in turn.
Therefore, the motorbike owners were compelled to collect Kyat 500, 000 from every bike owner to buy a cycle for himself.
The money was collected from the motorbike owners of five villages of Maungdaw north such as Nayapara, Siyounsuri, Thayangkhali, Boyarsor and Haladefa villages.
He also extorts money from the villagers accusing in various kinds of false allegations with the help of Myanmar government authorities and showing the influence of his ethnicity, Rakhine.
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The army has also intercepted seven innocent Rohingya villagers in Goduthaya of Maungdaw South on 6 January involving them in false allegations.
They are- Mv Abdu Kader, Mv Mohamed Kasem, and Ismail including four other victims of Goduthaya of Maungaw South.
They have been arrested by army but their whereabouts and fates are unknown to their relatives.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2017/01/07/myanmar-military-arrests-26-rohingya-in-buthidaung/ ✓
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Video report on 9th Jan, relating to incident on 6th Jan:
This Rohingya man from ThuOoLar VT, Northern Maungdaw was tortured by Myanmar military on Jan 6, 2017 evening. [Correction: ] Please read the village name - YaeTwinPyin VT.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/818461613309198336 (video) ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/818526075827453952 ✓
Translation of video:
He said, “My name is Nur Mustafa, father name is Nur Islam, from Yae Twin Pyin village tract (Kuwarbil), beaten by Myanmar Army on Friday night (before 3 days).”
Yae Twin Pyin VT (locally called Kuwarbil) is in northern Maungdaw.
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The Border Guard Police (BGP) have demolished at least 1,000 Rohingya homes in Maungdaw District that includes Maungdaw and Buthidaung townships since the mid-December on pretext of building homes without permission or not being in the household map and left more than 6,000 people displaced; apart from the burning of more than 4,000 homes in northern Maungdaw region after October 9, 2016, which had left more than 50,000 people displaced.
Further 100 more Rohingya homes have been demolished in the district since the last week of last December. In many villages in Maungdaw Township, the BGP has demolished some homes by themselves but mostly forced the local Rohingyas to destroy their own homes, while deliberately setting some homes on fire claiming dismantling homes consumed too much time, said a local in northern Maungdaw on the condition of anonymity.
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following is a list of destructions of homes in the Maungdaw Township in the recent weeks.
Region Village name Date No. of Homes Remark
Northern Maungdaw At ‘Suru Fara’ hamlet of ‘Leik Ya’ 25.12.2016 5 Torched by BGP saying demolishing homes taking long time.
At ‘Suru Fara’ hamlet of ‘Leik Ya’ 28.12.2016 4 demolished
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Southern Maungdaw At Hossara hamlet of Zawmadat 29.12.2016 4 demolished by admin **‘U Maung Thar Kyu’ under BGP order
At Montulla hamlet of AleyThanKyaw 28.12.2016 4 demolished, including some 15-year-old homes
At Zaykonetan hamlet of AlayThanKyaw 29.12.2016 8 demolished
At Byuhagone hamlet of AlayThanKyaw 27.12.2016 25 demolished
At LeyinGwin hamlet of AlayThanKyaw 27.12.2016 15 demolished
At Kayintan hamlet of AlayThanKyaw 26.12.2016 15 demolished
At Kyaung Taung (Gorakhali) 28.12.2016 4 demolished
** The administrator of Zawmadat village, U Maung Thar Kyu, is a Rakhine extremists also indulging in money extortions from the villagers threatening that he will make the BGP destroy their homes if they don’t give (ransom) money to him.
The houses and shops being destroyed in the rural villages are not modern buildings that require officials’ permission(s) but traditional country-type structures built of bamboos and woods and covered with ‘Nipa Palm Leaves.’ These widespread destructions of homes are now seen among the locals as yet another attempt of cleansing their (i.e. Rohingya) population through systematic displacement of the people.
The order to demolish homes had only been imposed on the Rohingya community, not on the Rakhine Buddhist community.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-continues-israeli-style-demolition-campaign-on-rohingya-homes/
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Myanmar army robbed & demolished shops of Rohingya: Jabbar, Hafiz Ahmed, Eman Husein, Jani Alam & Ishaque from ShaabBazar, Maung Gyi Htaung of Buthidaung
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Two Rohingya; Ibrahim & his son, Muhammad Shah from ShaabBazar, MaungGyiHtaung of Buthidaung were arrested by army
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3 Rohingya; Zamir Husein, Nazir Husein & Muhammad Husein were tortured & took Zamir (black-shirt) eldest somewhere on 6.1.17
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At least 10 acres of Rohingya-owned farm lands were confiscated by the Myanmar BGP (Border Guard Police) in Buthidaung Township last Friday (on Jan 6), local sources have reported.
Eight years ago, the Nasaka (the former Border Security Force and predecessor of the BGP) confiscated around 20 acres of the local Rohingyas’ farmlands at the village of ‘Phayapyin Aungpha’ to establish the camp known as the ‘Nyaung Chaung BGP Camp’ today.
Again on January 6, the BGP put up Red Flags and gathering bricks to erect walls surrounding the 10 more acres of the seized lands at ‘Phayapyin Aungpha’ without even letting the owners of the lands know about it and paying the due compensations.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/rohingya-farm-lands-confiscated-buthidaung/ ✓
Rohingya refugees in SoParang, Rathedaung appealing for aid from the international community.
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Myanmar Continues to Demolish Homes Rohingya poor Family in Mangnama Village North MDW 5.1.2016
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4th/5th Jan 2017 MinGyi VT Tulatuli H, Torturing Rohingya Men & Women
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5thJan17 7 Rohingya Arrested From GawDuSara By Myanmar Govt Who Were Invited For meeting At 4:00Pm, Invited For Meeting Or Arrest? Myanmar Govt Labelled These Rohingya As A militants Who Have Been Arrested From Invited Meeting
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Today on January 5th, 2017 in the morning, the soldiers from the Light Infantry Unit (564) and the Border Guard Police from Phong Daw Pyin came to Dar Paing Saya village tract. They ordered all villagers from Sin Aong, Dar Paing Saya and Gawni hamlets to report to the school located in Dar Paing Saya with their household registration lists.
They then interrogated the villagers who went to the school and detained eight families, including the elderly, women, and children. They also detained former village administrator Shuna Miah son of Abul Kasim and Shuna’s two sons from the village and held them in the school. In addition, they detained any villager who had the name Shuna Miah (apparently, there were at least 4 or 5 people with this same name). The villagers said that whilst they were interrogated at the school they were all beaten by the soldiers and the police, including the young and the old. In the evening at 7pm, they released all who had been held at the school, apart from the former village administrator Shuna Miah who was arrested and taken with them. Villagers say that Shuna had close ties with officials and was living peacefully in the village so they do not know why he was arrested.
8 Rohingya Families (Est40 Persons)Arrested&Kept Them In School) By Myanmar Govt In DapaingSaya H MaungGyiTaung VT On 5thJan2017 5Pm Report
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Myanmar army & BorderG arrested & tortured 8 Rohingya families includ 50 pp fr SinAunkVT of Buthidaung, kept in school since 9AM
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5thJan DaPaingSaya H,MinChaungZae H,MinChaungGaung H,MaungGyiHtaung VT Are Besieging &Torturing Like KotanKauk Viral Video. Rohingya Men & Women Arresting & Torturing Since Early This Morning Difficult To Get Detail Info (Buthidaung)
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Six Rohingya, lathe machine operators from Buthidaung downtown arrested by Myanmar police today.
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Tweeted at 8.45pm I was just informed that the arrestees are at Buthidaung hospital now.
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A resident in Buthidaung downtown said some of those that were arrested on January 4th are now hospitalized at Buthidaung hospital due to torture, and six lathe machine operators from downtown have also been arrested. However, RB News has not been able to independently verify that information.
Mamedullah and 3 other young men, arrested and beaten the previous day in Maung Gyi Taung, are seen receiving treatment in Buthidaung Government Hospital in a serious condition:
Mamedullah had been spotted in hospital. A close friend of the man I was talking to had been to visit a relative who was admitted to Buthidaung Government Hospital. Whilst there, at around 2.30pm on the 5th January, he saw Mamedullah and the other arrestees in the hospital:
“He saw blood dripping from Mamedullah’s head and legs with his own eyes. They were extremely beaten and tortured. The eye witness said even while the doctor was giving treatment, BGP [Border Guard Police] pointed and put their guns on those four men’s heads. Their legs and hands were bound with iron chain. Even though their eyes were open they couldn’t recognise that they were in hospital or what the doctor was doing to them."
The witness says that treatment was administered for approximately 30 minutes before they were taken away by the Border Guard Police.
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This Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh said their huts were destroyed by Forest Dept. One man was gunshot to the head and hospitalized.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/817020568016945152 (video)
At least three newly-arrived Rohingya refugees were critically injured in a gun-attack near Kutupalong Camps in Cox’s Bazaar district in Bangladesh today, an eyewitness said.
The attack was carried out by a group of gunmen who are yet to be identified but according to the eyewitnesses, they were officers from the Bangladesh Forestry Post at Gundum area, Cox’s District.
In the attack, three people have been confirmed to be critically injured and of whom, one is reported to be dead. And there is a real possibility of more casualties.
“A group of gunmen believed to be foresters arrived and began to destroy the camps/tents erected by the newly arrived Rohingya Refugees from Myanmar. They also destroyed the prayer place set up by the refugees. When some Myanmar refugees tried to stop them, they began firing at them”, said Manzoor Alam Litoon, an eyewitness to the incident.
Photo:
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/817050305418252288
Bangladesh foresters vandalized tents of newly arrived Rohingya Refugees & opened gun-fire at the refugees leaving 3 critically injured.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/817053923018035200
Reportedly, 1 of 3 critically injured refugees is dead.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/817054553128321024
AT Correspondent, Ukhiya
Forestry officials of Bangladesh along with villagers concerned on 5 January 2017 at around 2.30 PM demolished more than 300 huts of newly arrived Rohingya refugees of Arakan State, Myanmar.
According to our correspondent reports, a group of forestry officials along with local union member and villagers entered the newly constructed makeshift and destroyed those huts of violence fled Rohingya refugees.
Despite requests of the poor refugees not to demolish the huts, the forestry members and locals completely destroyed the huts causing them shelter less and suffering in the cold season day and night.
It was also reported that the forestry officials also opened blank shoots to create panic situation among the refugees during destroying the shacks.
On January 4, some members of forestry department from Thaiyankhali locality came to the makeshift camp and demolished some huts of newly arrived Rohingya refugees, it was learnt.
Video of chaos and panic in the refugee makeshift camp as they were shot at and had their shelters destroyed:
Tweeted at 11.25pm: 12 Rohingya from Bassara of Maungdaw went to the mountain collect firewood in the morning 4.1.17,haven't returned yet, might be arrested
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/816689635514458112
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An Islamic Religious School Madarasa in Thanda VT, Southern Maungdaw was demolished by Myanmar's BGP on 4th Jan 2017 at 1:30 PM.
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At Sinthaepyin (locally known as Haanti Fara) hamlet of Loundoong village in northern Maungdaw, the house of Mr. Khairul Amin was burnt down at around 9:30 pm on January 4, 2016. Both Khairul Amin and his wife haven’t returned home from Bangladesh where they went to treat their 7-year-old daughter after she had been shot at her leg by the military on November 26, 2016.
Although it is unknown who exactly torched his home, some BGP personnel were seen roaming in the village earlier in the evening nearby his home. (Note: the Myanmar’s State Counselor Information Committee has reported this incident twisting the real facts.)
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4thJan2017 Myanmar BGP Arrested 5 Rohingya 1 Bengli Broker Who r trying to flee From KwinThiPyin
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4thJan Myanmar Army Besieging In MaungGyiHTaunt & Torturing Women Rohingya Fleeing From Their Village Buthidaung
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/816598105390882816 ✓
Exactly like in leak video happening in MaungGyiTaung VT, Buthidaung Township today. Some Rohingya villagers already fled from village.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/816616771771830272 ✓
Myanmar military and Border Guard Police entered into Maung Gyi Taung village tract in Buthidaung Township today under the pretext of searching for weapons and many villagers were beaten.
Today on January 4, 2017 at 2 am, soldiers from the Light Infantry Unit 564 and Border Guard Police based in Phong Daw Pyin village besieged Maung Gyi Taung hamlet of Maung Gyi Taung village tract. In the early morning, they announced by loudspeaker that one person from each household must report to the school located in the hamlet.
At 4 am two brothers and a sister, Nouman, Arman and Kawsaira, whose father is Mohammed Ayub, were taken away by the troops to an unknown location and no one received any further news about them.
At 6 am some of the villagers reported to the school as ordered, but others didn’t out of fear of torture and some fled from the hamlet.
The villagers who went to the school were beaten by the soldiers and the Border Guard Police. One of those who was severely beaten was Ali Ahmed, the former chairman of the village. Another elderly man who was beaten was Mamed Ameen. Mamed’s son, Mamedullah, couldn’t bear to see his father beaten so told the troops not to beat his father and so they beat him as well and then they arrested Mamedullah. Villagers say that both Ali Ahmed and Mamedullah were left in a critical condition following the beatings.
Later in the day, Aung San Suu Kyi’s state counsellor information committee posted to their Facebook page the news that they had detained four villagers from Maung Gyi Taung village who had recently attended military trainings. In addition, they stated that they had found 14 hand-made guns in Mamedullah’s betel nuts farm. The villagers of Maung Gyi Taung say that this is a made-up story by the government, that no one from their village has ever attended any military training and there were no guns.
On December 31, 2016, a video of Rohingya being tortured by Myanmar troops spread around the world through social media and the Myanmar presidential spokesman, Zaw Htay, gave the assurance that the government had given instructions to the armed forces to follow the rules of law and not to violate human rights. Yet despite this, a very similar incident to what was recorded in that video happened again today in Maung Gyi Taung.
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About 150 Myamar military and Border Guard Police (BGP) have conducted raids on the village of Maung Gyi Taung in Northern Buthidaung and assaulted the villagers today (Jan 4, 2017), reliable reports say.
At around 4:00 am, The military began raiding on the village locally known as ‘Shaab Bazaar’ on the pretext of searching the hidden weapons stolen from the BGP (Border Guard Police) Arsenal in Maungdaw on October 9, 2016.
It has been reported that some military personnel have rounded up the women along with children and the men in two separate places, while some other military have besieged the entire village from outside.
Reports emerged of the military molesting the village women and torturing the men. A father and his son were severely tortured under the allegation of feeding foods to the alleged militants in the region and are now said to be in critical conditions. They are:
1) Mr. Mohammed (father)
2) Mohammed Ullah (son)
The military further threatened the villagers that they would keep torturing the villagers and even kill people if required if the villagers do not return the stolen weapons.
When the military retreated, they retreated 8 innocent villagers and took them to unknown locations along with them (i.e. the military).
The raid and atrocities committed by the military and BGP in the village now are similar to what have been committed in Koetankauk village of Rathedaung Township and in Northern Maungdaw.
It is still uncertain why and how a village in the northern most Buthidaung has come under the assaults of the Myanmar military.
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Rohingya escaping from Tamantha, Locally called ShaabBazaar for the fear of MyanmarArmy warning for setting fire their village.
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This video clip is fr ShabBazar of Budthidaung where atrocity against Rohingya continue
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Arbitrarily arrest, torture&confiscation of property in ShabBazar&surrounding area Rohingya r leaving
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Genocidal operation against Rohingya hs strated in Buthidaung,innocent pp arrested&accused insurgen
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4thJan2017, 4 Innocent Rohingya Arrested & Announced Them As Militants In MaungGyiHTaunt Buthidaung
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Reported on 5th: The day before on January 4, 2017 at least 7 villagers were arrested from this same area, but Aung San Suu Kyi’s office information committee claimed only four villagers had been arrested, and that they had seized 14 home-made guns. There is still no news regarding the other three people who were arrested on January 4th, and the villagers say that in addition, three families were also taken away by the security forces on 4th and their whereabouts is also still unknown.
The families taken away have been identified as:
(1) Mamed Siddique (age 35) s/o Abul Kasim, his wife and two daughters;
(2) The wife of Abdul Rahim s/o Jamal, two sons and two daughters;
(3) Laila d/o Mamed Sharif, two sons and three daughters.
A Major from the Light Infantry Unit (564), who is currently the acting commander, has been extorting money from the villagers over the past few weeks. Since October 9th 2016, he instructed two Rohingya villagers to extort 100,000 Kyat from any villager who wanted to travel outside of the village tract. The villagers who were given the responsibility to extort the money are Jamal s/o Mamed Hashim, and Zawmir Hussein who is the ‘in-charge’ of a hundred households. Both men are from Maung Gyi Taung village tract. As instructed, they collected 2.2 million Kyat of which they gave 1.6 million Kyat to Sergeant Ba Kyaw to pass on to the acting commander, but apparently there was a problem regarding the dividing of the money between them, according to the villagers.
On December 27th, 2016, the acting commander extorted 600,000 Kyat from two Rohingya villagers in Mi Chaung Zay Ywa Thit village and Ywa Thit village. In addition, on January 1, 2017, he extorted 2.4 million Kyat from 7 villagers in Mi Chaung Zay Ywa Thit village and Ywa Thit village. Those two days of extortion were exposed on RB News in a report written in the Burmese language on January 2, 2017. After posting the news about his extortion activities, the acting commander came under pressure from his superiors, according to a villager who was in close contact with him. Since he was under pressure and needed to divert attention away from himself, he is said to have organized
this fabricated plot, with his aides Jamal and Zawmir Hussein, that included the seizing of 14 home-made guns.
A resident in Buthidaung downtown said some of those that were arrested on January 4th are now hospitalized at Buthidaung hospital due to torture, and six lathe machine operators from downtown have also been arrested. However, RB News has not been able to independently verify that information.
Reported on 9th Jan
AT Correspondent, Buthidaung
Amid and despite the frequent visits of Myanmar and UN officials in restive western Arakan and leaked video of innocent Rohingya civilians being tortured by police in KutangKouke of Ratheydaung which appeared as an authentic evidence of aggressions on Rohingya Muslims, soldiers still continue its brutalities against the Rohingya in Buthidaung and Maungdaw.
According to our correspondent reports, on January 4 and 6, 2017, Myanmar military launched a fresh raid in Northern Buthidaung in which 2 Rohingya men were tortured to death, 2 women raped, several molested and dozens arrested from Maung Gyi Taung village tract of Buthidaung north. Some of the arrestees were set free after severe torture in the custody.
Another report says, during the raids in some villages such as Maung Gyi taung, Dar Paing Sa Yar, Nga Yant Chaung and Mee Chaung Zee in Buthidaung north approximately 300 innocent civilians were arrested arbitrarily. From among the arrestees, 250 victims were released after taking huge amount of ransom money from the arrestees on 4 and 6 January 2017.
Source said dozens of Rohingya women were molested by soldiers while three other women have gone missing during the siege on 4 January 2017.
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These huts in Kutupalong were built by recent Rohingya refugees arriving to Bangladesh. But were destroyed by local people today at 3pm
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/816697061840134145 (4 photos)
Demolished New Comer Rohingya Refugee In KutuPalong Balukali Camp Bangladesh
https://youtu.be/pHWGteQv3VM (video)
Self-made tent of Rohingya Refu in KutuPalong along ForestryArea destroyed by ForestryDept of BD today
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/816665401455218688 (2 photos)
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3rdJan2017 70Years Old Rohingya GrandPa Md Alom Tortured To Critical In MyawTaung Vill
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3rdJanrd2017 Myanmar Army Slaughtered A Bull From Rohingya MyawTaung & Looted Valuable Things And Money
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Another Poor Rohingya Zakair's House Investigated & Loot His 60 Thousands Money MyawTaung On 3rdJan17
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Another Poor Rohingya WasKarim's House Investigated & Loot His 30 Thousands Money By Myanmar Army MyawTaung On 3rdJan
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3rdJan2017 Rohingya Were Investigate By Touching Whole Body Including Private Part In Front Each Other In MyawTaung
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3rdJan2017 Another Rohingya Girl Pulled To Rape Into The House By Myanmar Army But Girl's Mother Protect Army & They Tortured Her Mother
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Many Rohingya Girls Were Naked In The Name Of Mobile Investigation InFrontOf Their Families In MyawTaung On 3rdJan
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Myanmar’s Na Ta La Moghs and security forces severely beat and plundered two Rohingya fishermen threatening by guns yesterday, says the local.
The incident took place in the Pyuma stream of northern Maungdaw, while Rohingya fishermen were fishing around 1:30 pm.
“Two Rohingya fishermen were fishing in the Pyuma stream on January 03 at 1:30 pm. Some Na Ta La and security forces from Ouck Pyuma BGP post plundered their valuable fishing net and other stuffs forcefully at gun point.
Na Ta La Rakhines and security forces harassed and beat the poor fishermen when they plead to return some of their things” said a witness from the village.
The victims are identified as follows:
Rhamat Ullah Bin Innamin 40 years old and
Abdu Salam Bin Shuna Ali 42 years old, both from Kyein Chaung, South village.
Local authorities, Na Ta La and security forces are harassing locals, on daily basis which is backed up by central government.
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A Rohingya man, Islam s/o Omarmiah who was arrested from ThuOoLar VT, Maungdaw after Nov 12th died at Buthidaung hospital today at 7am. Sources in Buthidaung said he was brutally tortured inside the prison. And at least 150 Rohingya prisoners are critical conditions.
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A Rohingya man, Islam s/o Omarmiah who was arrested from ThuOoLar VT, Maungdaw after Nov 12th died at Buthidaung hospital today at 7am. Sources in Buthidaung said he was brutally tortured inside the prison. And at least 150 Rohingya prisoners are critical conditions.
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Reported 2nd Jan: Rohingya Gulam Nabi(old) fr MaungHnaMa of Maungdaw w tortured&broken his waist by army left w his daughter to BGD
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2nd Jan 2017 15 Rohingya Houses Demolished By Myanmar Govt In WaikKaung H MinGyi VT Maungdaw North And Also Extorted Too By Administrator
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In KoeTanKaunk of Rathedaung, SaRaPa Police force came & collected data of Rohingya who belong to mobile, name, age. number today
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A Rohingya, Salim son of Nazir Miah from MaungNaMa of Buthidaung ws killed by an elephant while collecting fire wood in mountain on 30.12.16. Salim who was killed by elephant was taken to the hospital for postmortem & returned him to his family to bury on 31.12.16. Seven relatives of Salim were arrested & being tortured by the security force becoz they found a knife with Salim whom killed by elephant.
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30thDec A Rohingya Has Been Killed By Elephant Who's Hidden In Jungle Since 2 Months,But Myanmar Govt Torturing His Relatives In MaungHnaMa. He Has Been Accused Of Suspicious By Govt So He Hidden 2 Months In The Jungle But Killed By Elephant Buthidaung. Salim S/o Mozair Myar His Relatives Being Accused Of Helping Him In Jungle Of(No Male Is In The Village) BTD News.
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Tatmadaw officials held a meeting with local Rakhine representatives in the premises of Uyittaw pagoda in Ponnagyun (Pungná cwéng) town on Monday, according to a source in the area.
During the meeting, the officials spoke of grave security threats posed by Bengali Muslims to the country. They alleged the Muslims were forming terrorist brigades to undermine the security of Myanmar and were getting armed support from across the border in Bangladesh. To protect the country from the threat, it would require the Rakhines take up weapons against the Muslims, with the blessings of the Tatmadaw.
The Rakhine representatives said they were ready for the ultimate sacrifice in the defence of the country and would not allow Arakan to become another Bangladesh. Many of the representatives present are known sympathisers of the Ma Ba Tha movement and had earlier provided manpower during the riots of 2012.
Ponnagyun is a mostly Rakhine township, with all Rohingyas concentrated in the Sidurkul village tract. In the event of a riot, the isolated Muslim community are totally cut off from any outside support and will be totally overwhelmed by hostile attackers. The village fared very badly during 2012.
When asked to comment on the matter, our correspondent in Sidurkul says none of them has any knowledge of the meeting as Rohingyas remain under blockade in their settlement for more than four years. He however opined that during the recent crackdown, the village tracts of Maungdaw North could not provide any defence against well organised Tatmadaw forces in spite of the overwhelming Muslim majority and the proximity to Bangladesh. Even though many managed to escape over the border to Bangladesh, it was no easy task and scores died trying. In light of the situation, one can only guess what will happen to places like Sidurkul where there is neither a Muslim majority, nor a border to escape.
Similar concerns have been earlier echoed by Muslims living in townships outside Maungdaw.
The meeting is a grim reminder of the helpless situation faced by the Rohingyas and other Muslim communities of Arakan who are scattered throughout the region in isolated settlements amid possible armed mobilisation of Rakhine communities.
The government had openly been floating the concept of arming Rakhine civilians.
Today, 7 Rohingya fishermen who got permission fr fishing w kicked & tortured by Myanmar navy. One of the fishermen very serious hospitalized now. All fishes caught by them, nets&money w robbed by navy officers. hose fishermen left fr ThaeChaung beach of Sittwe in morning. they were stopped,robbed&beaten by navy when returning at 3PM.
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1stJan17 Rohingya Fisherman Chief of Small Boat Tortured To Critical Condition & 100 Lakhs Worth Net Thrown To Ocean. He Has Been Tortured By Myanmar Navi & Also Looted His 100 Lakhs Worth Nets In ThayChaung Sittwe
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Rohingyas with mobile phones have been urged to take extra precautions as it is feared the security forces and village administration are making a specific list to target such men and women who are disseminating information.
Speaking to our desk, many Rohingya activists have said there are rumours that this time the security forces will carry out a crackdown against those who have taken photos and highlighted the brutal episode of ethnic cleansing carried out by Tatmadaw personnel since October 9.
The crackdown has killed hundreds of Rohingyas, with many more apprehended and tortured, while numerous women have been raped and sexually molested. On the other hand, thanks to smartphones and a new generation of gallant Rohingya activists, both men and women who have risked their lives to disseminate information abroad, the atrocities have received widespread publicity leading to international outrage and diplomatic pressure on the government.
Already there are reports concerning the movement of suspicious men in the towns of Maungdaw and Buthidaung since last week who are maintaining close presence to the homes of Rohingya Muslims. It is suspected they are Hlun Htein personnel in civilian clothes. In the villages, it is feared the government collaborators also known as tabbes will be instructed to make lists of those who are spreading information abroad.
Meanwhile in one village of Maunngdaw North, women who have disseminated information concerning rape are on the run as Hlun Htein looks very serious in apprehending them. Due to security concerns, we are unable to provide further details at this moment.
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1stJan17 7Ducks 3Goats 5chickens Have Been Looted By M Army From Poor & Widow Rohingya In NeisarDaung [NanThaTaung ] Maungdaw N
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The Lawaka has announced all Rohingyas with names on the family list in Ra Bai La, Maungdaw North should immediately report to their local centre. Anyone who did not follow the directives would be considered an illegal immigrant, the announcement said. Those families who went to the centre will have their portrait taken.
The announcement was made over loudspeaker on Sunday.
Locals fear that if they do go the Lawaka centre, they will be harassed, even arrested and tortured. However, if they did not go, and later security forces apprehended them and found they did not have their portrait taken by Lawaka, they will definitely be tortured, even killed.
Much of the populace in Ra Bai La have fled to Bangladesh. In mid November, Ra Bai La, along with the nearby villages of Sa Li Frang, Bor Gazi Bil and Sau Ra Gazi Bil were hit with helicopters, rocket launchers and heavy machine guns, killing at least 150 people. In the aftermath of the operation, security forces unleashed further violence killing dozens and raping many women.
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Following the emergence of the video of mass arrests and violence on the Rohingya, filmed by police at Koe Tan Kauk on 5th Nov, the police are now putting together a list of all Rohingya who own mobile phones there, including their makes and models (even though it was clearly the police who filmed the video, not the Rohingya).
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Some of the victims in the video have been identified. Some have been freed but are not able to move yet following their torture.
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One of the Border Guard Police (filming the video) has reportedly been identified as a rapist by one of the rape victims
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A video filmed by a Myanmar policeman showing a large group of Rohingya villagers, who were detained by security forces, being kicked and beaten with objects was circulated on social media on December 31st, 2016. The video was quickly spread around the world through Facebook and Twitter and has been picked up by news outlets.
The video shows Myanmar police torturing, cursing, kicking and humiliating innocent Rohingya villagers who were gathered in a massive group and forced to sit outside while they were randomly beaten and abused. The video was filmed in Koe Tan Kauk village of Rathedaung Township on November 5th, 2016.
Villagers from Koe Tan Kauk had held a protest with some signs and posters when the UN resident coordinator and some other diplomats visited their village on November 3rd, 2016. After the delegation left Rakhine state the villagers who held the protest were targeted by Myanmar armed forces. The villagers were attacked brutally from early morning on November 5th, 2016 until late in the evening on November 6th, 2016.
The Myanmar Government’s security forces gathered all the male villagers who were older than 8-years-old in a single location and kept them there for two days. In the video it is clearly shown how the boys and men had to place their hands on their head while they were brutally beaten by the police.
While Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi’s office released a statement admitting the incident took place, they also attempted to justify the mass detention of civilians by saying the security forces were searching for men they say attacked a Border Guard Police outpost in Nurullah hamlet in southern Maungdaw Township. The information provided by Suu Kyi’s office refers to an incident on November 3rd 2016, which villagers attribute to infighting between border guards police, and they say it did not involve any Rohingya or militants.
Koe Tan Kauk village is located 20 miles from Nurullah hamlet in southern Maungdaw, where the incident mentioned by Suu Kyi’s office took place. There are more than ten checkpoints between the two villages and it would be virtually impossible for any Rohingya to travel between the two locations during a period of calm, let alone while curfews have been implemented and there is unrest in the region. These circumstances draw serious question regarding the sincerity and credibility of Aung San Suu Kyi’s office’s statement.
It is believed by locals that the true reason the villagers in Koe Tan Kauk were tortured was that the security forces were seeking to punish them for the protest they staged when diplomats were visiting the village.
Some of the villagers who were tortured in the video have been identified as:
(1) Noor Boshor s/o Abdul Aziz (35 year old) – The man wearing Blue colour longyi.
(2) Yaseen s/o Molvi Abul Kasim (15 year old) – The boy wearing Red and Yellow colour Soccer T-Shirt, he is Grade 8 student.
(3) Mohammed Sodolok s/o Abdul Salam (13 year old) – The boy wearing Yellow colour T-Shirt
Today on January 1st, 2017 two staff members from the Military Security Affairs department (locally known as Sa Ra Pha), based in Aley Than Kyaw village in Southern Maungdaw Township, visited the village and took photos where the incident took place. Some military were also seen taking photos of the village’s in-charges.
Video first uploaded here:
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The Myanmar military began listing the details of the numbers of educated people and smart phone owners at the village of the Koetankauk in Rathedaung Township from 1st January 2017, in a latest move taken after a shocking video emerged of the Myanmar Border Guard Police torturing dozens of Rohingya civilians during a raid on the village on November 5, 2016, local sources report.
The action by the military is viewed by the locals as a move to further clamp down the communication among the Rohingya community and the information flow exposing the widespread atrocities committed against the community by the Myanmar armed forces.
On 1st January, the Military from the Battalion 537 have ordered the figureheads of Koetankauk and Shilhali to list down the following details of the villagers and the internally displaced people (IDP).
The list of the smart phone owners (including phone numbers, brands and models)
The numbers of the Religious Scholars known as Maulawi
The numbers of the masjids and religious schools known as Madrasas
The list of the students of religious studies
The numbers of motorcycles and details of the owners
The numbers and details of the motorcycle mechanics
The numbers of the government schools; details of the teachers and the students
The numbers of the villagers that finished Grade 7 and above.
The details of the winter farmers in the villagers
The details of the Sawyers or the people who own Saws
The Current Village Population and the numbers of households
The names of the places of the IDP, where they formerly lived and currently live
The dates of the IDP, when they have shifted to the current place
The NRC (National Registration Cards) numbers and the phone numbers of the administrators of the village and IDP Camps.
“The order to collect the details of the villagers, the smart phone owners and the owners of the other possessions is related to the video of the BGP torturing the villagers on November 5, 2016. The military are further threatening if anyone is found using a smart phone not included in the list being submitted, he/she will effectively be punished. Yet many people are not willing to submit to the military’s suppression of our voice”, said Maung Maung Aye (not real name), a local in Koetankauk, in speaking to Rohingya Vision TV.
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1stJan17 Rohingya 9Houses To Demolish In DabruChaung Buthidaung Announced But Didn't Give List Of Houses
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1stJan17 Rohingya 14Houses To Demolish To Wide The Street Of DabruChaung Buthidaung
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1stJan17 100Acres' Rohingya Land Owners Have Been Signed & Listed Their Land's Paper Srl Number In SaKaKha No15 DabruChaung Buthidaung
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Myanmar Govt Starts Extorting Money Money From Rohingya & Torturing Entire Buthidaung If Media Announced Then Again Torturing Victims
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Border Guard Police at Headquarter in Kyikanpyin fired at least 20 gun-shots in the air at around 9:30pm on Dec 31, 2016. Locals are worried if the police deliberately did it to trigger another offensive on them in the new year's time. Another report says the BGP fired the gun-shots as they were out to chase an army personnel who had fled the headquarter along with his gun.
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It seems Myanmar's BGP at their Headquarters in KyeeKanPyin are celebrating NewYear by guns firing.
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Hlun Htein forces fired shots in the air in Kawa Bil [Kyee Kan Pyin], Maungdaw North leading to panic in the area. The blank shots numbering around 20 were fired at around 9.30 pm on Saturday night.
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31th Dec A Rohingya Fall Down From The Roof Of His House Coz Myanmar Army Cut House's Post & Become Unconscious Now. He Refused To Demolish His House But Army Forced To Demolish, He Climbed To Roof Army Cut house's Post & Fall down. Sultan From ZinPaingNyar Who Is Critical Condition.
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ZinPaingNyar Village [30th]& 31th Dec At Least 21 Rohingya Houses Have Been Demolished By Myanmar Army In This Village. In ZinPaingNyar VT,6 Hamlets, Myanmar Govt Listed To Demolished 120 Rohingya Houses.
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28,30&31th Dec 2016 18 Rohingya houses demolished by Myanmar Govt In GawYarKharLi VT ChaungTaung [Kyaung Taung] H
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31.16 Rohingya Woman Nesaru d/o Kader Hussein Tortured Coz she refused to demolish her house in GarYarKharLi VT ChaungTaung H
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31st Dec Rohingya Fayazul Karim S/o Ausman Tortured Coz he Suspended to demolish His house in GarYarKharLi VT ChaungTaung H
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31st Dec Rohingya HezzuRahman S/o MD Siddik Tortured Coz he Suspended Time to demolish His house in GarYarKharLi VT ChaungTaung H
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Tweeted 4th Jan:
Here is Another Rohingya Whose Was demolished By Army In ChaungTaung GawRaKhali Now Become Beggar
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31st Dec At Least 23 Rohingya & 2 Bengal Broker Arrested Who Were Trying to flee with Small Boat by M Govt From KyaukChaung to Bangladesh. All 23 Rohingya & 2 Begali Brokers Taken To Custody By M Navy On 31st Dec Around 2:50 Am From near LeikYa Ocean. Pic Of 25 Rohingya & Bengali Victims Announced By Military Defence Head Q
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31st Dec 6 Rohingya Rice Sellers Have Been Tortured Mercilessly In CheckPost Of GoinnaPara (Near W5 Mdw)&Snatched Their 2Lakhs Money By BGP. Here Is One Of Them Poor Nuru (Mental)Who Has Been Tortured In GoinnaPara By BGP On 31stDec
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AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
Myanmar police assaulted six Rohingya rice traders to serious injury and looted their money while they were coming from ShweZar , Goinna Village Check Post of Maungdaw after selling rice on 31st December 2016 at around 4: 00 PM.
According to our correspondent reports, the five Rohingya’s profession is to sell rice carrying on a ban in various places of Maungdaw to support their families with the earning money.
Similarly, on 31st December at about 4: 00 PM, they went to sell rice to ShweZar , Goinna Village Check Post from ward 5 of Maungdaw carrying the rice bags on a ban where they were stopped at the BGP check post near the bridge and tortured them mercilessly to serious wounds while coming back after rice selling.
Besides, the rice porter was also assaulted seriously who received critical injury by assault of BGP forces.
The money they got from rice sale was also snatched by BGP members and detained them in the custody till the next day where they were mercilessly tortured by police.
After, assaulting the rice traders for a whole night, they were set free the next day on condition of not disclosing the matter to anybody in the village.
Among the victims, the porter is now in critical state due to indiscriminate and severe beating by the cruel Border Guard Police forces in the custody, said a villager.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2017/01/01/bgp-assaults-6-rohingya-traders-loots-money-in-maungdaw/ ✓
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AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
Border Guard Police of Border Outpost (BOP) of Kwa Chaung under sector 8 arrested seven innocent Rohingya residents from Kwa Chaung [Gwa Son] village tract of Maungdaw South for fencing their vegetable farms yesterday.
Source said to our correspondent, the Rohingya have some done some farms of various kind of farms in their arable lands near their village which were fenced around with net fence for protection.
At this, on 31 December Border Guard Police came and arrested the farm owners alleging in erecting net fences around the farms. They were taken to police custody and tortured severely by BGP members in the custody whole day.
The victims were identified as – Fozal Hoque (38) son of Iman Ali, Serazul Hoque (40) son of Iman Ali, Abdul Hafes (35) son of Mohamed Hasan, Salim Ullah (35) son of Goni Miah and Hasan (30) son of Abdu Rakim of the village.
On the other hand, another two Rohingya were detained by BGP for finding mobile phone with Bangla SIM cards from their possession who were also assaulted to unconscious state.
After torturing them one day, BGP set them free receiving Kyat 150, 000 from each. The victims were known as Hamid Kumar (35) son Rahmat Ullah and Ayat Ullah (40) son Osiban.
A villager alleges, “No fence around the house and even the toilets are completely banned for which the people specially the women are facing problems to use latrines when necessary.
The BGP forces of BOP have been persecuting the Rohingya residents in Maungdaw South as well in different forms which mean to compel the Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh leaving their villages”.
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Seven men were arrested from Kúaiccong [Gwa Son], Maungdaw South for giving boundaries on their vegetable fields.
The Hlun Htein made these arrests on Saturday. The arrested men have been brutally assaulted in custody, says our correspondent from the nearby village tract of Basara.
Local sources say that in the last few days, the Hlun Htein has gone on an extortion spree, fining Rohingyas on flimsy charges.
Many were earlier fined for having boundaries covering their toilets. The fines are a huge financial pressure for destitute locals already living on the margins.
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A shocking video has emerged on ‘Facebook and Whatsapp Messaging’ App of the Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) brutally torturing dozens of Rohingya Civilians, while rounding them up during a raid on a Rohingya village.The Rohingya Vision TV has independently verified (and re-vertified) the authenticity of the footage from our reliable sources in the Arakan (Rakhine State). The incident of the tortures and humiliations of the people took place at the village of ‘KoeTanKauk’ locally known as Dounsay Fara’ in Rathedaung Township on November 5, 2016 (during the two-day long siege of the village by a joint force of the Border Guard Police and the military from November 4 to November 6). The video that appeared to have been circulating on Whatsapp since December 29, 2016, clearly shows that punching, kicking, whacking, humiliating and racially abusing of at least 5 dozens of people who seem to be innocent civilians.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/shocking-video-emerges-myanmar-police-torturing-rohingya-civilians/ ✓
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See events in Koe Tan Kauk on 5th November.
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30th Dec2016 2 Rohingya Houses & 1 Shop Have been Demolished By Myanmar Govt In HlaPhoGaung & Thrown Goods To The Ground From Shop...30th Dec Demolished By Myanmar Govt By Make Film Drama With Rohingya To Show Int'l Media
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29th & 30th Dec Lots Of Rohingya Houses Have Been Demolished By The Myanmar Govt In Myinthluttown, Coming With Details.
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29 & 30 Dec 2016 Many Rohingya houses demolished by BGP & Army in FookFaraH & HaadiKholaH MyintHlut MGDSouth
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29th & 30th 4 Rohingya Houses Demolished By Myanmar Govt From MyinthlutTown And Also Many Houses To Be Demolished.
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30th Dec 6 Myanmar Army Tried To Rape A Rohingya Woman In ThaYaeKoneTan But Failed Coz Of Her Screaming ,We Have Details But Hiding. Armies Ordered To Remove Bathroom Fence On This House So This Woman Tried To Remove it but 1 Army tried to Rape Her
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30th Dec 3 Rohingya Houses Demolished By Myanmar Govt Belong Jafar ,Islam & Guramyar In ZeePhinChaung VT Hatkala H
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This Rohingya house in ZeePinChaung VT, TaungPyoLatWel sub-Tsp was built 60 years ago. Demolished by Myanmar troops on Dec 30, 2016.
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30thDec A Bull Snatched From Putu S/o Md Sharif By KyawZeYaOo In AllayThanKyaw
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29th & 30th Dec 10 Rohingya Houses Demolished By Myanmar Govt In GawRakali VT ChaungTaung H [Kyaung Taung]
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ZinPaingNyar Village [30th]& 31th Dec At Least 21 Rohingya Houses Have Been Demolished By Myanmar Army In This Village. In ZinPaingNyar VT,6 Hamlets, Myanmar Govt Listed To Demolished 120 Rohingya Houses.
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Footage Of ZinPainNyar 21 Rohingya Houses Demolished On 30thDec
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Video Footage Of ZinPainNyar 21 Rohingya Houses Demolished On 30th Dec 2016 By BGP
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At the village of Kyikanpyin in Northern Maungdaw, 16 Rohingya men including some teenagers were arbitrarily arrested by the Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) during a raid jointly conducted with the military in the early morning on Thursday (Dec 29), it has been reported.
About 150 BGP and Military personnel besieged the Kyikanyin village locally known as Hawar Bil at about 4:00 am and indiscriminately arrested anyone encountered during the joint raid. All of the 16 men arrested are innocent people, according to the locals.
Reportedly, the administrator of Kyikanpyin, U Phyo Zaw Tun (a natala Rakhine extremist living at Aung Zeyar village), conspired with the BGP to launch a raid on the village to arrest the villagers whom he personally loathes.
“Earlier, people used to be alert of the raids and arrests by the military and the BGP. Of late, people have begun to try to live a normal life.
“And UNHCR and WFP provided some aids to the villagers of Kyikanpyin a few days ago. The UNHCR was also to provide aids to the villagers of Wa Peik (WaBek) on Thursday. So, some villagers stayed back in the village at night with the hope of having UNHCR aids on the next day.
“Taking advantage of the both situations, the BGP and the military acting on the arrest-list of aubmitted by the village administrator timingly launched a raid on the village and arbitrarily arrested 16 innocent people”, said U Aye Myint, a human rights observer, based in Maungdaw.
The people arrested on Thursday are:
(From the West hamlet of Kyikanpyin,)
1) Ibadullah (20), s/o Hassan
2) Faisal (19), s/o Abdu Salam
3) A 17-year-old son of Jalal Ahmed
4) Anwar Sadek (17), s/o Abdul Majid
5) Kabir (17), s/o Daw Mamtaaz
(These four are from the West hamlet of Kyikanpyin.)
(From middle hamlet of Kyikanpyin,)
1) Mohammed Salam, 47
2) Karimullah (16), s/o Zakir Ahmed
3) Aamir Safa (17), s/o Salimullah
(From Wapeik hamlet of Kyikanpyin,)
1) Noor Islam (25), s/o Hamid Hussein
2) Mohammed Johar (21), s/o Sheikh Ahmed
3) Sayed Ahmed (40), s/o Fazal Ahmed
4) Hassan (31), s/o Rashid Ahmed
5) Safar Alam (20), s/o Shomsul Alam
6) Iman Hussein, 50
7) Rafique (?), s/o Khalu
8) Mohammed Alam (?), s/o Daw Habiya Khatun
The people arrested are reported to have been being interrogated in the BGP Headquarter. The villagers are still hopeful that they will eventually be released as they feel that they are very much innocent.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/16-rohingya-men-including-teenagers-arrested-kyikanpyin/ ✓
Tatmadaw forces surrounded the now destroyed village of Kawa Bil of Maungdaw North after midnight of Wednesday cutting off all escape routes for the beleaguered community.
Only few Rohingyas managed to escape as the Tatmadaw approached the village in first light.
The Tatmadaw asked all Rohingyas to submit their names to be checked with the family list.
At least 20 people are reported to have been arrested.
Information is difficult to obtain as the area remains in complete lockdown.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/442-kawa-bil-surrounded-at-least-20-arrested ✓
AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
At least 20-25 innocent Rohingya have been arrested from Kyi Gan Pyin (Kawarbil) village tract of Maungdaw north on 29 December 2016 by Myanmar brutal army members.
A group of military forces launched raid across the Kyi Gan Pyin village in which dozens of innocent people including old men have arbitrarily been arrested, reports our correspondent.
Most of the villagers ran away from the village to escape the arbitrary arrest and torture of military forces. Mostly the women including children remained in the village as they could not run away like men.
However, the rape on women was not reported but dozens of Rohingya men were reportedly arrested by army members during the crackdown in the village.
However, some of the old men from among the detainees have been set free after torture.
More than 15 Rohingya have been detained in the Border Guard Police headquarter in Kyi Gan Pyin northern Maungdaw where they are being tortured in the custody severely, said a villager.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/12/29/dozens-arrested-by-army-in-maungdaw/ ✓
Tweeted on 31st:
28th Dec 19 Rohingya Arrested By Myammar Govt, 3 Released On 29th Dec And 5 Released On 30th Dec. 2 Have Been Kept As Suspected, 9 Still Torturing. From KyiGanPyin & Wapaik Village, 9 Rohingya Still Torturing In The Police Head Quarter
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Rohingyas from the restive village tract of Bura Shida Para [U Shey Kya] in Maungdaw North have been hiding in the wilderness since the last few days as Tatmadaw launch fresh raids on their settlements.
Since Sunday, the forces have maintained a heavy security presence in the area causing all inhabitants, including the women and children to flee their homes and take refuge under the open sky despite the harsh weather.
During the raids, three men were arrested with Bangladesh mobile phones. Two of them are Md Yusuf and Sawf Aji. The identity of the third man could not be known immediately.
Security forces allege the men were using Bangladeshi mobile phones to keep in touch with terrorists based in that country. Even before the current violence started, security forces made this allegation that those with Bangladesh mobile phones to contact Rohingya Solidarity Organisation, though terrorism experts have long considered the group to be defunct.
three more innocent Rohingya from U Shey Kya (Burasikderpara) have been arrested whose whereabouts and fate are still unknown to the family members, said the family source.
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This report puts time of arrest at 1am on morning of 29th. The men arrested for having mobile phones are named as Amir Hussain (34) son of Abul Kalam, Md Younsuf son of Abdu Zabbar, and Subashi.
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Properties of these Rohongya fr U ShinKya Maungdaw w robbed by army & accused them insurgents from hold mobiles 28Dec
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Tweeted on 31st: 3 Rohingya Have Been Torturing from 28th Dec Night & Still Torturing by the Myanmar Army Amir Husein35 Yousoup 45 Supashey 40 From USheyKya
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29thDec Rohingya Houses Demolished by Myanmar Army belongs Rashid,Rahamat,Abutaher,Kabir In ZemaungKali [Zee Pin Chaung] MaungDaw
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Rohingya Muhammad Yunus, BoliBazar [Kyein Chaung] South of Maungdaw tortured by army while fishing on 29.12.16 ,may die soon
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A Rohingya man is in a critical condition following merciless assault by Tatmadaw personal on Thursday near Boli Bazar in Maungdaw North.
Md Yunus went out of the village to fish but was intercepted by the Tatmadaw. He was hit in the head and the face. The soldiers left him in an unconscious state.
He was later rescued by locals. Latest reports say his condition shows little signs of improvement and there are fears he might succumb to his injuries.
Many Rohingya villages are under blockade and anyone going out of the locality to catch fish or collect wood are assaulted or apprehended by security forces. As most Rohingyas must go out of the village for their livelihoods, it means the families must starve when they are under blockade.
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29thDec16 A House Belongs To (Poor) Anu D/o Sultan Demolished By Govt In Myinthluttown
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At Zaykonetan hamlet of AlayThanKyaw, 8 homes were demolished.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-continues-israeli-style-demolition-campaign-on-rohingya-homes/
29Dec 40YearsOld Rohingya Houses Belongs Zabar S/o Adukalay Has Been Demolished By Myanmar Govt In AllayThanKyaw VT
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On 29.12.16 , some Rohingya homes includ Ward Admin AbdulHkim were demolished by BorderGuards in ThawunChaungKwaSo
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4 homes were demolished at Hossara hamlet of Zawmadat. They were demolished by the administrator U Maung Thar Kyu, under the orders of the BGP. RVision states: The administrator of Zawmadat village, U Maung Thar Kyu, is a Rakhine extremists also indulging in money extortions from the villagers threatening that he will make the BGP destroy their homes if they don’t give (ransom) money to him.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-continues-israeli-style-demolition-campaign-on-rohingya-homes/ ✓
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Locals have reported heavy gunfire near Tat Min Chaung in Buthidaung towards the direction of the hills on Wednesday.
The gunfire, which locals say might belong to heavy machine guns have spelled panic among the community.
While the gunfire is towards the wilderness away from the settlements, many are fearing this might be a prelude to attack on their settlement.
Others are saying this might just be a warning from security forces.
The Tatmadaw and Hlun Htein maintain bases in the area.
Today December 29: Mohammed and others They went to their farms, Burmese Army struck with a rifle Mohammed And others were tortured hits
https://twitter.com/Rohingya77/status/814552781122105344 (video of man with head injury)
https://mirsdq.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/myanmar-army-and-bgp-operation.html
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Today December 28 - Homeless children, women and the elderly and the vulnerable from village to village, in the village of Nchavoro. [ NysaFuru / Nga Sar Kyu]
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Video of 2 Rohingya ladies who arrived in Bangladesh in December [must have arrived approx 24th Dec since vid recorded on 28th and they said arrived 4 days previously], who explain what they have witnessed
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Translation of testimony:
https://youtu.be/AGDT_yoM0G8 ✓
See reports from 12th Nov and 13th Nov (likely dates of the atrocities they witnessed)
More info:
They are not from ZinPineNyaVt. They are from PwinPhyuChaungVT locally called Zammonia.
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/816238714821165056 ✓
32 Rohingyas were slaughtered & 26 were burned alive local sources said.
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Ex-Chairman Mohammed Kasim 70yrs s/o AbuBokkor is now in Refugee camp, Houses of his relatives burned
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2 of his son+1nephew+1grand son were arrested by Myanmar Army no information, may be killed, he said.
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Recorded on 28/12/2016 in NhilaVT of Teknaf Bangladesh
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The names of hamlets [on official list: Pwint Hpyu Chaung, Pa Yin Taung, Zin Paing Nyar] are not correct. There are Untoila, MayinTaung, Zammonia 3 hamlets.
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Old lady is from Zammonia in Burmese PwinPhyuChaung hamlet & PwinPhuchaungVT
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4 homes were demolished in Suru Fara hamlet of Leik Ya.
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At Kyaung Taung (Gorakhali) 4 homes were demolished.
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At Montulla hamlet of AleyThanKyaw 4 homes were demolished including some 15 year old homes.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-continues-israeli-style-demolition-campaign-on-rohingya-homes/ ✓
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A man was brutally injured following merciless assault by Tatmadaw personal in Dunsay, Rathedaung.
Tatamadaw had earlier ordered all boundaries, including toilet walls be knocked won. The victim, Abdul Qader followed the orders of the security forces but maintained a flimsy covering for the privacy of his daughters.
This angered Tatmadaw personnel who proceeded to brutally assault Qader in the buttocks.
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28th Dec How Myanmar Army Tortured Rohingya Abdu Kader Coz He Didn't Remove Bathroom's Fence In KoeTanKauk Rathedaung
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/814017724275773440 (same photo) ✓
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A woman is in a critical condition following gang rape by soldiers in Gu Fi, Buthidaung.
The 18 year woman was abducted by soldiers from the village and taken to the nearby hills on Wednesday [28th]. Later a group of local men ventured to the area and found her in an unconscious state.
She later said the soldiers had taken turns raping her.
The woman was still bleeding when the report was filed on January 1.
On the same day, soldiers fined Md Alam, 25, for erecting boundaries round his vegetable field.
A gang rape in Gopi of Buthidaung;18 yrs old girl was raped by 8 soldiers on 30.12.16 [other report says 28th]. I've been trying to reach the vic's family. he whole villagers were threatened to death by army officers if they revealed about rape case. So I couldn't reach victim. In Gopi, MaungNaMa & surrounding villages of Buthidaung, which r near military camp, atrocities going on since last 4-5 days.
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Byu Har Kone, Ah Lel Than Kyaw
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AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) forces demolished the dwelling houses of Rohingya Muslims in Leyinguang (Madinapara) and Kanpupara of Alaythankyaw, Maungdaw South yesterday.
Source said to our correspondent that on 27 December 2016 early morning, the BGP forces entered the villages and passed a rough order to demolish all the houses at once which were constructed without the permission of authorities earlier.
BGP members also threatened the residents that the houses would be torched down by spreading petroleum on the roofs of the houses if the owners did not break down them willingly.
Therefore, the Rohingya’s houses which the authority said built without permission of authority were destroyed by the house owners being forced by the order of Border Guard Police yesterday.
The owners of the destroyed houses (victims) are Hafzur Rahman, son of Alizuhar, Haris Ullah, son Abul, Abdul Hoque, Taher, son Abul Hussain, Asad Ullah, son Suna Miah, Ommey Kulsum, daughter of Suna Miah, Ayershad Ullah, son Suna Miah, Sana Ullah, son Suna Miah, Abdu Sukkur, son of Sultan, Ismat Ara, daughter of Nabi Hussain, Md Rofique, son Mohammed, Md Ayoub, son of Dudu Miah, Sayed Alam, son of Nagu Miah, Nurul Islam, son of Ledu Miah, Amir Hussain, son of Nur Hussain, Mia Hussain, son of Nazir Hussain, Ahamed Hussain, son of Nazir Ahamed and Shofi Alam, son of Nagu Miah of Leyinguang (Madinapara) and Kanpupara villages of Alaythankyaw.
Now almost 150 people have been rendered homeless facing shelter crisis there in the cold season under the open sky, particularly the children are most sufferers.
Besides, villagers allege that BGP members also looted away the valuable properties of those residents whose house were destroyed which are double oppressions on them.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/12/29/houses-demolished-by-bgp-in-alaythankyaw/ ✓
At LeyinGwin hamlet of AlayThanKyaw, 15 homes were demolished.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-continues-israeli-style-demolition-campaign-on-rohingya-homes/ ✓
At Byuhagone hamlet of AlayThanKyaw, 25 homes were demolished.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-continues-israeli-style-demolition-campaign-on-rohingya-homes/ ✓
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In LonDoong village on December 27, 11 houses and 4 shops were destroyed at Kyun Gaung hamlet of LonDoong
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-continues-demolish-rohingya-homes-maungdaw-district/ ✓
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In LonDoong village on December 27, 15 houses were destroyed at ‘Kyaik Chaung’ hamlet of LonDoong (some 40-year old homes were also destroyed.)
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-continues-demolish-rohingya-homes-maungdaw-district/ ✓
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In LonDoong village on December 27, 25 houses were destroyed at ‘Sinthae Pyin’ hamlet of Londoong
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-continues-demolish-rohingya-homes-maungdaw-district/ ✓
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In LonDoong village on December 27, 8 houses and 3 shops were destroyed at ‘Zaydi Pyin’ hamlet of LonDoong
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-continues-demolish-rohingya-homes-maungdaw-district/ ✓
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In LonDoong village on December 27, 15 houses were destroyed at ‘Mya Zin’ hamlet of LonDoong.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-continues-demolish-rohingya-homes-maungdaw-district/ ✓
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In ‘Sabbay Gone’ village on December 27, 8 houses were destroyed.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-continues-demolish-rohingya-homes-maungdaw-district/ ✓
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27thDec2016 Myanmar Army Besieging Rohingya Village AjjaPara Now Where Has Neither Attack Nor Any Violence Since 2012 Maungdaw North. 26thDec Five Rohingya Houses Demolished By Myanmar Army LaBawZar (AjjaPara) [Ka Nyin]
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813610592103579648 ✓
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813611875636166656 ✓
Info received via Twitter DM from someone from that region:
“La Ba Za village tract is renamed as Kayin Taw village tract. There are 4 small villages: Da Shi, La Baw Za, Ajja, and Ka Yin Taw. Three houses were demolished in Ka Yin Taw village. Names of the house owners: Mohammed Hosein, Ismail and Fatah. Another 9 houses are in the list of demolishing.“ ✓
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27/12/2016 some army officers came to DuDanVT of MGDNorth & threatened for continue atrocity
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/813689427725795328 ✓
In separate raids, Tatmadaw forces entered the restive village tracts of Kya Ri Prang, Ludaing, Nga Sa Fru and Nari Bil on Tuesday, leading to fears there might be a renewed outbreak of violence in the area.
Video of house destruction raids in Doe Tan (Dudaing) as well as other hamlets in North and South Maungdaw
https://youtu.be/xzbEpQ3PIKI ✓
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In separate raids, Tatmadaw forces entered the restive village tracts of Kya Ri Prang, Ludaing, Nga Sa Fru and Nari Bil on Tuesday, leading to fears there might be a renewed outbreak of violence in the area.
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In separate raids, Tatmadaw forces entered the restive village tracts of Kya Ri Prang, Ludaing, Nga Sa Fru and Nari Bil [Kyauk Pyin Seik] on Tuesday, leading to fears there might be a renewed outbreak of violence in the area.
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In separate raids, Tatmadaw forces entered the restive village tracts of Kya Ri Prang, Ludaing, Nga Sa Fru and Nari Bil on Tuesday, leading to fears there might be a renewed outbreak of violence in the area.
The government is appointing a representative for every 10 households in Hawarer Dil, Maungdaw North. The representative (known to some as Chengum) will be responsible for informing the government if any within their respective households are responsible for revolutionary activities.
The announcement was made on Tuesday.
The news has been greeted by dismay among the Rohingyas as many allege their leaders are known government collaborators who are related in extortion of innocent civilians.
Some of the leaders also expressed concerns saying they will be held responsible by the government if any of their people are involved in rebel activities, which is very difficult to monitor amid mass hatred towards security forces.
Our correspondent says the rest of the region might see this new system introduced sometime soon.
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27th Dec Myanmar Army Tortured To Critical Yasin S/o Amir Who's Returning from Farm Field At 4Pm At Commandant Sakaka No15 In DabruChaung Btd
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813743681551204354 ✓
Still Unconscious For Lack Of The Treatment In DabruChaung Buthidaung
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813744670643585024 (photo of unconscious man) ✓
A Rohingya man is in a critical condition after being assaulted by Tatmadaw personnel in Da Bru Chang, Buthidaung.
Md Yasin was returning from his work in the fields on Tuesday when the soldiers intercepted him at around 4pm.
It could not be known what transpired with them as Yasin has not yet gained consciousness [reported on 29th] following the attack. He has not received any medical assistance as Rohingyas in the area don’t have access to such facilities
A Tatmadaw Yay vessel entered Bangladesh territory and fired at Bangladeshi fishermen on Tuesday afternoon, according to our correspondent. The vessel fired after Bangladeshi fishermen started to flee when they were asked to surrender. The shootings did not manage to stop the fishermen who fled towards the direction of St. Martin’s Island.
The incident took place east of the Chera Dweep, which is approximately 8 km away from Myanmar territory.
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In ‘Taung Pyo Lat Ya’ on December 26,3 houses were destroyed.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-continues-demolish-rohingya-homes-maungdaw-district/ ✓
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In ‘Kyauk Pyin Seik’ village on December 26, 25 houses and 15 shops were ordered to be destroyed.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-continues-demolish-rohingya-homes-maungdaw-district/ ✓
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26th Dec At Least 20 Rohingya House Demolished By Myanmar Govt In ThinBawKwe Maungdaw South
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813337630536413184 ✓
Myanmar's BGP and Rakhine villagers are demolishing 18 Rohingya houses in ThinBawKwae VT, Maungdaw South now.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/813343613136633856 ✓
26th Dec Myanmar Govt Threatening To Give Harmful Vaccine In Thinbawkwe ,With This Vaccine 2 Baby Died In Maungdaw North On 25th Dec
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/81333867198208000 ✓
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Today at 12:30pm Two Rohingya houses in North H, NgaSarKyu VT were destroyed by Myanmar Border Guard Police.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/813332172731977729 (video) ✓
This small shop owned by a poor Rohingya in West H, NgaSarKyu VT was destroyed by Myanmar BGP today afternoon.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/813332568795971584 (video) ✓
This Rohingya woman from NgaSarKyu VT said she found her house in this condition when she came back from rural clinic.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/813333045235318784 (video) ✓
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26thDec Five Rohingya Houses Demolished By Myanmar Army LaBawZar (AjjaPara) [Ka Nyin]
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813611875636166656 ✓
26thDec Myanmar Army Demolished Two Poor Rohingya Houses Belong Abdul Kudous S/o Md Amin Saru S/o Nur Mhd In LaBawZar [Ka Nyin Taw] Vt Ajjapara H
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813688367078522880 ✓
26th Dec Two Houses Motlab S/o Md Amin Mutap S/o Md Amin Listed To Demolish From Same Village [ LaBawZar [Ka Nyin Taw] Vt Ajjapara H]
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813688927475204096 ✓
26th Dec Another Poor #Rohingya House Demolish By Myanmar Army In Labawzar Vt BosshuPara
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813689403335852035 ✓
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26th Dec Two Story Building Of Rohingya Forced To Smash With The Power Of Gun By Myanmar Govt In AllayThan Kyaw Modina [Maw Tu Lar?]
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813781247071657984 [photo of 2 storey building being demolished] ✓
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At Kayintan hamlet of AlayThanKyaw, 15 homes were demolished.[not sure which hamlet is Kayintan]
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-continues-israeli-style-demolition-campaign-on-rohingya-homes/ ✓
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In Southern Maungdaw, in the village of ‘Padin’ on December 26, 11 houses and 6 shops were destroyed.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-continues-demolish-rohingya-homes-maungdaw-district/ ✓
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In Southern Maungdaw, in the village of ‘Du Nyaung Pin Gyi’ on December 26, 5 houses were destroyed.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-continues-demolish-rohingya-homes-maungdaw-district/ ✓
At least 11 families in Firing Dong, Rathedaung were threatened with dire consequences and forced to pay 550,000 kyats on allegations their family members based in foreign countries were conspiring against the country. It was also alleged the migrants were lobbying with the governments of those countries to provide support for terrorists.
The allegations and extortions were made on Monday by village authorities and police.
All the affected families have people living in the Gulf countries or Malaysia.
Our correspondent in the area says this is an excuse to extort money from Rohingyas who are better off than the others because of remittances received from abroad.
Newly arrived refugees from N. Maungdaw
https://youtu.be/GNBRxysYekk
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A Rohingya man who refused to demolish his own home was shot at head by Myanmar’s Border Police (BGP) in northern Maungdaw on December 25, while the BGP continues to demolish more Rohingya homes across the Maungdaw District reportedly on the order by the Rakhine (Arakan) State Administration, it has been reported.
The incident happened at the village of ‘Wa Chein’ (in northern Maungdaw) at around 11 am on Sunday and the victim is identified as Zahid Hussein s/o Aamir Hussein.
“The victim was fortunate enough to escape death as the bullet hit at the left side of his head but lost his consciousness and fell down immediately. He is now in critical condition being treated in the clinic in ‘Taman Thar’ village, according to the reliable sources in the region.
“The BGP ordered the villagers of ‘Wa Chein’ to destroy 30 homes on the pretext that they were not included in the ‘Household Map.’ The villagers didn’t demolish their homes. So, the BGP raided the village on December 25.
“They arrived at Zahid Hussein’s home and ordered him to Demolish his own home. He replied that he couldn’t do so without looking at the situation and would do so only when others do. So, the BGP forced started and torturing him and another BGP man shot him at his head from 5 yards away.
He fell down and became critical. He is now being treated at Taman Thar Clinic”, said a local on the condition of anonymity.
After the incident happened, the BGP forced other six families in the village to demolish their home using threats and terror and then ordered to demolish the remaining.
Some homes demolished at the village of ‘Wa Chein’ belong to the following people.
1) Ali Hussein s/o Noor Hussein
2) Abu Ahmed s/o Noor Mohammed
3) Zahid Hussein s/o Aamir Hussein
4) Abu Alam s/o Sultan Ahmed
5) Mohammed Shafi s/o Abdu Jalil
The numbers of the people becoming displaced are alarmingly increasing and many people are trying to flee to Bangladesh as the BGP forces continues to demolish more and more Rohingya homes across Maungdaw a2nd Buthidaung Townships reportedly acting on the Order by the Rakhine State Administration (controlled by NLD).
http://www.rvisiontv.com/man-shot-head-refusing-demolish-home/✓
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a group of military carried out violence firing several rounds in U She Kya (Burasikderpara) village where a man was hit bullet to injury while fleeing to neighboring Nga Sar Kyu (Nai Sa Pru) village to escape arbitrary arrest and torture of security forces today.
The injured is suffering bullet wound now as he has no access to treatment, says a villager.
25th Dec Myanmar Army Besieged & Fired Rohingya Who Are Fleeing From UkheyKya Shoot Him Into Buttock This Morning
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/812949273985748992 (photo of man) ✓
60-yo Rohingya man from USheyKya VT got shot in his hip by Myanmar Army today morning. Soldiers are threatening that they'll rape women.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/812998170485604352 ✓
These Rohingya from USheyKya and KyarGaungTaung were tortured by Myanmar Army today
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/813040181708279813 (4 photos of injured men) ✓
Compilation of photos of the men beaten at USheyKya and KyarGaungTaung, with their ages (one a boy age 14, others age 55 and 70)
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/813100376534683648 ✓
More photos of injured injured men age 55 and 70 here:
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813032902220857344 ✓
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813033380291833856 ✓
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813033527751024640 ✓
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813033807636856834 ✓
AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
Myanmar army conducted intense raid in Kya Gan Taung (Rabailla) and U Kyin Kya (Burasikderpara) village tracts of Maungdaw North on 25 December 2016 where at least fifteen Rohingya old men including women and children were tortured by military.
According to reports, the army carried out crackdowns in both Kya Gan Taung and U Kyin Kya village tract and assaulted the villagers indiscriminately leaving several people seriously injured.
The victims are Mr. Sayed Karim 55 s/o Ayezar Miah, Nazir hussain 70 s/o Nasir Miah, Shommuluk 35 s/o Abutaher of kya Gan Taung village, Mv Md Jolil, 55 and Nur Mohamed 35 s/o Abdul Jolil of U Kyin Kya village tract.
Particulars of many other victims of both the village tracts were not possible to receive.
The villagers allege that many young girls and women were also reportedly molested by military personnel for refusing their sexual proposal.
However, those victims of torture in their day long raid in those villages were released after severe torture.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/12/26/15-people-assaulted-by-military-in-maungdaw-north/ ✓
Tatmadaw forces entered Ra Bai La [Kyar Gaung Taung] and Bura Shida Para [U Shey Kya] of Maungdaw North on Sunday, in separate raids, and assaulted Rohingya civilians, resulting in serious injuries for many.
At least 15 people, mostly elderly men and women who could not run away when the military entered the village were injured.
In both the village tracts, those apprehended by the security forces were gathered into an area and seriously beaten up. They were later released in the day.
There are reports of sexual assaults but cannot be confirmed at the moment.
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These Rohingya from USheyKya and KyarGaungTaung were tortured by Myanmar Army today
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/813040181708279813 (4 photos of injured men) ✓
Compilation of photos of the men beaten at USheyKya and KyarGaungTaung, with their ages (one a boy age 14, others age 55 and 70)
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/813100376534683648 ✓
More photos of injured injured men age 55 and 70 here:
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813032902220857344 ✓
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813033380291833856 ✓
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813033527751024640 ✓
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813033807636856834 ✓
AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
Myanmar army conducted intense raid in Kya Gan Taung (Rabailla) and U Kyin Kya (Burasikderpara) village tracts of Maungdaw North on 25 December 2016 where at least fifteen Rohingya old men including women and children were tortured by military.
According to reports, the army carried out crackdowns in both Kya Gan Taung and U Kyin Kya village tract and assaulted the villagers indiscriminately leaving several people seriously injured.
The victims are Mr. Sayed Karim 55 s/o Ayezar Miah, Nazir hussain 70 s/o Nasir Miah, Shommuluk 35 s/o Abutaher of kya Gan Taung village, Mv Md Jolil, 55 and Nur Mohamed 35 s/o Abdul Jolil of U Kyin Kya village tract.
Particulars of many other victims of both the village tracts were not possible to receive.
The villagers allege that many young girls and women were also reportedly molested by military personnel for refusing their sexual proposal.
However, those victims of torture in their day long raid in those villages were released after severe torture.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/12/26/15-people-assaulted-by-military-in-maungdaw-north/ ✓
Tatmadaw forces entered Ra Bai La [Kyar Gaung Taung] and Bura Shida Para [U Shey Kya] of Maungdaw North on Sunday, in separate raids, and assaulted Rohingya civilians, resulting in serious injuries for many.
At least 15 people, mostly elderly men and women who could not run away when the military entered the village were injured.
In both the village tracts, those apprehended by the security forces were gathered into an area and seriously beaten up. They were later released in the day.
There are reports of sexual assaults but cannot be confirmed at the moment.
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25th Dec Myanmar Army Demolished Rohingya Houses & Shops In Ludaing [Doe Tan] & Ordered To Demolish Houses Maungdaw North
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/812977806346833920 (photo) ✓
AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
Myanmar security forces in Dudang village tract including several other areas of Maungdaw north and south has destroyed hundreds of dwelling houses and shops of Rohingya residents on within this week, said sources.
Source said to our correspondent the army intruded into the village and ordered the Rohingya villagers to destroy their houses and shops which were built without permission from the authority earlier. Otherwise, the houses and shops would be burnt down spreading petroleum on the roofs of the houses, a Rohingya quoting the instructions of an army official said to Arakan Times.
Then the residents were compelled at gun point of BGP to destroy their shops and houses to save their house hold articles and the groceries from torching.
The house destruction raids have been started since early morning in Dudang and Gduthaya where several houses and shops have been demolished under the pretext of unauthorized structures built by the Rohingya residents.
Video of house destructions:
https://youtu.be/XcGzRusbY18 ✓
Video of shops destroyed in Doe Tan on 25th Dec:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWku9jF5mpc ✓
25th Dec 2016 Watch Now , Myanmar Army Forcing To Demolish Rohingya Houses By Holding Gun In Maungdaw North
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813037819719319552 (video of Rohingya being forced to demolish their homes at gunpoint) ✓
Video of demolished homes in N. Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/812991378871361537 ✓
Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh from Doe Tan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xburW9oX4Ac ✓
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Myanmar army destroyed homes of Rohingya in GaduThara, Maungdaw, new type of atrocity
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/812989439806873600 (video) ✓
A Rohingya's Mosque was demolished by army in Gadu Thara of Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/812995624215855104 (video) ✓
The house destruction raids have been started since early morning in Dudang and Gduthaya where several houses and shops have been demolished under the pretext of unauthorized structures built by the Rohingya residents.
Video of house destructions:
https://youtu.be/XcGzRusbY18 ✓
Videos from Gaw Du Thar Ra of buildings demolished over 24th and 25th December:
Houses:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUXJcDgO2zs ✓
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVAqXsPtnXM ✓
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-yReOdeDps ✓
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg7tuliXz-I ✓
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXyDs3sEElY ✓
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dtYxf7Nx4Y ✓
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvb4qEW2y8k ✓
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Kyw3GHB-8✓
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG7tjjNS9pE (South Hamlet) ✓
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwQUMfUeqNQ (South Hamlet) ✓
Mosque:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKj_hpaGDY0 ✓
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE2rQldLGyw ✓
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25th Dec Watch Crime Of Myanmar army Demolished House Belongs ArafatS/o Kabi Rohingya At 5:00 Pm Doungkali VT [Pa Nyaung Pin Gyi] Boidda H
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813087517276717056 (photo) ✓
25th Dec Myanmar army Demolished Shop Belongs SadekS/o Sultan #Rohingya At 5:00 Pm Doungkali VT [Pa Nyaung Pin Gyi] Boidda H MaungdawS
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813088800654036992 (photo) ✓
25th Dec Myanmar army Demolished House Belongs Habib S/o Sultan #Rohingya At 5:00 Pm Doungkali VT [Pa Nyaung Pin Gyi] Boidda H MaungdawS
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813089638399082496 (photo) ✓
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5 homes were torched in Suru Fara hamlet of Leik Ya. BGP said they were taking too long to demolish.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmar-continues-israeli-style-demolition-campaign-on-rohingya-homes/ ✓
Rohingya houses in Southern Maungdaw Township were forced to demolish by Myanmar's BGP at gunpoint. At least 350 houses & 100 shops.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/813045539893899264 (video)
Officially announced new Buddhist settlements in amy burnt Rohingya villages
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/81304168529056563
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) pushed back thirty four paddle boats full with Rohingya fleeing Myanmar sponsored persecutions in Arakan State to Bangladesh through three border points of Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar.
According to Ukhiyanews.com, the BGB sent back those boats of fleeing Rohingya between Saturday evening and Sunday morning. The boats contained about 4, 00 Rohingya trespassers who tried to infiltrate into Bangladesh.
Teknaf BGB-2 Lt. Col, Commander Abuzar Al Zahid said, those Rohingya were turned back from zero point of nautical border by a BGB patrol team while trying to intrude into Bangladesh from Arakan/Rakhine State, Myanmar and each boat contained 10-15 Rohingya.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/12/25/bgb-pushes-back-34-boats-of-rohingya-to-myanmar/
25th December 2016
More than 1000 Rohingya from North Maungdaw fled to Nila Bangladesh where they face harsh weather without shelter or food.
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/813299419206459393 (video of refugee family)
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8 Rohingya houses & 3 shops from ThaeChaung Maungdaw...were demolished by Myanmar BGP on Dec 24
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/813114229821730820 (4 photos of demolished houses) ✓
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...6 houses from KunTheePin TaungPyoLetWal were demolished by Myanmar BGP on Dec 24
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/813114229821730820 (4 photos of demolished houses) ✓
On December 24, six houses were destroyed at ‘Fulaya’ hamlet of ‘Kwan Thi Pin’ village. They belong to:
1) Zafar (30), s/o of Rashid Ahmed
2) Mohammed Rashid (25), s/o Sirajullah
3) Dil Mohammed (50), s/o Rashiduddin
4) Faisal (24), s/o Islam
5) Osman (23), s/o Nooru
6) Mohammed Ayub (25), s/o Noor Mohammed
http://www.rvisiontv.com/man-shot-head-refusing-demolish-home/ ✓
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Another Rohingya said, on 23 and 24 December 2016, Myanmar military along with Border Guard Police also conducted house destruction raids in Theyagonthang (Kunnapara) village tract of Maungdaw South where at least 36 houses and 16 shops of Rohingya were completely demolished by the order of military.
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Today, 24.12.16, army came to NgaKuya village of Maungdaw & destroyed many homes of Rohingya in the morning.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/812683302603616257 (video) ✓
24thDec2016 See How Demolishing Rohingya Houses By Myanmar Army In NgaKuYa Not Burning But Doing It
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/812580032744865794 (video) ✓
Video of mosque destroyed in Nga Ku Ya:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ttNR2itNaM ✓
Homes that have been ordered to be destroyed in Nga Khu Ya:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEq8jvNVNEg ✓
Homes and shops destroyed in Nga Khu Ya in the morning on 24th:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNpUGUTk5Jc ✓
Refugees arriving in Bangladesh from Nga Khu Ya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t2RWdIFBJ4 ✓
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24thDec Rohingya 2 Houses Demolished By Myanmar Army In 3 Vill Dorabill Zammaoinna [Pwint Hpyu Chaung] PutKali Next 67 Will Be Demolishing Those Houses Which Were Fail To Give Extortion 2 Or 3 Lakhs Kyats Per Houses
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/812681337861615616 (video) ✓
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/812681944521576449 ✓
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24th Dec Myanmar army Forced To Demolish 3 Rohingya Houses Belongs Rashid, Hasan Ali & Monir Alom, Est Value 15,20,12 Lakhs AungSeikPyin Reda. Other's Houses Will Be Demolish Who Have Signed Forcefully In The Administrator's Office, If Ignore, Will Be Burn By Myanmar Government
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/812687582932836352 ✓
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/812688208303534081 ✓
24th Dec MyanmarArmy Tried To Burn Nurbashar House Est Value 10Lakhs But Didn't Burnt & Forced to demolish by household in Reda AungSeikPyin
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/812675437704790016 ✓
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24th Dec myanmar army Demolished Arabic School In Gawdusara South Village At 1:30 Pm
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/812692543460651008 (photo) ✓
24th Dec myanmar army Demolished Mosque Half Then Threatened To Demolish Remained Part In Gawdusara S Vill At 2:30Pm, If Ignored To Completely Demolish, Myanmar Govt Will Arrest All Mosque's Concern Rohingya Or Cleric Of The Mosque Say Govt Official, On The Other Hand, They Will Make Case For This Mosque
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/812696797285994496 (photo) ✓
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/812697700529360896 ✓
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/812699701283733504 ✓
24thDec Myanmar Army Demolished Rohingya 's House & Ordered To Give Pic of it & We hv to see demolished or not. Translation Of This Pic: Gawdusara South Village. House No=64, List's No=71, H Family Name=Zahid, Head's Father=Nazir, Male And Female =5
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/814952634087936000 (photo) ✓
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/814953709935333377 ✓
Translation Of This Pic: Gawdusara South Village. House No=123, List's No=88, H Family Name=Rabi, Head's Father=Aybadu, Male And Female=8
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/814954541397352448 (photo) ✓
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/814954873959510016 ✓
Translation Of This Pic: Gawdusara South Village. School No=166, Arabic School
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/814955105837420545 (photo) ✓
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/814955568972505090 ✓
Translation Of This Pic: Gawdusara South Village. Mosque No=165, Mosque
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Translation Of This Pic: Gawdusara South Village. House No=47, List's No=101, H Family Name=Md Ullah, Head's Father=Hafez, Shop
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Translation Of This Pic: Gawdusara South Village. House No=156, List's No=88, H Family Name=Shazan, Head's Father=Goni Myar, Male & Feml=5
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Translation Of This Pic: Gawdusara South Village. House No=109, List's No=85, H Family Name=Md Shafique, Head's Father=Shukkur
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Translation Of This Pic: Gawdusara South Village. House No=21, List's No=115, H Family Name=Majuma, Head's Father=Moggol, Male N Female = 8
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Translation Of This Pic: Gawdusara South Village. House No=71
List's No=73, H Family Name=Hafez Ahmd, Head's Father=Sultan, Male N Female = 7
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Administrator Shobbir Extorting Money With T Nm Of Myanmar Army Also Ordered To Leave From VT If Any Family Fail Within 15ds KYENPAOGPYOZU
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Tweeted on 27th (3 days later):
24 Dec 2016 Three Rohingya Women Raped Age 27,47,55 Myanmar Army Bleeding Non Stop Daily Besieging. Many Of Rohingya Have Been Tortured Being Ignored Of #Myanmar Army's Offer In KYENPAOGPYOZU VT SongOo H
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During a raid on December 24, 2016, the Myanmar military perpetrated sexual assaults and physical assaults targeting the Rohingya villagers at ‘Kyun Pauk Phyu Zu’ in ‘Taung Pyo Lat Wai’ Township, northern Maungdaw, according to the reliable sources.
At least three Rohingya women were raped by the military during the raid in the village as many men fled in fear of arbitrary arrests, torture and unlawful detention. The raped victims are identified as:
The 21-year-old wife of Mr. ME (real name withheld)
A 30-year-old daughter of Mr. AA (real name withheld)
The 22-year-old wife of Mr. SN (real name withheld)
The military further beat and tortured the villagers including children, young and old (wherever encountered) and plundered the villagers’ properties. Some victims seriously tortured are identified as:
Amir Ahmed (35)
Abdul Ma’abud (36), Haidar
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On December 24, two mosques, two shops and 8 homes were demolished by the BGP at the village of Kyar Gaung Taung locally known as Rabailla.
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In MyawTaung of Maungdaw,army torched a Rohingya home, a lady & baby w burnt to ashes on 24.12.16
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Whole Rohingya familiy w locked inside & burnt down in MyawTaung(SaliFarang) by Myanmar army on 24.12.16
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Rohingya Cultivated Rices But Rakhine Buddhist Harvesting It (Est 100 Acre Land Of Rice ) In KoeTanKauk Maungdaw South
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These Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh arrived on Dec 24th night. They are from NgaSarKyu Ngakura and USheyKya.
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These Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are from Ngakura. They arrived Bangladesh yesterday [24th] & building huts in the field as nowhere to live.
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24th Dec AungKyawSein & 15 BGP Forces Demolished 14 Rohingya Houses In MinGyiYwa & Threatening To Demolish Next 30 Houses
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/812678304037621764 (photo)
On December 24, 5 houses were demolished at ‘Maudi’ village. The owners are
1) Zahid Alam s/o Sayed Alam
2) Noor Alam (20), s/o Mohammed Ali
3) Mohammed Sharif (20), s/o Shamim Jalal
4) For Alam (24), s/o Mv Hakim Ali
5) Ayub (25), s/o Sayed Noor
http://www.rvisiontv.com/man-shot-head-refusing-demolish-home/
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Vaccines were forcibly given to the Rohingya children in KhaMaukSeik by Myanmar authorities on Dec 23rd. One child died today morning. Three children admitted to the hospital and another 2 at homes are critical conditions. The injection wasn't vaccination, may be poison. The authorities threatened the parents on Dec 23rd that anyone who doesn't agree for vaccines, will have to pay fines.
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A measles vaccine program conducted by the Myanmar health department in northern Maungdaw resulted in one Rohingya child suffering excruciating deaths and other five children in critical conditions, according to the reliable sources in the region.
In collaboration with the Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP), the Health Department gave the tainted vaccines to many children at the ‘Maggyi Chaung’ hamlet of Quarter 4, ‘Khamauk Seik’ Township, northern Maungdaw, on December 23.
Six children began to suffer from excruciating spasms of muscles as the consequence of the measles vaccines according to a local report. However, how the vaccine has caused the deterioration of the children’s conditions is unidentified/unexplained yet.
One of the children who is confirmed dead at around 10 am on December 25 is ‘Yaasin s/o Badi Alam.’
Other five children feared to have been dead in the hospital by now are:
1) Jannat Ara Begum d/o Shafi Alam
2) Khawsar Ara Begum d/o Shafi Alam
3) Najimullah s/o Kamal Hussein
4) A son of Zahid and Samuda Khatun
5) A son of Gura Meah and Rabia Khatun
The Border Guard Police (BGP) have earlier announced that the vaccination is compulsory for all the Rohingyas in Maungdaw and Buthidaung.
“The BGP has announced that the vaccination is mandatory for every child and later adult too. They threatened that if we refrain from vaccinations, we will be arrested, fined and imprisoned. They have seized ‘the household registration lists’ from some families and would return them only when the families get vaccinated.
“And they said this was to prevent diseases from spreading. But hearing the deaths of the children in Maungdaw after the vaccinations, we are afraid it could be an attempt by the government to deliberately sabotage many of our lives,” said a worried Rohingya elder, Buthidaung in speaking to Rohingya Vision TV on the condition of anonymity.
The vaccination program is increasingly triggering panic among the locals across Maungdaw and Buthidaung after the incidents in northern Maungdaw region as they are seeing it as a new genocidal depopulation program being implemented by the Myanmar government. Some people are even requesting the International Community to help them find out antidotes for the vaccine which they call ‘Poison Injection.’
Two infant children died and four others are in critical condition after being injected by government health workers.
On Friday, Community Health Workers along with Hlun Htein personal came to Fakhira Bazar in Maungdaw North where they administered injections to the children in the name of immunisation programme. The health workers and the security personal also told locals at that time the immunisation was compulsory and they did not have any choice in the matter.
Locals allege the children were intentionally killed by government workers.
Later two of the children died on Sunday while at least four others were rushed to the nearby hospital at Shab Bazar. Locals say the local hospital is not well equipped but they cannot go to Maungdaw town because of movement restrictions in place for the Rohingyas.
AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
At least two children have died while several others have got admitted to hospital for being unconscious or serious state due to giving polio immunizations to the children today, 25 December 2016.
A team of Community Health Workers (CHW) from health department along with BGP forces went to Kaminse village tract of Maungdaw north where the CHWs gave polio immunizations to the village children, source said to our correspondent.
After giving immunization to the children, two children have died and several other children of the village become unconscious who have been admitted to village clinic and they are still under treatment.
One of died victims was Md Yasin Juhar s/o Bodi Alam and the other was son of Samuda Khatun of the village.
The immunization affected children are Jannat Ara D/O Shofi Alam, Kawsara D/O Shofi Alam, Najim Ullah s/o Kamal Hussain and the other one Gura Miah’s son.
There are many polio affected children whose particulars were not possible to be collected, says Karim.
Initially, the villagers refused to receive the immunizations fearing such consequences, but the BGP forced them at gun point to receive the vaccination for which two children have died and many others are under treatment after giving immunizations to the children forcibly, said a villager.
23th Dec Rohingya Baby Forcefully Giving Harmful Vaccine By Myanmar Govt Died On 25th Died In KhaMaungSeik VT Ward No4 MagyiChaung H
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Yasin Johar S/o Bodi Alom(Died)Another 4 Rohingya Baby Admitted Hospital On 25th Dec Forcefully Giving Harmful Vaccine KhaMaungSeik.
1.Jannat Ara&2.KosairaD/oShafi Alom
3.NajiMS/oKamal
4.Zahid's Baby
5.Guramya's baby Were Admitted In Hospital Of Its Hos Critical Condition
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Further research reported on 5thJan, baby died on 23rd Jan (not 25th)::
On December 28th, 2016 Myanmar’s state mouthpiece, The Global New Light of Myanmar, State Television and Burmese language newspapers posted news claiming I spread a false news story about a child who had died following a vaccination in Kha Mong Seik sub-Township of Maungdaw district. The state affiliated outlets claimed the child died due to a respiratory problem and dysentery.
Following these allegations from the Myanmar government I have spoken with several villagers to learn more details about the story in question. According to these villagers, on December 22nd, 2016 in Ma Gyi Chaung hamlet in Ward number 4, locally called Min Kha Mong Ward, a healthcare worker named Mamed Umar made a list of children under the age of one year old per the instructions of the Health Department officer based in Tamanthar village. The parents of the children insisted they did not want their children to take the vaccination because the children had previously suffered illness after having taken vaccinations. The healthcare worker then threatened them, saying it was the instruction of the government and that they had to. Villagers said the healthcare worker said they might be fined or jailed if they refused to vaccinate the children. He reminded them that since they were too poor to pay the fines they would be jailed instead. As a result of the threats the parents complied with the healthcare worker and he was able to complete a list of the children as he intended.
On December 23rd, 2016 at 9 AM a nurse named Daw Mya Kay Khine, who is based in Min Kha Mong, a nurse from Ye Aung hamlet, a nurse based in Khwa Sone hamlet and five Border Guard Police based in Min Kha Mong ward came to the rural clinic in Min Kha Mong ward and then gave vaccinations to the children there. At 9:30 AM an eight-month-old baby named Yaseen Johar, son of Nur Alom, was given the vaccination along with around twenty other children.
Shortly after the vaccination the children began vomiting and showed signs of exhaustion and severe fatigue. Later in the day seven of the children were considered to be in critical condition and by 9pm Yaseen Johar had died.
The eight-month old twin daughters of Shafi Alom, named Janata Ara and Kawsaira, the seven-month old daughter of Zahid Hussein, named Kawsaira, the seven-month old son of Nurul Islam, named Azizul Mustafa, the nine-month old son of Kamal Hussein, named Najimullah and one other child were admitted to the healthcare centre in Thamanthar for treatment as they were all in very critical condition following their vaccinations.
On December 25th, 2016 three nurses including Daw Mya Kay Khine, the Min Kha Mong ward administrator, the health department officer from Thamanthar, some border guard police and the healthcare worker Mamed Umar summoned Nur Alom and forced him to sign a paper saying his son was not given the vaccination. They instructed him to say that his son was not given the vaccination, but died of diarrhea, if he was asked by anyone. He was threatened at this time with jail if he told anyone that his son died due the vaccination. After threatening him the group then changed his son’s vaccination record card.
On December 28th, 2016, a Health Department officer based in Thamanthar, the Min Kha Mong ward administrator, some of the village elders and some Border Guard Police came to Ma Gyi Chaung hamlet and had a meeting with the parents of the children who had been given vaccinations on December 23rd 2016. The Health Department officer told the parents of the children who were vaccinated that Yaseen Johar had died “because his lifetime had finished.” The Health Department officer said the causes of Yaseen’s death were unrelated to the vaccination and that many children in the area were suffering from diarrhea in other villages. He then urged all the parents to take special care for their children by boiling any water they use before their children drink it, eating healthy foods and he also gave them some medicine for their children.
The Health Department officer then asked that the parents monitor the health of the six children who had also become sick after the vaccinations in case their condition worsened. He said if those children’s conditions worsened the parents should call the healthcare centre in Thamanthar or bring their children there. The villagers said the six children are still in critical condition.
An NGO worker in the same area told me personally that the vaccinations had created problems for the children and that one child died because the vaccination had not been stored in a cool room as is required by such medications to prevent them from spoiling. I am very suspicious of these vaccinations because normally medical care is not even provided to the Rohingyas. Children in these areas can easily be at risk of illness or death if negligence and carelessness occur where healthcare is administered to them.
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100s of Myanmar Army raiding in KyaGongTaung VT Maungdaw since last night; all the men were escaped for life. The group of Army left to YaiTwinKyunVT at early morning today.
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23th Dec Rohingya Male & Female Arrested Took Them Outside Of Their houses & Myanmar Army Given Unknown Injection To Rohingya Female At 6:00Am. Rohingya Are Scaring Of Injection, May Be Harmful To Our Women In Kyer Gaung Taung Maungdaw Local Says
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23th Dec 100 Of MyanmarArmy Entered In KyerGaungTaung Around 5:00 PM
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23th Dec Myanmar Army 3 Rohingya Houses In KyeinChaung VT Raiss Sar H
Belong To Abu Tayoup, Sayed Alom, Islam & Another 1 Ordered To Demo
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23th Dec Myanmar Army & BGP Forced To Sign To Demolish Rohingya Houses By Themselves In AungSeikPyin DonePaik
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The group of Army left [Kya Gong Taung] to YaiTwinKyunVT at early morning today. Then surrounded YaiTwinKyunVT started arresting; arbitrarily beating to many men & women. Women are screaming for help but no one to help them. While Army's operation is going in the village; a speed boat of Army arrived to joint with operation.
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Six more Rohingya civilians were arrested by the Myanmar military at the village of ‘Ye Dwin Chaung’ in northern Maungdaw on Friday (Dec 23), reliable sources have reported.
Of the six people arrested at Ye Dwin Chaung, three were displaced people from neighboring villages taking refuge in their relatives’ homes (in the village of Ye Dwin Chaung) after their homes had been burnt down by the military earlier. Other three were locals of the village found and arrested while working in a fishery pond.
The military launched a raid on the village, Ye Dwin Chaung locally known as Kuwar Bil, at around 5 am on Friday and subsequently began to force the men gather at the village’s religious school and the women along with children at the government school.
“The military tortured many village men including those six people arrested. And the women were molested”, said a man from the region, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
The military further checked the Family Registration lists of the villagers and released them from the siege at around 4:30 pm on Friday.
Nothing has been heard of the six village people since they were arrested and taken to unknown location. Fear among the locals seems that they would be labelled as militants, tortured and arbitrarily sentenced to long-term imprisonments.
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In the early hours of Friday, the Tatmadaw launched a raid in Ram Ba Gone Nah [Yae Twin Kyun] forcing locals to flee. However many of the men, women and even some of the children were apprehended and forced to the field of a local school. Here the Rohingyas were beaten up.
The army also checked the family list to determine if there were any outsiders in the village.
They were released in the late afternoon.
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A large force is currently camped around Zammoinna [Pwint Hpyu Chaung].
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Today, at 11am on December 23rd 2016, a 55-year-old Rohingya man from Ganda Khali hamlet of Myaut Chaung village tract was working in a paddy field. Whilst he was working, a group of military detained him and beat him severely. Then he was taken to his house and five soldiers raped his 25-year-old wife in front of him, according to a villager.
After raping the woman, the soldiers took the man to the village administrator's office and released him after extorting 100,000 Kyats from him.
The soldiers also detained another man in the same hamlet, Baesar Ali age 50, son of Mamed Hussein, after they picked him up from the street. They released him after extorting 200,000 Kyats from him.
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Four men were arrested from Kundu Parang [Hpaung Taw Pyin] in Buthidaung on allegations of keeping in touch with rebels. It was also alleged the men kept in touch with foreign organisations who want to promote strife in Arakan.
Hlun Htein forces made these arrests on Friday.
Two of the arrested men were taken to the Buthidaung headquarters of the Hlun Htein. They are Kamal Abu Deen and Imran Hossain. The two others were kept in the local Hlun Htein camp. Their identities could not be confirmed.
Kamal and Imran are educated young men who have been vocal for the rights of the Rohingyas in the community.
Locals allege the arrested men are being brutally tortured in custody.
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15 Myanmar BGP are searching now to arrest 2 Rohingya women rape victims in PyaungPaik who spoke with media team on December 21st.
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22th Dec, 100 of Myanmar Army Entered Into The Rohingya Village (KyerGaungTaung) Rabaillah, All Is Out From The Village At 9:00 Pm
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on December 22nd 2016, a group of 70 soldiers entered into the same hamlet [Ganda Khali hamlet of Myaut Chaung village tract] and kicked out all of the women from their houses. Then they plundered belongings from the houses.
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A Rohingya man was found dead in northern Maungdaw on Thursday (Dec 22) morning – and is believed to have been decapitated by a group of Rakhine extremists, reliable sources reported.
A group of fishermen discovered the victim identified to be Dous Mohammed (39), s/o Bodiuz Zaman lying at the river-bank of the ‘Kappa Gaung’ in northern Maungdaw about 7:00 am on December 22. The victim is a local of the village of ‘Ngakura (Nagpura)’, the sources added.
The assailants behind the decapitation of the Rohingya man are believed to be a gang of Rakhine extremists backed by the Myanmar military from the same village, Ngakura.
A local, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said “we saw him with some Rakhine extremists at a tea shop and after that, he went away from the shop along with them on Monday evening. They were quite friendly at that moment. However, he hasn’t returned since then and the next morning, his body was found decapitated at the river-bank of Kappa Gaung.”
The man killed was one of some daring youths that come forward to raise voice for the local Rohingya community in the region. Earlier in the morning on Thursday, he met the media team formed by the Myanmar’s Information Ministry (MOI) and spoke on behalf of the oppressed people in the region.
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Not: Dous Mohammed is the same person as Shuna Mya, Shuna Mya is his alias name (that many Rohingya have) https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/812253827466334208 ✓
21thDec Night Rohingya Elder Shuna Mya Who Spoken To MediaTeam Has Been Killed By Rakhine Extremist
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Son Of Bodur Zama Has Been Cut Into Separated His Head From The Body & Throw In the Stream Native Of Ngakuya
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Photo of decapiitated body
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See also report from previous day when he went missing
AT Staff Report
A headless dead body of a Rohingya Muslim was recovered on Friday 23 December [note the date is wrong here, he was actually found on 22nd but not reported widely until 23rd] after his speaking with journalists in Ngakhuya (Nappura) of Northern restive Maungdaw.
The corpse was identified as Dus Mohamed 37 s/o Boduzzaman of Ngakhuya (Nappura)of Maungdaw North.
According to reports, the victim talked to journalists regarding the ongoing violence against the Rohingya Muslims in restive Maungdaw of Arakan following the assaults on BGP forces on 9 October. Since the attack on BGP, crackdowns have been carried out on the civilians where hundreds killed, houses and mosque burnt down, innocent people detained and tortured and females raped by security forces.
The journalists who were sponsored for three days by the government visited the troubled Maungdaw on 20 December and talked to the man about the crackdown and atrocities of Myanmar security forces on the Rohingya people.
He talked to many reporters specially Mr. Myat Thu Htun from Irrawaddy media regarding the ongoing violence against the Muslims.
After the interview with the journalists, the victim was reportedly summoned by the Village Administrator (Rakhine) in Rakhine village after he had talked to the journalists. Following the call by the administrator, he went there to meet. Since then the victim did not come back home and had gone missing.
Nevertheless, a body was found lying on the paddy field near the shrimp lake outside the village on Friday. When the relative saw it, they could recognize that it was the body of Dus Mohamed who had gone missing after summoned by the Village Administrator.
Rohingya should not talk to reporters and delegates who visit the restive areas since there is no freedom of expressions but only the risk of life for giving interviews to anyone regarding the real occurrence, said a Rohingya who denied to be named.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/12/23/rohingya-dead-body-found-after-speaking-with-reporters-in-maungdaw/ [with photos] ✓
Residents in Nga Khu Ra village tract , Northern Maungdaw Township, say that the murder of a local man was part of an orchestrated plan by the government.
U Dus Mohammed, who also goes by the name Shuna Miah, son of U Bozu Zama, from the middle hamlet of Nga Khu Ra village tract, spoke with Myanmar’s handpicked media team on the 21st of December. After that night he was reported missing. In the morning on the 22nd of December his body was recovered after it was found floating in a stream in Doe Tan Village, close to his village. The body was found decapitated and “cut into parts.”
The 41 year old Dus Mohammed worked as a teacher and taught a private class. Before the riots in 2012 Dus Mohammed was said to have worked closely with local authorities, but since the violence broke out has not been known to work with them in any capacity, according to one of his pupils.
After speaking to reporters on the 21st of December Dus Mohammed was said to have gone to a local bar with his Rakhine friends in Nga Khu Ra market, where they had drinks together. A local named Hala Miah witnessed Dus Mohammed at the bar, having also gone with them for drinks, but Hala Miah left the gathering before Dus Mohammed who remained and continued drinking, according to winesses.
“Certainly this is a plan by the Government. Local authorities coached him in advance of how to speak to reporters, and he knew if he didn’t do as they told him he would be arrested. So he told reporters what the authorities instructed him to say, then when he was murdered everyone believes the villagers who disagree with him were the ones who killed him. Also it is written well, making up Government news. The truth is that he has been missing since being with a group of Rakhine friends. He was one of the few drunkard Rohingya men.” A villager told RB News.
“An important point is that previously in the murder case of 22-year-old Mohammed Anos, whom was shot to death by the Border Guard Police; Dus Mohammed was a complainant in that case and testified against the police. It was said that the BGP officer who shot Muhammed Anos was found guilty and sentenced. We think that is the reason Dus Mohammed was strangled. The Government now can say Rohingya killed him for taking government side, and also kill him after he testified against police. It is just killing two birds with one stone. It's very surely a government plan,” the villager added.
Nevertheless, Rohingya nearby say no one even scolded Dus Mohammed for meeting with the reporters who visited Northern Maungdaw during the past couple of days. Most Rohingya have said they have not met with these reporters because they do not trust them.
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The decapitated body of a Rohingya man was found on the river banks of Kappa Gung in Maungdaw North.
Shuna Mia, 39, has been reported missing since Wednesday. On Thursday morning, local fishermen found the headless corpse in Kappa Gung which is close to Nga Khura from where the victim hails.
Our correspondent says Shuna was killed for speaking to a media team appointed by the Ministry of Information. Shuna and other Rohingyas defied orders issued by the security forces to not communicate with the media.
Locals blame a Buddhist nationalist gang that operates with the full backing of the security forces for the assassination.
Also see report following day of another man, Dous Mohammed, from Nga Khu Ya who was found dead on 22nd, after he also spoke to the media.
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The Maungdaw Township Court sentenced over 100 Rohingya civilians to 20-years or more in prison each on December 16 and 22 respectively, it has been reported.
All the victims of the imprisonments — that look arbitrary from the way the trials were conducted — are from the village of ‘KoeDanKaung’ locally known as ‘Doun Say Fara’ in Rathedaung Township. They were arrested by the Myanmar military during the two-day long brutal raids on the village between 4th and 6th November.
About 80 people were handed 20-year imprisonment each on December 16 and more than 30 other people were given 20 to 25 year in prison to each on December 22.
During the trials reported to be conducted without proper procedures, the authorities didn’t provide the defendants any rights to defend/counsel/fair trial at the court.
Mr. Myo Thant, a human rights activist in Maungdaw, said “arbitrary arrests, tortures and arbitrary imprisonments of innocent civilians is a crimes against humanity under international laws. That too, more than 100 people were tortured and handed long-term imprisonments without any rights for the accused to defend during trials or without any trials at all.
“The Border Police blocked the roads to the Court. The Judge gave instantaneous order for the imprisonment, while detaining the accused in the prison-van. The accused were not even taken into the Court building.”
After the ruling by the Court, the Police took them to the Buthidaung prison where they had been brought from to hear the court verdict.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/100-rohingya-civilians-sentenced-20-years-prison/ ✓
A reliable Rakhine Buddhist informed me that 45 Rohingya girls aged 12-22 from Maungdaw where brought to Ann(အမ္း)
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/811889116879032320 ✓
In November, 2016, many Rohingya were arbitrarily arrested by the army and border guards including many girls in Northern Maungdaw. A person from MinPya reported me that he saw a military truck carrying nearly 50 Rohingya girls on 25.11.16. He told me the truck was going towards Ann township. Since that time, I have been trying to get the detail information of it.
Today, a Rakhine Buddhist informed me that there are 45 Rohingya girls aged 12-22 in Ann Chaung military Camp of Ann township, Rakhine State. The Rakhine told me "Two years ago, military used to rape local women in Ann. To stop rape cases, authority in Ann township allows some houses of ill repute where they can recreate 5000 kyats per time, now the price increased 8000 kyats per time. I'm sure those 45 Rohingya girls brought from Maungdaw are being used as sex slaves by the military in Ann Chaung of Ann Township,Rakhine State.
To confirm the news, it is very difficult for me because there is no Muslim village in Ann Township; it became a Muslim-free township since 1980s like Taungug. If any member of UN Organization reach there, they could better confirm the information and take action.
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1spfbuc ✓
6 Rohingya were arrested in Ann. They had paid a police officer to take them from Kyauktaw to Yangon, but when they reached Ann, the officer disappeared and the police arrested them. They are: 1.MdSadek 2.Hamidullah 3.ShafiAlam 4.MdAman 5.AbdulHaque 6.ZakirAhmed
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/812148543917957120 [photo of the arrested men] ✓
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/812149338193285120 ✓
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/812150423490433024 ✓
Bangladesh local authorities ordered to demolish all huts nearby Leda camp which were built by new Rohingya refugees recently arrived. [video]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/812020202212851713
22th Dec Rohingya House Demolished By Myanmar Govt & they're not Burning Now But Demolishing Like This. South&North
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/812275222107652096 [photo of house being dismantled]
On December 22, 3 houses were demolished at ‘Zuthar Hali.’ The house owners are:
1) Mohammed Hussein (31), s/o Abul Hussein
2) Fedaan Ali (25), s/o Ghaffar
3) Noor Mustafa (42), s/o Nurul Hoque
http://www.rvisiontv.com/man-shot-head-refusing-demolish-home/
On December 22, 2 shops were demolished at ‘Faari.’ The owners are:
1) Inayatullah (41), s/o Halimullah
2) Dolu (40), s/o Abu Nu’man
http://www.rvisiontv.com/man-shot-head-refusing-demolish-home/
The activities of a Rakhine organisation have confounded locals in Kawa Bil [Kyee Kan Pyin] and Kya Ri Prang [Kyet Yoe Pyin] in Maungdaw North.
The organisation began handing out soaps and thami to Rohingyas affected by the latest round of violence which has killed scores in these two village tracts. They began their activities on Thursday.
Locals thanked the organisation but said they needed food, medicine and shelter instead of soaps and thamis. However, this drew a negative reaction from the Rakhine humanitarian workers and they threatened some of the locals with beatings.
They also went to Rohingya houses and forced many to be photographed receiving the aid.The organisation carried a banner saying 'Implement'. They did not let the Rohingyas take any pictures saying it was not allowed by security forces.
There is a heavy security presence in the area.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/430-soap-for-the-dead
21.1889095306396 92.3067626953125
Another 14 Rohingya houses in ThetKaingNyar Maungdaw were demolished by Myanmar's BGP today. [4 photos of badly damaged houses]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/811572750875840512 ✓
21.0464897155762 92.3393020629883
Myanmar Army ordered the Rohingya villagers in PyaungPaik H NgaSaKyu VT to hand over two women victims who spoke with media team today.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/811593957679529984 ✓
It has been learnt that the Border Guard Policemen that went along with them media team took photos of the villagers at PyaungPaik while talking to the media team. Because of that, the villagers expressed their worries of getting arrested, while speaking to Rohingya Vision TV on phone.
In the evening on December 21, the BGP arrested and beat seven people at the village of PyaungPaik demanding the list of the people that talked to the media team. Upon releasing them (the seven people), the BGP farther threatened that the villagers must make the list of the people in a few days or many more villagers would be arrested.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/information-ministrys-media-team-visits-northern-maungdaw/ ✓
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At NgaKura, the authorities presented some local Hindus — who look like Rohingya and speak the same language as the Rohingyas do — were presented to the media team as the Rohingya people of the village. They (the Hindus pretending to be Rohingya) said to the media team that the military commit rapes and atrocities in the region and hence, it has been peaceful throughout.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/information-ministrys-media-team-visits-northern-maungdaw/ ✓
Rohingya, ShunaMiah son of BoduZaman fr NgaKura explained atrocity of army to Journalist team on 20Dec [think this a mistake, should have been 21st as that is when media visited]. ShunaMiah disappeared that night on, as BG police took pic, they might killed him. Some journalists asked Commander of police about ShunaMiah, he answered "I don't know & like you, I also heard missing of him"
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/812178834724245504 [photo of Shuna Miah] ✓
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/812179521591836672 [2 photos of police filming the villagers talking to media at Nga Khu Ya] ✓
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/812180306434277377✓
The body of Shuna Miah (also known as Dous Mohammed) is found decapitated the next day
Earlier on Wednesday, the Hlun Htein searched for two women who had been speaking to the media team in Nga Khura. The security forces threatened the villagers with dire consequences if these women were not handed over. The women had given a detailed account to the media on how they and others in the village tract were raped by the Tatmadaw.
21.1572704315186 92.2097396850585
5 huts owned by 5 poor Rohingya in West H of KunTheePyin VT, TaungPyoLetWal sub-Tsp were demolished by Myanmar's BGP on Dec 21st at 9am.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/811690031496605696 (photo) ✓
20.55561066 92.64351654
This Rohingya boy from AHtetNanYar VT, Rathedaung Tsp was tortured by Rakhine extremists today while taking care cattle. Teeth broken. [video of seriously injured boy]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/811569149805817864 ✓
A Rohingya cow boy from Ahtet NgaYar of Rathidaung was brutally beat&broke teeth,bone by Rakhine mob 2day [same video]
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/811532039962771456 ✓
On the pretext of erection of houses without official permission(s), Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) have indulged in demolishing at least 250 Rohingya houses, shops and religious structures across the Maungdaw Township in the recent weeks, reliable sources in Maungdaw reported.
The houses and shops being destroyed in the rural villages are not modern buildings that require officials’ permission(s) but traditional country-type structures built of bamboos and woods and covered with ‘Nipa Palm Leaves.’ These widespread destructions of homes are now seen among the locals as yet another attempt of cleansing their (i.e. Rohingya) population through systematic displacement of the people.
Mostly, the BGP have forced the Rohingya villagers to dismantle their own houses and shops at gun-points or by means of using threats of imprisonment. In the occasions when the locals resisted, the BGP themselves have demolished many homes.
“Even some 30-year-old homes were destroyed. The BGP ordered the villagers to destroy the homes simply alleging that they were erected without permission and not included in the NaSaKa (the former Border Security Forces and the predecessors of the BGP) Housing Map. But the people here didn’t want to demolish their own homes as they were worried for their children in this winter. However, the BGP started beating the villagers and demolishing their homes,” said an elder local, while speaking to Rohingya Vision TV.
To date, the following numbers of houses, shops or religious structures have been demolished across the Maungdaw Township.
1) 27 houses and shops at the village of ‘PaNyaungPinGyi’ locally known as ‘DoungHali’
2) 45 houses and shops at the village of ‘Goduthara’
3) 10 houses and 1 Religious School at the village of ‘Baaggona ‘
4) 10 houses at the village of ‘PanTawPyi’n locally known as ‘LalBoinna’
5) Some unidentified numbers of houses at the village of ‘AlayThanKyaw’ locally known as ‘Haishshurata’ and its hamlet, Kanpoo.
And in northern Maungdaw, the following numbers of houses have been demolished.
6) 5 houses at the village of ‘PaungZar’
7) More than 150 houses in the BGP Region (1) around ‘Khamauk Seik (Foira Bazaar)’ area and in ‘TaungPyo LatWa’i sub-township.
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Not only in Maungdaw Township, but at the following villages in the Buthidaung Township too, the BGP have destroyed numbers of houses and ordered the locals to destroy even more.
1) PhayaPyinAungPa
2) GutaPyin
3) DuOuThayMa
4) TheinTawPyin
5) PharunChaung
6) AttetKyuayChoMaw
Some houses were destroyed on the pretext that they didn’t make entries in the housing maps of the NaSaKa despite building them with the permission of the township administration.
For a Rohingya to build a house in rural areas regardless of poor or rich, they have to take permissions not only from the administrations (both village administration and township administration) but also from the BGP and sometimes from Special Branch Police (SB) and Defense Security Service (Sarapha), which cost them more than building a house itself.
However, the same rules are not applied for the Rakhine communities in the rural areas.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/rohingya-homes-demolished-across-maungdaw-township/
AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
At least twelve dwelling houses and one shop were demolished by the Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) in myawaddy (shilkhali) village and thet kaing nyar ( Shatknafara) village tract of maungdaw north and mehdi of taungpyo letwet and du chira dan village tract maungdaw South ,BagoneNar And KanPu Village Tract Maungdaw South On 20th And 22th december 2016.
Duchiradan 13 Houses demolished
BagoneNar 10 Houses And One Arabic School
KanPu 21 Rohingya Houses And Two Shopes And Many Other Have Been Ordered To Demolish In Maungdaw South And North.
Source said to our correspondent, BGP forces came to Myawaddy village tract and ordered the Village Security Members to destroy the houses. Otherwise, “we will burn down them with the petroleum”, threatened the BGP official to the house owners.
Fearing the torching houses including valuables, the owner of the houses collected their valuables and have broken down the houses as per the rough order of BGP forces, said the source to our correspondent.
Besides, a shop has been ordered to be demolished at once which has also been broken down by the owners with the help of Village Security members which formed by the authority.
The BGP ordered the houses to be demolished under the pretext of unauthorized houses, said the source.
Furthermore, on 20 December 2016, about 30 BGP personnel went to Mehdi village of Taungpyo Letwet, Maungdaw North and ordered 3 houses to be demolished alleging that those were unauthorized houses which were built without permission of the authority.
At least 250 Rohingya houses and huts in Buthidaung Maungdaw TaungPyoLetWal were forced to demolish by Myanmar's BGP since last week.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/811463092232130560 (4 photos of Rohingya dismantling their houses)
the BGP has been reported demolishing Rohingya homes which they claim are newly constructed as they were not included in a map previously drawn by the notoriously vicious but now defunct NaSaKa border security forces. As of now 250 homes have already been demolished within one week in Buthidaung Township, Maungdaw Township and Taung Pyo Let Wel Sub-township. Some of the houses that were destroyed are at least 30 years old. The NaSaKa was established in 1992 and disbanded in 2013 after numerous accusations of human rights violations. http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/12/suu-kyi-government-approves-seven-new.html#sthash.Qobtgpr2.dpuf
Rohingya refugee baby died in Bangladesh due to lack of treatment
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/811745330542714880
20.9990692138672 92.3105316162109
20th Dec Rohingya Fisher Man Beaten To Critical Condition By BGP In USheyKya N Local Villagers Recovered Him. Hameed Hussein Son Of Nazir Hussein From Maungdaw North (Border Guard Police Beaten Him)
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/811121471560945665 (photo of man with injured face) ✓
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/811122048399327232 ✓
This Rohingya man Hamid Hussein 35-yo from USheyKya was tortured by #yanmar's BGP while going for fishing today at 7am as no food at home
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/811296250289070081 (same photo) ✓
A Rohingya man was critically injured in an assault by Hlun Htein forces near the restive village tract of Bura Shida Para [U Shey Kya]. Hamid Hossain is in a critical condition following the assault.
YTK: 20.9734306335449 92.2959823608398
KGT: 20.9858207702637 92.3146820068359
Dec 20 at 5pm, Md Alam from KyarGaungTaung was arrested by Myanmar Army while he was going home after selling betel leaves in YayTwinKyun.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/811472406464307200 ✓
Also reported on 22nd, but has the date of arrest as 19th Dec not the 20th:
AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
A Rohingya betel leaf trader has been abducted by Myanmar army on 19 December 2016 while coming back home from Raimmaguna bazaar in the evening after selling betel leaves as usual.
The victim has been identified as Mohamad Alam 45 s / o Lal Miah of Bagguna of Kya Gan Taung, Maungdaw north.
According to reports, the victim was coming from Raimmaguna bazaar after selling betel leaves. There on the way to his village home, military found and abducted him. Now his fate and whereabouts are not known to his family members.
Since then, he has not returned home and the family members are in a sad situation for their father who was the only earning member of their family.
His family members are just weeping for him but nothing to do. They do not know if their father is alive or killed by Myanmar army after abduction, said one of the victim’s family members.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/12/22/military-abducts-a-rohingya-in-maungdaw-north-2/
20.9734306335449 92.2959823608398
At the same time [5pm] two teenager Rohingya boys were arrested by Myanmar Army while fishing at prawn lake in YayTwinKyun.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/811472746400071680 ✓
21.1686191558838 92.2124328613281
20th Dec, 3 Rohingya Houses Have Been Shattered By MyanmarBGP In KwinThiPyin VT MeeThaik H TaungPyoLetWea Tsp. Another 5 Rohingya Houses Have Been Ordered To Shatter By MyanmarBGP
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/811191863558275072 [photo of house with roof demolished] ✓
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/811192595250429953 ✓
on 20 December 2016, about 30 BGP personnel went to Mehdi village of Taungpyo Letwet, Maungdaw North and ordered 3 houses to be demolished alleging that those were unauthorized houses which were built without permission of the authority.
Now the family members have no shelter to live in as their houses have been broken down by the order of BGP and the little children are suffering from shelter in the cold season causing pneumonia.
20.7710399627686 92.4124832153320
At least 13 homes and one shop were demolished by Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) at the village of ‘Duchiradan’ locally known as ‘Kilaidaung’ in Southern Maungdaw between December 18 and 20, it has been reported. [note that earlier log has this as happening on 17th, not the 18th]
The homes were not well-built buildings but traditional country-type homes made of bamboo and covered with ‘Nipa Palm Leaves’, which don’t require any permission from authorities according to ‘the City Development Act.’ But a group of 20 BGP personnel from the ‘Goduthara-bridge post’ entered Duchirandan and forced the villagers to destroy the homes on pretext of erection of homes without official permission.
“The owners of the homes demolished the West hamlet of Duchiradan were farmers and lumberjacks. They are too poor to build a good and durable houses. Now, the BGP demolished their traditional tent-type homes rendering them without any shelter in this winter. The BGP are behaving ruthlessly”, said a local in southern Maungdaw, speaking to Rohingya Vision TV.
For a Rohingya to build a house in rural areas regardless of poor or rich, they have to take permissions not only from the administrations (both village administration and township administration) but also from the BGP and sometimes from Special Branch Police (SB) and Defense Security Service (Sarapha), which cost them more than building a house itself.
On the demolitions of the homes, a human rights observer based in Maungdaw commented “the military are setting entire villages on fire or destroying them in northern Maungdaw. In the southern part too, the BGP are demolishing homes under different pretext, thereby systematically displacing the Rohingya community with an obvious intention of ultimately expelling them from the country. This systematic displacements of people could amount to crimes against humanity.”
The victims whose homes demolished are:
1) Fayazullah (50), S/o Omar Meah
2) Sirajullah (25), S/o Mohammed Salam
3) Daw Rashida (50), (Wife of) U Rashid Ahmed
4) Madu (57), S/o Auli Meah
5) Aseem Khan (27), S/o Abul Faiz
6) Kabir Ahmed (26), S/o Baadu
7) Haroon (27), S/o Sadu
8) Mohammed Rashid (28), S/o Siroo
9) Mohammed Yunose (29), S/o Abdu Gaffar
10) Noor Islam (38), S/o Abdu Ghaffar
11) Anwar (20), S/o Sayed Ahmed
12) Anu (28), S/o Makhtul Hussein
13) Rahima Khatun (45), d/o Lal Meah
The owner of the shop destroyed is U Zakariyya (47), s/o Azhar.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/rohingya-homes-demolished-southern-maungdaw/ ✓
Duchiradan 13 Houses demolished
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On Tuesday evening, the Hlun Htein arrested seven leading community members of Nga Khura and severely beat them in custody. It was then threatened that there would be further trouble if they did not hand down a list of people who had given interviews to the media.
media team met with local authorities including the Border Guard Police (BGP) chief, Police Brigadier General Thura San Lwin at the BGP headquarters. In the meeting the Maungdaw District administrator Ye Htut said the Union Government had approved the construction of seven ethnic villages in Maungdaw Township, according to Radio Free Asia Burmese. http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/12/suu-kyi-government-approves-seven-new.html#sthash.Qobtgpr2.dpuf
20.7710399627686 92.4124832153320
The Burmese Border Guard Police (BGP) shot a Rohingya village-man to death in southern Maungdaw today (on Dec 19), it has been reported.
The unlawful killing took place at the village of ‘DuChiraDan’ locally known as ‘Kilaidaung’ at around 10 am today, when a group of the BGP conducted a raid on a villager’s residence in the pretext of a search for WY (Yaba) tablets.
“The group of the BGP didn’t find out any illegal materials at the residence of U Hamid (55), s/o Noor Mohammed. Yet the BGP commander simply dragged him out and shot him at his back at a point-blank range”, said an eyewitness, speaking to Rohingya Vision TV on the condition of anonymity.
The group of the BGP came from the Camp 15 at the ‘Maggyi Chaung’ village locally known as ‘Faatonza.’ After killing him, the BGP left the body where he was killed at and they left the place without taking responsibility for the death.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/border-guard-police-shoots-rohingya-village-man-death/ ✓
Tweeted at 4.26pm: 100+ Burmese military arrived & began raiding Duchiradan. Rohingya Men fled to escape arbitrary arrests & now military plundering homes
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/810785815525625861 ✓
After killing Hamid, the BGP misinformed the military that he was a militant and there are more militants hiding in the village of Duchiradan to justify the unlawful killing.
More than 100 Burmese military arrived afterwards and began raiding the village of Duchiradan. The Rohingya men fled to escape from arbitrary arrests and now the military are plundering homes in the village.
Meanwhile, Aung San Suu Kyi is having a meeting with ASEAN foreign ministers in Yangon.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/border-guard-police-shoots-rohingya-village-man-death/ ✓
Re. man shot dead: “He was chairman of DCRD village namely Hamid”
https://twitter.com/saedarkani/status/810762892827951104 ✓
“Hamid is father-in-law of village Admin” [also states here age 63, not 55 as stated in other reports]
https://mirsdq.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/breakingnews-rohingya-hamid-shot-to.html ✓
Videos of the deceased man:
https://youtu.be/2HI2GiDgIpQ ✓
https://youtu.be/pKNHilOvlpc ✓
AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
A Rohingya has been shot dead by Border Guard Police of camp -12 under sector 7 of Alaythankyaw, Maungdaw South today 19 December 2016.
The victim has been identified as Hamid 55 s/o Noor Ahamed of the village.
Today early morning, a police officer along with his forces entered Du Chira Dan (Kilai Daung) village in Southern Maungdaw, Arakan state(Rakhine State) Seeing the police coming toward the village, the victim (Hamid) has run away fearing the arrest of police as arbitrary arrest is common in the area. Police threw a sharp knife at him while fleeing away but not did not hit. So, the police fired at him who has died at the spot.
After the incident, the police have created a false allegation and spreading propaganda that the villagers tried to attack the police. So, they have opened fire on Hamid who has been shot to spot dead.
Now the police including army forces have been besieging the village and conducting raid against the villagers where the people are being tortured. They have killed the innocent man and at one stage they are carrying out crackdown creating reign of terror in the area which is a creative policy of police to accuse the innocent Rohingya back.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/12/19/breaking-news-1-shot-dead-launched-raid-in-maungdaw-south/ ✓
Tweeted at 5.41pm 100s of soldiers arrived & began raiding VT Villagers escape for arbitrary arrests & killing, soldiers are plundering Rohingya homes now.
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/810804651058753536 ✓
The corpse of Hamid was taken to Maungdaw hospital on Dec 19 afternoon for autopsy & returned to his family for burial in the evening
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/810869178764652544 ✓
Burmese military also left Duchiradan on Dec 19 evening after plundering dozens of Rohingya homes during a day-long raid on the village
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/810870057995681792 ✓
a man was shot dead by Hlun Htein forces in Kiladong [Du Chee Yar Tan], Maungdaw South on Monday. The security forces allege the deceased Hamid wanted to attack them with a knife. Locals say the allegation is incorrect as Hamid is an elderly man and it is suicidal to stage a lone attack on well armed Hlun Htein forces with a household knife.
20.7997798919678 92.3968734741210
Hlun Htein entered the Bara para neighbourhood of Nol Ban Na [Pan Taw Pyin] in Maungdaw South on Monday and set fire to seven houses [note: told by @nslwin that the homes were demolished, not burnt]. They alleged the owners of these houses had hosted ‘outsiders’ in their homes without proper authorisation of the village authorities.
Under the laws of the state, Rohingya Muslims are forbidden to leave their village or host guests without the permission of village authorities.
Locals however claim no outsiders had entered their village in recent days.
120 newly built shelters of of the recently arrived Rohingya refugees have been demolished by the forestry department
http://www.thestateless.com/2016/12/19/new-rohingya-refugees-huts-destroyed-in-bangladesh/
Video of new Rohingya huts recently demolished in Bangladesh
https://youtu.be/gpBhoRQkTFw
Bangladesh forest department officials destroyed around 120 huts erected for the newly arrived Rohingya refugees. The incident took place in the Kutupalong unregistered refugee camp on Monday at around 10 pm.
The flimsy shelters made out of plastic shelters and bamboos were built on land owned by the Forest Department of that country. Locals told our correspondent that while they are aware this is illegal, there are no alternatives for thousands of Rohingya refugees who have streamed into Bangladesh following a draconian crackdown led by the Tatmadaw. Bangladesh government does not recognise these Rohingyas as refugees and have blocked much needed humanitarian assistance, thus limiting the options for the refugee population.
Since the demolition, hundreds of refugees have been living under the open sky in the cold weather.
There are allegations by the Bangladeshi media that influential local leaders, both Bangladeshis and Rohingyas have cashed in on the misery of the newly arrived refugees by taking a vast amount of money from the desperate populace in exchange of giving them an illegal abode on land held by the government of Bangladesh.
The forest officials have threatened other illegal structures will also be demolished spreading panic among the refugee population.
Min Ga Lar Ahr Sheik Kyar: 20.9364395141602 92.3144989013672
Shah Alam, 45, was apprehended by the military on Sunday evening from Mun Gala in Maungdaw North. He was then shot and left near his home in the late hours.
On Monday morning, Alam was taken across the border by family members. Though a risky journey as Bangladesh border patrol are vigilant to prevent Rohingyas from crossing over, they somehow managed to make it to safety and arrived at the Leda refugee camp at around 8am. However, he perished after being taken for medical treatment.
Story also documented here:
“On Sunday the troops pulled my brother from home and later we found him lying unconsciously with gun injury”
https://twitter.com/Thestateless1/status/811176124407578624 (2 photos) ✓
“Mohammed Shah Alam will not be able to tell his story.
Shah Alam, 45, suffered a bullet wound when he was attacked by the Myanmar Army on Sunday night. His cousin Fatema Khatun, 40, took him along to flee on a boat around 4am.
She was hoping that he would receive treatment across the border at Leda refugee camp in Teknaf, where their relatives are currently under shelter.
They reached Teknaf around 8am on Monday, but Shah Alam succumbed to his injuries before they reached the camp.
Fatema said men and boys of her family in Mangala, a village in Rakhine, have been hiding deep in the forest to escape military brutality, coming home only to eat meals.
On Sunday around 8pm, as Shah Alam went home for dinner, news of the imminent arrival of military forces led him and other males to flee.
The military opened fire on the men, and Shah Alam was shot. Fatema picked him up and brought him inside as soon as the forces left.
Fatema said she was certain that they would have been killed if they had tried going to the nearest hospital in Maungdaw town, which is around four kilometres away.
The pair left behind Shah Alam’s wife, who had just given birth to their eighth child six days ago, and Fatema’s husband and four children.”
20.9960193634033 92.3302536010742
Myanmar army shot [at?], beat & robbed bicycle 400000 kyat from this Rohingya of PwinPyuChaungVT Maungdaw on 18.12.16 [video testimony from Rohingya man]
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/810525265587642368 ✓
20.9193801879883 92.3887405395508
18thDec2016 Burnt Mosque In Wapaik H GyiKanPyin Still Rakhine Remained In The Rohingya Village Ro Can't Go There [note: burnt on 18th, photo taken on 4th Jan]
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/816641963743055874 (photo)
Min Ga Lar Ahr Sheik Kyar: 20.9364395141602 92.3144989013672
Shah Alam, 45, was apprehended by the military on Sunday evening from Mun Gala in Maungdaw North. He was then shot and left near his home in the late hours.
On Monday morning, Alam was taken across the border by family members. Though a risky journey as Bangladesh border patrol are vigilant to prevent Rohingyas from crossing over, they somehow managed to make it to safety and arrived at the Leda refugee camp at around 8am. However, he perished after being taken for medical treatment.
Story also documented here:
“On Sunday the troops pulled my brother from home and later we found him lying unconsciously with gun injury”
https://twitter.com/Thestateless1/status/811176124407578624 (2 photos) ✓
“Mohammed Shah Alam will not be able to tell his story.
Shah Alam, 45, suffered a bullet wound when he was attacked by the Myanmar Army on Sunday night. His cousin Fatema Khatun, 40, took him along to flee on a boat around 4am.
She was hoping that he would receive treatment across the border at Leda refugee camp in Teknaf, where their relatives are currently under shelter.
They reached Teknaf around 8am on Monday, but Shah Alam succumbed to his injuries before they reached the camp.
Fatema said men and boys of her family in Mangala, a village in Rakhine, have been hiding deep in the forest to escape military brutality, coming home only to eat meals.
On Sunday around 8pm, as Shah Alam went home for dinner, news of the imminent arrival of military forces led him and other males to flee.
The military opened fire on the men, and Shah Alam was shot. Fatema picked him up and brought him inside as soon as the forces left.
Fatema said she was certain that they would have been killed if they had tried going to the nearest hospital in Maungdaw town, which is around four kilometres away.
The pair left behind Shah Alam’s wife, who had just given birth to their eighth child six days ago, and Fatema’s husband and four children.”
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Army set fire old house of MonuCompany in NorthHamlet of NgaKhuyaVT MGDNorth. May burn more houses as the MyanmarArmy barring the villagers to access there.
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/810178546262036480 ✓
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/810179060596899840 ✓
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BGP demolished 12 Rohingya houses in Du Chee Yar Tan (Kiladong) https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/810121970566201344 (4 photos) ✓
In Maungdaw South, Hlun Htein forces demolished 12 houses in Kiladong [Du Chee Yar Tan] on Saturday. The incident happens a week after security forces ordered the demolition of a mosque and houses on the roadside on December 12.
While Kiladong and other Maungdaw South villages have been spared the terror of the recent crackdown, it is a traditional hotspot for violence. In one of the worst incidents, scores of women and children were hacked to death when a Rakhine mob backed by security forces attacked the village tract in January 2014. Since then there has been tension in the area as security forces cracked down on the survivors.
Local sources have also said there has been a steady movement of Tatmadaw troops into Maungdaw South.
See also log on 20th Dec.
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Three men were arrested by the Hlun Htein from Kullung [Thin Baw Gwe] in Maungdaw South on Saturday at around 2pm.
They are Hamid Hossain, Abul Kashem and Kamal Hossain. They were arrested as per the ‘confessional statement’ of one Abir Rahman, who had pointed out these men as his aides for terrorism related activities, the Hlun Htein officials told the villagers when they were making these arrests in the Paschim para neighbourhood of the village tract.
Abir Rahman was the first to be arrested on December 13.
Sources say the arrested men have been brutally tortured in custody. Torture of Muslim prisoners is common in the custody of security forces where hundreds have gradually died a painful death, especially since 2012. In the recent crackdown, many have been killed by torture. Many prisoners have had their eyes gouged out while others had their hands cut off from the wrists.
Locals say the four arrested men are from the marginal populace who rely on day labour for their survival and have never even been involved in any political activities.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/421-four-face-brutal-torture-in-kullung-houses-torched-in-nol-ban-na [photo of 3 young men] ✓
More info from MOI here, says they are called Harmi Dusoung, Jamah Husoung and Abu Karshin from Thinbawgwe:
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/811493955586166784 ✓
Here it says the 3 were sons of AbuBakr: Hamid age 30, Kamal age 25 & Fayaz age 20
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/811466252858208257 ✓
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Buthidaung: Sa Ra Pha In charge have started to threaten and extort money from Rohingya shop owners and locals in Buthidaung.
In the Incident Sa Ra Pha In charge accused innocent Rohingya shop owners and locals to be in connection with RSO, a group that has long been dismantled according to international reporters and journalist like Bertin Lintner.
The In charge named to be Si Thu Aung have victimized many locals in the area. Recent list of Money extortion and details are given below:
Name Amount Area
Eman Hussain S/O Nobi Husssain 500, 000 Kyats Buthidaung Market (Roll no: 4, Shop no: 9)
Muhammed Sharif 300, 000 Kyats Buthidaung Market (Roll no: 12)
Halek Noor 150,000 Kyats Buthidaung Market (Roll no: 20,Shop no:21)
Muhammed Saley 130,000 Kyats Buthidaung Market (Roll no: 12,Shop no:13)
Monir Ahmed 50, 000 Kyats Buthidaung Market (Roll no: 15)
Loqman Hakim S/O Goni, 60 300, 000 Kyats Ward 1, Buthidaung
Shukkur S/O Oli Miya, 55 150,000 Kyats Ward 1, Buthidaung
http://www.rvisiontv.com/sa-ra-pha-threatened-extorted-money-rohingyas/ ✓
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On 17.12.16 two Rohingya in PanBaeChaung VT of Buthidaung were raped by army, trying to get detail info,no net, phone connection available
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/810391027861233668 ✓
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At 6:50pm 4 Rohingya houses in Middle H of KyeeKanPyin were burnt down by Myanmar's BGP. Villagers were forced to leave homes on Oct 23rd
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/809757308288954369 ✓
6:30pm 16/12: BGP set fire NowdinFara of KyiKanPyinVT. At about 6.30pm today 3 Rohingya houses in NawdinFara of KyeeKanPyinVT were burnt down by Myanmar’s BGP. The people of the village were forced to leave homes on Oct 23rd burnt 1 house too.
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/809770597777637376 ✓
In a separate incident, Hlun Htein personal set fire to houses in Kawa Bil [Kyee Kan Pyin]. The villagers were earlier forced out in late October for allegedly providing shelter to Muslim rebels.
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Army personnel raided Nari Bil [Kyauk Pyin Seik] in Maungdaw North on Friday and raped at least eight women.
More than 80 soldiers entered the village tract at around noon, apprehended eight women and proceeded to gang rape them.
They also smashed up property and looted valuables.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/419-eight-women-raped-in-nari-bil-amid-tensed-calm ✓
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Three men were arrested and brutally beaten up in Oo Daung on Friday night.
Abdul Karim, Sultan and Iman Hossain were intercepted by Hlun Htein forces when they had gone to a nearby river to catch fish. They were later released following the payment of half a million kyats. During the beatings in custody, the Hlun Htein personal told the Rohingyas that they did not have the right to fish in the rivers as this is not their country.
Even though Oo Daung and other southern villages have been spared the crackdown of Maungdaw North, there has been a strict curfew in the region and all Rohingyas have been prevented from leaving their villages. As a result, the area is suffering from chronic food shortages. Family members of the victims say the men went out to fish after they could not bear the hungry cries of their children anymore. However, instead of getting food to eat, they have instead had to part with valuable assets that they had been saving up in these troubled times.
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Security forces entered the Major Para neighbourhood of Nga Khura and went house to house looting valuables, starting from around 9am on Thursday morning. Tatmadaw personal especially seemed interested about the house of Md Jinnah. They dug up the ground on his premises, but failed to find anything.
After that, they entered a neighbour’s house and sexually abused two girls by kissing them and passing lewd remarks.
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3am 11 Rohingya houses & 9 shops burnt down in Ward 13 PhonNyoLake VT in Buthidaung Tsp on Dec 15 at 3am. Don't know arson attack or accident. [photo of fire in the night]
Two children were inside room. Couldn't rescue them in time. One killed & one seriously injured. Police stopped the people extinguished fire
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/809163576795660288 ✓
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3am Fire in Ward 13, PhonNyoLake VT, Buthidaung Township on Dec 15th at 3am. [dramatic video filmed at night showing people trying to put out the fire]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/809172063881666561 ✓
AT Correspondent, Buthidaung
A destructive fire broke out and at least 11 dwelling houses and grocery shops have been burnt to ashes in Po Nyo Let (Puimali) hamlet of Buthidaung, Arakan on Thursday, 15 December 2016 at around 3: 00 am.
Source says to our correspondent the fire originated from the house of Kabir Ahamed and soon engulfed to other adjoining houses and shops burning down at least eleven houses and nine shops including store houses.
It is also learnt that two children of Kabir Ahamed were asleep during the destructive blaze who have been reportedly burnt to dead.
Source added lots of groceries worth about Kyat millions were gutted to ashes. Among the 9 shops, six were store houses that contained huge amount of goods and millions of money in cash boxes which have been totally gutted.
Besides, more valuables including gold ornaments and money in the houses worth about Kyat millions were also burnt down in the destructive fire.
The owners of houses (victims) have been identified as Kabir Ahamed, Mohammed Hasan, Rohim Ullah, Robeda, Abuya, Karim Ullah, Foyas, Ali Ahamed, Halu and Lotiya of Pu Nyo Let.
A villager says, “The Rohingya people are banned from getting out of houses from 7: 00 pm to 6: 00 am since the Myanmar government imposed curfew on the Rohingya in Arakan State.
But, Rakhine people can freely move here and there at deep night as well as there is no curfew for Rakhine.
Meanwhile, two Rakhine young men were riding motorcycle from north side to south since 10: 00 pm last night. Seeing their riding motorcycle at night, Rohingya residents were in deep thought why the two Rakhine young men were riding motorcycle that night for hours like this.
When it was about 3: 00 am, the fire broke out from the house of Kabir Ahamed. The villagers wanted to go to the spot to extinguish the fire but prevented by two security forces who were on duty at the village”.
Source added that the fire could be doused out at once if the neighbors were not prevented by security forces.
It is clear that the fire was set to the house by the two Rakhine young men who were intentionally riding motorcycle that night, villagers said.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/12/15/blaze-razes-house-and-shops-in-buthidaung/ ✓
Photos of the 2 dead children’s bodies retrieved after the fire at Hpon Nyo Leik
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/809437309112295424 ✓
A child was killed and another was critically injured after police prevented locals from extinguishing a fire in Hpon Myar Li in Buthidaung.
At around 3am on Thursday, a fire broke out in Ward 13 engulfing the house of Kabir Ahmed. His two children who were sleeping inside the house and one of them, a baby could not be rescued in time. The other child is also in a critical condition and is likely to die.
The fire quickly spread and engulfed at least 11 houses and nine stores.
Many locals tried to rush to the scene but some were prevented from going to the spot by on-duty policemen in the area who said there was a curfew in Arakan.
Locals reported seeing the movement of two Rakhine men on motorcycles at around 10pm on Wednesday night. Our correspondent in the area says it is unusual for Rakhines to move around Muslim settlements at such a late hour. This has created speculations the fire was the result of an arson attack carried out by Buddhist nationalists.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/417-killed-after-torture-2 ✓
More armies have been deployed in Maungdaw south recently where the areas was not conflict, according to Mohsin from Maungdaw.
The armies have stationed in different places of Maungdaw south – Aley Than Kyaw, Udaung, Myient Hlut, Shitapurika and other places, he added.
The villagers have to provide foods and other necessary things for armies which cost around 100,000 kyats.
Rohingyas faced famine themselves to provide foods as they are barred from working as the authority imposed emergency law according to which the Rohingya community are not allowed to move and to gather more than five people, said a police personnel.
Soldiers harass the Rohingya villagers – if they come across in the way. They snatch everything off Rohingyas, Mohsin added.
Villagers from Maungdaw south are afraid of army movements as they fear the outcome might be like Maungdaw north, said Alam, a villager Aley Than Kyaw.
http://arakanna.com/wp_arakanna/en/?p=6323
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Since the morning Myanmar military entered LeikErin H, NgaSaKyu VT. Looting, abusing Rohingya women and 3 men arrested.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/808981652399656960 ✓
5.35pm Now the military gathered all women in one place in the hamlet and start destroying the Rohingya shops. The military also stealing the food stuffs and other all from the shops.
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Rohingya villagers from NgaSaKyu are fleeing their homes and are arriving nearby village. Myanmar military is abusing them since morning. [video of villagers walking through a nearby village carrying their belongings]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/809011601860915200 ✓
Tatmadaw forces entered Nga Sa Gru in the early morning hours of Wednesday. Their arrival prompted the Rohingya villagers to flee the area. However, at least three men have been arrested. The discovery of corpses have increased fears the men will be killed following brutal torture.
Some of the escaping women have also been apprehended. They have reportedly been sexually abused. In the late afternoon, they were herded in one location, leading to fears they will be systematically abused and raped during the night hours.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/417-killed-after-torture-2 ✓
Report on 19th Jan, interview with refugee who had fled to Bangladesh:
Nur Jahan, 31, another refugee who spoke to BenarNews, said she was raped three weeks after soldiers took her husband from their home. He remains missing.
“On December 14 last year, two [military personnel] tightly caught me and the other raped me; thus all of the three violated me inside my room. I got unconscious; I do not know whether more people raped me,” said Jahan, from Naisapro [Ngar Sar Kyu] Noarbil [Leik Aing] village in Maungdaw.
She said she reported her ordeal to a local leader when he visited the village; after he left, the military encircled her house. She went into hiding and fled to Bangladesh, where she said she received medical treatment.
“My body got swollen due to their torture. I was admitted to the hospital as I could not bear the pain,” she said.
http://www.benarnews.org/english/news/bengali/Rohingya-rape-01192017173619.html ✓
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In the same village [hamlet of Aley Than Kyaw village tract called Maung Tula] on December 14th, 2016 Aminah Khatu, the wife of Habiz Ullah (47 years old) slaughtered a goat she owned and was preparing to take it home to cook. At this time Kyaw Zeya Oo made an accusation against the woman that the goat belonged to him. The woman denied this flatly and village testimony supports the woman’s claims.
After this Kyaw Zeya Oo complained to the village administrator and had Aminah Khatu brought to his office. The village administrator then took 700,0000 kyat from Aminah after beating her in public to get her to turn over the money.
Kyaw Zeya Oo has been a key informer to the BGP post in Aley Than Kyaw and the village administrator, and has widely been reported extorting money and making false accusations against innocent Rohingyas. The village administrator is a Rakhine nationalist who is also known for beating and extorting money from the Rohingyas living there.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/12/bgp-admitted-to-raping-and-killing.html#sthash.mXKGrGsd.dpuf ✓
Yae Twin Kyun: 20.9734306335449 92.2959823608398
Kyar Gaung Taung: 20.9858207702637 92.3146820068359
[body likely found on the river creek, in between these two hamlets]
Video of dead Rohingya body found today next to river creek, with hands tied behind back
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/808686207102316544 ✓
Locals also discovered a corpse with hands tied behind his back near a creek in Yay Myet Bil [Yae Twin Kyun]. The nature of his death suggests he was killed after being arrested. Many of the arrested Rohingyas have had their eyes gouged out, hands cut off and subjected to brutal torture leading to fears the death toll could be higher than currently reported, as many of the arrested men are likely to die a slow and painful death.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/415-rapes-and-torture-follow-commission-visit-to-bor-gazi-bil-and-ra-bai-la-quran-desecrated ✓
Reported 15 Dec: In Ra Bai La [Kyar Gaung Taung], locals discovered the corpse of Hamid Hossain on Tuesday [13 Dec]. The hands and feet of the elderly man were bound together and his body more injury marks suggesting merciless torture before the final kill. Hamid was arrested from the village on December 3 [looking at data logs suggests this was probably Dec 4] when he could not flee in time owing to his age.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/417-killed-after-torture-2 ✓
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ChaungKaLar H, ZeePinChaung now. Soldiers are firing indiscriminately without any reason.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/808668174241644544 ✓
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Another two sisters from KyunPautPyuSu VT, TaungPyoLetWel sub-Tsp were gang raped by Myanmar military today morning at gunpoint.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/808688607846428672 ✓
Two teenage sisters were gang-raped by a group of Burmese soldiers during a raid at the village of ‘KyunPaukPyuZu’ in TaungPyo sub-township of northern Maungdaw on December 13 morning (Tuesday).
Sources reported that soon after the raid began on Tuesday early morning, the military continuously chased the village men to arrest and forced them to flee the village. Then, the military gathered all the women at one place and started molesting dozens of women in the group.
“The troops body-searched the women and looted their ornaments. And then, the military stripped off them naked and began touching their body parts. It’s humiliating and intolerable to say the least”, said a villager of KyunPaukPyuZu, speaking to RVision Correspondent on the condition of anonymity.
The two teenage girls, identified as daughters of Mr. NU (not real name), were of age 17 and age 19 respectively. They were singled out of the group and dragged into a house and gang-raped for hours.
The military freed the women from siege and left the village towards the forest to the east of the village of KyunPaukPyuZu at about 7:00 pm on Tuesday.
The same group of Burmese soldiers gang-raped eight Rohingya women during a raid on Songkla hamlet of ZeePinChaung (ZeeYaungHali) on Monday (Dec 12).
http://www.rvisiontv.com/sexual-assaults-burmese-military-continue-northern-maungdaw/ ✓
There are also reports that two women were gang raped in Kya Maung [Kyun Pauk Pyu Su] on Tuesday morning. The victims are sisters.
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In the Southern Maungdaw Township and hamlet of Aley Than Kyaw village tract called Maung Tula a Border Guard Police (BGP) officer and six BGP approached a group of Rohingya youths who were playing football in a field situated on the western side of the hamlet at around 3:30pm on December 13th, 2016. The officer was said to have fired his gun in the air and forced around sixty people to stay in place in the field where the youths were playing football.
The BGP suddenly told them he was transferred from northern Maungdaw where fighting has recently taken place. He boasted about his time in Northern Maungdaw, saying he had killed many Rohingya and raped many women while he was there. He said that the people there should be treated this way also.
After this the BGP asked the youths why they were playing football and who gave them permission to do so. He was said to have fired his gun in the air again at time.
Soon after a Rohingya named Kyaw Zeya Oo who works as an informant to the police arrived and the police took 10,000 kyats from each of the 60 people gathered there. After they took the money from them the Rohingya were allowed to leave.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/12/bgp-admitted-to-raping-and-killing.html#sthash.mXKGrGsd.dpuf ✓
16 children from Hassu Rata [Ah Lel Than Kyaw], Maungdaw South were playing football on Friday [this reported here as happening on 16th but RB reported it on the 16th as happening on 13th, thought likely to be the same incident] when Hlun Htein came to the spot and fired in the air. The children were then rounded up and asked on whose permission they were playing football in the field. When the children said they were not aware that playing football required permission, the security personal shouted at them and said that since this was not their country, they were not allowed to play football in the fields.
The children were later released after the payment of 160,000 kyats.
Not yet plotted location of Kadi, placed in Ponnagyun town just as a marker:
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Video of hungry Rohingya children in Kadi, Ponnagyun township, pleading for food. After authorities confiscated their farmland and stopped them fishing they have no means to feed themselves.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/808495940860420096 ✓
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According to reliable source,some Rohingya's homes from Kadirbil [Nyaung Chaung] MDW were torched by army at mid-night on 11.12.16(00:30AM 12.12). The pic was taken at mid-night from another village, Kadirbil ws on fire by army, curfew ban reach there.
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https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/808144934037385216 [photo of fire from a distance, taken at night] ✓
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Amidst visit of investigation commission, Burmese military burnt down 2 Rohingya homes at Sabbay Gone in N. Maungdaw on Dec 12 at 12:50 pm. The home owners are Mv Fayazul Islam s/o Mv Abu & Nur Hussein s/o Zor Ali. Correction: 12:50 am night
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15 Rohingya women tortured & molested by Burmese troops at Kya Gaung Taung on Dec 12 morning. Of them, 2 minors & a mother of 3 were RAPED
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/808300072152616962 ✓
12/12/16 10am: Rohingya in DarGyiZar couldnt meet investigation commission as #Burmese army had driven them out from the village in advance. Other villages from where the villagers were driven out before the arrivals are YeKhaeChaungKhwaSone, KyaGaungTaung & PwintPhyuChaung
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/808276777915121664 ✓
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In ‘Kya Gaung Taung’ village locally known as ‘Rabailla’, the Burmese military committed tortures and sexual violence on a group of around 30 women on December 12 morning as the military conducted raids on the Rohingya village amidst the visit of the Investigation Commission formed by the Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw.
Of them, 15 Rohingya women were molested and tortured extremely brutally. 2 minor girls (who are sisters) and a mother of 3 children were singled out and GANG-RAPED, according to a statement given by Ms. SS (not real name), a victim woman beaten and molested by the military.
The raped victims are:
AA (30), d/o SU
RH (15), d/o NI
SA (13), d/o NI
Ms. SS said “they beat us with bamboos and rods; put their hands all over bodies. We were treated like animals.”
http://www.rvisiontv.com/sexual-violence-committed-military-northern-maungdaw/ ✓
The commission members had earlier visited nearby Ra Bai La [Kyar Gaung Taung]. After they had left, the Tatmadaw and Hlun Htein entered the village tract where they raped at two minor girls and a mother of three children and brutally beat up more than 15 others on Monday morning.
When the force entered the village tract, all the women tried to run for safety but around 20 of them were caught from a house where they had hidden. Soldiers dragged them out of their hiding places and beat them mercilessly with bamboo sticks. Three of the women were taken to a secluded spot and gang raped one after another.
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12 Dec Myanmar Army including Rakhine Extremists 200 raids Kyet Yoe Pyin Coz They Explain Their Rape Case To 13 member Inquiry Com On 11th Dec
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the military is carrying out atrocities against the Rohingyas in many villages, despite the presence of the commission, including the looting of properties and forcing the Rohingya villagers to leave their homes so that they cannot talk to the commission. According to locals, these crimes are taking place in the villages of Kyet Yoe Pyin, Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone, Dar Gyi Sar and U Shey Kya
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When @OfficialSuuKyi's Commission left fr YaeKhetChaungKwaSone VT,7 Rohingya talked Comm were severely beaten by army
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12/12/16 10am: Rohingya in DarGyiZar couldnt meet investigation commission as #Burmese army had driven them out from the village in advance. Other villages from where the villagers were driven out before the arrivals are YeKhaeChaungKhwaSone, KyaGaungTaung & PwintPhyuChaung
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3 Rohingya men at were inhumanely tortured by Burmese army at YeKhaeChaungKhwaSone on Dec12 morning for meeting an int'l human rights team. Of them, a victim named Mohammed Salam is in critical condition.
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the military is carrying out atrocities against the Rohingyas in many villages, despite the presence of the commission, including the looting of properties and forcing the Rohingya villagers to leave their homes so that they cannot talk to the commission. According to locals, these crimes are taking place in the villages of Kyet Yoe Pyin, Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone, Dar Gyi Sar and U Shey Kya
Our correspondent in northern Maungdaw also reported that the Burmese soldiers dragged three girls from YeKhaeChaungKhwaSone into the nearby forest after the commission had left the village on around noon on December 12 and raped them until the evening of the day.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/sexual-assaults-burmese-military-continue-northern-maungdaw/ ✓
At around 10:00 am on Monday, the investigation commission visited the village of ‘YeKhaeChaungKhwaSone’ locally known as ‘BorGoziBil’ and spoke the villagers coming out in crowd. The villagers told the commission how their homes were burnt down; they were subjected to arbitrary arrests, tortures, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearance; and the village women/girls were raped by the Burmese soldiers. The commission members duly listened to them and left at around 12:00 noon.
Later, reports emerged that the Burmese soldiers shot videos while the Rohingya villagers speaking to the commission members at YeKhaeChaungKhwaSone and arrested six villagers — who appeared in the video working as interpreters — immediately after the commission had left.
The villagers arrested are identified as:
(1) Zafar Hussein (72), s/o Abdu Sattor
(2) Mohammed Salam (50), s/o Nazir Hussein
(3) Abu Siddik (15), s/o Abul Hair
(4) Bashir Ahmad (70), s/o Hakim Ali
(5) Saddam (17), s/o Abul Hair
(6) Abul Hashim (53), s/o Nazir Hussein
A woman at the village of ‘YeKhae Chaung KhwaSone’ told the commission how her fellow village women were raped by the soldiers on November 12 and 13. She was summoned by the soldiers later using the six arrestees as pawns and forced to say before camera that the statement she gave to the commission was false.
They were severely tortured and released at around 4:00 pm on December 12.
Of them, 71-year-old Jafar Hussein and 50-year-old Mohammed Salam tortured by the soldiers are in critical condition as they are denied from access to any medical treatments.
“I wonder why the soldiers are still staging these fake video dramas when the Investigation Commission itself is widely viewed as a commission formed by the President U Htin Kyaw to whitewash their crimes. And the commission is led by the Vice President 1 General Myint Swe, too. Perhaps the military didn’t even wish the civilian members of the commission to know how badly inhumanely they (the military) treated the Rohingya villagers” said U Aye Myint, a human rights observer based in Maungdaw.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/rohingya-villagers-tortured-by-burmese-troops-in-northern-maungdaw/ ✓
Six men were arrested and brutally tortured for speaking to the investigation commission in the destroyed village tract of Bor Gazi Bil [Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son] in Maungdaw North. Members of the commission visited the area on Monday at around 10am, when many of the locals disobeyed orders and related the carnage unleashed by the Tatmadaw since last month. As soon as the commission left, the Tatmadaw rounded up six of the men who were acting as the interpreters between the locals and the government officials.
The arrested men have been identified as Zafar Hossain (72), Bashir Ahmed (70), Abul Hashem (53), Md Salam (50), Saddam (17) and Abu Siddique (15). They were taken to custody and severely tortured. Relatives are fearing for their lives.
One of the woman who had told the commission how the soldiers had raped them was also hunted down. She was forced to apologise on video and had to give the statement that all her allegations were fake.
After that, the army got hold of three women and gang raped them.
Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh from Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMKyujREKmU
20.8898906707764 92.3669204711914
Ammuso (Hala) s/o Mohd Husein from ZinPineNyaVT MGD was brutally beaten (broken leg+head) by Myanmar Army without any reason. Ammuson is in critical condition as unable for medical treatment for finance & unable to access for the fear of Myanmar Troops
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12/12/16 10am: Rohingya in DarGyiZar couldnt meet investigation commission as #Burmese army had driven them out from the village in advance. Other villages from where the villagers were driven out before the arrivals are YeKhaeChaungKhwaSone, KyaGaungTaung & PwintPhyuChaung
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/808276777915121664 ✓
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In Sau Raw Gazi Bil [Dar Gyi Zar], police went house to house on Monday informing Rohingya families there will be worse to come unless they told a visiting delegation their village was destroyed by Muslim rebels, or they set fire to their own houses. They said the attacks of November 12 and November 13 were nothing compared to what would follow if their orders were not obeyed.
“You tell them that you have been living like this for a long time. Tell them the terrorists (Muslim rebels) did this to you. The other houses you destroyed on your own to get money from foreigners,” said the police officials. After they left, the Rohingyas were confused which of the three alternatives they should relate, as it is not sensible that all the three somewhat contrasting accounts would be believed by international observers! [note this was reported later as if on Mon 19th but thought to be relating to 12th since that is when the delegation was visiting]
the military is carrying out atrocities against the Rohingyas in many villages, despite the presence of the commission, including the looting of properties and forcing the Rohingya villagers to leave their homes so that they cannot talk to the commission. According to locals, these crimes are taking place in the villages of Kyet Yoe Pyin, Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone, Dar Gyi Sar and U Shey Kya
At around 12:30 pm on Monday after the visit to YeKhaeChaungKhwaSone, the commission visited the village of ‘DarGyiZar’ locally known as ‘ShudoGoziBil,’ where the village administrator, U Tun Maung (who is known as an extremist Rakhine), interfered and prevented the villagers from fully disclosing details of the military atrocities. So, in the brief meeting, the villagers got time to submit the details of only 25 people of the many villagers shot dead or slaughtered by the soldiers. It’s a village which was almost entirely burnt down by the soldiers on November 13 as 362 out of 407 houses were razed.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/rohingya-villagers-tortured-by-burmese-troops-in-northern-maungdaw/ ✓
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Graphic: Rohingya from U ShinKya arrested by army on 8.12.16 tortured to death & threw in a bush [video of mutilated body]
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/808283348288159744 ✓
66 Yrs Old Rohingya Arrested 7th Dec By Myanmar Army And Buried Him Alive DawlaMia From USheyKya Found 12thDec [same video as above, 7th believe the correct date of arrest since we have arrests logged for that date]
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/808310193981300737 ✓
66-yo Rohingya man, Dawlar Miah from USheyKya was arrested on Dec 7th by Myanmar military. He was tortured to death & they buried him. Today, on December 12th, the villagers from USheyKya found the grave and brought the corpse for formal funeral.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/808308191956180992 [2 photos, screenshots from video] ✓
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the military is carrying out atrocities against the Rohingyas in many villages, despite the presence of the commission, including the looting of properties and forcing the Rohingya villagers to leave their homes so that they cannot talk to the commission. According to locals, these crimes are taking place in the villages of Kyet Yoe Pyin, Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone, Dar Gyi Sar and U Shey Kya
On Monday, villagers at Bura Shida Para [U Shey Kya] discovered a grave bearing a corpse. They identified the dead body as belonging to Dawla Miah (66) who was arrested on December 7. His bodies also more marks of torture. Locals gave him a proper funeral.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/417-killed-after-torture-2 ✓
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12/12/16 10am: Rohingya in DarGyiZar couldnt meet investigation commission as #Burmese army had driven them out from the village in advance. Other villages from where the villagers were driven out before the arrivals are YeKhaeChaungKhwaSone, KyaGaungTaung & PwintPhyuChaung
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/808276777915121664 ✓
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8 Rohingya women & girls from ZeePinChaung VT, TaungPyoLetWel were gang raped by Myanmar military today afternoon. Another 20 Rohingya women and girls were sexually abused. Their clothes including underwears were taken off by Myanmar military.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/808286084899672065 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/808286394435125249 ✓
8 Rohingya women and girls from Chaung Ka Lar hamlet in Zee Pin Chaung village tract, situated in Taung Pyo Let Wel sub-township, were gang raped by the military at gunpoint and some other women were sexually abused, whilst Myanmar’s investigation commission, led by Vice President Myint Swe, was visiting the area.
Today, on December 12th 2016 at 12 noon, a group of 55 soldiers entered Chaung Ka Lar hamlet. Fearing that they may be gang raped, as is frequently the case, 30 women and girls all gathered together at the house of Hafiz Akbal. 12 soldiers entered then entered his house and had 8 of the women and girls brought into a room at gunpoint, where they were gang raped, a local villager told RB News. The remaining women and girls, more than 20 of them, were also sexually abused. Their clothes, including underwear, were removed by the soldiers, who then abused them as much as they wanted.
Among the eight rape victims, four are married and four are single.
Three of the raped women are from the same family: a 40-year-old mother and two her two daughters age 18 and 21. The other three married women are ages 37, 33 and 25 years old. The two other single
young ladies are ages 22 and 17.
Not only did the soldiers rape the women and girls, but they also looted the properties and sexually abused women and girls at the houses of U Maung Myint, Fawzol and Shikandor. In addition, they also stole the earring of a 70 year old lady who is the wife of Sirazul Hoque.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/12/eight-rohingya-women-and-girls-gang.html#sthash.7z09xGak.dpuf ✓
AT Correspondent, Taungpyo
Myanmar army have despised Holy Quran and sexually harassed the girl students entering into Madrasa (Religious school) and mosque in Zee Pyin Kyaung (Zimmongkhali) village tract today early morning.
A group of security forces entered the village in the morning and went to the village Madrasa and mosque straight where they entered the mosque and kicked the holy Quran here and there while they also burnt holy Quran there.
Moreover, they again entered the Madrasa (Religious School) during the class and sexually abused the girl students before many eyes.
They are still carrying such behavior with the Muslim’s Holy Quran and harassing the females in different forms although frequent visits of investigation teams in the areas and worldwide protest against the Myanmar military’s violence on the Rohingya.
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6H1R2qcjjc ✓
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/12/13/breaking-news-myanmar-security-forces-despises-holy-quran-sexually-abuses-girl-students-in-taungpyo/ ✓
Says here it happened on 12th Dec.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=995270527284031&id=215329155278176 ✓
Tweeted on 13th: 5 more Rohingya girls from ChaungKaLar H, ZeePinChaung were gang raped by Myanmar military on Dec 12th in the evening.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/808660189138341888 ✓
Elderly 3 Rohingya men, 75-yo, 71-yo & 70-yo from ChaungKaLar H, ZeePinChaung were brutally beaten by Myanmar military on Dec 12th.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/808663414176448512 ✓
On December 12th 2016, in one day alone 13 Rohingya women and girls were gang raped by the military in ChaungKaLar H, ZeePinChaung VT
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/808689211914223617 ✓
Locals reported that five more Rohingya girls from Chaung Kar Lar hamlet in Zee Pin Chaung village tract situated in Taung Pyo Lt Wel sub-Township were gang raped at gun point by the military.
On December 12th, 2016 at 12 noon a group of 55 soldiers entered Chaung Kar Lar hamlet. Fearing they might be gang raped, as has frequently happened recently, 30 women and girls gathered together and tried to hide at a house in the village owned by a Rohingya man named Hafiz Akbal. They were found there by a group of 12 soldiers who entered the house. The soldiers then were reported taking eight of the women and girls into a separate room of the house by gun point and raping them there, according to a local villager. The remaining women and girls were also reportedly sexually abused by being stripped naked, groped and molested by the soldiers.
Four more girls were gang raped later in the evening in the same house, a local villager informed RB News. Among them were three single women and girls and one married woman. Two of the women were sisters. The women were 16, 17, 18 and 20 years old.
Villagers told RB News that the soldiers tried to rape the 17 year old daughter of a local man at this time in their home. The girl managed to escape but was reportedly caught soon after by soldiers who found her hiding in a paddy field. The soldiers were said to have raped her there once they had found her.
On December 12th 2016, in one day alone 13 Rohingya women and girls were gang raped by the military.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/12/several-women-raped-and-elderly-men.html#sthash.2wxGhs76.dpuf ✓
At the same time soldiers were reported looting from many of the houses in the hamlet and severely beating three elderly men, Sar Ahmed (70 years old), Zahid Hussein (71 years old) and Doliah (75 years old). Sar Ahmed is in critical condition now after soldiers beat him with their guns.
That night the soldiers stayed in the mosque in the hamlet and were witnessed desecrating the holy Quran. Witnesses say they saw the soldiers tearing pages from the Quran and throwing and kicking it as they shouted insults. They were witnessed destroying other things inside the mosque at this time as well.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/12/several-women-raped-and-elderly-men.html#sthash.2wxGhs76.dpuf ✓
The same group of Burmese soldiers gang-raped eight Rohingya women during a raid on Songkla hamlet of ZeePinChaung (ZeeYaungHali) on Monday (Dec 12).
http://www.rvisiontv.com/sexual-assaults-burmese-military-continue-northern-maungdaw/ ✓
In another incident, an army team entered Saung Khaw La Para [Thaung Khu Lar (Song Khu Lar)] on Tuesday morning. As they entered the area, many of the women fled, but around eight of them were found in a house where they had hidden. The women were taken to a room in turns, and raped by multiple men.
In the evening, soldiers went house to house and raped four more women. One of them fled from the soldiers and hid in a paddy field, but the men found her and raped her on the spot. She was also brutally beaten up.
At the same time, soldiers found three elderly men in their houses, who had not run away as they were too weak to do so. The elderly men identified as Saar Ahmed (70), Zahid Hossain (71) and Doliya (75) were brutally beaten up and received serious injuries from the assault. They are currently in critical condition.
In the night, the soldiers stayed in a local mosque. Here they desecrated the Quran, tore out pages from the holy book and kicked it outside the mosque so that the entire village could witness the incident.
During the raid, the soldiers fired in the air to spread panic among the Rohingyas. Many of the houses were also looted.
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Burmese troops raided Rohingya homes at Nurullah & threatened villagers not to meet investigation commission as it was to visit village.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/808289660933795845 ✓
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security forces ordered the demolition of a mosque and houses on the roadside on December 12
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Rohingya in KoeTanKauk&Chilhali(Not IDPs) of Rathedaung depend on fishing, most of them are facing starvation since 9Oct. As they are not allowed fishing after Oct 9&whatever they saved b4 ran out, they r starving, urgent need help there.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/808357069464084480 ✓
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Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) secretary says they are planning to bring in more weapons and troops into Rakhine, following a car load of weapons that was seized, destined for Maungdaw and Buthidaung - their ‘problem’ being with the Muslims.
http://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/authorities-seize-cache-of-weapons-and-ammunition-in-hpa-an-bust.html
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villagers of ‘Oo Shye Kya’ had been driven out of the village by the Burmese (Myanmar military) prior to the arrival of the investigation commission. Some villagers of ‘Oo Shye Kya’ waiting to meet the commission were tortured during the raid conducted by the military.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmars-investigation-commission-visits-northern-maungdaw/
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/808144934037385216 ✓
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Similar reports of the military raids have been conducted at the village of ‘Kyet Yoe Pyin’ at around 8:00 am on Sunday.
“The military not only drove us out of the village but also plundered our properties, motorcycles, solar panels, batteries and blankets in our absence in the village” said a local of Kyet Yoe Pyin on telephone.
Some of the victims of the robberies are identified to be:
Mohammed Kasim (s/o) Kabir Ahmed, 25 (his motorcycle was seized.)
Kalim (s/o) Fazal Ahmed, 27 (his motorcycle was seized.)
Abu Tayyib (s/o) Sharif Hussein, 18 (his solar panel and battery were robbed.)
http://www.rvisiontv.com/myanmars-investigation-commission-visits-northern-maungdaw/ ✓
Myaw Chaung: 21.0747299194336 92.3033828735352
Sin Thay Pyin: 21.0652294158936 92.3454132080078
(mapped at Myaw Chaung since exact location on journey is not known)
Kamal Hussein s/o Iman Hussein, 30, from MoriChaung was tortured; & his money & phone were seized by Burmese troops at 11am on Dec 11. Kamal was on his way to SinThaePyin to help his sick mother-in-law with some money for medical treatments when he was tortured & looted. Myaw Chaung or Mori Kiyom is located to the west of LaunDoong. There's a river called Phyuma between the villages
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/807950564944318464 ✓
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As soon as the commission left from village on 11th Dec Security Forces beaten to Rohingya in NgarSarKyuVT PyaunPaikH blamed for showing/saying realities, violated crimes by MyanmarArmy & BGP to 13MembInqCom led by Vice_President
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/808277830211633152 ✓
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/808278128070103040 ✓
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AT Correspondent, Taungpyo
Border Guard Police forces of Taungpyo Letwei Myo extorted huge amount of money from Rohingya villagers of Lapaik Kwan Thibin village tract of Taungpyo Letwei on December 11, 2016.
The victims were identified as Reyazullah 20 s/o Ilias, Md Ayoub 25 s/o Nur Mohamed, Bodi Alam 35 s/o Sultan, Nurul Amin 55 s/o Sultan and Hairul Amin 18 s/o Kamal of the village.
Border Guard Police force entered the area and arbitrarily arrested the victims. The victims were detained at the police custody where they were brutally beaten for confession of giving money to BGP.
Being unbearable of BGP’s torture, the victims confessed to pay Kyat 50, 000 each. The BGP released them after extorting 50, 000 Kyat from each victim.
Moreover, another villager, Ayoub 25 s/o Ismail from Medi was detained by BGP when he was found at his father in law’s house in Lapaik village tract of Taungpyo Letwei, Maungdaw. He has been still detained in the police custody who has severely tortured by BGP, source said to our correspondent.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/12/12/bgp-extorts-money-from-villagers-in-taungpyo/ ✓
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9am 4 army trucks arrive at Kyar Gaung Taung. The women try to flee to avoid sexual abuse but 5 are caught and taken away in the trucks.
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/807488538073645057 (photo of trucks from distance) ✓
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Rakhine extremists looted the properties of Rohingya from MaungNamaGyi H of MaungNama VT today afternoon and took them away by taxi. [video of taxi driving away, from a distance]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/807661513335050241 ✓
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10thDec Myanmar Govt Washing All The Burnt VT Viz DargyiZar YaeKeyChaungKwaSone KoeYoPyin With Myanmar Army, & Throwing Ashes To The Ocean
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/807599848555851776 ✓
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10thDec Myanmar Govt Washing All The Burnt VT Viz DargyiZar YaeKeyChaungKwaSone KoeYoPyin With Myanmar Army, & Throwing Ashes To The Ocean
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/807599848555851776 ✓
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10thDec Myanmar Govt Washing All The Burnt VT Viz DargyiZar YaeKeyChaungKwaSone KoeYoPyin With Myanmar Army, & Throwing Ashes To The Ocean
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/807599848555851776 ✓
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A Rohingya from KyaukPyinSeik was extorted Kyat 400,000 by Myanmar's BGP for opening his house's door on Dec 10th 8pm.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/808034644100837376 ✓
Myanmar News Agency release official figures of 575 arrested, 6 of whom died in custody,
10 released, 88 sentenced (no knowledge of any trial) and 470 still under investigation.
https://twitter.com/JonahFisherBBC/status/807469138893357056
20.68207, 92.44314
UNHCR deliver some boxes of aid, in Southern Maungdaw, but then later the police steal it. [photos of aid delivery ceremony]
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/807424931516411904 ✓
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Rohingya are given 6 bags of old cloths for a staged video with fake clapping.
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/807262370909167616 ✓
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https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/807266739624906752 [photo] ✓
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BGP started extorting the Rohingya villagers again. 2 from KyaukPyinSeik detained on Dec 9th 7PM, extorted 0.75M Ks & released.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/807666943457165312 ✓
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Audio testimony of Rohingya man from Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son with translation
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=991390861005331&id=215329155278176
Bangladeshi marine officer says he has witnessed countless dead bodies floating in the river as they set off to sea, and a call from a Liberian ship sighting a half sunk wooden trawler with dead Rohingya on board.
A Rohingya boy with gunshot wounds (shot by Burmese troops) is left behind w/out medical tx; severely infected, will die if no Rx. [3 photos]
https://twitter.com/drkhubyb/status/807196085261402112
20.9744701385498 92.3426437377930
Today, on December 8th, 2016 at 3:20pm five men wearing civil dress who could be soldiers, border guard police and some Rakhine extremists from Tha Yet Oak village tract entered into Myaw Taung village tract by riding on two motorbikes. They were carrying two guns and three swords. They found two Rohingya villagers riding two motorbikes and they stopped them.Two of the men snatched the keys and the rest started beating the Rohingya villagers.
The two Rohingya villagers managed to escape but they couldn’t secure their bikes so they were robbed of them. The armed men took their bikes and went ahead then. After reaching some distance, they found a small shop selling some electrical items and foodstuffs. They started looting the goods from the shop and left from the village.
The shop owner is Eliyas s/o Siddik (25-year-old) and the owners of the motorbikes are Kamal s/o Mahmod Kawbir (40-year-old) and Furkhan (23-year-old).
Riding two motorbikes, five men in plainclothes, entered the village of Myauk Taung on December 8, at around 3.20 pm, and snatched two motorbikes from two Rohingya villagers. Some of the men were apparently from the BGP or army and the others were the NaTaLa Rakhine (Magh) extremists from Tharah Oo V.T.
Armed with two guns and three machetes, the five men stopped two Rohingyas, who were riding their motorbikes in the village. As soon as the two Rohingyas stopped, two of the armed men took away the keys of the motorbikes and started beating them. Fearing arrest, the two Rohingyas ran away from the spot, leaving their motorbikes there. The five men then left the village along with the two snatched motorbikes.
After riding some distance, the men stopped in front of a Rohingya-owned shop selling electrical goods and some foodstuff. At gunpoint, they took away money and all electrical goods from the shop and ran away.
The owners of the snatched motorbikes are:
1. Kamal (40), s/o Mohammad Kobir
2. Furkhan (23)
The name of the shop-owner:
Eliyas (25), s/o Siddik.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/reports-rapes-robberies-emerge-northern-maungdaw/ ✓
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The Burmese army arrested 10 villagers from Powet Chaung [Hpar Wut Chaung] village tract and Maung Nama village tract of Maungdaw north on December 8, Lalu from Powet Chaung village said.
They are identified as—... Noor Amin (32), hailed from Powet Chaung village; Salamat (35), hailed from Powet Chaung village; Mohamed Hussain (30), hailed from Powet Chaung village; Nobi Hussain (42), hailed from Maung Nama Gyi and two others from Powet Chaung village, he added.
https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/army-continuously-carrying-out-mass-arrest-in-northern-arakan/ ✓
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Today, on December 8th, 2016, the same troops entered other two hamlets, Ywa Ma and Thae Chaung. They carried out the same looting and vandalizing as they did in North hamlet [see Hpar Wut Chaung (Ywar Thit) the day before on 7th Dec]. Moreover they burned down all the tents at the fishing ponds and the bars of the harvested crops on the farms. They also looted many cattle including of Salay Ahmed and Kawbir Ahmed. http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/12/a-mother-and-two-minor-daughters-raped.html#sthash.AXVa9v4i.dpuf ✓
the Burmese army burnt down a paddy harvest hive of Abdu Monaf (30), son of Abdul Azid, hailed from Balu Khali village of Maungdaw north. Villagers estimated about 700 Taungs (one Taung= 14 seers) of paddy has been destroyed.
The Burmese army arrested 10 villagers from Powet Chaung [Hpar Wut Chaung] village tract and Maung Nama [actually thought to be Hpar Wut Chaung VT next to MaungHna Ma VT] village tract of Maungdaw north on December 8, Lalu from Powet Chaung village said.
They are identified as—Hussain Ahmed (39), son of Khobir Ahmed, hailed from Balu Khali [Thea Chaung] village; Hiar Mohamed (20), son of Sirazul Haque, hailed from Balu Khali; Islam (17), son of Hafez Ahmed, hailed from Balu Khali village; Bodi Alam (21), son of Zamir Hussain, hailed from Balu Khali village…
They also burned down 5 tents, which have been built at fishing project in Maung Nama village tract, Lalu further said.
https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/army-continuously-carrying-out-mass-arrest-in-northern-arakan/ ✓
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A Rohingya man, Monir Ahmed from UHlaPhay VT, Buthidaung was arrested by police officer Maung Maung today 11am and extorted Kyat 500,000.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/806798603507224576 ✓
Army Battalion-263 forced to destroy 57 tents of unregistered IDPs in Sittwe.
In December 2012, some IDPs from Old village of Pauktaw and some IDPs from Sittwe altogether 57 families, who did not get any shelter in the camps, built tents of their own, at the beach of PalaungPyin, Sittwe. As no one provides them food, they depend on fishing. Since 2012, they have been fishing and find their own food. On 6.12.16, Commander of Army battalion-263 called on them and warned them to destroy all their tents and remove all fishing nets from the beach.
Today, 8.12.16, at 10AM, two police officers and two army officers went to the PalaungPyin and warned them to destroy all the tents before 5PM. They told them "If you don't destroy all the tents by yourselves and remove all the fishing tools from the beach, we will burn all of them" Two Rohingya IDPs plead the army officers that "If we destroy these, where can we live and how can we survive? The army officers showed them a place near the Rakhine village in which most of the Rakhine also depend on fishing.
As Rohingya IDPs refused it to avoid any kind of conflict with Rakhine, army officers arranged another place for them which is far from the beach. None of the IDP wants to destroy their tents where they have been living since 2012 with their own hands.
At 2PM, some police and military came with gallons of patrol, pieces of cloths, and wooden sticks to torch the tents. When IDPs saw tools to torch their tents in the hands of police and military, they started to destroy their own tents. At 4PM, an army officer warned them not to fish at the beach any more. Tonight, all 57 families sleep in a field without shelters. They are worrying how to survive in the new place.
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1spdte0
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Today at 5am Myanmar military enters into USheyKya village and firing without any reason. Now they are beating the Rohingya women.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/806415220793114624 ✓
A Rohingya escaped fr U ShinKya of Maungdaw said "Army chasing pp&shot there around 10AM." He didn't how many died or injured
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/806408452864090114 ✓
USheyKya VT Is Under Raided By Myanmar Army & Non Stop Firing Since Morning 7Th Dec16 Rohingya Left VT & Most Of Them Remained In VT
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/806428876914069504 ✓
At least 37 innocent Rohingya men arrested and 2 Rohingya man & woman injured in gunfires by Myanmar Army in USheyKya VT on Dec 7th.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/806605322106372097 ✓
Two people, a man and a girl, were severely wounded as a joint force of 500 Burmese military and BGP launched raids on ‘Oo Shye Kya’ village and opened fire on the villagers trying to flee from arbitrary arrests on December 7 morning. During the multiple raids conducted on the village on December 7, 37 civilians were arrested by joint force.
“The military brought the women and children out of homes and besieged them at a paddy plain in front of the village’s market, where the military looted their jewelries and molested them for the whole day. The military and BGP further threatened ‘tell us where the terrorists are. If not, we will kill you, we will arrest you’” said a local person in northern Maungdaw on the condition of anonymity.
According to local sources, series of plunders of Rohingya homes and their shops by the Rakhine extremists supported by the Burmese military are among many other widespread crimes committed against the Rohingya.
A displaced Rohingya said “the military have burnt down our homes. The Rakhine (Magh) extremists supported by the military are plundering many homes and shops. They have destroyed cooking pots and other household tools so that we can’t sleep, cook and eat. Now, we don’t have shelters, food, water and medicines. Many people will die soon due to diseases and starvations. In fact, some have already died.”
http://www.rvisiontv.com/rohingya-victims-arbitrary-arrests-torture-enforced-disappearances-burmese-forces/ ✓
Ahmed Nobi, 85-year-old Rohingya from USheyKya was severely beaten by Myanmar Army on Dec 7th morning. His teeth were broken.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/806776431401279488 ✓
on December 7, in the morning, two villagers, a man and a girl, were wounded when the Burmese military and BGP started raids on ‘Oo Shye Kya’ village and opened fire on the villagers who were trying to flee from arbitrary arrests. During the raids, 35 villagers were arrested and brought to their detention center, M from the village said.
https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/army-continuously-carrying-out-mass-arrest-in-northern-arakan/ ✓
Body found on 12th:
Graphic: Rohingya from U ShinKya arrested by army on 8.12.16 [mistake, it was 7th not 8th] tortured to death & threw in a bush [video of mutilated body]
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/808283348288159744 ✓
66 Yrs Old Rohingya Arrested 7th Dec By Myanmar Army And Buried Him Alive DawlaMia From USheyKya Found 12thDec [same video as above, 7th believe the correct date of arrest since we have arrests logged for that date]
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/808310193981300737 ✓
66-yo Rohingya man, Dawlar Miah from USheyKya was arrested on Dec 7th by Myanmar military. He was tortured to death & they buried him. Today, on December 12th, the villagers from USheyKya found the grave and brought the corpse for formal funeral.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/808308191956180992 [2 photos, screenshots from video] ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/808309010566959104 ✓
The Tatmadaw also raided nearby Bura Shida Para [U Shey Kya] on Wednesday, firing their weapons at the fleeing Rohingyas. Casualties are feared.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/411-woman-and-family-arrested-and-tortured-after-she-stops-rape ✓
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Voice recording from Kyar Gaung Taung:
“Oh brothers, the situation of our villages is extremely dire; pray for us; our mothers and sisters are in state of dying; we can hear the screaming of women and children out of thirst, hungry and intimidation; they are forced to stay under fierce sunshine in the middle of an open field; No man are allowed to approach; the troop shoot every man on the spot; O fathers, Rohingya leaders, and activists, please die and save us from this cruelty; we hear the screams of children and women out of distress and torture; the troops brought all women and children from Rabailla into an open field”
https://soundcloud.com/hla-kyaw-935615356/terrifying-and-horrible-screams-of-rohingya-in-kya-gaung-taung-rabailla ✓
https://twitter.com/HaikalMansor/status/807384624217341952 (video) ✓
In Ra Bai La [Kyar Gaung Taung] on Wednesday, the Tatmadaw once again herded the women from their houses, took them to a nearby field, and forced them to strip. Some of the women were brutally assaulted, while all of them were molested. Some of them were also taken to the nearby hills where they were raped. The army has been conducting the same exercise every day since December 1. Nearby Sa Li Frang [Myaw Taung] is also suffering from similar abuses. Some of the naked women were also forced to stare at the sun for a long time.
Our correspondents in the area say there are no women left in the area who have not escaped this humiliation.
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On December 7th, 2016, at 8am more than 25 security forces entered into North hamlet of Pha Wet Chaung village tract and as usual they looted motorbikes, bicycles, furniture and valuable properties. They vandalized household goods and unmovable properties. Before the troops enter into the hamlet, all villagers including women and children fled to Ywa Ma hamlet.
After looting, the troops loaded everything on the boat and took them to Na Ta La village which is about a mile away from the hamlet.
The troops were believed to be seeking the women and girls to be used as sex slaves and they remained in the hamlet till 7pm. However they found no one returning except a man who is in-charge of hundred houses [locally elected leader of hundred houses] and two middle aged women. When the troops tried to catch the women, the women jumped into the stream and went Ma Yin Taung hamlet in Pwint Phyu Chaung village tract. Finally the troops decided to give up.
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Military also entered Ang Dhang [Inn Din] on Wednesday and arrested two people. They are Jahangir and Md Amin. The Tatmadaw also called out the name of 43 other men, most of them young people, but the men had all gone into hiding since the twilight hours. The security forces say these men are involved in terrorist activities.
The Tatmadaw and their Rakhine collaborators also smashed up property during the raid.
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In two separate incidents on Tuesday (Dec 6) and Wednesday (Dec 7), the Burmese military have arbitrarily arrested four Rohingya youths at ‘Chinkhali’ village in Rathedaung Township. Without any evidences found against the victims, the Burmese military referred them to the BGP Headquarter — where according to the reliable sources at least 100 people are locked up and being tortured inhumanely — in Kyikanpyin village, Maungdaw Township.
The victims are identified to be:
No Name Father Age–
1 Mv Iman Hussein Aman Ullah (ex-chairman) 28
2 Jahangir @ Zaw Win (School Teacher) Saaf Meah 25
3 Mv Abul Kasim ? 35
4 Ziyabu ? 17
http://www.rvisiontv.com/rohingya-victims-arbitrary-arrests-torture-enforced-disappearances-burmese-forces/ ✓
on Dec 6 and 7, the Burmese military have arbitrarily arrested four Rohingya youths at ‘Chinkhali’ village in Rathedaung Township, without any evidence found against the victims. The arrestees are identified as—Imam Hussain (27), son of Aman Ullah; Jahin Gir ( aka) Zaw Win (25), Shaheb Meah; Abul Kasim (35), and Ziabu (30), Z. said from Chinkhali village.
https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/army-continuously-carrying-out-mass-arrest-in-northern-arakan/ ✓
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Hafiz Ahmed from Tammi village [Tin May] of Buthidaung, has two sons; Musa Ali and Rafique who married and live in the extended house of their father because authority did not issue new family list and they have to stay near his father in one compound of hedge. Without family list, they are not allowed to move another house even within a village. Musa Ali married 10 years ago and has 3 children. Rafique married 7 years ago and have 2 children.
On 7.12.16, Ward Administrator Kyaw Thar Oo of Tammi and two Police Officers came to Hafiz Ahmed's house and demanded 500,000 kyats from each of Ahmed's sons as a fine of extending the houses. There are 300 families who live in their parent's enclosures. Authority demands each family 500,000 kyats for extending their houses. Every married couple has to set up a household but Rohingya have no right to get a new list of household since 1992. So they have to stay within their parent's enclosures.
Border Guards, Police officers and Ward Administrator in Southern Maungdaw, Rathedaung and Buthidaung extort money from Rohingya in this way. Some Rohingya sold whatever they had to pay certain amount of money. Those who are not afford to pay, are being threatened to arrest or torture until someone pays for them.
A poor Rohingya Primary teacher, Ziabur Rahman, son of teacher Zafar Ahmed, aged 22, from Tammi village of Buthidaung has been threatened to pay 5000,000 kyats by Ward Administrators Kyaw Tha Oo and Police officers. They threatened him that "Commander of Army Battalion-552 ordered to arrest you, you have only two options; pay the amount of money we demand or run away somewhere else." How can a poor teacher who has not even 50,000 kyat surplus, pay such a big amount of money? And there is no way to leave from the village. 1000 of Rohingya left who could not afford money demanded by Police Officers and Border Guards since 1992.
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1spdutb ✓
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4th Dec GangRaped By Army Rohingya Girl D/o M. & 5th Dec 16 (Mon) Died 12:00Pm From MyawTaung VT Saliparang
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/806009593125974016 ✓
4th Dec 2016 Gang Raped By Army Rohingya Girl (Daughter In Law)Of M. From MyawTaungVT Saliparang Still Critical
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/806010375036514304 ✓
Gang Raped Victims Expressing Army Have Sex 1st, Later They Push The Top Of Their Weapons & Other Harmful Things Into The Sex Organ
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/806012239790510080 ✓
Burmese troops plundered 300 Rohingya shops, almost entire market, at MyauTaung village on Dec6, seizing Rohingya-owned livestock all over
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/806163004626640896 ✓
On December 6th, 2016 the Myanmar military was reported plundering more than 300 Rohingya shops at random in Myaw Taung village tract in Northern Maungdaw Township, according to locals….After six days of the military plundering the village, locals say there is no food left anywhere. They warn that the children in the village are now at serious risk of starvation.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/12/myanmar-army-reported-gang-raping.html#sthash.bpGXdl3P.dpuf ✓
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Local Rohingya Demanding Medicine For Raped Victimes Who Were Raped By MyanmarArmy In KyarGaungTaung VT Maungdaw North. 16 Rohingya Women Raped By Army 8 Women Are Under Local Treatment & 8 Girls Still Raping Since Dec 5 By Army KyarGaungTaungVT
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/805993212376584193 ✓
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/805999069101322240 ✓
2 Rohingya from KyarGaungTaung arrested by Myanmar Army for reading news of @rohingyablogger and having RB's Android app on the phones.
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https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/806449249718108161 ✓
Tatmadaw shot dead a 10 month infant child and two elderly men as they continued to press on the village tract of Ra Bai La [Kyar Gaung Taung] on Tuesday. In the early morning hours, they entered the area and finding two elderly men in front of their houses fired at them. Then they killed the infant child. All the other men had escaped in advance as any male in the village tract is getting shot.
Around six hundred soldiers entered the restive village tract, with sources claiming the number of raiders getting bigger by the day. They herded more than a hundred women out of their homes, took them to an open field, forced them to strip and sexually molested them. Some of the women were taken out of the village towards the hills and raped.
Many of the women from the area have told our correspondents they immediately need abortion pills.
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Tatmadaw forces arrested six members of the same family after a woman from the household prevented soldiers from carrying out rape of family members.
On Monday, two Hlun Htein men tried to enter an isolated house on the fringe of Hassu Rata and May Rulla [Myin Hlut] in Maungdaw South when a woman blocked their access and threatened to cut them with a chopper. The soldiers went away but since then heavy reinforcements arrived in the area and cut off all Rohingyas from escaping.
The next day, a force of around hundred Tatmadaw personnel surrounded the house, picked up the woman and her husband along with their four children. There is no knowledge concerning their whereabouts. Terror has pervaded both the village tracts.
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In two separate incidents on Tuesday (Dec 6) and Wednesday (Dec 7), the Burmese military have arbitrarily arrested four Rohingya youths at ‘Chinkhali’ village in Rathedaung Township. Without any evidences found against the victims, the Burmese military referred them to the BGP Headquarter — where according to the reliable sources at least 100 people are locked up and being tortured inhumanely — in Kyikanpyin village, Maungdaw Township.
The victims are identified to be:
No Name Father Age–
1 Mv Iman Hussein Aman Ullah (ex-chairman) 28
2 Jahangir @ Zaw Win (School Teacher) Saaf Meah 25
3 Mv Abul Kasim ? 35
4 Ziyabu ? 17
http://www.rvisiontv.com/rohingya-victims-arbitrary-arrests-torture-enforced-disappearances-burmese-forces/ ✓
on Dec 6 and 7, the Burmese military have arbitrarily arrested four Rohingya youths at ‘Chinkhali’ village in Rathedaung Township, without any evidence found against the victims. The arrestees are identified as—Imam Hussain (27), son of Aman Ullah; Jahin Gir ( aka) Zaw Win (25), Shaheb Meah; Abul Kasim (35), and Ziabu (30), Z. said from Chinkhali village.
https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/army-continuously-carrying-out-mass-arrest-in-northern-arakan/ ✓
In Shil Khali (Cinghali) of Rathedaung, Hlun Htein arrested Kashem Ali and Ziaul Kamal for allegedly having links with Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO). The security team entered the village tract at around 7am on Tuesday and stayed there for around three hours. Experts consider the RSO to be a defunct organisation which the Tatmadaw uses to justify repression against innocent Rohingyas.
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Video of body floating in Naf river. 3 have been found today.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/806092202111827969 ✓
A dead body of woman was recovered from Naf-river today, December 6, 2016 at around 1: 00 pm while it was floating adjacent to Teknaf land port.
According to the statement of Officer in Charge (OC), Abdul Mazid of Teknaf police station, the local people of Teknaf saw the body was floating on the water of Naf-river inside Bangladesh water territory. Later, the police was informed of the matter at once.
On the information, a group of police led by Sub-Inspector (SI) Mufizul Islam went to the spot and recovered the body from Naf-river while floating.
The body was sent to Cox’s Bazar hospital morgue for postmortem. The age of the dead woman might be 30 years old, it is guessed and the body was in Rohingya Tami dress.
People guessed the woman was from Rohingya community because a boat packed with fleeing Rohingya sank into the river on last Sunday at deep night where several went missing and dozens dead.
Police and the locals assumed that the body might be from Rohingya community as it was wearing Rohingya traditional dress when the police recovered.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/12/06/a-corpse-of-woman-recovered-in-naf-river/ ✓
Video of body in river
https://youtu.be/NmIVi9uWm3w ✓
In Bangladesh, an unidentified corpse washed ashore in the direction of Teknaf port on Tuesday noon, giving rise to fears another boat of escapees have been killed by security forces. On Sunday night, more than 30 people were killed when Hlun Htein opened fire on their boat. It is not known whether they are victims from the same incident as the incident took place in Raimba Guna [Yae Twin Kyun], which is a bit far from Teknaf port.
While there are many cases of escaping Rohingyas being killed on the Naf river, it is difficult to confirm as there are no survivors left and there are few people on the river who can act as eyewitnesses.
Teknaf, Bangladesh: A dead body of a Rohingya woman was recovered from the Naff River, Bangladesh side on December 6, at around 1:00 pm by the police personnel from Teknaf police station while drifting nearby Teknaf land port, Jubair, a local from Teknaf Town said.
Some local people and fishermen saw the dead body in the bank of the Naff River on December 6, at morning and then they informed to the Teknaf police station, he added.
A Rohingya woman, (30), wearing Burmese clothes – sarong and blouse – was rescued from the bank of the Naff River and sent to Cox’s Bazar for autopsy, a police officer Mofizul Islam from Teknaf police station said.
https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/12/06/rohingya-dead-body-found-in-naff-river-bangladesh/ ✓
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In Kya Gong Taung of Maungdaw, Myanmar army raped another 15 Rohingya women last night.
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1spcv49 ✓
Tweeted on 6th:
Local Rohingya Demanding Medicine For Raped Victimes Who Were Raped By MyanmarArmy In KyarGaungTaung VT Maungdaw North. 16 Rohingya Women Raped By Army 8 Women Are Under Local Treatment & 8 Girls Still Raping Since Dec 5 By Army KyarGaungTaungVT
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/805993212376584193 ✓
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/805999069101322240 ✓
Tweeted on 7th:
On Dec 5th, 8 Rohingya women & girls incl: mom of 5 kids were gang raped by Myanmar Army in KyarGaungTaung VT. Testimony video received.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/806449085519630336 ✓
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5/12/16 3 pm: Inside this school at MyauTaung village, Burmese troops have locked up approx 200 Rohingya women without food since Dec 4. They keep screaming & crying for help. The Burmese troops keep molesting them demanding their men to surrender. None can approach.
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7pm A 16 yr-old died at 7pm on Dec5 of the 5 Rohingya women gang-raped by Burmese troops at MyauTaung on Dec4 night. Another girl is critical. They are 5 of more than 200 women locked up in this school since Dec 4 evening.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/805809005536780288 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/805809891889713152 ✓
Another version of the report says as many as 100 Rohingya women raped by Burmese troops & 21 men were arrested at MyauTaung on Dec 4 night
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/805817235818180608 ✓
5/12/16 8 pm: A 16 year-old girl died at 7 pm on December 5 and another 25 year old women has become critical as they were brutally gang-raped by the barbaric Burmese troops at MyauTaung village on December 4 night.
The Burmese troops have locked up more than 200 Rohingya women as hostages in the school of North hamlet of MyauTaung village (shown in the photo) tract since December 4 evening.
Another version of the report says as many as 100 Rohingya women were raped & 21 men were arrested by the barbaric Burmese troops at MyauTaung on December 4 night.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/horrible-crimes-rohingya-continue-myanmar/ ✓
Tweeted on 6th
4th Dec GangRaped By Army Rohingya Girl D/o M. & 5th Dec 16 (Mon) Died 12:00Pm From MyawTaung VT Saliparang
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Tweeted evening 5th:
they are still locked up. None can approach them. They are dehumanizing them just to force their men to get arrested
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/805844516787798016 ✓
In Sa Li Frang [Myaw Taung], it is reported that many of the women earlier raped over the weekend have been kept locked up in a local school. Locals say their cries can be still heard from that direction, creating the impression the Tatmadaw has continued to rape and torture them. Since Thursday, they have directed raids where women were raped and sexually molested in full view of the public. The Tatmadaw have kept up a heavy presence around Sa Li Frang and Ra Bai La, creating fears there will be more brutalities to follow.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/409-hlun-htein-opens-fire-at-escaping-women-and-children-killing-more-than-30 ✓
On December 4th at 6pm the soldiers were reported forcing more than 500 women and children to come out from their homes and gather at a school in the village. From this group the soldiers were said to have selected some of the women and then took them away in groups.
The women were reportedly gang raped while they were taken away, and then returned to the school afterwards at around 11pm, when they were accompanied by a group of soldiers. After this the women and children were allowed to return to their homes.
A 16 year old girl who was in one of the groups taken away and raped by the soldiers died on next day, December 5th, locals said.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/12/myanmar-army-reported-gang-raping.html#sthash.bpGXdl3P.dpuf ✓
One woman who was raped by soldiers on Sunday died on the following day. Many others are in critical condition. Soldiers often further torture them by shoving their weapons into their private parts once the rape is over.
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5pm An elderly Rohingya man is in critical condition following attacks by the Burmese troops at Ngakura village in northern Maungdaw on Monday (Dec 5) evening.
The 70-year-old man, Hala Meah (son of) Mohammed Yusof, was stopped and mercilessly attacked by a group of the Burmese troops, while he was on his way to mosque to offer ‘Asar’ prayer around 5 pm.
“The elderly man was only going to pray. Meanwhile, a group of the Burmese military popped up from nowhere and started whacking with their guns. It left him with severe injuries and he is struggling to survive. There are no way to give medical treatments either” said a local in Ngakura locally known as Nagpura village.
An elderly Rohingya man, on the way to a local mosque for Asar (evening) Prayer, was severely tortured by Burmese army at Maungdaw north on December 5 at around 3:30 pm, S said from the village.
The victim is identified as Kala Meah (72), son of Mohamed Esuf, hailed from Ngakura village of Maungdaw north, he more added.
Kala Meah was stopped by the army on the way to mosque and tortured severely without any provoking to army. He is in critical condition now and no medical treatment as no doctor and no medicine in the areas for restriction movement and blockage of armed forced, H, a watchdog of Rohingya situation in Maungdaw.
https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/12/06/rohingya-old-man-tortured-by-army-at-maungdaw/ ✓
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Tatmadaw also launched a huge raid in Kunir Khali [Leik Ya] on Monday. Since then all the male members of the community are in hiding.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/410-10-month-baby-shot-dead-amid-rape-orgy-in-ra-bai-la ✓
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5thNov Rohingya Teen Ziyabul Kamar S/o Abdushukkur Arrested Coz He Donates His Aunt Money To Rohingya Thawinchaung VT [with photo]
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/807242044175360001 ✓
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Tatmadaw forces arrested six members of the same family after a woman from the household prevented soldiers from carrying out rape of family members.
On Monday, two Hlun Htein men tried to enter an isolated house on the fringe of Hassu Rata and May Rulla [Myin Hlut] in Maungdaw South when a woman blocked their access and threatened to cut them with a chopper. The soldiers went away but since then heavy reinforcements arrived in the area and cut off all Rohingyas from escaping.
The next day, a force of around hundred Tatmadaw personnel surrounded the house, picked up the woman and her husband along with their four children. There is no knowledge concerning their whereabouts. Terror has pervaded both the village tracts.
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Rakhines supported by army from battalion 552 slaughtering & eating up Rohingya-owned livestocks NgaRanChaung in TaungBazaar, N Buthidaung
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/805640534513434624 ✓
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8am Dec 4 at 8am, military entered into KyaukChaung VT TaungPyoLetWel sub-Tsp & continuously fired. Arrested more than 20 Rohingya. Middle (Aley Ywa) & Gona Fara hamlets.
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7 Rohingya girls, a woman & her son were arrested since the morning in KyaukChaung VT, TaungPyoLetWel sub-Tsp. Fear of rape tonight.
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A few thousands Rohingya men from MyawTaung KyarGaungTaung KyaukChaung are in forest tonight. Women in the villages are fearing of rape.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/805538381107265538 ✓
the army intruded in the Kyauk Chaung (Shil Khali) village tract under Sector no. 4 on 4 December and plundered huge amount of valuables from the villagers while at least 60 elderly men were arrested. Most of the villagers fled away from the village and took refuge in other neighboring areas.
Besides, five people were recovered dead who were killed in army’s gun fire, said the source.
The army members carried out intense violence in Kyauk Chaung village where the valuables and cattle as well of the residents were looted away and arrested 60 people from the village during the crackdown.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/12/07/1-woman-raped-dead-1-in-critical-state-in-myau-taung-saliprang/ ✓
Tatmadaw also raided Shil Khali [Kyauk Chaung ] in Maungdaw North where they apprehended 13 people and brutally tortured them in public.
The army entered the Nayapara neighbourhood of the village tract at around 8am on Sunday, continuously firing in the air. They searched the area and arrested the men, who were hiding outside their houses.
The men were then brutally tortured for two hours without any interruption. The torture was done in the open spaces but locals did not witness the incident because they were all in hiding. Their cries could however be heard from a distance.
Sources however claim at least 5 of the arrested men are in critical condition after being tortured.
At the same time, locals who fled to the direction of the hills following the Tatmadaw raid have seen three dead bodies lying in the wilderness. The identities of the corpses have not been confirmed. The eyewitnesses did not approach the corpses but fled to a different place in fear of the military.
Another woman has been confirmed to have been killed on Sunday in Shil Khali [Kyauk Chaung] of Maungdaw North, as security forces opened fire on Bangladesh bound refugees. A group of Rohingyas were waiting by the river for a boat when soldiers suddenly turned up in the area and shot at them at around 3am. The others managed to escape but the woman, yet unidentified, was hit with bullets. The Rohingyas in the group are from Sor Gazi Bil. ...
Shil Khali, along with Raimba Guna is a major embarkation point for Bangladesh bound refugees especially from the now destroyed villages of Sa Li Frang, Ra Bai La, Sor Gazi Bil and Bor Gazi Bil as there is access to the Naf river that separates the two countries. In the last few days, the Tatmadaw and Hlun Htein maintain a heavy presence in the area to stop the Rohingyas from fleeing to the neighbouring country. Scores of refugees have been killed when trying to make the crossing. The lack of survivors have made it difficult to get a clearer picture of the Naf river deaths.
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During a raid on December 4, 2016, as usual, the Burmese soldiers indulged in various types of human rights violation targeting the Rohingya villagers at ‘Kyauk Chaung’ in northern Maungdaw. From our reporters on the ground we have come to know that the men in uniform committed sexual violence there.
Details of the abuses in the village are yet to come in. Here is an incomplete list of the Rohingya females from the hamlet of Ywa Thit in Kyauk Chaung who turned victims of the sexual violence during the December 4 raid:
GJ (45), d/o NI
An 18-year-old daughter of NI
DR (19), d/o FA
JH (19), d/o AJ
A 16-year-old daughter of AH
http://www.rvisiontv.com/sexual-violence-committed-military-northern-maungdaw/ ✓
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Morning Since morning, soldiers are plundering, looting and destroying at KyarGaungTaung VT in Northern Maungdaw. Sexual abuses as usual.[2 photos of smashed crockery and other belongings]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/805355727703408642 ✓
4 groups of military stationed in KyarGaungTaung VT since afternoon. Rohingya women fearing of rape. 50+ women raped last week.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/805411753446244352 ✓
army in 4 grps camp in KyaGongTaung V.T,cooking&eating right now, women in fear they may rape
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/805425820839780357 ✓
As army chased men to arrest all of them out fr the village, KyaGongTaung in the morning,army looted all properties, now camp
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/805426269726703616 ✓
A few thousands Rohingya men from MyawTaung KyarGaungTaung KyaukChaung are in forest tonight. Women in the villages are fearing of rape.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/805538381107265538 ✓
In the morning, army arrested more than 20 Rohingya fr KyaGongTaung alone&fr Chilkhali 52 according to a person fr Chilkhali
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/805427673119895552 ✓
AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
Myanmar military forces continue to upsurge raids in Kyar Gaung Taung ( Raabailla) and Maway Taung ( Saliprang ) village tracts of Maungdaw north just after the visit of Rakhine/Arakan State advisory commission formed by Suu Kyi to work for peace and development of the state.
According to our correspondent report, the army members have been again conducting violence in the Rohingya villages of Maungdaw north where the team visited and talked to violence victims.
The army started beating the villagers and plundering valuables in Kyar Gaung Taung (Raabailla) after the visitors had left the place.
Today, the army entered the Kyar Gaung Taung ( Raabailla) and Maway Taung ( Saliprang ) villages early morning and besieged around them since morning. The army have been divided into four groups and stationed at four different places where they cooked their foods and had dinner with a view to resume crackdown.
After having dinner, they have started leading raids in the villages and torturing the innocent people cruelly and ransacking the houses being angry with the Rohingya for disclosing the crimes of Myanmar forces on Rohingya to Kofi Annan.
Source says to correspondent that the army still ransacking houses and beating the people indiscriminately including committing sexual harassment on women in the villages.
Foreign visitors come and investigate into the issues frequently which the Rohingya people expect that they can enjoy peace somewhat. But, after the visit of foreign team in Maungdaw, the army intensifies crackdowns against the Rohingya instead, says a villager. (includes some photos of damaged belongings)
Video accompanying the above report, published on 4th Dec: https://youtu.be/0-G_fzSuWuk ✓
Reported 15 Dec: In Ra Bai La [Kyar Gaung Taung], locals discovered the corpse of Hamid Hossain on Tuesday [13 Dec]. The hands and feet of the elderly man were bound together and his body more injury marks suggesting merciless torture before the final kill. Hamid was arrested from the village on December 3 [looking at data logs suggests this was probably Dec 4] when he could not flee in time owing to his age.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/417-killed-after-torture-2 ✓
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10.30am Two homes of Rohingya from KyeeKanPyin East of Maungdaw were torched by BorderGuards at 10:30AM, 4.12.16
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/805288565051490304 ✓
2pm 2 Rakhines or BGP members in civil dress torched the home of a widow, Rajuni (d/o) Lal Meah, at Noddim hamlet of Kyikanpyin at 2pm on Dec 4
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/805655267417329668 ✓
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Morning 4/12/16 morning: troops are taking Rohingya women at MyauTaung village as hostages to force their men surrender before the troops
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/805308741570527233 ✓
2pm 4/12/16 2PM: Burmese army still keep Rohingya women, esp from river-side homes, at MyauTaung, while letting Rakhines plunder their homes. With support of Burmese troops, Rakhines are plundering each & everything from Rohingya homes literally leaving out nothing for use
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/805321349895888896 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/805321879414157312 ✓
A few thousands Rohingya men from MyawTaung KyarGaungTaung KyaukChaung are in forest tonight. Women in the villages are fearing of rape.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/805538381107265538 ✓
Tweeted on 6th:
4th Dec GangRaped By Army Rohingya Girl D/o M. & 5th Dec 16 (Mon) Died 12:00Pm From MyawTaung VT Saliparang
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/806009593125974016 ✓
4th Dec 2016 Gang Raped By Army Rohingya Girl (Daughter In Law)Of M. From MyawTaungVT Saliparang Still Critical
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/806010375036514304 ✓
Myanmar army entered Myau Taung Saliprang village tract of Northern Maungdaw and abducted some women from the village on 4 December 2016 at night.
Sources said the army intruded the village and abducted some women from the area. The victims were taken to their camp. There, the army selected two beautiful women from among the abducted and the others were released. The two women were from a same family who were gang raped in the army camp.
The victims were identified as MV Bodi Alam’s daughter and the other one daughter in law.
The victims were shut in their camp and raped them to critical state. Both of the victims were set free on Monday, 5 December 2016 after committing offensive crimes of rape to the women. After their release, the daughter of Mv Bodi Alam died due to gang rape and the state of the daughter in law is also critical now. [photo of covered corpse]
Update tweeted on 8th Dec:
Mother and two minor daughters from MyawTaung were gang raped by Myanmar military on 4 Dec at 1pm. All of them are in critical condition. They were raped by 7 soldiers. The three, mother and two minor daughters, were barbarically gang raped in front of each other.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/806851662950363136 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/806855462423564288 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/806859939650080769 ✓
On December 4th, 2016, a mother and two minor daughters were raped by the Myanmar military in front of each other.
The military and Na Ta La villagers raided Myaw Taung village tract in Northern Maungdaw on the above mentioned day at 1pm. Seven soldiers entered into the house of one man situated at the middle hamlet. The man in the house was in fear of arrest and torture when he saw the military inside the hamlet. He left home immediately and could manage to escape. In his absence, his 36-year-old wife and two minor daughters became rape victims. The mother and two daughters were barbarically gang raped by all seven soldiers.
Burmese soldiers and NaTaLa Rakhine villagers raided Myau Taung village in NORTHERN Maungdaw on December 4 and raped a Rohingya woman and her two minor daughters.
That day, at around 1 pm, seven of the armed men forced into the house of ‘Mr. Su’ (real name withheld) in the middle of the village.
Fearing of his arrest, as ‘Su’ hid himself somewhere, the men found his 36-year-old wife and their two minor daughters. They pounced on Su’s wife and children and raped them in front of one other, in a barbarian manner.
Those who were raped at Su’s house are:
(1) RK (36), w/o Su.
(2) Y (15), d/o Su.
(3) Z (13), d/o Su. (The real identities of the victims have been withheld for safety.)
http://www.rvisiontv.com/reports-rapes-robberies-emerge-northern-maungdaw/ ✓
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Burmese army and Natala villagers gang raped mother and her two minor daughters in Myau Taung (Sali Pyin) village of Maungdaw north on December 4, an elder Zarmuluk said from the village.
On that day, at around 1:00 pm, four soldiers along with three Natala villagers enter the house of one villager named Jalal (not real name) in the village in bad intention, he more added.
At this moment, fearing of the arrest, the house owner Jalal ran away from the house and he was hiding himself somewhere. Taking this opportunity, the soldiers along with Natala villager gang raped Jala’s wife and her two minor daughters. They raped them in front of each other, in an uncivilized manner, a close relative of the victims said, on condition of anonymity.
Ms. Begum (not real name), 35 years and her two daughter 14 years and 12 years, are the victims of rape.
https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/mother-daughters-gang-raped-in-maungdaw/ ✓
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(coordinates approximate - bodies thought to be on river bank somewhere near the mouth of the U Shey Kya river with most of the victims being from Yae Twin Kyun)
Tweeted at 6.55pm on 4th Dec 43 Rohingya shot death by Myanmar's BGP forces while crossing NaafRiver to take refuge to Bangladesh escaping violence of Tatmadaw [note, number of dead later reported was less, but some said a dozen plus 30 floating in the river, however 8 bodies so far photographed as retrieved from river(on 5th Dec), see reports below]
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/805387627977383936 ✓
Two Rohingya children w found death at BuraShidda Fara [Oo She Kya] Maungdaw, parents might be killed by army [2 photos of 2 dead children, 1 of which just a baby]. N. who saw them told me 1 w shot to death & another w wrung to death by Myanmar army. Children w with parents who w running to escape from army's atrocity, now pp cannot find their parents. Many pp think their parents w killed by army &taken away or arrested, it happened yesterday.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/805605461328134144 [ 2 photos] ✓
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A reliable source said it w happened 12PM,4.12.16, wh they w leaving to Bangladesh 12 Rohingya killed [with video of the 2 children]. The source said he met one who escaped fr last night atrocity of army,they 26 including children, 12 shot to death by army. According to him, small child might be wrung to death by the army. I have no strength to write this kind of atrocity pl write.Everyday looking inhumane atrocity of army, I feel so desperate&depression, pl help us w yr writing. Thanks
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/805609698846117888 [video of 2 of the children] ✓
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/805609991948226560 ✓
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/805610387882151936 ✓
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/805615668506738688 ✓
Accord to latest news there w 2grps(27+19)leaving to BGD,army shot them,25 died&the rest missing
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/805619047542853632 [3 photos] ✓
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/805662735820144640 [4 photos] ✓
Over a dozen of persecuted Rohingya people including babies/children were killed as the Burmese Border Guard Police (BGP) ‘indiscriminately’ opened fire on Rohingya-boats on Sunday (Dec 4) night as they were fleeing from the violence in northern Maungdaw.
More than 15 people are killed and other two boatful of people have gone missing. The police from BGP post at the mouth of the OoShyeKya River opened fire on the victims capsizing their boats as they were fleeing to Bangladesh.
Till date, dead bodies of two babies and a woman under gruesome conditions have been recovered as they have stranded at the bank of Naff River in Myanmar’s side.
“What’s the fault of these babies? What’s the faults of innocent civilians to be killed like this? To see the dead bodies of the innocent children, who haven’t really seen this world, is heart-wrenching to say the least”, said an elderly person in northern Maungdaw.
Most of the victims are reported to be from the village of Raimmabil (YeDwinChaung) in northern Maungdaw.
Excluding this incident and other casualties within Maungdaw since the beginning of the Military offensive in northern Maungdaw on October 9, more than 250 people have been killed while the people were trying to cross the Naff River alone. [with 8 photos of bodies, of 1 lady and bodies of 7 young children, or which 3 are babies - says bodies ‘recovered from the Naff River bank nearby OoKyeKyar Creek around 7 am Myanmar Time on Dec 5’ ]
http://www.rvisiontv.com/dozen-killed-as-burmese-border-guards-open-fire-on-rohingya-boats/ ✓
At 12PM, 4.12.16, two groups of Rohingya from U Shin Kya of Maungdaw; one consists 27 persons and another 19, including 15 children were trying to leave escape from atrocities of Myanmar army. On the way, they were shot to death by the army. 30 Rohingya including children were killed by Myanmar army mercilessly as if Myanmar uses harsh respond to the World.
A Rohingya who escaped from mass killing of army last night said; as army openly fired to us, we all were running, at least 30 died there. He said, "All are not from U Shin Kya, there are people from other villages who joined the group to leave to Bangladesh.
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1spcv49 ✓
[More photos retrieved from boat shooting, 4 children, 2 with with bloodied faces, as well as photos of survivors]
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/805641751385948160 ✓
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/805662735820144640 ✓
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/805666486102605824 ✓
1 of the photos here shows how 1 of the babies was found, face down in the mud
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/805672465531805700 ✓
Dead body of woman got in stream of UShayKyaVT BGP shot their canoe last night [video of body covered in blanket]
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/805654395518074881 ✓
Dead bodies of kids got in stream of UShayKyaVT BGP shot their canoe last night [video of the bodies of the 2 children: 1 baby, 1 small child]
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/805666530235207680 ✓
Requesting further info on exact location of bodies:
Those corpses w found in U Shin Kya, they w shot while going to YaeDwinKyun VT fr where they could easily flee to BGD
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/805709103053930496 ✓
Reportedly not less than 30 ppls floating on the water, in UShayKya stream, They buried 7 2day. More dead bodies floating with tide going where & there along the stream & river shores.
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/805719417971679233 ✓
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/805719692543401984 ✓
Ko @Aungaungsittwe has been listened voices of the villager, bodies r not identified frm several villages
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/805720392065236992 ✓
Videos with translations:
https://youtu.be/L6zXKoFDCWY ✓
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AT Online Report
Dozens of Rohingya boat people were killed in random gun fires of Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) on Rohingya loaded boats on Sunday night, 4 November 2016 while they were trying to flee to Bangladesh due to ongoing violence in Maungdaw North.
Source said to our correspondent, more than a dozens of people were killed and other two boats of people have been missing as the boats drowned into the river following the indiscriminate gun fires of BGP forces.
The police stationed at the entrance of U She Kya River opened fires at the victims of violence while trying to flee to neighboring Bangladesh expecting safety there.
Later, two corpses of infants were found when they reached ashore the Naff River inside Myanmar territory.
The mishap of dead was occurred while they were crossing to Bangladesh in rickety boats as compelled to escape the ongoing crackdowns of Myanmar forces where the innocent people are being killed and the women raped by military forces in Maungdaw north.
More than two hundred Rohingya people including babies have lost their lives by drowning into the river while fleeing to Bangladesh fearing the further persecutions of Myanmar tatmadaw within the last 7 weeks after the assault on BGP forces by Self Defenders.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/12/05/myanmar-bgp-open-fires-on-rohingya-loaded-boat-in-naf-river/ ✓
Reported on 6th Dec:
the death-toll of the Rohingya boat victims increased to 26 as the Burmese Border Guard Police (BGP) went on a shooting rampage capsizing three Rohingya boats fleeing from the Burmese military violence in Maungdaw.
“Around 35 people got on three paddle-boats on December 4 night. Of them, 6 dead bodies washed up on the bank of the Naff River in Myanmar’s side, other 20 dead bodies were recovered from Bangladeshi fishermen in their maritime territory. So, the numbers of the casualties make up to 26, five people returned alive to Myanmar, while other five are still missing,” a Rohingya man in northern said.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/70-year-old-rohingya-man-critical-condition-following-attack-burmese-troops/ ✓
More than 30 people, mostly women and children are feared dead as Hlun Htein forces opened fire on boats carrying Bangladesh bound refugees. The incident took place at the mouth of the river at Raimba Guna [Yae Twin Kyun] on Sunday night when gunfire forced the boat people to jump off and the vehicles capsized. 15 corpses, mostly belonging to little children have been recovered so far with locals expecting more to follow.
Our correspondent says that in the darkness, Hlun Htein personnal chased two boats and shot at them. While one of the boats escaped unscathed, the other with more than 30 passengers capsized.
The Rohingyas were from Bor Gazi Bil [U Shey Kya], one of the village tracts which was worst git during the violence of November 12 and 13. Around 150 people were earlier killed in the area when the military pounded Rohingya villages with helicopters, rocket launchers and machine guns after protesters armed with sticks stopped soldiers from carrying out rape of Rohingya women.
This is not the first time security forces have opened fire on escaping Rohingyas. Scores have died in many incidents when the boat people were shot at by the security forces on the Naf river separating Myanmar and Bangladesh. The shootings often happen after Bangladesh refuses entry to boats carrying Rohingya refugees and forces them back to Myanmar territory.
At least two of the drowning Rohingyas were rescued by Bangladeshi fishermen as they tried to swim towards the shore of that country, according to reports in the Bangladesh media. As yet, there are no reports of survivors on the Myanmar side.
CNN report of incident published 4th Jan:
Face down in the mud, a baby boy lies still after washing up on a river bank.
His name is Mohammed Shohayet, a 16-month-old Rohingya refugee whose family fled their home for Bangladesh to escape the violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State, only to drown during the journey along with his mother, uncle and three-year-old brother.
"When I see the picture, I feel like I would rather die," Mohammed's father, Zafor Alam, told CNN. "There is no point in me living in this world."
"In our village, helicopters fired guns at us, and the Myanmar soldiers also opened fire on us," said Alam. "We couldn't stay in our house. We fled and went into hiding in the jungle."
"My grandfather and grandmother were burnt to death," he added. "Our whole village was burnt by the military. Nothing left."
Zafor Alam said they ran from village to village trying to escape the violence.
"I walked for six days. I couldn't eat rice for four days. I could not sleep at all for six days," he said. "We constantly changed our location as the military was searching for Rohingyas."
Alam became separated from his family during the journey and made it to the Naf River which runs between Myanmar and Bangladesh. He says he began swimming and was picked up by Bangladeshi fishermen who took him across the border.
Then, he says he started the process to get his family across to safety.
"I contacted a boatman and asked him to help my wife and sons so that they could cross the river. They were waiting on the other side," Alam said.
"I called (my family) on December 4. They were very desperate to leave Myanmar," Alam said. "They were the last words I had with my family. When I was talking to my wife over phone, I could hear my youngest son calling 'Abba-Abba' (father-father)."
Just a few hours after that phone call, Alam said his family tried to make their escape.
"When the Myanmar police got a sense that people were preparing to cross the river, they opened fire," Alam said. "Hurriedly, the boatman took all people on board to escape the firing. The boat became overloaded. Then it sank."
A day later, on December 5, he learned what happened.
"Someone phoned me and said my son's dead body was found," Alam said. "He took a photo of my son by mobile phone and sent it to me. I was speechless."
"It's very difficult for me to talk about my son. He was very fond of his father," he added. "My son was very affectionate. In our village, everyone used to love him."
"Only the river knows how many dead bodies of Rohingyas are floating there," Alam said.
Now at the Leda refugee camp in Teknaf, southern Bangladesh, Alam is struggling to come to terms with what happened.
"I have no one left. My two sons and my wife died. All are finished," he said.
"We are also suffering here in Bangladesh. There is no house here to live in. There is no food. People who have been living in the camp for a long time, they have given us shelter."
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/03/asia/myanmar-alan-kurdi/ (videos)
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Note: Interview published on Sun 4 Dec, last rapes reported there happened on Sat 26 Nov.
Rohingya Victims from SinThaePyinVillage HatiFara, LongdoonVT explained about rapes, killing, looting by MyanmarArmy, BGP and NaTaLa Rakhines in northern Maungdaw; Arakan.
(needs translating)
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Rohingya women, victims from SinThaePyinVillage (HatiFara), LongdoonVT explained about rapes, killing, looting by MyanmarArmy, BGP and NaTaLa Rakhines. (needs translating)
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3 Rohingya village elders from PhayaPyinAungPa VT in Buthidaung Tsp arrested on Dec 4. Myanmar's BGP said will arrest 20 from Buthidaung
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/807667359079137280 ✓
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8am 52 innocent Rohingya arrested from Chilhali and surrounding area around Rathedaung.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/805367757009285120 ✓
Burmese name Chilkhali where there is an IDP near that village, army looted money fr IDPs 3ds ago
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/805372242129338369 ✓
Only a few escaped arrests in Chilhali and surrounding areas [photos of men hiding]
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/805368527691489280 ✓
Rohingya men spend days & nights amidst Nipa Palms & Jungles to escape from killings, arbitrary arrests by army. [photo]
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/805313952259272705 ✓
In the morning, army arrested more than 20 Rohingya fr KyaGongTaung alone&fr Chilkhali 52 according to a person fr Chilkhali
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An unknown mob destroyed a Muslim shop in Thakeda, Yangon
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/805641421273186304
Video testimony from 2 Rohingya ladies (needs translating)
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/805668537108926464
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/805668810128822272
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10.45am A Rohingya detainee was killed at Maungdaw police station. Couldn't identify. Dec 3 at 10:45am the dead body was taken away from police station. The villagers in MyomaKayinDan VT said a dead body was buried by their village administrator today afternoon.
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Rakhine commission visit Kyet Yoe Pyin, where approximately 270 homes and 200 shops have previously been burnt, many have been raped and killed and bodies dumped in shallow graves. Before arrival, most of the remaining villagers are driven out, and those that remain are not free to speak out. After the commission leave, the army confine approximately 30 Rohingya who met with the commission, including women, to a school, and then some of the elders, including a man called Jobu/Jawbu, are arrested and taken away. Shortly after (following outcry) they were all released. 2 of the men and 1 of the women were beaten.
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On the morning of December 3rd 2016, officials from Maungdaw Township came to Kyet Yoe Pyin village and were reported to have forced many villagers to leave or flee.
At around 11:30am the delegation led by Kofi Annan arrived in the village. Some Rohingya men, women and children were able to meet and talk with them. While there were soldiers escorting the delegation other groups of soldiers were stationed through the village and some were waiting in the mountains of a nearby village.
Once the delegation’s cars left the village soldiers in the village moved in and began arresting men in the village and beating women and children indiscriminately, according to a local villager. The villager said three of the village elders were detained at this time.
While the soldiers were beating the women and children a villager ran to catch up to the delegation’s cars and was able to catch up to them near Ngan Chaung village. He reported the incident to a member of the Rakhine State Advisory Commission. A member of the Commission assured him that Commission will inform the authorities and that things would be stable.
The detainees were released a few hours later.
In the morning, the soldiers threatened and forced villagers to leave their homes by shooting their guns in the air at Dar Gyi Sar, Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone, Myaw Taung and Kyar Gaung Taung villagers, according to locals.
Most Rohingya are forced to leave their homes in northern Maungdaw in preparation for the visit by Kofi Annan and the Rakhine commission team.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/804946702302085121
Rohingya women give their accounts of torture and killings [video via @HaikalMansor]
https://twitter.com/HaikalMansor/status/805114251186728960
This event logged as accidental, in case further reference needed in future:
Fire caused by negligence in ATwinNgatThay VT Buthidaung Tsp on Dec 3rd 9:30pm. A tea shop & a house burnt to the ground. [video]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/805181204882489344
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The Burmese military have held hundreds of Rohingya women as hostages at ‘Myau Taung’ village in northern Maungdaw since Thursday (December 1) morning, reliable sources report.
The hostages including children are currently confined without food and being tortured at the south hamlet of Myau Taung village tract. The troops have put a condition to the women either to call their men and make them surrender or to continue to suffer for indefinite time.
“There were around 600 Burmese troops in three groups raided Saali Ferang (Myau Taung) village yesterday morning. Since then, they have kept them as hostages.
“Screaming voices of the women are being heard from far. We fear of molestations or rapes of the women but we can’t confirm about it as we are on the run”, said a Rohingya man from Myau Taung in a telephonic conversation.
In a separate report we have received, 25 innocent men including old men and children have been arrested and are inhumanly being tortured in the village’s school.
Urgent international action is needed to release the women being held as hostages.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-military-hold-hundreds-rohingya-women-hostages/ ✓
More than a hundred women were sexually molested and assaulted after being kept hostage in Sa Li Frang [Myau Taung], Maungdaw North.
On Thursday at around 4am, Tatmadaw surrounded the village track. At around 2pm, hundreds of soldiers entered the area and began raiding houses. They herded more than a hundred women and took them to a field.
Here the women were forced to take off their clothes. After that soldiers proceeded to sexually abuse them by touching their private parts. Many of the women were seriously injured in the beatings.
Many women were gang raped by the soldiers. During the incident, the soldiers told them this would continue till the women went away to Bangladesh. The tortured cries of the women could be heard from a distance.
They were released at around 7pm. They were ordered to produce all the men and other villagers who had escaped the village tract following Tatmadaw attacks on November 12 and 13.
However, the next day, soldiers once again entered Sa Li Frang and forced the women to the field. Once again, they proceeded to sexually assault the women.
On Thursday, soldiers also entered Ra Bai La and forced women to strip off their clothes.
Tatmadaw also took up positions around Ra Bai La on Friday when this report was being filed.
Myanmar army and Rakhine extremists looted properties of Rohingya in Myaw Taung Village Tract of Maungdaw from 11AM to 3:30PM, 2.12.16. Last week, Myanmar troops torched 15 homes Rohingya, raped 5 women and arrested seven people. I could contact a person named Muhammad Rafique aged 56, from that village at 6PM. He explained me detail looting of his home and others.
Me: :What time army and Rakhine came to loot your properties?
Md Raqiue: : They came at 10AM, started looting at 11AM.
Me: : How did you know they were coming and why did you leave from your home?
Md Raqiue: : At 9AM, a police by a bike, came and said "Troops are coming, be ready to face them or leave to save your lives". As we are sparrows who have been hit with stones afraid of them and left the village.
Me: : How do you know army looted your properties?
Md Rafique: : When they entered our village, we were watching from distance and saw that they were carrying our things by their trucks. And when we returned home at 5:30PM, everything is missing including rice and cloths in the cupboard. If Commission comes here, we can show the proofs.
Me: : How do you know Rakhine accompanied with the army?
Md Rafique : We saw them, they were in civilian dress.
Me: : How many houses were looted by the army today.
Md. Rafique : All of them, more than 200 houses. They emptied our homes.
According another source, Town Administrator and other officers went to KyaGaungTaung and YaeKhetChaungKwaSone Village Tract for a survey to deceive the Annan Commission tomorrow.
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Burmese troops molested Rohingya mother-daughter duo at MyauTaung on Dec 2. But the mother's struggle saved her daughter from being raped but for that the troops whacked the mother's head with their gun causing severe head injuries.
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Today, from 11AM to 3:30PM, army & Rakhine from Natala looted all from Rohingya in MyawTaung village tract & PwinPhuChaung village tract. Maungdaw
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On December 2nd and 3rd the military was reported bringing boats and villagers from the Na Ta La village of Pha Wet Chaung to Myaw Taung. They then reportedly looted the village again with the help of the Na Ta La villagers, who were also reported stealing Rohingya owned buffaloes, cows and goats and taking them back to Pha Wet Chaung.
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Today, from 11AM to 3:30PM, army & Rakhine from Natala looted all from Rohingya in MyawTaung village tract & PwinPhuChaung village tract. Maungdaw
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Morning Dec 2 - morning - Rohingya houses in ThaYayKoneBaung VT were looted by military while BGP police is conducting population check in the village. Gold, cash and many valuable were looted. Many households things were destroyed. Many men were beaten without reason. More than 10 men extorted at least 50000 Kyat to 100000 Kyat for escaping from military's torture. An Imam was brutally beaten and extorted.
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Two boats of Rohingya leaving to Bangladesh were attacked by army and arrested 48 persons in MinGlarGyi of Maungdaw and another 25 Rohingya were arrested in YaeDwinChaung of Maungdaw.
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Two boats of Rohingya leaving to Bangladesh were attacked by army and arrested 48 persons in MinGlarGyi of Maungdaw and another 25 Rohingya were arrested in YaeDwinChaung of Maungdaw.
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On 27th Nov, some displaced Rohingya from DarGyiSar were forced to return to village by authorities. And then they had to build hut. Today authorities told them to say to @KofiAnnan that they were not persecuted. Authorities threatened them that will be arrested and tortured if they don't obey what they were told. And the authorities went to YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone & ThuOoLar and did same.
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The authorities tell displaced Rohingya villagers to lie to Kofi Annan when he visits their area.
On the afternoon of December 2nd, Maungdaw District and Township Administration Officials, Border Guard Police along with the Police Force all in ten cars arrived in Dar Gyi Sar village tract in Northern Maungdaw Township.
They gathered the people who are living in temporary huts in the village. They then pressured them to tell Kofi Annan that they were not persecuted. To tell him that the houses were burnt down by terrorists and the huts that they are living in currently were built by the authorities.
The authorities threatened that they would arrest and torture them if any information was given to Kofi Annan, who is possibly visiting the area on December 3rd or 4th.
The authorities tried to take fingerprints from the women who are living in the village but they did not succeed, as per one local reporting to RB News.
The authorities also went to Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone and Thu Oo Lar villages and did the same there.
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AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
Myanmar military and BGP forces along with Rakhine extremists looted and ransacked the shops of Rohingya residents in Maungnama village of Northern Maungdaw on December 2, 2016.
According to correspondent reports, the shops of Basir Ahmed s/o Shabir was looted by them worth about 3 million Kyat, Kabir Ahmed s/o Golam Nabi Kyat 3.5 millions, Mohammed Ayes s/o Abu Sayid 200 bags of rice, Mohammed Yasen s/o Amer Hussian Kyat 6.5 million, Abu Sayed s/o Kabir Ahmed 250 bags of rice, Badi Alam s/o Mohammed Alam Kyat 5 millions, Abusiddiq s/o Habiron 200 bags of rice, Mohammed Rafig s/o Abu Hashim 350 bags of rice, Awl Islam s/o Mohammed Shafi Kyat 4.5 millions, Ahmed s/o Shabir Kyat 3 millions, Ahmed s/o Golam Nabi Kyat 3.5 millions, Mohammed Ayes s/o Abu Sayed 200 bags of rice , Mohammed Yasen s/o Amer Hussian Kyat 6.5 millions, Abu Sayed s/o Kabir Ahmed 250 bags of rice, Badi Alam s/o Mohammed Alam Kyat 5 millions, Abusiddiq s/o Habiron 200 bags of rice, Mohammed Rafig s/o Abdul Hashim 350 bags of rice, Awl Islam s/o Mohammed Shafi Kyat 4.5 millions, Mohammed Alam 2.5 millions, Awl Islam s/o Mohammed Shafi Kyat 4.5 millions, a car worth about Kyat 15 millions and Mohammed Siddiqe s/o Shalam Kyat 7 millions.
The shop owners were dependent on their shops to support their families with them. But now they have been hand to mouth their shops have been looted by army and Rakhine people, said a shopkeeper.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/12/05/army-bgp-and-rakhine-loot-shop-in-maungnama-of-maungdaw/ ✓
Video accompanying above report, published 4 Dec. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3heoTqmpggM ✓
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9am 1/12/16 9AM: Burmese troops arbitrarily arrested 14 Rohingya civilians at PhaWatChaung & torturing them in the village's school
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At 4pm, another group of 50 soldiers & 50 Rakhines entered into PhaWetChaung and looted at least 50 buffaloes and cows.
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9am Dec 1, 9am - Rohingya women in KyarGaungTaung VT were stripped naked of all of their clothing at gunpoint by 98 soldiers and 20 Rakhine from YayMyatTaung. They looted gold & jewelries from the women and assaulted sexually. Looted from houses, destroyed households Rice & foods were thrown into ponds. Looted 4 motorcycles & 4 bicycles. Destroyed 4 motorcycles & 7 bicycles. Looted from 5 shops.
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5pm At 5pm, they [8 soldiers and 20 Rakhine from YayMyatTaung who had previously looted Kyar Gaung Tuang in the morning] all entered into MyawTaung. All women forced to leave homes and gathered at one place. Rakhines looted valuable from homes while soldiers looting gold, cash from women and sexually assaulting.
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The 2nd group [50 soldiers and 50 Rakhine who had just looted PhaWetChaung] entered into MyawTaung at 5:30pm by crossing stream and looted like the 1st group.
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On December 1st a group of 500 soldiers were reported entering the village and then forcing all of the women there from their homes. They were said to have sexually abused and beaten all of the women in the group. Locals say that at this time all of the gold and cash from the houses in the village were looted, as well as motorcycles, furniture and other valuables. http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/12/myanmar-army-reported-gang-raping.html#sthash.bpGXdl3P.dpuf ✓
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7am Dec 1 at 7am - Myanmar military went to Anis Ullah's house in SinThayPyin H, LaungDon and looted Kyat 2.75 million, 8gm gold and foodstuffs valued at 1.5 million. And destroyed households things and threw into pond. Then looted Kyat 500000 from Rashid Ahmed's house and 8gm gold. Destroyed foods, rice and households and threw into pond. Looted 2 goats & an Ox from other 2 houses. And two motorcycles too.
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10am At 10AM,1.12.16 Myanmar troop sieged LaungDoon of Maungdaw& start looting properties of civilians
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On Dec 1st, 2 Toyota Car & 1 Hijet Car owned by Rohingya in South H, MaungNaMa VT were looted by Myanmar military & NaTaLa villagers.
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Three sons of Zahir Ahmed were arrested by MyanmarArmy from Mistullah hamlet of MaungNaMa village track today
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9am 30/11/16 9AM: 46 troops that gang-raped a Rohingya girl at Sinthaepyin are now vandalizing the village's Mosque & tearing the Quran
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9am A helicopter is flying over Sinthaypyin. The Rohingya are very afraid of attacks.
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46 military & 52 NaTaLa villagers are plundering & looting at Rohingya houses in SinThayPyin H, LaungDon VT since morning.
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10am Another group of soldiers based in Kyun Gaung hamlet in Laung Don village tract entered Sin Thay Pyin hamlet at around 10am on the same day [30th Nov]. They used the hamlet’s mosque as a base and were reported to have destroyed the carpeting inside and desecrated the Holy Quran by ripping pages out of it and throwing them away. Some Na Ta La villagers from Zayid Pyin were reportedly with the military when they arrived in the hamlet.
A Na Ta La villager named Lwin Moe went into the village and threatened the villagers that if all the men did not leave the soldiers would shoot them. When the soldiers came into the village the women and children had fled to a nearby village, in fear of the soldiers since they had raped many women there earlier on the 25th of November.
At 11:45AM a helicopter was spotted flying over the village a few times. The soldiers were hiding inside villages as the helicopter passed overhead. At 12PM the soldiers then stole an ox from Abdul Munaf and cook it. Other soldiers reportedly looted five goats from the streets and slaughtered and ate them as well.
While some of the soldiers were cooking the looted animals others were reported to have looted home in the village at that time. The soldiers reportedly destroyed many valuables from a villager named Ali Johar and another house. They threw his belongings into a drinking pond and destroyed the walls of his home.
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More than 150 Army & BGP entered into Ngan Chaung village tract checked about 200 houses, afternoon left to Phar Watt Chaung village tract. 3 trucks full of Army came to the border of NganChaungVT & PharWattChaungVT, beaten many ppls who are harvesting their ripped paddy. A helicopter also flying on the villages, watching the mountain sides of villages. Villages are fear of firing & bombing on civilians.
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Army raided Ngan Chaung village tract beaten mercilessly Lalayah, Abul Hashim & Hamid Hosain, are in paddy field, released them, checked about 200 houses
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3pm On 30 Nov at 3pm, 73 soldiers entered into USheyKya and looted 5 oxen.
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360 Rohingya prisoners in Buthidaung prison were transferred to Sittwe prison since yesterday, in preparation for visit from Kofi Annan.
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in an abrupt move, the security forces took prisoners out of the infamous Buthidaung prison. Most sources say they are currently under guard in the nearby jungles. One source however claimed they are being transported to Akyab [Sittwe].
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Afternoon ...
In the afternoon on November 30th 2016 the military arrived in the south hamlet of Maung Na Ma village tract, called Miszitullah hamlet. They arrested three men who were all sons of Zahir Ahmed, falsely accusing them of having swords hidden in their homes. The military then took photos of the men holding the swords, which were reportedly brought to them by Rakhine villagers from Aung Mingala hamlet and Na Ta La (ethnic Burmese) from Aung Thar Yar hamlet....
At 4pm the village administrator, Kyaw Kyaw Maung, was reported to have said “I can’t save all of you. You all have to leave from the village. The soldiers will come back at night and they will shoot all of you at that time.”
The villagers then gathered what belongings they could carry and left the village before sunset to find refuge in neighboring villages.
Before the villagers left some Rakhine villagers from Aung Mingalar and some Na Ta La villagers from Aung Thar Yar came holding swords and looted the town of buffaloes, cows, goats and rice paddies, according to Rohingya villagers. At this time Rohingya are left in Maung Na Ma village tract.
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2pm troops arrested 3 Rohingya youths, sons of Zahir Ahmed, during raids on Mistullah hamlet of MaungNama VT around 2pm on Nov 30. Troops forced the youths to holds swords (of the Natala Rakhines that came along with the troops from AungMinGalar) & took their photos. Village admin scared villagers saying he can't save them from army during raids at night 2make them leave homes. Natalas looting homes now.
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6pm At 6PM, 30.11.16 Myanmar army forced all Rohingya from MaungNaMa of Maungdaw out of their homes and detained them in paddy field. Then, army and Rakhine Extremists are looting all properties of Rohingya whatever they see inside the houses of Rohingya.
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A Rohingya's 3 daughters & An Imam's wife from MaungNamaGy H, MaungNaMa VT were gang-raped by military today afternoon.
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The military was reported to have raped four women at this time, three daughters of a villager and the wife of an Imam from Maung Na Ma Gyi hamlet, according to a villager who spoke with RB News.
“Since last friday the military have been in and out of our village. They have been taking away our buffaloes, cows and other animals we have. On Saturday they arrested 16 innocent villagers. They are beating any males in the village older than 10 years old wherever they find them. If they aren’t satisfied with beating them they take them to the BGP (Border Guard police) headquarters,” the villager continued...
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AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
Myanmar military forces have been conducting fresh raids in Maungnama village tract of Maungdaw North since Friday last where the Rohingya villagers have been oppressed in different forms by army personnel.
According to correspondent report, Myanmar military forces have been carrying out crackdowns in Maungnama village tract in which the properties of villagers have been plundered and four women have been raped by army personnel.
The victims have been identified as BM’s three daughters and MI’s wife of Maungnama.
K. said to Arakan Times, the army along with Rakhine extremists intruded into the village and gang raped the women and looted away the cattle while conducting crackdowns. Since Friday last, they have been carrying out raids in the village and arrested sixteen people.
Furthermore, the Village Administrator who is from Rakhine community has ordered the Rohingya residents to vacate the Maungnama village immediately. When a man asked the administrator where they would go, he (the administrator) said to villager, “go wherever you see”.
Now the Rohingya in Maungnama village are in appalling situation since the violence of Myanmar army has been continued and at one stage the village administrator has ordered them to leave the village, said a villager.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/12/01/army-rapes-women-va-orders-rohingya-to-leave-village-in-maungdaw/ ✓
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Burmese army's gun-boat opened fires at 5 Rohingya boats at MinGalarGyi river mouth capsizing a boat & killing 10 people on Nov30 night. 3 more Rohingya boats with 40 people were captured & are detained at Maungdaw POE BGP Camp, while a boat managed to flee to Bangladesh
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Night of 29-30 November 16 Myanmar Army opened fires at 5 Rohingya boats at MinGalarGyi river mouth captured 4 boats, killed 10 ppls. More 40 detained at POE_ BGP camp MGD, a boat was managed to flee Bangladesh. All the ppls are escaping for lives & women’s modest.
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Salamat Ullah working as General worker at govt school in NgaYantChaung Maungdaw wasn't allowed to go downtown to pick up salary on Nov 30. Abdul Salam working as clerk for Town administration in MaGyiChaung KhaMaukSeik sub-Tsp was also not allowed to pick up salary on Nov 30. Both of them were on the way to Maungdaw downtown but they were stopped by BGP police at check-post. Both of them facing financial shortage. Although they are civil servants they were not allowed to go to downtown just because they are Rohingya.
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Letter from villagers of Dar Gyi Zar addressed to Kofi Annan’s Rakhine commission:
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The rapist Myanmar military on their way. They have started at MaungNaMa village again at around 6:30 pm
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Inhabitants of the scattered Rohingya settlements in Kyauktaw township are passing their days in terror after Rakhine neighbours were noticed carrying automatic rifles. Locals allege these rifles have been handed out by the Tatmadaw in the last few days in preparation for the ‘final ethnic cleansing’ of Muslims in the region.
A Rohingya man in the Balti para neighbourhood told our correspondent some Rakhine men carrying automatic assault rifles were seen moving suspiciously near the Rohingya neighbourhood in the later hours of Friday. The incidents have been continuing throughout the week. The men keep watch over the Muslim settlement from a distance but do not approach or have any interaction with the Rohingyas. They are elusive and fade away quickly, said our local sources.
However, many of them have been identified as Rakhine villagers who inhabit the local settlements. Most of them are farmers by profession and not part of any security forces. They are working in an area where there is a strong presence of security forces, thus dispelling notions they are members of the insurgent group Arakan Army. Although the insurgent group has strong support in the area, the armed men seem to be more in league with Buddhist nationalists campaigning for a Rohingya free Arakan.
Under such circumstances, the locals fear they have been armed by the government to carry out massacres against the Rohingyas.
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9am At 9AM, 30.11.16, State's 25 Rakhine extremists includ monks attacked MyayBon IDP camp, State's organized mobs attacked MyayBonIDPs to rob goats from them at 9AM, in front of security. When IDPs came out to respond, State's mobs withdrew, could not harm anyone,worry may attack again.
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Report of threats to the camps (previously logged)
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Tensions also erupted in the Mamra [Minbya] IDP camp where a Rakhine mob took positions and began taking away livestock. They did not prolong the attack and withdrew when a big group of Muslims came out and protested. There are fears that they will embark on a renewed offensive with the backing of security forces.
Since Nov 26 some Burmese troops have been being extra nice to some Rohingya villagers, whose homes had been burnt down, in N. Maungdaw. The Burmese troops r asking the displaced Rohingyas to resume their daily activities & return to their places instead of living outside. Locals suspicious of changes in behaviours of the military? Is it a trap to arrest more Rohingya men or coz KofiAnnan pending visit?
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/803881363896078336
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/803882232133754880
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/803882954866892800
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According a victim released recently said 200 Rohingya, naked,tortured in critical condition inside BGP headquarter.
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Further info regarding victim released, from @aungaungsittwe who spoke to the witness:
I gave number of released victim to a memb of @KofiAnnan Commiss, if they reach MDW w meet&explain. I asked him several times becoz whenever I ask, he cries, cannot speak as seen inhumaely torture of BG. Victims in custody of BGP were tortured inhumanely; burnt male genital organ and beard, cut eyes with blade, When asked why cut eyes, he said victims were asked if they saw militant, when answered no, said useless eyes cut!
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Video of a released prisoner:
”My beard was fired & burnt I was hit with a gun repeatedly & severely tortured. I didn’t know if I would survive or not"
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[Note: so far this report below has been impossible to verify but it is included here in case it is true and we will continue to look for further evidence]
A former prisoner detained at the Hlun Htein base in Kawa Bil, Maungdaw North has claimed scores of prisoners had their eyes gouged out after being arrested during the ongoing crackdown. Md Shoaib, a student who had just managed to escape to Bangladesh on Friday made this allegation.
Shoaib was arrested by Hlun Htein and taken to the their base known locally as Thana Shuk. He was then taken to a room where he saw scores of prisoners who were bleeding from their eyes which looked like they were recently gouged out. Many of the prisoners had already died, while some were crying out in painful agony. Others were too weak to cry out.
Shoaib was released as his father had negotiated and arranged an extraordinary large amount of money. When he was about to be released, a senior commander suddenly started shouting at his subordinates saying Shoaib was not supposed to be detained at that room, and now if he was let out, he would tell the others everything. After some hesitation, they let Shoaib out after he managed to convince them he would not tell anyone about the Muslim prisoners.
Local sources say this would account for scores of men who were taken prisoners during the recent drives in Kawa Bil, Maung Hna Ma, Zammoinna and Noun Dah Khali. There might also be prisoners from other Maungdaw North villages.
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9am Rohingya women in the north hamlet of Nga Ku Ra village tract were stripped naked of all their clothing at gunpoint by the army today at 9am. Then the soldiers started looting cash and gold. At least 160gm of gold and 2.3 million kyat and a smartphone were looted by the soldiers.
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2pm A Rohingya imam from Kan Seik hamlet of Kyauk Tan village tract in Rathedaung township was arrested by the Border Guard Police today at 2pm, without any reason. [with photo of the man who was arrested]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/803569005797765120 ✓
2pm BGP arbitrarily arrested Mv Abdul Aziz Ismail, a religious scholar, from Kan Seik hamlet of Auk Pho VT, Rathedaung at 2 pm today. He (Mv Abdul Aziz) is being detained & tortured at Nyaung Chaung BGP camp in Buthidaung. [with same photo as above].
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/803553975567925248 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/803553975567925248 ✓
21.031, 92.30256
Coordinates not exact location, just a guess
8pm 29.11.16 8PM,Notorious Myanmar army launched heavy gun to fish farms located between DuDaing & NgaKura of Maungdaw, 3 Rohingya watchmen died
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/803616143961255936 ✓
21.1821403503418, 92.2182083129883
5 Rohingya houses in Paung Tae hamlet, Mie Tike village tract, Taung Pyo Let Wel sub township were demolished by the sub-Tsp Admin, military and BGP today. 2 were demolished by authorities and villagers had to demolish 3 by the order of authorities. Authorities have said they will demolish another 5 soon.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/803584750841630720 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/803585369971298305 ✓
21.0665493011475, 92.3156280517578
30/11/16 9am: A group of 46 troops Gang-Raped a Rohingya teenage girl at Kyun Gaung hamlet of LoneDoong Village tract on November 29 night.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/803818835694366721 ✓
Last night a group of 46 military entered into KyunGaung Hamlet, LaungDon Village Tract. A Rohingya woman was gang raped. [tweeted on 30th]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/803826539922161664 ✓
Villagers said a woman from Kyun Gaung hamlet in Laung Don was gang raped during the night on November 29th, 2016 http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/myanmar-army-reported-raping-rohingya.html#sthash.OZjsDrOW.dpuf ✓
21.0948905944824, 92.4486923217773
Father & son from SaHone H, Goppi VT, Buthidaung were arrested by soldiers from regiment 552 on Nov 29th. They were release on next day but extorted Kyat 3 million. They were threatened that they will be jailed if they don't pay the ransom.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/804450361733853185 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/804450666466844672 ✓
On 28th and 29th, soldiers made an announcement in many villages in north Maungdaw that they won’t abuse the villagers any more so they should return to their homes and harvest the paddy fields quietly. They said they won’t arrest anyone. It is believed that this is in order to put on a show for Kofi Annan’s visit.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/803695014127734784
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/803695391296262144
Myebon
20.06109, 93.36868
Myebon, a township of Arakan, Myanmar, was a very peaceful township before the State’s sponsored violence in 2012. 7000 Rohingya in the villages of Taungpru, Taung Haung-1, Taung Haung-2, Kwa Htet-1, Kwa Htet-2, Taung Htet-2, Kan Htwet and Tayuktin lived peacefully and harmoniously with Rakhine Buddhists. State-back Buddhist extremist groups torched their homes, killed many Rohingya and forced some of them to leave. After the violence, 3700 remained in the camp but now only 2700 are miserably living in the concentration camp of Myebon.
Since State’s “Four Cuts Policy” and “Clearance Operations” began in early October, after unknown group attacked of security outposts, killing nine police, State has blocked humanitarian aid to IDPs in Myebon, Minbya, Kyauktaw, Rathedaung and Pauktaw. Although authority bans Rohingya IDPs from fishing and getting aids, some Rakhine help to buy their needs such as turmeric, salt, chilli, firewood, soap etc.
On 28.11.2016, some IDPs wanted things to buy and called those Rakhine Buddhists who help them regularly, two of them replied they could not come to help anymore. When asked the reason, they said Town Administrator held a meeting with all Rakhine Ward Administrators recently and warned everyone not to help IDPs. And they also said that “You must be alert to danger that authority has plan to eradicate all IDPs within 10 days.
Today, at 4PM, 29.11.2016, two Immigration officers came to Myebon IDP camp, met camp committee and asked them to bring 20 IDPs who received NVC cards. Officers held a meeting with those 20 persons and warned them to say whatever they instructed to them otherwise they would be arrested. According to them, Rakhine Commission may go to Myebon IDP Camps tomorrow. As those 20 persons are scared to say about instruction, we don’t know what are they going to tell to Annan Commission.
http://www.aungaungsittwe.com/rohingya-idps-myebon-threaten-death/ ✓
20.7853202819824, 92.4065093994141
9.30am On Monday at around 9.30am, Hlun Htein and police went in to Nurulla para and ordered locals to knock down the walls of the main madrasa in the area.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/405-arrested-rohingya-men-are-having-their-eyes-gouged-out-women-paraded-naked-in-village-streets ✓
21.0743999481201, 92.2726364135742
2pm A 40-year-old Rohingya women from ZeePinChaung VT was raped by military today at 2pm. She is daughter of village administrator.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/803209803287953408 ✓
2pm A Rohingya woman was raped by Burmese troops at gun-points at Zee Pin Chaung (Zeeyaung Khali) village at around 2:00 pm on November 28. She is identified to be R….. (daughter of) Mv. O….., 40.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-army-proliferate-atrocities-rohingya-defying-intl-calls/ ✓
21.0191707611083, 92.2919921875000
7pm A Rohingya Anas son of Nur Alam from NgaKura ,was shot to death by army at 7PM 28.11.16
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/803238605862813698 ✓
22-year-old Rohingya man, Anis from NgaKuRa VT was shot dead by military today evening. Another elderly man was injured. [with photo of the body of Anis, with bullet hole in back of neck] They were on the motorcycles. On their way to home from Nga Ku Ra market. Military shot them without any reason.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/803227309717258240 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/803243558144602114 ✓
Video of Anis
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/803246337278038016 ✓
AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
An innocent Rohingya youth were shot dead by Border Guard Police in Ngakuya Hamlet of Maungdaw North on November 28 2016 at around 6.10 pm.
According to our correspondent report, two Border Guard Police forces with arms came into the village at about 6:00 pm, MST as usual. There is a man seasonal snack selling shop beside the village path where some youths were having snacks sitting around the shop.
The BGP personnel suddenly came and opened gun fires on the people around the shop where a youth was hit with bullet on his back side of shoulder and dead at the spot.
The victim was identified as Md Anas 22 s/o Late Mv Nur Alam Majorpara village of Ngakuya Union, Maungdaw north.
Source said to our correspondent, the BGP forces came from Ngakhuya BGP Sector and fired on the people who were around the shop eating snacks where the boy was shot dead.
Later, the body was buried at the village cemetery after his Namaj e Janaza.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/29/breaking-news-rohingya-youth-shot-dead-by-bgp-in-maungdaw/ ✓
A teenager identified to be Mohammed Anas (son of) Mv Noor Alam, 17, was also shot dead by Border Guard Police (BGP) at Ngakura (Nagpura) at 5:45 pm on November 28. He was shot at his back by two BGP personnel arriving on a motorcycle while he was talking to his friend by roadside.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-army-proliferate-atrocities-rohingya-defying-intl-calls/ ✓
20.9734306335449, 92.2959823608398
AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
Myanmar Border Guard Police forces have held at least 27 Rohingya men including women and children from the border near Yei Twin Kyun (Raimmubil) village tract of Maungdaw North while trying to cross Naf-river to Bangladesh on 28 November 2016 at about 9.30 pm.
According to our correspondent report, more than 100 Rohingya men including women and children from several violence affected areas of Maungdaw north started for Bangladesh when the sun set on November 28 owing to ongoing atrocities of Myanmar forces on Rohingya minority in Arakan.
On information, the Border Guard Police went to the place and were in hiding position before the fleeing Rohingya reached where the paddle boat ashore. When the Rohingya men including mostly women and children got on two boats and were about to start, the ambushed police forces opened fires indiscriminately.
Following the gun fires, the fleeing Rohingya got down from the boats who wherever they ran away to escape the arrest of police as they could. Some managed to flee while 27 persons were detained by BGP forces.
Several others have been missing since then some of whom are believed to be shot dead and drowned in the river.
It is also reported that 17 persons were caught from outside the barbed wire fences and the rest 10 persons were detained from inside the fences who were taken to Ywet Nyo Taung BGP camp after arrest.
Among the arrestees, 7 persons are men and the rest 20 persons are children and women. Later, they were taken to Ngakhuya BGP sector where they have been detained in the custody.
21.0583496093750, 92.3363265991210
Video shot on 28th of Rohingya men digging out a body at Sabbai Gone cashew plantation. Video incomplete as the army were chasing them and they were very afraid they would be caught.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/803866878993055744 ✓
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6pm At 6PM, 28.11.16, Myanmar army battalion-232 besieged Rohingya village KyanPauk (KyaingTaunk) of Buthidaung, near TaungBazar and started beating every man in the village. 8 Rohingya men were beaten inhumanely, they are now in critical condition. 12 Rohingya girls were gang-raped, as one then is 6 month pregnant, she may die soon. Another 8 girls were taken away by a army captain to rape and kill, 17 Rohingya were also arrested. The place which has been very peaceful, was suddenly army attacked them inhumane way
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1spbc51 ✓
On 28.11.2016, I wrote that Army Battation-232 besieged Rohingya village KyanPauk (KyaingTaunk) of Buthidaung and raped 12 Rohingya girls and women, arrested 8 girls and 8 men were beaten severely. Out of 12 rape victims, everyone was raped by 4 or 5 soldiers, except the pregnant women (6 months), she was raped by three; she was nearly to have a miscarriage. She is still in a critical condition without medical access.
http://www.aungaungsittwe.com/heartbreaking-facts-rohingya-women-girls/ ✓
21.1533794403076, 92.4468612670898
On 28.11.2016, a twelve years old Rohingya girl, B., from Tay Mi Ywa (Thammi Fara) of Buthidaung, went out home after her lunch to play with the goats raised by her family. As she behaves childishly, her parents call her B... which means slow learner. As goats were running and she was chasing them, they reached near the mountain, 300 yards distance from her village.
Suddenly, three Myanmar soldiers who were patrolling grasped her like three wild beasts. One of them closed her mouth with a small towel and raped her one by one. She lost her consciousness and bleeding. At 3PM, when her father S.K. found her in that situation, he collapsed completely, nearly half an hour, he could not stand.
Later he carried her to the village crying “Wild Beast attacked my child”. There is no nurse, no doctor, and curfew in active. On 29.11.2016, at 9 AM, B. got her conscious back. According to her expression, up to second rapist, she had consciousness. Karim said if someone burns me alive, I could be bearable but they did my daughter inhumanely. B. is still serious if any reliable media get permission to reach there, please feel free to get the contact number of victim’s father from me.
http://www.aungaungsittwe.com/heartbreaking-facts-rohingya-women-girl ✓
One 12-years-old Rohingya girl, Buthini was gang-raped by soldiers on November 28. She bled profusely. She could not even sit and was very sick. And, in the absence of proper medical treatment she died three days later.” said her father.
http://www.aungaungsittwe.com/army-battalions-attempt-to-eliminate-rohingya-village/ ✓
Many soldiers moved to Southern Maungdaw. It is believed that this is in order to show Kofi Annan that there were no soldiers in the north to abuse the Rohingya.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/803694695629078528
20.9465198516846 92.3781204223633
27/11/16 troops expelled the villagers of MaungNama from their homes. The troops are now forcing the people to make tarpaulin tents at the plains outside the village & live under them. Natala Rakhines from Aung Thayar & Aung Mingalar villages are are now looting their properties & livestocks; & destroying immovable properties.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/802794849145495552 ✓
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https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/802795624592654336 ✓
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Morning 3 Rohingya girls from DarGyiSar who are sheltering in the field were taken away to unknown location by 10 soldiers today morning
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802836084350734336 ✓
9am Today, on 27.11.2016 at 9 AM, notorious troops went to Da Gyi Sar Village Tract of Maungdaw where Rohingya IDPs live in their self-made tents miserably, and plundered three Rohingya girls to rape.
http://www.aungaungsittwe.com/protesting-john-mckissick-myanmar-proved-states-sponsored-genocide/ ✓
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9am At the same time [9am], army and border guards burnt down paddy fields of Rohingya villagers in Kyauk Pyin Seik and surrounding areas of Rathedaung, arrested 7 innocent villagers.
http://www.aungaungsittwe.com/protesting-john-mckissick-myanmar-proved-states-sponsored-genocide/ ✓
21.1224, 92.25114
Coordinates approximate, exact location not identified
Morning All huts at fisheries ponds in TaungPyoLetWel sub-Township were torched by Army since today morning.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802835649032318976 ✓
12 noon Today at 12 noon, some paddy of Rohingya in LakeYa village tract, TaungPyoLetWel sub-Township were burnt down by Army. [photo taken from a distance]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802815326140264448 ✓
20.9532909393311 92.3291168212891
Video of burnt bodies and also the body of a girl that had been floating in the river that they buried on 27th. The body had been floating for 14 days; they were unable to retrieve it before due to military patrolling the area. In the ashes are said to be at least 10 bodies including that of a baby. It is believed that the people were killed elsewhere, in Dar Gyi Sar on 13th of November, then transported to this location to burn.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802995685167693828 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802996198516748288 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802996629662027776 ✓
Same video now with translated subtitles:
https://youtu.be/l50JY2-1fqM ✓
Translation of same video here in description, translated by @aungaungsittwe:
Daughter of Nur Muhammad from DarGyiSar Village Tract of Maungdaw was killed through gang-rape by Myanmar army and threw her death body into the river on 13.11.2016. Fifteen days later, her relatives could bury her death body. There are many mass graves of Rohingya in YaeKhetChaungKwaSone and DarGyiSar Village Tract of Maungdaw.Many Rohingya were burnt alive by Myanmar military . Here in this place of DarGyiSar, we can have discovered many remaining burnt skeleton of Rohingya. In this place alone, 10 Rohingya were burnt alive. Look at this.. a skull...a backbone... a child's bone.. etc. According to them, many bones were taken by dogs and foxes. 100s of Rohingya were killed and cleared evidence by the army. Using free and fair investigation, we can discover many graves in Northern Maungdaw.
https://youtu.be/WYnxWRn2Iso ✓
Place of burial is stated on the video as just on the edge of the village on the southern side of Dar Gyi Sar
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/803190032467165184 ✓
Rohingyas in Sau Ra Gazi Bil managed to sneak in to their now destroyed village tract and buried some of the corpses before running away again. The village tract along with the neighbouring areas of Bor Gazi Bil, Ra Bai La and Sa Li Frang were hit with helicopter gunships, rocket launchers and heavy machine guns on November 12 and November 13 after locals armed with sticks protested against the rape of Rohingya women in the neighbourhood. An estimated 150 people were killed in the attacks and the villages were destroyed while infant children were thrown into the fire.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/405-arrested-rohingya-men-are-having-their-eyes-gouged-out-women-paraded-naked-in-village-streets ✓
20.8158893585205, 92.3725662231
Hashim Ullah, a Rohingya from MaungNi Hamlet, in MyomaKayinDan village tract was detained by the police today then released later after paying 1 million Kyat.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802897644079169536 ✓
20.9744701385498, 92.3426437377930
Afternoon 4 Rohingya villagers from MyawTaung village were detained today afternoon and released later after being severely tortured by the army.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802897111981453312 ✓
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Night 12 women including a 7 months pregnant were gang raped 8 men were beaten by military at Kyandoung 27/11/2016 night. it's in KyaGaungTaung (Rabailla), northern Maungdaw.
https://twitter.com/MaungShwe92/status/803230293544943616 ✓
https://twitter.com/MaungShwe92/status/806348839993024512 ✓
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400 Rohingya were forced to leave fr YaeKhetChaungKwaSone VT by army on 27.11.16 (2 videos of villagers fleeing]
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/802865823979171840 ✓
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/802864336414732292 ✓
21.3633499145508 92.2804870605469
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Over a dozen of Rohingya homes in ‘Kamauk Seik’ Township have been demolished under the order of the township administrator in the last few days.
The township administrator have alleged the villagers of ‘Chong Naphei’ and ‘Aung Thabyay’ of building many homes illegally and subsequently ordered them to demolish the homes through their respective village administrators.
Over 19 Rohingya homes have been demolished up until now and many more likely to be demolished in the coming three days.
“They summon us to the village administration office and order us to destroy our homes under several arbitrary allegations. They destroyed 4 houses last Saturday (on November 27) alleging that there were two houses under one household (family).
“‘Is it a good excuse to destroy our homes?’ They are simply destroying our homes because they can’t burnt them down as it can be seen from satellites,” said a villager at Aung Thabyay.
The homes were built during the period of Nasaka (the former Border Security Forces and predecessor of the Border Guard Police) with their permissions and have been included in all the ‘Household Location Maps’ drawn by the authorities in every ‘Household Inquiry.’
“They are destroying our homes because they want to force us to leave our homeland” the villager added.
The houses destroyed at ‘Chong Naphei’ village belong to the following the people.
No Name Father
1 Sayed Hussein Mohammed Nasim
2 Abul Hussein Mohammed Nasim
3 Zahid Hussein Mohammed
4 Rafiq Mohammed
5 Abdu Shafi Sayed Hussein
6 Ali johar Asho Zama
7 Kamal Mukhtar Ahmed
8 Ayub Mukhtar Ahmed
9 Lalaya Siddique Ahmed
10 Abu Taher Shomshu
11 Abu Toyub Shomshu
12 Nooruz Zaman Ishaaque
13 Mohammed Toyub Bashir
14 Noor Alam Abdul Matlib
15 Murshid Alam Zafar
16 Noor Alam Noju Meah
17 Ma Sajida Abdu Shafi
18 Khairul Amin Sayedul Amin
19 Jahangir Alam Abdul Manaf
Notes:Similarly, the administrator has ordered to destroy all sub-homes or separate homes that fall under single family/household list in the areas of ‘Regional Commands 1 and 2.’
1) Kamauk Seik Township is a newly formed township in northern Maungdaw under Maungdaw District.
2) Household Inquiry is a kind of population census specially designed for Rohingya and conducted twice every year since early 1990s.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/township-administration-orders-demolish-rohingya-homes/ ✓
19 Rohingya houses from KyaungNaPhay AungThaPyay VT in KhaMaukSeik sub-Tsp were ordered to demolish by Town authorities on Nov 27th.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/804449806936485888 ✓
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Soldiers went on a rampage in the Naya para neighbourhood of Maungdaw town on Sunday. They seemed to be destroying some structures around a pond that are generally used to shelter would-be refugees trying to escape to Bangladesh.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/405-arrested-rohingya-men-are-having-their-eyes-gouged-out-women-paraded-naked-in-village-streets ✓
It is said that authorities in Maungdaw are currently arranging for some Rohingya ‘puppets’ to give false statements to Kofi Annan when he visits.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802978599879974912
21.0652294158936, 92.3454132080078
7am November 26th 2016, at 7am a group of 200 soldiers returned to the village and was reported to have tortured the women there and raped many of them as well.
Women from Sin Thay Pyin East and Middle hamlets fled their villages at this time in fear of rape, but the military was reported to have fired shots in the air to stop them. The women were then forced to gather again under the sun and were stripped naked of all of their clothing, a local woman told RB News. She said the military then stole all of their gold and cash at this time.
Another eye witness said he witnessed these events from a distance, “I saw all of it. They were firing [shots]. There were about 300 women. They all gathered in the field under the sun. The soldiers forced them to place their scarves in one place, then their blouses, then even their longyis. I saw all of it with my own eyes.”
The women were said to have been forced to stand naked for two and a half hours in the sun. The soldiers then took advantage of the group of women.
“More than 100 women were raped. At least 40 killed. Since they took away the dead bodies immediately after killing it is very difficult to say the exact figure. 19 killed on Friday was confirmed.” a rape victim told RB News.
Three women who were taken away returned yesterday evening. At this time the remaining women and children are believed to still be in the field without any shelter.
On Friday some dead bodies were buried by the soldiers in Cashew Garden, located in Sabai Gone Village. Yesterday [26th] the villagers claimed to have found two mass graves there. The villagers said they had to dig around to find the bodies. They believe there will be more to be found, and said that Na Ta La villagers buried other bodies on the eastern side of the village.
Yesterday [26th] afternoon more than 50 Na La Ta villagers, including a disabled man named Soe Win, came to Sin Thay Pyin hamlet and looted what remained inside the houses there. Witnesses said they saw them loading up hand pulled trolleys with belongings and also taking buffaloes, cows and goats from the village. [this report published on 27th]
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/woman-claiming-to-have-been-raped-by.html#sthash.Va5eNR4d.dpuf ✓
Army & NaTaLa villagers plundered, looted and destroyed Rohingya houses in SinThayPyin Hamlet,LaungDon village tract on Nov 25th & 26th [2 photos of vandalised properties - tweeted on 27th]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802834102625910784 ✓
On November 26 at 7:00 am, approximately 200 Burmese troops raided the village of Sinthaepyin; and humiliated 300 women and RAPED over 80.
“They forced all of us out to the streets and stripped us off totally. They robbed our jewelries and forced us to sit nude in public for two and half hours. They tortured us and raped at least 100 of us,” said a women as she kept weeping as she too was a victim of the public molestations by the Burmese troops on November 26.
We have identified 24 women of the approximately 100 women who were either molested or raped by the Burmese military.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-army-proliferate-atrocities-rohingya-defying-intl-calls/ ✓
Details are still sketchy from Ludaing (Doe Dan) [village tract] where an army operation on Friday has reportedly killed scores of Rohingyas. The Tatmadaw maintains a heavy presence in the area and it is difficult to get information from locals. The army surrounded the neighbourhood in a quick offensive and those who did not manage to escape are living like hostages.
However, one source who managed to give information from the ground said around a hundred women, both young and old were taken to a school field where they were ordered to take off their clothes. The naked women were made to lie on the ground and the Tatmadaw assaulted and sexually molested them by whipping on their naked private parts.
The naked women were then made to parade around the roads of the Hatipara [Sin Thay Pyin ] neighbourhood. Here the soldiers kept shouting that until the rebels surrender, there would be more punishment for Muslim women.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/405-arrested-rohingya-men-are-having-their-eyes-gouged-out-women-paraded-naked-in-village-streets ✓
Video filmed today of Rohingya villagers fleeing Laung Don village tract due to the military firing on them (started the previous day).
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802505107158028288 ✓
AT Staff Report
A column of Myanmar army numbering at least 50/60 trespassed in the LongDoon (Hatipara) and Sabbeygong (Hajibil) of Nga Sa Kyu (Nai Sa Pru) hamlet, Maungdaw North and opened gun fires randomly on the Rohingya residents creating panic and forcing the villagers flee away on 26 November 2016 at about 4.30 pm.
According to reports, the male members of the community fled the aggression of army where only the women and the children remained in the village as they could not run away. The army chased down the Rohingya men up to Hajibil School but could not catch them.
The army also carried out an intense violence yesterday at the same village and killed some people who have been missing since then. Today, two bodies have been recovered which buried in the soils yesterday by army.
The recovered bodies were reportedly killed in the indiscriminate gun fires of army yesterday.
The corpses have been known as Nurul Amin 17 s/o Abdu Sukkur and Nukka 20 s/o Md Salim of the village.
At one stage of random gun fires today, the military popped out at least 300 women from their houses and gathered them at a separate place outside the village where they were forced to be naked body in front of many eyes in public and insulted them in different forms.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/26/myanmar-armys-aggression-escalates-against-rohingya-in-maungdaw-north/ ✓
Receiving info Army gun pointing at least 300 Rohingya women to take off their clothes then raping 1by1 in Lundong
https://twitter.com/tunkhin80/status/802473360273838080 ✓
20.7853202819824, 92.4065093994141
Morning The walls of the Madarasa in Nurullah Hamlet, Baggona, were destroyed by the BGP this morning. [photo]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802445100810911745 ✓
Bamboo-fences of Ancient Islamic University at Nurullah have already been removed. Yet Burmese Border Guards destroyed its brick-walls today [photo]
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/802498249844137984 ✓
11am - 2pm 26/11/16 2pm Border Guards have been destroying Brick-Walls of ancient Islamic university at Nuruallah village since 11am
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/802431686248046592 ✓
Buildings of ancient Islamic University at Nurullah have been deteriorating for decades as the local Muslims are banned from repairing it [photo]
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/802499377868607488 ✓
The Burmese Border Guard (BGP) Police begins to destroy the brick-walls of ancient Islamic University at Nurullah village in southern Maungdaw today, a reliable source reports.
They have started breaking the walls at 11 am and continue to destroy it up until now and threatened that they would further destroy the mosque and other university buildings.
The commander of the BGP at ‘Maggyi Chaung’ camp and his team arrived at Nuruallah village this morning ordered some 40 forced labors from the village. The administrator of the village arrived with 30 people and the BGP ordered them to destroy the brick-walls.
“He said ‘you should not have come empty-handed. Go and get hammers and other tools to destroy the walls of the university’”, said a local Rohingya at Nurullah, “when we refused, he said ‘you don’t need to destroy by yourself. You just need to ACT for PHOTOSHOOTS.’ Yet, we refused and they have started destroying by themselves.”
The local Muslims express their fear that later, the Burmese state media will later accuse them (the locals) of destroying the university walls and buildings.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-border-guards-destroy-ancient-islamic-university/ ✓
20.9400691986083, 92.3379135131835
A Rohingya villager from ThuOoLar said it has been 5 days now, just eating leaves from trees and water to save lives. No food at all.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802519430928314368 ✓
20.9465198516846, 92.3781204223633
Tweeted on 26th: On Nov 25 at 2PM 66 Rohingya men arrested from MaungNaMa VT. 50 released after tortured by Army. 16 still detained at BGP HQ.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802609208772427776 ✓
A villager from MaungNaMa VT said some women from his villager were raped by Army today. All villagers were forced to leave homes. They all are now in the field without any shelter. NaTaLa villagers came and looted, plundered their personal belongings. Their cows and goats were taken away by NaTaLa villagers. NaTaLa are from Aung Mingala and Aung Thaya villages.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802610016989708289 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802610289749336065 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802610676887945216 ✓
Since Friday, the Tatmadaw had once again intensified their presence around Kawa Bil, Maung Hna Ma and Nari Bil.
On Saturday, the Tatmadaw advanced towards the Dokhin para neighbourhood of Maung Hna Ma and rounded up scores of men and women and forced them to lie on an open field. Six women were taken to a secluded place and gang raped.
Many of the males were taken to the Hlun Htein station. It is feared they are being brutally tortured in custody. Many of them are teenage boys....
Troops also poured in the Major para and Hasari para of the village tract and began removing valuables from Rohingya households. The looted goods were taken away in seven lorries used by the Tatmadaw. Men in civilian clothing accompanied soldiers during the loot.
Troops were also seen moving towards the direction of Sor Fordin Bil on Saturday but details are not clear.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/404-scores-feared-dead-in-ludaing-army-advacing-on-other-maungdaw-n-villages ✓
25/11/16: troops arrested 16 Rohingya civilians & RAPE at least 10 women during the siege of MaungNama on November 25. [tweeted on 27th]
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/802795995272577025 ✓
See also report 25 Nov and 2 Jan
21.0747299194336, 92.3033828735352
Eyewitness: At least 20 Rohingya women from MyautChaung village tract were gang raped by 60+ soldiers on Nov 26th in the afternoon. [tweeted on 27th]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802848255822413825 ✓
21.1686191558838 92.2124328613281
(note: ‘Me Te’ is not mentioned here but is mentioned in report logged on 25th which is thought to relate to same incident)
At ‘Taung Pyo Letya’ sub-township in northern Maungdaw on November 26, the Border Guard Police (BGP) arrested two Rohingya youths on a trumped up allegation of offering meals to the alleged militants in the region.
They were arrested while they came to participate in the household inquiries (a kind of census specially designed against Rohingya population) conducted by the BGP at the Kwan Thi Pin (Kuansi Baung) village. They were blindfolded and taken to the BGP Headquarter at Kyikanpyin.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-army-proliferate-atrocities-rohingya-defying-intl-calls/ ✓
20.9563198089600, 92.3747787475585
Reported on 30th Nov: “Since last friday the military have been in and out of our village [Miszitullah hamlet, Maung Na Ma village tract] . They have been taking away our buffaloes, cows and other animals we have. On Saturday they arrested 16 innocent villagers. They are beating any males in the village older than 10 years old wherever they find them. If they aren’t satisfied with beating them they take them to the BGP (Border Guard police) headquarters,” the villager continued...
20.9532909393311 92.3291168212891
Some displaced Rohingya from Dar Gyi Sar were forced by the military to build huts in their village. It is believed that this is to put on a show for Kofi Annan’s visit. [with 2 photos. Reported on 29th but they were asked to rebuild on 26th]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/803566571994173444 ✓
20.9744701385498, 92.3426437377930
10 elderly Rohingya men taken were away by the Army on Nov 25 and were brutally tortured.Now they can't even walk. 9 have been released, 1 is still detained. [video with testimony from one of the released men]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802507572678901760 ✓
On 25.11.16, 10 victims were arrested and tortured. One of them, identified as Sayed Alam S/O Nur Ahmed from Myaw Taung village tract, seen in video clip was release at 1:30PM on 26.11.16. Because of torture, he could not stand properly.
https://mirsdq.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/rohingya-sayed-alam-was-released-but.html ✓
Video testimony of rape by Rohingya women
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/802531508657487872
Video testimony of killing by Rohingya women
https://youtu.be/xmDU6Yb8dT4
As of now update: 450+ Rohingya killed. 270+ women raped. 2000+ homes burnt down. 45000+ displaced. 5000 fled to Bangladesh.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802612211122376704
21.0652294158936, 92.3454132080078
21.0597896575928, 92.3499679565430
Starting at 2am Nearly 500 Burmese troops besieged two Rohingya hamlets – Sinthaepyin hamlet of Long Doun village tract and the Panmyaung (Kapphus Sor) hamlet of Ngasarkyu (Nashaa Furu) village tract – in northern Maungdaw at 2:00 am today. They have opened fire on the civilians and started their homes.
Many villagers have been wounded by the army’s bullets, while villagers including women and children are also reported dead. One of the injured villager have been identified as Nurul Amin (son of) Shukkor Ahmed from Sinthaepyin east hamlet.
Some troops are breaking into the Rohingya households and SLAUGHTERING the innocent people at the hamlets.
Some Natala Rakhine (Magh) Buddhists from Zaydi Pyin hamlet are carrying the dead bodies of the slaughtered villagers and preparing to bury them at the plain to the east of Sinthaepyin hamlet.
Dozens of women are reported to have been raped by the Burmese military since this early morning.
(Right now at this point of time) the military has been going on firing and arresting innocent villagers at Sinthaepyin and at Panmyaung. [with photo of injured Nurul Amin]
http://www.rvisiontv.com/breaking-burmese-troops-committing-horrible-atrocities-rohingya/ ✓
AT Staff Report
Myanmar military forces have been conducting violence in four villages of Maungdaw north such as Nga Sa Kyu hamlet, Long Dung hamlet, Pang Myon and Sinthepyin village tract since early morning today, 25 November, 2016.
The armies have been opening gun fires randomly on the Rohingya villages since 5: 00 am today creating reign of terror forcing people to flee away from the villages so save life where a man has been hit bullet to serious injury on while running away who may soon die if he does not get proper treatment, says source to our correspondent.
The victim has been known as Nurul Amen 25 s/o shukkur Ahamed of Sinthepyin village tract.
There are many other people who were also hit with bullets in indiscriminate gun fires of army while crossing a river beside the village to escape persecution. But the details of the bullet injured victims could not be received.
K. says the victims of bullet injury are not getting any treatment since there is no medical facility for Rohingya in the village.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/25/breaking-news-4-villages-under-attack-of-army-several-injured-in-maungdaw/ ✓
2am, 5am [tweeted at 6.59am] PanMyaung H, NgaSarKyu VT & SinThayPyin H, LaungDon VT were besieged by Army since 2am & started firing at 5am without reason.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/801945869394280448 ✓
Man shot approx 6.47am [tweeted at 7.47am with event of ‘an hour ago’] This Rohingya man was shot by army in SinThayPyin H, LaungDon VT just an hour ago while escaping from village in fear of torture [with photo of Nurul Amin]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/801957997308157952 ✓
5.30am [tweeted at 7.54am] 25.11.16 at 5:30AM, army surrounded SinThayPyin of Maungdaw&open fire randomly,pp ran&many hit bullets, some floating river
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/801967347544137728 ✓
5.30am [tweeted at 7.59am] Nurul Amin son of Shukur fr SinThayPyin hit bullet army fired randomly at 5:30AM 25.11.16, many may die
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/801968639578546176 ✓
Tweeted at 12.24pm Receiving information military shot and killed at least 4 Rohingya in NgasaKyu village and arrested dozens of Rohingya.
https://twitter.com/tunkhin80/status/802027584288604160 ✓
1pm [tweeted at 1.30pm] Troops have been firing on Rohingya civilians and started raiding homes at Sinthaepyin and Panmyaung. Dozens of women have been raped there since early this morning. Troops are breaking into homes and ‘slaughtering’ innocent people.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/802044226439548928 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/802043337641324545 ✓
Tweeted at 5.28pm 2 sons (NurulAmin & SodulAmin) of Rohingya Shukkur shot on 26Nov2016 They're from SinThayPyin, Maungdaw & were escaping Tatmadaw violence [with photos]
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/802104154135072769 ✓
Tweeted at 6.18pm This Rohingya boy from SinThayPyin H, LaungDon VT was also shot by military this morning while escaping of military's brutality. [with same 2 photos of second boy, Sodul Amin]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802116634131435520 ✓
Nurul Amin, shot by the military in the morning in Sin Thay Pyin, died in the evening
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802185142928293890 ✓
Rohingya man called Jahangir was shot dead by the military in Sin Thay Pyin and his body retrieved by villagers [with photo]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802187420473163776 ✓
At least 19 have been killed today (@nslwin compiling the report)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802191933879840768 ✓
Tweeted at 6.30pm Mass arrest and mass rapes taking place against Rohingya by Army happening now in Lundong
https://twitter.com/tunkhin80/status/802120002828726272 ✓
Tweeted on 26th: On Nov 25 alone, more than 100 Rohingya women from SinThayPyin hamlet, Laung Don village tract were raped by the army
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802541084207239168 ✓
Tweeted on 26th: Photos of Rohingya man shot who had been dead by the military in Laung Don village tract on 25th. Villagers retrieved the body and carried it back to bury.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802503677902782464 ✓
Sin Thay Pyin hamlet in Laung Don village tract and Pan Myaung hamlet in Nga Sar Kyu village tract were surrounded by a group of 500 Myanmar Military soldiers, paramilitary and Border Guard Police (BGP) on November 25th. The combined forces attacked the village resulting in 19 Rohingya being killed and several injuries, according to locals. It was also reported that women were raped in the attack. 50 villagers were also reportedly arrested in the assault on the village.
On November 25th, 2016 at 2AM a group of 500 soldiers, paramilitary and BGP surrounded Sin Thay Pyin hamlet in Laung Don village tract and Pan Myaung hamlet in Nga Sar Kyu village tract. The combined forces were reported firing continuously on the villages from 5AM in the morning, and at least 19 villagers were killed. Most of the dead bodies were removed by the forces, according to locals.
Many children and some elderly were injured in the attack. Reportedly many women were raped at this time as well, and at least 50 men who were unable to escape the village were arrested and detained arbitrarily.
One man who was able to escape said he witnessed many people slaughtered.
At 12PM the forces brought a group of Na Ta La villagers (Ethnic Burmese relocated in Rakhine) from Zaydi Pyin village which is the nearest Buddhist area near where the incident had occurred. The Ta La villagers were given the dead bodies to bury there.
The Na Ta La villagers dug a hole near a sand bank located on the eastern side of Sin Thay Pyin hamlet, an eyewitness told RB News. Some of the bodies were seen thrown into a stream located between Sin Thay Pyin Hamlet and Pan Myaung hamlet, the same villager added.
Despite the danger in recovering the bodies some villagers took the risk and were able to recover a few of the bodies, though most were taken away by the Na Ta La villagers.
A young girl who is a grade one student was injured. Four people including the girl were considered to be in critical condition after the attack, and due to lack of access to medical treatment or aid their conditions are worsening, according to villagers.
During the assault many women were reported as having been raped, and three women who were considered attractive were taken away by soldiers to the forest and their condition and whereabouts are still unknown.
A man who escaped the fighting and round ups said “They rounded us up at 2AM. They fired continuously from 5AM. We had to run away to survive. By 12 in the afternoon I was unable to call my own home. My family’s phone has been shut off and I can’t reach them any more. Now I am seeing dead bodies being taken from the village, I saw four dead bodies floating in the stream.”
Perveen Fatima d/o Khairul Amin (7-year-old) and Sayedul Amin s/o Shukur Ahmed (13-year-old) are among the injuried people.
Nurul Amin s/o Shukur Ahmed, Jahangirl s/o Molvi Zafor, Molvi Mustafa Kamal s/o Abdul Shukur and Nur Kamal s/o Salim were among those who were killed in the attack.
The body of Jahangir was covered with hay by soldiers, and the villagers were able to collect his body to return it for burial. There were reportedly six more bodies recovered, but at the time of this writing the villagers monitoring these events had their phone shut off.
A Maungdaw based Human Rights watchdog said, “Initially I was able to contact the villagers who were trapped in their villages, but since this afternoon their phones are all turned off. When I was able to talk with them they said a group of combined police, paramilitary and military were killing the people and telling them that they should ask the United Nations, OIC, or international protesters to rescue them they would then kill the Kalar (derogatory term for Rohingya) until they arrive. Some villagers who escaped said they saw dead bodies being pulled out from the eastern side of the village. They said they saw some bodies floating in the water between Sin Thay Pyin and Pan Myaung as well. The villagers added that some women had been taken to the forest and it drew concern they may be abused or raped by soldiers. Many people were injured during the day, including a seven year old girl. The military, paramilitary and BGP are believed to still be inside the villages at this time. The attacks today indicate that security forces have very little concern about the international community. They continue to behave with impunity and disregard any human rights concerns. They carry on killing while many are holding protests for us. It is like the international community can not save us. They [Security forces] are doing this to make us leave the country,”
A woman claiming to have been raped by Myanmar Military says that 100 more Rohingya women from Sin Thay Pyin hamlet of Laung Don village tract in Northern Maungdaw were also raped by the Military.
On November 25th, 2016 a group of 500 soldiers were said to have raided Sin Thay Pyin hamlet in Laung Don village tract. Most of the men were able to escape at this time, but 70 men were said to have been left behind and arrested. Afterwards the military was reported to have taken all of the women and children out of their homes and had them gathered in one place. Villagers said many of the women were raped at this time and 3 of the women were also taken away to a nearby forest at this time.
While the military was present a group of Na La Ta villagers was said to have come and looted the houses in the village.
A 70 year old villager name Abdul Hafiz, son of Sayed Ahmed, died on Friday the 25th. Witnesses reported that he died as a result of torture. Abdul Hafiz had been arrested earlier in the month on November 14th, and said he was tortured at this time as well. He was released earlier in the month but was unable to flee when the military returned on friday.
During the day the the women in the village had been outside since 9am, as the military had gathered them. They did not return home until 9pm. Abdul Hafiz’s family found him dead in their home when the women were allowed to return, a villager told RB News. The men who had been arrested earlier in the day were released at 11pm. They said they were severely tortured while thy were detained. After they were released the military left the village.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/woman-claiming-to-have-been-raped-by.html#sthash.Va5eNR4d.dpuf ✓
On 25.11.2016, 89 Rohingya women and teenagers from Sin Thay Pyin village of Long Don Village Tract, Maungdaw, were forced to go to the school field by Myanmar military and Border Guards Post. They were ordered to take off their clothes, whoever hesitated to do so, were beaten, then, made all of them to lie on the ground, made fun of their private parts, assaulted and sexually molested them by whipping on their naked private parts by those beast-like military and Border Guards. After that they were humiliated by forcing them to parade around the roads and troops were making fun of them; exactly the same humiliation of Jews by Nazis.
http://www.aungaungsittwe.com/heartbreaking-facts-rohingya-women-girls/ ✓
AT Staff Report
A column of Myanmar army numbering at least 50/60 trespassed in the LongDoon (Hatipara) and Sabbeygong (Hajibil) of Nga Sa Kyu (Nai Sa Pru) hamlet, Maungdaw North and opened gun fires randomly on the Rohingya residents creating panic and forcing the villagers flee away on 26 November 2016 at about 4.30 pm.
According to reports, the male members of the community fled the aggression of army where only the women and the children remained in the village as they could not run away. The army chased down the Rohingya men up to Hajibil School but could not catch them.
The army also carried out an intense violence yesterday at the same village and killed some people who have been missing since then. Today, two bodies have been recovered which buried in the soils yesterday by army.
The recovered bodies were reportedly killed in the indiscriminate gun fires of army yesterday.
The corpses have been known as Nurul Amin 17 s/o Abdu Sukkur and Nukka 20 s/o Md Salim of the village.
At one stage of random gun fires today, the military popped out at least 300 women from their houses and gathered them at a separate place outside the village where they were forced to be naked body in front of many eyes in public and insulted them in different forms.
Tatmadaw forces entered Ludaing (Doe Dan) on Friday and went on a shooting spree killing and wounding many Rohingyas. Many people are feared dead following the deadly assault, while many more have been apprehended and taken to unknown locations.
The army took up positions around the Hatipara [Sin Thay Pyin] neighbourhood of the restive village tract at around 4am in the morning. At around 5.30 am, they started heavy machine gunfire and gradually advanced into the area. Many Rohingyas were shot down as the Tatmadaw kept up a steady hail of gunfire at the fleeing populace.
Amid the confusion, sources could identify only two of the deceased. They are two brothers Hamid Ullah and Sayed Ullah. But the actual death toll is much higher, with more than 10 people killed, report local sources. Many have also been wounded critically, and are likely to succumb especially as the populace has no access to medical care. At least one escaping man was executed by the Tatmadaw who cut his throat.
The Tatmadaw also rounded up around 60 men and took them outside the village. Around a dozen elderly men were released after being brutally beaten up. The others were taken towards the hills. It is feared they might be shot and buried in unknown locations. Sporadic blasts of gunfire from that direction have added to the worries of friends and relatives.
Many men captured by the Tatmadaw have been taken to unknown locations with no one having knowledge of their whereabouts. This has led to fears they have been either tortured or killed in custody….
There are reports the Tatmadaw captured many women and gang raped them.
A heavy military presence has continued in the area till the later hours of Friday. Ludaing has been under continuous Tatmadaw attack with many people killed, women raped and the holy Quran desecrated, but Friday’s raid looks to be the deadliest on the village tract.
Meanwhile Tatmadaw has also intensified their presence around Maung Hna Ma, Kawa Bil [Kyee Kan Pyin] and Nari Bil [Kyauk Pyin Seik]. They seem to be looking for men who are hiding in the hills or the paddy fields. As a result of continuous assaults on these villages, Rohingyas have left their homes and are in hiding but it looks like the Tatmadaw is eager to root them out.
There are also reports that the Tatmadaw has once again attacked Nga Sa Gru where dozens were killed earlier since the first days of the ongoing crackdown which started one and a half months ago.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/403-many-killed-in-ludaing-raid ✓
The raid conducted by Tatmadaw in the Maungdaw North village tract of Ludaing (Doe Dan) is likely to have killed dozens, say local sources. The Tatmadaw went into the Hatipara [Sin Thay Pyin] neighbourhood of the village on the early morning hours of Friday and opened indiscriminate machine gunfire, as Rohingya men, women and children were seen dropping on the spot, report eyewitnesses.
The Tatmadaw then rounded up many of the male survivors, and took them to the hills. Here some of the elderly men were released after being brutally assaulted, with many returning to the village with serious head injuries. More than 40 younger men were however taken to the direction of the hills. Sporadic gunfire from that direction have fuelled speculations they might have been killed.
Soldiers have kept up a heavy presence in the area till Saturday night and those who have not escaped had been kept hostage. As a result of the situation, communications with Rohingyas in the area have been extremely difficult and the death toll cannot be confirmed by our correspondents in the area.
While Ludaing has been under continuous assault since October, Friday’s raid on the populace is the deadliest so far.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/404-scores-feared-dead-in-ludaing-army-advacing-on-other-maungdaw-n-villages ✓
Tatmadaw also entered Nga Sa Gru and opened fire, reportedly killing many people. The village tract has been hit with heavy weapons in the first days of the crackdown with dozens were believed to have been killed back then.
Multiple women were gang raped on both the occasions. Out of them at least four women, are in critical condition after being raped many times. They gave the account of numerous men raping them one by one, for a very long time, from the neighbouring village tract of Singri para where many have escaped.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/404-scores-feared-dead-in-ludaing-army-advacing-on-other-maungdaw-n-villages ✓
Photo of Rohingya girl age 7, shot in the leg by the army in Sin Thay Pyin hamlet, Laung Don village tract on 25th (tweeted on 27th - note that 26th was written by mistake then corrected as it did happen on 25th)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802706536275419136 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802812324054634496 ✓
Troops killed at least 40 Rohingya village men, raped over 100 women, arbitrarily arrested more than 50 women and severely dozens of men, women and children during the raids on the Sin-thae-pyin (Haanti Fara) and Pan-myaung (Kappus Sor) villages between November and November 26 alone.
“The military say ‘Ask your sympathizers from United Nations and OIC; and those who are protesting for you to come and save you. Until and unless they come to save you, we will keep killing you and eradicate you all’ before torturing and killing our people”, said a victim tortured by the troops.
During the siege of Sin-thae-pyin and Pan-myaung villages on November 25 and 26, the troops indiscriminately opened firing at the village killing and injuring dozens of civilians. We have identified the following casualties.
No - Name - Father - Age - Village - Date - Remark
1 Nurul Amin
– U Shukkor Ahmed 22 Sinthaepyin 26.11.16 Killed
2 Jahangir
– Mv Zafar 22 Sinthaepyin 26.11.16 Killed
(Brothers)
3 ?
– Mv Zafar 16 Sinthaepyin 26.11.16
4 Mv Mustafa Kamal
– Abdu shukkor 47 Sinthaepyin 26.11.16 Killed
5 Noor Kalim
– Salim 18 Sinthaepyin 26.11.16 Killed
6 Abdul Hafiz
– Sayed Ahmed 55 Sinthaepyin 25.11.16 (Killed)
Patient
7 Salim
– Dil Mohammed 25 Kyeing Chaung 26.11.16 Killed
8 Yusuf
– Noor Bashar 26 Sabbay Gone 26.11.16 Killed
9 Perveen Fatema
– Khairul Amin 7 Panmyaung 26.11.16 Bullet at Leg
10 Sayedul Amin Shukkor Ahmed 13 Sinthaepyin 26.11.16 Bullet at Thigh
However, the Burmese troops systematically decimated the evidences of the mass killings with the collaboration of the Natala Rakhine (Maghs) Buddhists from a nearby village called ‘Zaydi Pyin.’
“The Burmese military brought Natalas to Sinthaepyin and Panmyaung around 12:00 noon on November 26. They carried the corpses of the Rohingya civilians killed away from the villages. Then, they buried the dead bodies in mass by digging a grave at the sand flat located to the east of Sinthaepyin. Some dead bodies were thrown away in the river between Sinthaepyin and Panmyaung, while some other bodies were buried amidst the cashew plantation at Sabbay Gone village,” said an eyewitness asking to withhold his identity.
–Around the same time, they arbitrarily arrested many innocent villagers; and humiliated and RAPED dozens of women on November 25.
“The troops raped many village women in the village on November 25. Of many women, three beautiful girls were singled out and taken to the jungles. They gang-raped them to their hearts’ contents and the girls returned to the village injured and week on November 26 morning,” the eyewitness added.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-army-proliferate-atrocities-rohingya-defying-intl-calls/ ✓
20.9103507995605, 92.3973922729492
On Friday evening, troops entered the restive village tract of Kawa Bil [Kyee Kan Pyin] from the west and began conducting a house to house search. In the name of searching for valuables, they molested women by touching their private parts and passing lewd comments. Many of the women were brutally assaulted when they expressed discomfort. At least one woman was taken out of the village and raped.
Few arrests were also made during the raid. Two have been identified as Abdu Shukkur and Md Jamil.
21.0583496093750, 92.3363265991210
On Friday some dead bodies were buried by the soldiers in Cashew Garden, located in Sabai Gone Village….[the following day] the villagers claimed to have found two mass graves there. The villagers said they had to dig around to find the bodies. They believe there will be more to be found, and said that Na Ta La villagers buried other bodies on the eastern side of the village.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/woman-claiming-to-have-been-raped-by.html#sthash.Va5eNR4d.dpuf ✓
“The Burmese military brought Natalas to Sinthaepyin and Panmyaung around 12:00 noon on November 26. They carried the corpses of the Rohingya civilians killed away from the villages. Then, they buried the dead bodies in mass by digging a grave at the sand flat located to the east of Sinthaepyin. Some dead bodies were thrown away in the river between Sinthaepyin and Panmyaung, while some other bodies were buried amidst the cashew plantation at Sabbay Gone village,” said an eyewitness asking to withhold his identity.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-army-proliferate-atrocities-rohingya-defying-intl-calls/ ✓
20.9465198516846, 92.3781204223633
11am Tweeted on 26th: 25/11/16 11 am: Burmese troops besieged south hamlet of Maung Nama village on Nov 25 morning & began to open fires on Rohingya villagers. The troops blinded-folded many Rohingya men & forced them to lay down on the ground with their face towards the ground. The army began to whack on their backs with rods & sticks; & arrested at least 12 Rohingya youths & took them to unknown location
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/802398647308591104 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/802399148355923974 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/802399517349855232 ✓
2pm Tweeted on 26th: On Nov 25 at 2PM 66 Rohingya men arrested from MaungNaMa VT. 50 released after tortured by Army. 16 still detained at BGP HQ.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802609208772427776 ✓
25/11/16: troops arrested 16 Rohingya civilians & RAPE at least 10 women during the siege of MaungNama on November 25. [tweeted on 27th]
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/802795995272577025 ✓
See also report 2 Jan
20.7853202819824, 92.4065093994141
AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
A group of army along with Border Guard Police numbering 20 members entered Nurullapara village tract, about two kilometer distant from Maungdaw and torched the house of Abdu Rahim 50 s/o Abdu Salam at around 2: 00 am, Friday November 25, 2016.
Source said to our correspondent, the Myanmar army including BGP forces entered the village and went to Abdu Salam’s house straight where they called out all of the family members.
They first told the family head to bring out the family card. When the card was given to the army, they seized it and ordered all the family members to stay out of the house.
Then the army set fire to the house which burned down to ashes after hours. Not a single thing could be brought out from the house.
After burning down the house, they again arrested a neighboring boy whose name is Mohamed Rashid 18 s/o Sultan Ahamed. The boy was severely beaten by army and the house burning case was imposed on the boy and taken him to the army camp.
After burning down the house, the military fired several rounds of blank shoots creating panic among the villagers.
The house was built at a cost of Kyat minimum 30 millions. Now the family members of the house are without shelter passing their times under the open sky.
It is learnt that the boy was taken to army camp but further information about him is still unknown.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/25/army-torches-a-big-house-arrest-1-in-maungdaw-south/ ✓
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Currently, hundreds of displaced Rohingya children in the region are suffering from diarrhea, disease like pneumonia-like disease and malnutrition. Three children were reported to have died at Dargyizar IDP camps on Friday.
At least 5 children get affected the infectious diseases daily at Dargyizar (Shudo Gozi Bil), Kyetyoepyin (Kiyari Ferang) and Pyaungpaik (Haant Gojja Fara) making the numbers of children infected by the diseases exceed 300 overall. Going by the unfolding situation, the lives of the children could well be at risks if they do not get access to healthcare.
The displaced Rohingyas hardly have any food and medicines as the Burmese government have blocked humanitarian access to the region since the army assaults (on the civilians) began on October 9.
“We are forced to live under the fragile tent covered with tarpaulins and plastics on the salt flats and other plains in this winter. No warm-clothes, no food, no medicines, nothing! Nearby villagers looked after us for some time. Now they too have run out of their own rations.
“At least three children died from diarrhea at Dargyizar yesterday (on Friday, November 25 evening),” said a displaced Rohingya in northern Maungdaw.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/displaced-rohingya-childrens-lives-risks-deadly-infectious-diseases-surge/ ✓
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AT Staff Report
Myanmar concerned authority announced the KwenThi Bin Maedi [possibly Me Te village of Kun Thee Pin village tract], villagers on 25 November 2016 to take part in the Population Checking and Inquiry Process of government which is called in Myanmar language Shooting Sait.
According to report, in this Process, Government takes family photo together with the family members holding a placard. Accordingly, the villagers were present during the Checking program as per the order of the government.
On the other hand, Myanmar government arrested two Rohingya religious teachers from this village during the checking process with a false allegation of having involvement with the assailants in the attack on BGP forces that carried out on October 9.
The victims were identified as Mv Mohamed Shaker 18 s/o Amir Hamza and Mv Mohmad Islam 25 s/o Sharif of the village.
After arresting them from the spot of checking and inquiry, the army took them to their camp where the teachers were mercilessly and brutally tortured for confession of their concocted allegation.
Later, the victims were sent to Taungpyo army camp where they were again assaulted.
On 26 November 2016, both the victims were sent to the Maungdaw Police Station where they may be killed by torturing severely for confession of their fabricated allegation, says another Rohingya.
The government has named the program as family member checking (Shooting Sait) which is just to make the members of the family to be present so that they can easily arrest the innocent people with false allegation, he added.
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10 elderly Rohingya men taken were away by the Army on Nov 25 and were brutally tortured.Now they can't even walk. 9 have been released, 1 is still detained. [video with testimony from one of the released men]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802507572678901760 ✓
On 25.11.16, 10 victims were arrested and tortured. One of them, identified as Sayed Alam S/O Nur Ahmed from Myaw Taung village tract, seen in video clip was release at 1:30PM on 26.11.16. Because of torture, he could not stand properly.
https://mirsdq.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/rohingya-sayed-alam-was-released-but.html ✓
Reported on 22nd Dec:
In November, 2016, many Rohingya were arbitrarily arrested by the army and border guards including many girls in Northern Maungdaw. A person from MinPya reported me that he saw a military truck carrying nearly 50 Rohingya girls on 25.11.16. He told me the truck was going towards Ann township. Since that time, I have been trying to get the detail information of it.
Today, a Rakhine Buddhist informed me that there are 45 Rohingya girls aged 12-22 in Ann Chaung military Camp of Ann township, Rakhine State. The Rakhine told me "Two years ago, military used to rape local women in Ann. To stop rape cases, authority in Ann township allows some houses of ill repute where they can recreate 5000 kyats per time, now the price increased 8000 kyats per time. I'm sure those 45 Rohingya girls brought from Maungdaw are being used as sex slaves by the military in Ann Chaung of Ann Township,Rakhine State.
To confirm the news, it is very difficult for me because there is no Muslim village in Ann Township; it became a Muslim-free township since 1980s like Taungug. If any member of UN Organization reach there, they could better confirm the information and take action.
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1spfbuc
like 60 military, BGP & Moghs Extremist chasing Rohingya 4m home at HatgozzaFara. Many reports arrest & killed right now [2 photos of villagers crossing fields, from a distance]
https://twitter.com/MaungShwe92/status/802459699018772481
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8pm Today at 8pm two Rohingya girls in KyunGaung H, LaungDon VT & Yesterday night a girl from FawKirTaung were raped by the military.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/801834221895643136 ✓
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There was a momentary hope on Thursday for the Rohingyas stranded in the field north of Mun Gala when a team of Rakhine government officials arrived with a huge consignment of aid. However, after they photographed handing aid to the Rohingyas, they packed it up and left.
The humanitarian situation in Mun Gala is alarming with many children dying from diarrhoea in the unhygienic conditions as thousands remain stranded on a field north of the village tract. The displaced people are people fleeing from the villages of Sau Ra Gazi Bil, Bor Gazi Bil, Ra Bai La, Sa Li Frang and other village tracts which have been pounded by the Tatmadaw leading to the death of more than a hundred people in the last two weeks. The field has become an open air prison as Hlun Htein strictly restricts the movements of the displaced people, looking to escape over the border to Bangladesh.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/403-many-killed-in-ludaing-raid ✓
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Morning 80 members of the army and BGP at Nyaung Chaung village in Buthidaung besieged Guta Pyin village this morning and arrested 8 youths.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/801711726924218372 ✓
5.30am Today at 5:30am Myanmar military & BGP raided GuDaPyin VT in Buthidaung. 7 Rohingya arrested. Heard they're tortured while interrogating.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/801814046823612417 ✓
AT Correspondent, Buthidaung
Myanmar military raided the Gudanpyin village tract (Gudampara) of Buthidaung South, Arakan State and arrested seven innocent educated Rohingya of the community from the village on November 24, 2016 in the early morning.
The victims were identified as Mr. Sheikh Ahamed 38 s/o Nurul Islm, Mr. Shafi, Mr. Habib Ullah, Mr. Futia, Mv Mohamed Zubiar including two more of the village.
Source said to our correspondent, the village was surrounded by approximately 40 army members at around 3: 00 am of 24 November and entered the village when the set rose in the early morning. They had a list with the name of people and arrested the seven people whom they found in the raid.
They entered every house according to the list but only seven persons were found out with the list. Many other fortunately managed to escape away from the arrest of army personnel.
The arrested seven educated Rohingya were taken to their camp where they were tortured cruelly without any legal ground, he added.
The crackdown of arresting innocent people has been shifted to the villages of Buthidaung Township where no attack was carried out on government soldiers by assailants like that of Maungdaw North on October 9.
The army has launched such move of arresting innocent Rohingya residents in Buthidaung just to extort huge money accusing in false allegations which is another new tactic of army, according to a villager.
No further information of the seven arrested innocent Rohingya is available.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/25/7-arrested-by-army-in-buthidaung-south/ ✓
Bangladesh’s border troopers have pushed back 107 more Rohingyas in land and seven boats on the Naf river in Cox’s Bazar since last night until this morning.
http://www.thedailystar.net/country/107-rohingyas-7-boats-pushed-back-1319719
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5.30am 500 troops besiege the town of Oo Shey Kyar. Then men flee and the women are rounded up.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/801305957116628993 ✓
Army and BGP are extorting money from the Rohingya fleeing U Shey Kya
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/801296892823040001 ✓
Some Rohingya men were detained in U Shey Kya. The army is plundering houses. Women were forced to leave homes and gather in one place. Some elderly women who cannot walk properly were beaten by the army.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/801334100703461376 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/801334695908753409 ✓
Tweeted next day: 500 military besieged Oo She Kyar on 23rd. They raped many women as there were rounded up at the village’s plain. 9 innocent villagers were arrested and taken to away it is not known where.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/801668236722900992 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/801668706854019072 ✓
Ushey Kya Burashider Para hamlet of Maungdaw North was raided by Myanmar military forces and the valuables were plundered from the villagers as well as the women were disgraced by army on 23 November 2016 since early morning.
Today early morning, some groups of Myanmar army penetrated the Ushey Kya Burashider Para hamlet and carried out intense violence in the name of clearance operation where the valuables of the villagers have been looted, said the source to our correspondent.
Source added the army in groups who entered the village has also pulled out the women from their houses and gathered them at a place outside the village where they were disgraced in different forms by the military forces.
Furthermore, the army has arbitrarily arrested at least twelve innocent villagers during their conducting raid in the village since morning whose fates and whereabouts are still unknown, said a villager.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/23/ushankya-burasikder-para-was-under-raid-of-myanmar-army/ ✓
Military & BGP looted 30 Motorcycles, 50+ Solar plates, 10 Cows & 30 Goats from Rohingya in USheyKya VT.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/801819150465269760 ✓
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7:30am A Rohingya eggplants vendor from NgaSarKyu VT was on the way to SabaiGone. He was tortured & looted by military
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/801814913467478016 ✓
Sin Thay Pyin
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Morning: military & BGP looted an Ox of Eliyas from SinThayPyin H, LaungDon VT
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/801817581808132096 ✓
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7am Army besieged Kyi Kan Pyin north hamlet in the night of 22nd. Then at 7am on 23rd they began household inquiries, taking photos of the households. The Rohingya men fled in fear of arbitrary arrest. 2 youths who went to participate in the household inquiries were arrested and have been out of communication since then.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/801661951499612160 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/801662454375714816 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/801662643484250112 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/801663217411837952 ✓
Afternoon whilst raiding Kyee Kan Pyin village tract, the army arrested 2 Rohingya who are from Wa Beik.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/801446584986824705 ✓
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At least 150 Rohingya children from Dar Gyi Sar are suffering from diarrhoea and there are many suffering in other places too.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/801355901819043840 ✓
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Eyewitness report of torture received on 23rd Nov, from a refugee who had fled:
“Peace be upon you, global leaders! My name is Gura Miya. I am 61 years old. I am from YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone village tract of Northern Maungdaw District, NRS of Myanmar. With my best regards and prayers for you, here I am to seek justice from you!
No sooner Army (Tatmadaw) attacked in our village "Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone" under the title of Area Clearance Operation on 12 November 2016, we villagers fled wheresoever we saw a way to run in fear of arrest. Some of we refuged in nearby village tract "Yay Twin Kyun".
Two days later, YayTwinKyun village tract were surrounded by some more than two hundred of MyanmarArmy and Border Guard Police (BGP) forces. All villagers were took out of homes and kept separately in two male and female groups at the village school compound.
All female villagers were ordered to go homes while dozens of 200+ armed forces interrogating the males. Then the men from other villages were ordered to be separated of the group. We're 102 men from "Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone" were taken to "YwetNyoeTaung" BGP outpost.
BGPs torturings on us continuously for 24 hours were just unlimited, unbelievable and unexplainable. 27 youths, mostly with beard slaughtered on 16 November 2016. Elderly 25 men including me were free. 50 others may be taken to BGP headquarter in KyeeKanPyin but still unknown.
We're unable to eat or drink anything after feeling their ways of torturings on us and after seeing our innocent children were mercilessly slaughtered in front of us. As you see, we can't speak or sleep properly. 2 of we 25 tortured were also died after being free. Our feelings are still unspoken.
700 of 750 houses in our village were burnt down and some of the houses left untorched were also believed to be burnt as you tell me. So, our lives, belongings, foods, houses and all gone by now. 7 villages completely and others slightly burnt down in Maungdaw North. We've really been betrayed!
And on November 14, all girls were believed to be gang/raped by 200+ forces while commander in battalion with some forces were interrogating villagers. Officer in charge intentionally let his forces rape our girls. "Yay Twin Kyun" villagers said," Our girls were crying when we returned homes."
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=593936310801919&id=100005566660705 ✓
10am nearly 200 refugees who entered Zadi Mora, Nhila area of Bangladesh last night are forcibly deported. Their current whereabouts unknown.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/801301830881918981
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/801302554395181056
Nearly 200 Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh are being pushed back now.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/80125153088834764
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(Ya Kin Dan hamlet couldn’t be found so placed in center of village tract)
Last night A mentally ill Rohingya man from Aley Than Kyaw Ka Yin Dan, in south Maungdaw, was shot at short range at least 20 times by the army last night
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/800990638464344064 ✓
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Morning Remaining homes in Dar Gyi Zar (about 13 to 14 were left standing) are now being burnt.
Photos:
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/800996994923671556 ✓
Video:
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/800960449957232641 ✓
Same video, states that the homes are being torched in the South and Northern parts of the hamlet
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/800955796901294081 ✓
Same video, also states Da Gyi Zar village tract (Rohingya name Chuto Gozibil)
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/800930407814307840 ✓
Reported following day: Troops burnt down the remaining 15 Rohingya houses and a 200 year old mosque at Dar Gyi Zar north hamlet.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/801313680885501954 ✓
The Burmese troops burnt down an ancient mosque and 15 more Rohingya homes at the village of Dar Gyi Zar in northern Maungdaw on Tuesday morning.
The mosque burnt down was a 200 year-old mosque known as ‘Ibrahim Masjid’ located between the villagers of ‘Dar Gyi Zar’ and ‘Thara Oak.’
The homes burnt down were a few remaining homes at the North hamlet of Dar Gyi Zar, that had survived the fire set by the Burmese troops on November 13 and 14.
Some of the homes destroyed in the fire belonged to the following people.
Rahim (son of) Shomshu
Mustakh Ahmed (son of) Shura Meah
Mohammed Ali (son of) Abdul Gaffar
Mohammed Johar (son of) Abdul Rahman
Abdu Salam (son of) Abdul Rahman
Mv Nurul Islam (son of) ?
Sufiya Khatun (daughter of) ?
Bani Amin (son of) ?
Idiris (son of) Kabir Ahmed
Mohammed Nabi (son of) Abdu Jalil
Abdu Shukkor (son of) Abdu Jalil
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-troops-burn-mosque-rohingya-homes/ ✓
Displaced Rohingya from Dar Gyi Sar village tract, pleading again for help. [video]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/800859693405138944 ✓
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The Burmese army also raid the Balu Khali (Thee Chaung) and Powet Chaung village and arrested two villagers and tortured severely on November 22, in the morning. All the villagers fled from village for fear of arrest and torture. As a result, the army gathered all the village females to a local school and asked them to be present their husbands within three days, otherwise, they will burn down all the houses and released all, in the evening, a businessman S.. said from the locality.
https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/11/22/armys-other-outrages-at-maungdaw/ ✓
Rohingya women were arrested, children beaten and 3 village men arrested by the army during the siege of Pha Wat Chaung on 22nd Nov. Of the 3 arrested, one is reported to have been tortured to death (tweeted on 24th Nov)
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/801694908297814016 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/801695065617743872 ✓
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Video footage of displaced Rohingya receiving no help. Every day they are on the move trying to find a safe place.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/800857541676855296 ✓
Video footage of Rohingya women who were staying in the villages, now also fleeing due to rapes, killing and houses being burnt.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/800975372770648064 ✓
Same video, states that they are leaving from Kya Gong Taung village tract
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/800953042270990336 ✓
AT Staff Report
Myanmar Army and Border Guard Police forces arrested an innocent Rohingya paralysis patient from Kya Gon Taung (Raabailla) village tract on November 22, 2016.
The victim was known as Mohammed Alam 50 s/o Molvi Syed Ahmed, secretary of the Vermont old Kya Gong Taung (Raabailla hamlet, North Maungdaw, Rakhine State, Myanmar.
According to report, an old Rohingya paralysis affected Patient was detained by Border Guard Police of Kya Gon Taung BGP outpost without any legal ground and dragged him to their outpost as the victim was not able to walk.
The patient has been suffering from paralysis disease for years who is not able to walk and even to stand up.
The victim got Released from the custody after torturing mercilessly [reported on 29th - he was released on 27th].
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/29/bgp-arrests-a-paralysis-patient-in-maungdaw/ ✓
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/803640198856732673 ✓
Video of paralysed man with injuries
https://youtu.be/tTwR2hqLAsg ✓
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Note: exact location not given, for their safety
Villagers from Kyet Yoe Pyin and Nga Sar Kyu fleeing to Bangladesh to escape the brutality of the army. [video]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/800977121594195968 ✓
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At least nine infant children have died in Mun Gala as Rohingyas who have been driven out of Maungdaw North villages continue to be cut off from all medical facilities. An outbreak of diarrhoea looks likely to take its toll on many more children, as access to food and even water has become difficult for these internally displaced persons (IDP)s. Many of the Rohingyas often don’t eat for days at an end…
Meanwhile, seven women have confirmed to our correspondent in the area that they have become pregnant after being raped by the Tatmadaw in October. The victims say when the affair becomes public knowledge, they are going to become social pariahs and have requested help for abortion or medicine.
In a separate incident, Tatmadaw forces surrounded the open field north of Mun Gala where many IDPS are based, saying they needed to check the Rohingya women for suspicious links to Muslim rebels. Six women were taken away in the name of questioning to a secluded place and raped.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/401-infant-children-die-concern-over-war-babies-as-quran-desecrated-again ✓
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Tatmadaw surrounded the southern neighbourhood of Maung Hna Ma from all sides on Monday morning. A tense situation is prevailing in the village tract. All Rohingyas from the Majur para neighbourhood of the village tract had earlier escaped.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/401-infant-children-die-concern-over-war-babies-as-quran-desecrated-again ✓
20.9858207702637, 92.3146820068359
7am Rohingya houses in So Mon Nya Hamlet, Kyar Gaung Taung (Rabailla) village tract were torched by the army today morning. Military entered in 4 groups. There are many rape reports from this village.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/800605526619017216 ✓
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/800543256417214464 ✓
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/800571682675105794 ✓
On Monday morning the soldiers were then reported to have burnt the home of the same Amir Hussein in South Hamlet [of Kyar Gaung Taung], and some other houses in So Mon Nya hamlet.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/many-rohingya-women-from-kyar-gaung.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#sthash.fZk3Od63.dpuf ✓
This morning, starting 8 am, they began to torch homes at the Kya Gaung Taung village. One home belongs to Aamir Hussein has been burnt down up until now. [reported on 22nd, but it was earlier reported that the house was burnt on 21st]
http://www.rvisiontv.com/troops-continue-gang-raping-women-arbitrary-arrests-civilians/ ✓
4.18pm Many women were raped by the army last night at Kyar Gaung Taung village tract but it is currently unknown how many as the army is still there.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/800636956266766336 ✓
5.23pm 25 Rohingya were detained at Kyar Gaung Taung the previous day and the army are still there
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/800653239138000896 ✓
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Morning a group of 300 soldiers surrounded Myaw Taung village tract. They then raided the village and were said to have tortured some elderly and disabled men after the rest of the men in the village had fled. They were said to have forced the women in this village tract to also gather in a nearby paddy field, and raped some of them as well. At this time villagers say the military is still present in the village.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/many-rohingya-women-from-kyar-gaung.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#sthash.fZk3Od63.dpuf ✓
At around 50- Burmese troop surround Myaw Taung (Sali Pyin) village on November 21, and all the males fled for fear of arrests. So, they tortured the disabled and the old people found in the village. After that, the troops gathered women villagers in one place and asked them to be present their husbands in the village within three days, otherwise, they will be punished severely. After that they started raping the women, and estimated about 20 women were raped, another villager Lalu said from the village.
https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/11/22/armys-other-outrages-at-maungdaw/ ✓
Around 300 Burmese troops besieged Rohingya village ‘Myau Taung (Saali Ferang)’ on November 21 and the men fled in fear of the arbitrary arrests.
So, they tortured the disabled and the old people found in the village. The troops rounded up the village women at a plain in the village. After that, they gang-raped a few women from the group.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/troops-continue-gang-raping-women-arbitrary-arrests-civilians/ ✓
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Displaced children from Dar Gyi Sar (Shoto Gozibil) are suffering from diarrhea and are in urgent need of medical care. One tweet says the army burnt homes there on 17th Nov (actually it was 15th) (video)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/800642074076856320 ✓
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/800584612821008384 ✓
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Tweeted at 6.41pm Burashidda (UShawKyar) is under military assaults whole. Rape, beating including children, looting, burning are their purposes
https://twitter.com/msiarakan/status/800672930325635072 ✓
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Bali Bazaar [Kyein Chaung]
The residents from this beleaguered village tract were driven out last week when Tatmadaw attacked the area with rocket launchers. However, over the weekend, the Tatmadaw and Hlun Htein caught up with many of the villagers who were seeking refuge in the wilderness and ordered them to go back.
On Monday, the security forces entered the village tract and said they would scrutinise the list of residents to make sure there were no illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, a common practise in the region, generally used to extort the Muslim population. But this time, grown up males present to confirm their names were arrested. On the other hand, anyone found absent from the village were omitted from the list and it was declared henceforth they would be treated as Bangladesh nationals, and they were ineligible to stay in this country.
Around 15 people were arrested from the area. There are concerns they will be mercilessly tortured in custody.
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267 families in Chain Khali Rohingya refugee camp in Koe Tan Kauk village tract, Rathedaung, are now starving. They have had no food rations for almost 2 months now.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/800686903561453568 ✓
Rohingya ladies are being harassed by the military at Ohn Daw Gyi check-point in Sittwe, accused of carrying knives (video testimony)
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/800685613796061186
Protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh (photo)
https://twitter.com/Jahidhoq/status/800630313151934464
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/80076093980912435
Mass exodus of Rohingya refugees are arriving in Bangladesh. (videos)
http://www.rvisiontv.com/watch-video-burmese-army-violence-causes-rohingya-mass-exodus/
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/800586839325282304
Photos
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/800598059310837760
4 Rohingya refugee girls reportedly kidnapped once they arrived in Bangladesh
https://twitter.com/Rafiquerhg/status/800668349650862080
Report of harassment of refugees arriving in Bangladesh. Old man gives testimony, that he arrived in Bangladesh with 12,000 BDT to survive in Bangladesh, but it was looted shortly after arrival and now they have nothing to eat. (video)
https://twitter.com/Rafiquerhg/status/800696018790596609
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9.30am AT Staff Report
Myanmar Border Guard Police has extorted Kyat five hundred thousand from one of the innocent and paralytic Rohingya underage girl, fifty thousand in cash and the rest four hundred thousand on deed of agreement without any legal point.
The victim has been identified as Bibi Akter 17 d/o Abdul Salaam of Sammoakata Quarter 2 of Taungpyo Letway, Maungdaw north.
The victims was arrested to police custody in Taungpyo Letway and severely beaten to injury today at around 9.30 am.
Border Guard Police demanded Kyat five hundred thousand from her family but the victim was too poor to meet the demanded amount. Later, the victim managed Kyat fifty thousand in her fateful days and was released after giving the money to BGP at 4.30 pm.
But, for the rest of four hundred and fifty thousand, a respectable man of the community took the liability as fiduciary. If the money is not paid in time, the victim will be arrested again, according to BGP official of Taung Pyo Letway, the source quoting the official said to our correspondent.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/20/myanmar-bgp-extorts-huge-money-from-poor-family/ ✓
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An elder from Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone gives his oral testimony, stating that more than 500 houses were burnt down there, many were killed and burned alive, and many are missing. Some have been found. (video)
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7pm Hundreds of troops besieged Kya Gaung Taung village, and serial gang rapes of Rohingya women are ongoing (started at 9pm last night)
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/800333047182692352 ✓
More than 40 Rohingya civilians, including old, young, and sick, have been arrested and many others are being tortured. Homes are being plundered.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/800334702808690688 ✓
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Reported next day: 25 Rohingya were detained at Kya Gaung Taung on 20th. Army is still in the village.
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On November 20th, 2016 a group of 200 soldiers entered Kyar Gaung Taung in the morning. They called the villagers out by loud speaker stating they would not arrest anyone, but said they wanted to meet with them. The men, fearing arrest and torture fled the village. The soldiers then were reported to have forced the remaining women into a paddy field nearby. Ten men nearby were also reportedly brought with them at this time. They were kept in this area until 3pm, then allowed the women to return home.
At 5pm that day the soldiers began raiding the houses under pretext of investigation, according to locals. The soldiers were said to have sexually harassed some women, and have been accused of raping them as well. Reports that elderly men and children were also tortured or abused have emerged as well.
The soldiers were said to have entered into the house of the village administrator in South hamlet of the vilage tract and raped his wife, teenage daughter and two teenage housemaids, according to a local villager.
15 men who had not fled earlier were then said to have been arrested while the soldiers were raiding the village’s houses. At sunset villagers say women were again forced to leave their home and gather in the paddy field. They were kept there until 11pm. Villagers said some of the women gathered there were taken away and raped by the soldiers.
“As far as I know that at least 50 women were raped by the soldiers. 25 men detained. They are still detained and the soldiers are not leaving yet from the village.” the villager said at 4:30pm local time on Monday, November 21st, 2016.
In the evening on November 20th soldiers looted an ox owned by Amir Hussein who also lived in the South hamlet. The ox was slaughtered and eaten by the soldiers occupying the village. The soldiers were reported to have also stolen five motorcycles and some solar panel plates, as well as other valuables.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/many-rohingya-women-from-kyar-gaung.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#sthash.fZk3Od63.dpuf ✓
The Burmese army terrified the Rohingya villagers of Kyaa Gaung Taung village under Maungdaw north such as—arresting, looting, raping women and girls, and set on firing the homes on November 22 [says 22 but must have been a mistake since the homes burnt were first reported on 21st], Belal from the village said.
On that day, early morning, the Burmese army raided the said village (Rabailla), and seized five motorcycles and some Solar Panels; and plundered valuables and destroyed immovable properties in the homes, he more added.
The army, in some houses, physically abused the women in the name of body-search, while in some other house; they gang-raped some women. Besides, the troops tortured some children and elderly people they met on their way and arrested 25 innocent villagers from the village, a trader named Abu from the village said.
The army forced the women from the village to come out from their homes and gather with the 25 arrested villagers at a paddy field and kept them as hostage from sunset to till 11:00 pm. During this time, the army gang raped many women, another villager S. said.
Meanwhile, they also set on fire the remaining houses at the Sommonna village of Kya Gaung Taung village tract, he further said.
The army burnt down Aamir Hussein’s homes from Kya Gaung Taung village on November 22 at about 8:00am, he added [note that the home was actually burnt on 21st].
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Myanmar military in four groups entered the Kya Gon Taung (Rabailla) village tract and carried out intense violence in which they committed sexual abuses against women on November 20, 2016 in the early morning.
According to correspondent report, Myanmar troops divided in four groups entered the Kya Gon Taung village tract in the early morning and arrested 25 innocent people who were tortured severely.
Most of the male members fled away seeing the army coming toward the village. But, later the fled villagers were chased down and arrested about 100 villagers.
Initially the military pulled out of their houses and gathered the women in two crowds in two places from the village and snatched away whatever the army found from their possession such as, gold ornament and money checking their bodies.
Then the army left the village at lunch time and came again after having lunch. They sexually abused third of the women in the village entering their houses, source said to our correspondent.
They stayed in the village whole night where they raped women and burnt three houses on the way to their camp this morning.
Source added, one group left the village early morning today but rest of the three groups of army are still in the village that are doing whatever they like to Rohingya villagers.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/21/myanmar-troops-continue-committing-rape-on-women-in-maungdaw/ ✓
Reported on 22nd: Around 200 Burmese troops besieged Kya Gaung Taung (Rabailla) village yesterday [published on 22nd but known to have happened on 20th] early morning and announced through loudspeakers “we came here to hold a meeting with you, not to arrest the villagers.”
But knowing the ill-tactic of the troops, the men started to flee to hide-outs. Around 5 pm, the troops began raiding the villagers’ homes.
The troops tortured some children and old people they encountered on their way. Besides, they arrested total 25 innocent men at the village.
As the Sun sets in, they forced the women at the village to come out of their homes and gather them along with the 25 men arrested at a paddy field outside the village and kept them as HOSTAGE until 11 pm at night. During the hostage of the women, they GANG-RAPED at least 50 women of them.
Seeing the unbearable plight of the girls and women getting Gang-Raped by the troops, a youth spoke up and requested the army members not to do so. Thus, the military personnel whacked him with their guns and he died on the spot.
Meanwhile, they set fires on the Rohingya homes (remained unburnt during November 13 and 14) at the Sommonnah Fara hamlet of Kya Gaung Taung (Rabailla) village tract.
At night, they slaughtered a Rohingya owned Bull without paying any compensation and had dinner.
U Du Du Miya, ex-administrator of Kya Gaung Taung, and his whole family too died in a van accident last night as they were trying to flee from the assaults and inhumane atrocities in the region.
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An old man (grandfather) has been badly beaten by the army and his beard burnt. He is now in a critical condition and is urinating blood. Mv.Mohammed Siddiq S/O Ismail. Age 65 from KiyaGongTong (Rabiella) village hamlet, reportedly happened on 14.11.2016, but vid sent on 20th Nov (video)
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Many Rohingya are fleeing from Kyet Yoe Pyin (Kiyari Prang) and Ngar Sar Kyu (videos)
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/800359951852077061 ✓
Here it says they are fleeing to Bangladesh (video)
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Myanmar government distributed 10kgs of rice to a few Rohingya houses in southern Maungdaw so that they could take some photos.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/800358431093850112
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Allegations that the pagodas at Mrauk U (Pathor Keela) are being used to store weapons that will be used to attack the Rohingya.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/myanmar-news/400-terror-spreading-to-mrauk-u-and-kyauktaw ✓
Bangladesh
News report from Bangladesh, in Bengali language, interviews Rohingya families arriving in the night
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/800453247593054208
Between 9th October to 20th November, BROUK has recorded the following estimates of abuses committed:
Deaths: 428 Rohingya
Rape: 192 Rohingya women
Arrest: 440
Missing people: 120
Reports of beatings and physical violence: 160
Burnt down houses and buildings: 1,780
IDPs: 35,000
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
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2 Rohingya arrested by the military at Nga Sa Kyu (Naasha Furu) on their way home after collecting firewood.Reason for arrest unknown.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/799846462276308993 ✓
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9am On November 19th at 9 AM a group of 100 military and BGP forces raided Sin Thay Pyin hamlet of Laung Don village tract. The women in the village gathered together fearing they may be raped by the security forces when they arrived in the village. The military found them and tried to separate them and force them back to their homes, but the women refused, wanting to stay together for safety. The security forces were reported to have then beaten some men that they found in the village, while looting all valuables they found, including food and livestock valued at around 150,000 Kyat. They destroyed many homes in the village and then left for Nga Sar Kyu village.
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Military started raiding Kyet Yoe Pyin yesterday, destroying almost all household goods including utensils and cooking pots.
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Video of Rohingya women and children forced by the military and BGP to flee their homes today, from KyetYoePyin and NgaSarKyu.
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2 innocent Rohingya were arrested from Rabaillah [ Kyar Gaung Taung] village. They were taken and kept locked up in a room. Sometime later the locals saw the military cleaning that room and they fear that they killed the 2 men as they are now missing.
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2pm Photo of Ubaida (daughter of) Karimullah, age 18, killed by the military in a shooting rampage in Du Dan today. Two other children are missing.
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Video of Wajeda Begom D/o Haji Karim Ullah(18) from Doetan
(Ludaing) hamlet shot by Army On Saturday 19.11.2016, shows bullet hole in her back (published on 20th)
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3pm A 15 year old girl from Du Dan is taken away by the military. It is feared that she will be raped.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/799964366552567809 ✓
3pm Rohingya imam, Minhajur Rahman from Du Dan, was shot by the army. Some others were shot dead too.
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3pm 3 Rohingya women were shot dead by the army at Du Dan and some children died from drowning whilst trying to escape.
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3pm Video footage of Rohingya boy shot dead by the military at Du Dan today
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A Tatmadaw force entered Ludaing (Doe Tan) at around 4pm on Saturday and started shooting at fleeing villagers. A teenage girl fell when she was hit with a bullet. Soldiers then moved towards her and finished her off from close range with two more bullets. She has been identified as Obaida Begum (d/o Abdul Karim).
Another man killed in the gunfire has been identified as 22 year Md Yunus (s/o Abu Salam).
Amid the ongoing gunfire, a mother was running across a narrow plank when two infant children fell into the river and floated away. They are presumed to be dead.
Some sources say the actual death toll is higher.
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2pm AT Staff Report
A column of army on the way to Maungdaw from Long Dung [Doe Tan] area entered Lambaguna and Dudang village tracts of Maungdaw and opened gun fires randomly on the Rohingya civilians leaving two teenagers dead on November 19, 2016 at around 2: 00 pm.
Following the indiscriminate gun fires, all the villagers including women and children fled to a neighboring village Pyuma (Purma). In the gun fires of army, two teenagers, a girl and a boy shot dead, villager told our staff correspondent.
The deceased have been identified as Obaida 15 s/o Karim, Ullah and Younus 17 s/o Abul Alam of the village.
First the army entered the Lambaguna village where they fired several rounds and tortured the villagers they could catch them.
After two hours of their gun fires and raid in Lambaguna, they again entered Dudang village and opened fires indiscriminately forcing people to flee away. When the villagers were fleeing to neighboring Pyuma, the two teenagers were hit bullets of army’s gun fires and dead at the spot.
Moreover, two babies have fallen into the Pyuma River from their respective mothers’ holding while crossing a bamboo narrow bridge over to the Pyuma to escape persecution of army. The infants have still been missing which carried away swiftly by the current, said the source to correspondent.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/19/breaking-news-myanmar-army-guns-down-2-teenagers-in-maungdaw/ ✓
Women and children from Lab Ba Gu Na hamlet in Dudan village tract calling for help, saying they would rather be killed than harassed every day like now (video)
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Video of damage caused to mosque in Du Dan on 19th (published on 20th)
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Reported on 22nd: Tatmadaw accompanied by Rakhine men in civilian clothes raided Lambaguna [Lin Bar Gone Nar in Doe Tan VT] on Sunday afternoon [mistake likely made here as this was previously reported as happening on Sat 19th]. They entered the mosque where they looted valuables and then went on to desecrate the Quran, reported eyewitnesses who later went to the scene and found torn pages from the Muslim holy book.
The army and their collaborators also took away cows belonging to the Muslims, looted shops and knocked out fences.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/401-infant-children-die-concern-over-war-babies-as-quran-desecrated-again ✓
At 2 PM the military based in Kyein Chaung raided Lambagun hamlet in Du Dan village tract. These women were also afraid they amy be raped if they remained and they fled from their village. The men fled as well in fear of torture. With the village empty the military was able to loot and destroy everything. By 4pm the Military had reached Du Dan hamlet. The villagers fled on foot to Ahet Pyuma village. They reported that the military fired at them continuously as they were swimming across a river to get to Ahet Pyuma.
An 18 year old woman named Woobaida, who is the daughter of Karim Ullah and a man named Einus, who s the son of Abdl Kalam, were both shot at this time. Einus was reported dying on the spot, while Woobaida survived initial shots, but was spotted with her injuries across the river by the military. It was reported by a villager to RB News that soldiers then came and shot her three more times at close range to kill her. The soldiers then took her dead body and left it at a house inside the village and left the village at 6pm.
While villagers were running and attempting to cross the river two are believed to have drowned, but their bodies have not been located as of yet to confirm this. Another child was shot by the military while crossing, but was able to escape.
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2pm Four innocent Rohingya civilians were killed in a shoot rampage by the Burmese troops at Du’dan village in northern Maungdaw yesterday afternoon.
The casualties were 18-year-old Ubaida (daughter of) Karimullah, 22-year-old Yunose (son of) Abul Alam and two children who got drown in a river while they were trying to escape the Army shootings.
Around 100 Burmese troops — from the Battalion of Camp 24 at Kyein Chaung village (Boli Bazaar) — besieged the Laamba Guna hamlet of Du’dan (locally known as Ludaing) and conducted raids on the Rohingya homes around 2 PM on November 19.
The villagers, feared of getting arrested, tortured and raped by the Burmese troops like at KyetYoePyin (Kiyari Ferang) village on the earlier day, fled to the nearest hide-outs. As they didn’t get chance to arrest people at the village, they vandalized homes, looted the valuables, destroyed properties and fired in the air; and left the hamlet around 4 PM.
After that, they went on to raid the Du’dan’s main village. The villagers started fleeing to their sights and the army began indiscriminate firings at the fleeing people.
The women in the village, too, started fleeing in fear of getting raped by the Burmese troops.
“Ubaida and Yunose were hit by bullets after managing to swim across the river. Yunose died instantly and Ubaida fell down on the ground at a paddy field and was still taking her breathes.
“Three armies swam across the river and shot her to death. And then, they took her corpse away” said a terrified victim who witnessed from a hide-out.
The troops left the dead body of Ubaida at a Rohingya home at Du’dan before their withdral around 6 PM.
The two children swimming across the river along with Ubaida and some other women got drown and have gone missing since then.They are also believed to have died.
One more person was also got hit by a bullet and he managed to flee.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/four-civilians-killed-army-shooting-rampage/ ✓
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Tatmadaw forces raided Nan Chaung in Maungdaw North where they raped around 25 women, and arrested Rohingya civilians, saying they were being taken to be shot. On Saturday, around 250 soldiers entered the village while firing from their guns. As the Tatmadaw entered the village, Rohingyas scattered and ran in different directions but the Tatmadaw managed to apprehend many of them. They were taken to an open field of the local school. Here around 25 women were taken away and gang raped.
Some of the victims say as many as four men raped them.
Later, the Tatmadaw forced all the male members into the trucks. Some of those taken away were young boys as old as 10. When the women asked where they were being taken to, an officer replied they were being taken away to be shot. The army trucks were also loaded with valuables looted from Rohingya houses.
Most of the men had however managed to run away when the army entered the village tract.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/399-men-and-boys-marched-away-to-death-little-girls-raped ✓
2pm On the same day at 2 PM a group of 100 soldiers raided Ngan Chaung village and arrested more than 200 villagers.They then interrogated and released all of the Ngan Chaung villagers. Another 80 villagers remained in custody and were from Kyet Yoe Pyin, Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone, Pwint Phyu Chaung, Dar Gyi Sar and Kyar Gaung Taung but were taking shelter in Ngan Chaung. The villagers were taken to the BGP headquarters based in Kyee Kan Pyin villages.
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33 innocent Rohingya arrested on 19th in Ngan Chaung are reported in media on 20th, labelled as attackers.
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On 19 November, Myanmar army jointly with BGP forces entered Ngang Chaung including many other village tracts and arrested 33 innocent civilians from those villages with the false allegation of having their involvement in the conflict between the army and the Rohingya rights defenders.
Among the arrestees, 7 persons were from Zawet Chaung, 9 from Myo Taung and 17 from Puang Pyu Chaung village tracts of Maungdaw north.
They were brutally tortured by army for confessions of involvement in the clash between the army and the protestors occurred in Maying Chaung village. The detainees have not been released yet, source said.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/21/myanmar-army-arrests-more-33-rohingya-civilians-in-maungdaw/ ✓
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Note: their exact location not identified here for their safety
Displaced Rohingya from Dar Gyi Sar have been in a field since 12th November and are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. (videos)
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The Burmese troops from Kyeing Chaung (Bowli Bazaar) village raided Shariff Hussein (40 ), son of Hafizu Rahman at the village on November 19, and plundered Kyat 3 million worth of food rations and valuable properties, Seraz from Bawli Bazar said.
In Bawli Bazar market, there is nothing left in the shops, as army, Border Guard Police (BGP) personnel and Natala villagers plundered all things from the Rohingya shop except Rakine shops, he more added.
https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/11/22/armys-other-outrages-at-maungdaw/ ✓
The Burmese troops stationed at the Border Guard Police Camp 24 in Kyeing Chaung (Boli Bazaar) village raided the residence of Shariff Hussein (son of) Hafizu Rahman, 38, at the village on November 19, where they plundered Kyat 3 Million worth of food rations and valuable properties. [reported on 22 Nov]
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Video of Rohingya ladying who fled to Bangladesh, interviewed on 22nd. Says her husband was killed by the military on Saturday (assumed to be 19 Nov) in Kyi Kan Pyin (Kawar Bil). She says the military shot and slaughtered a large number of innocent Rohingya in her village. Now on her own with two small children and no family in Bangladesh to help.
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Tweeted at 12.30pm on 18th 18/11/16 12:00 Army has besieged KyaYoePyin & NgaSarKyu. Some Rohingya civilians arrested & likely to be accused as militants
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Tweeted at 12.47pm 4 Rohingya men including 2 elderly from Kyet Yoe Pyin village tract, have been arrested by the army this morning. They were ‘mercilessly tortured’ in the village.
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Tweeted at 1.05pm Army starts sexual abuses in Lu Pan Pyin hamlet of Kyet Yoe Pyin village tract now. A Rohingya women who was crying sent R.B. an audio clip (details below).
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5am-evening The army gang-raped the women for hours and arrested the 50 men at ‘Lu Pan Pyin’ hamlet of KyetYoePyin village tract during a day-long siege of three Rohingya villages – KyetYoePyin (Kiyari Ferang), NgaSarKyu (Nashaa Furu) and Oo Shye Kyar (Bura Shidda Fara) – by a joint force of the army and the Border Guard Police (BGP) from 5:00 AM to the late evening.
“They entered our homes saying they would need to search and investigate. When they didn’t find men present in some homes during the raids, they raped the women there. As far as I am concerned, they gang-raped three women in my neighborhoods for hours. They were screaming and crying for help” said a woman who managed to escape the horror scene.
It has been learnt that the military are committing rapes and all other crimes against humanity in disguise of ‘Clearance Operation.’
“The military order us to stay at home cool and calm; and not to run away. But when we do that, they simply arrest every one of us or kill us when we try to escape the arbitrary arrests. What should we do” exclaimed a Rohingya man while on the run.
Going by the current trends of the arrests in Maungdaw, the Burmese armed forces simply arrest random civilians they encounter and declare them to be militants through the state media and other domestic media under the instructions of the military.
On this unfolding situation, a human rights watchdog based in Maungdaw commented “the army arrests any Rohingya men on sight whether or not they have connections with the alleged militants in the region. They declare these civilians as militants through the state media as soon as they are arrested.
“So they run away in that fear. When they flee, the army and the BGP get free hands to rape women to their hearts’ content. I estimate the numbers of Rape Victims could exceed 100 by now.”
Hundreds of the innocent civilians have been killed, more than 100 women have been raped, many hundred people have been arrested and many villages have entirely been destroyed since the army offensive on the civilians in northern Maungdaw began on October 9 iin the name of ‘Clearance Operation.’
These pogroms, mass arrests and rapes are now leading to mass exodus of people especially to Bangladesh
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-troops-gang-rape-3-rohingya-women-arrest-50-men/ ✓
5.30am At 5:30AM today, November 18th, 2016 the Military and Border Guard Police (BGP) surrounded Kyet Yoe Pyin, Nga Sar Kyu and U Shey Kya village and then later raided the villages. They have been inside of the villages since the morning and remained stationed there are the present time, according to local villagers.
The Militaryand BGP were reported to have raped women in homes where no men were present in Lu Pan Pyin hamlet, in Kyet Yoe Pyin village tract, according to one man who fled the village.
“They said they needed to check the houses. They raped the women if there were no men in the home. As of today I know of three women who were raped. Their neighbors heard them screaming for help,” another villager who escaped the village said.
Today the soldiers and police involved in the so called ‘clearance operation’ arrested 50 men from Kyet Yoe Pyin and 3 men from U Shey Kya villages.
Another villager who fled the scene informed RB News that, “They arrested any man they saw in front of them, so we had to run away from the village. Some were arrested while they were running away. They said to stay quietly in the village, but they arrested many people once they began raiding the village. Now we can only be calm if we flee the country, if we don’t they will arrest us one day soon as well.”
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/3-rohingya-women-raped-at-least-50-men.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#sthash.zFGHoz8w.dpuf ✓
On November 18th, 2016 at 5:30 AM the military and BGP surrounded Kyet Yoe Pyin, Nga Sar Kyu and U Shey Kya villages, and then raided them shortly after. The security forces arrived in the morning and remained stationed there until around midnight, according to local villagers.
Initial reports from the villagers claimed that three women were raped but later on more victims were discovered. The villagers confirmed that a total of eight girls were raped by the military and BGP. The victims were as young as 11 years old. Other victims were said to be 13, 15, 16, and 17 years old. Two of the victims are considered to be in very critical condition, a local woman informed RB News.
The military and BGP were also reported looting gold and cash valued at 2.2 million Myanmar Kyat from four villages.
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The Burmese army gang-raped three Rohingya women and arbitrarily arrested over 40 villagers from northern Maungdaw on November 18, said Zalal from Nga Sa Kyu village.
The army gang-raped three women and arrested over 40 villagers from Lu Pan Pyin village of Kyet Yoe Pyin village tract, Kyet Yoe Pyin, Nga Sar Kyu and Oo Shye Kyar villages – from 5:00 am to in the evening, he more added
“They entered our homes saying they would need to search and investigate. When they didn’t find any man present in homes, they raped the women. I do not want to mention their names who had been raped by army,” said Shona Banu from Kyet Yoe Pyin village.
“The army asks us to stay at home peacefully; and not to run away. But when we do that, they simply arrest us or kill when we try to escape the arbitrary arrests, a villager Sultan said from Nga Sa Kyu village.
https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/11/20/burmese-armys-gang-raped-and-arbitrary-arrest-in-maungdaw/ ✓
7am - 4pm AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
Myanmar militaries along with local Rakhine extremists raped the young girls and plundered valuable properties of Rohingya villagers from Kyet Yu Pyin of Maungdaw North on November 18, 2016 at around 7: 00 am, yesterday.
Source told our correspondent that the Myanmar military forces and Rakhine extremists in four groups entered to kyet Yu Pyin hamlet and started opening gun fires randomly creating reign of terror in the area and forced people to flee away.
Following indiscriminate gun fires just after they had entered the village, the whole villagers ran away to north side of the village. The military intentionally fired gun shoots to threaten the male members of the community to flee so that the criminals can take the advantages it to rape and loot.
When all the villagers except women and children fled to Nirbil hamlet, the army personnel caught some people who could not run away and beat them brutally.
The radical Rakhine started to loot valuable properties including gold ornaments from the houses of Rohingya residents at Lutiprang of Kya Yu Pyin Hamlet. They even took away the cooking pots.
The army personnel sexually abused some girls inside the houses taking the advantages of male members flee. They also beat the girls whom they did not like.
An old woman said crying in voice clip to our correspondent, oh Bazi okkol, ara horejaitam, bazi okkol arare baso na. arar maya fuaindo rey military ye julum gorer goror bitore. “It means that Oh Parents and brethren, where will we go, please rescue us, our female are being raped by army inside the house”.
They stayed in the village where they had meals slaying cattle of Rohingya and enjoyed sexually abusing the girls 7: 00 am to 4: 00 pm .The villagers are not able to enter their village, said a villager.
Truth news of today from the villagers…..
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/19/military-and-rakhine-extremists-rape-young-girls-loot-valuables-in-maungdaw/ ✓
11am This audio clip was sent from Lu Pyan Pyin hamlet, Kyet Yoe Pyin Village Tract on November 18, 2016 at 11am local time.
In this audio clip:
The Rohingya woman said she is one of the victim.
A Rohingya woman:
“Peace be upon you. I am talking to the brothers from my village.
They [soldiers] brought us to the yard. They put their hands into our clothes and are abusing us.
They took us into the house and are abusing us. They took the young girls into the house and abused. Then they came out one by one [solider] from house. How do we stay in this country?
Please pray for us. I was abused by them and I just came out by crawling. Brothers, please pray for us. I can't talk any more.”
A Rohingya man:
“Peace be upon you. We are talking from Lu Pyan Pyin hamlet in Kyet Yoe Pyin village tract. Peace be upon you. Please listen this and pray for us.”
Note: Lu Ti Frang is Lu Pyan Pyin hamlet.
Uploader’s Note: : The women were raped but the woman who was speaking in the clip didn’t dare to use the term “rape” in Rohingya language. Instead she said sexually abused. Translated exactly what she said. [audio recording on blog]
A 65 year old man was brutally tortured by the army in Kyet Yoe Pyin today. He can’t breathe very well now.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/799613359989473280 ✓
Army gang rape 3 Rohingya women and arbitrarily arrest over 40 villagers from Lu Pan Pyin village of Kyet Yoe Pyin village tract, Kyet Yoe Pyin, Nga Sar Kyu and Oo She Kyar, from 5am into the evening, says witness from Nga Sa Kyu. “They entered our homes saying they would need to search and investigate. When they didn’t find any man present in homes they raped the women. I do not want to mention their names who had been raped by the army” said a witness from Kyet Yoe Pyin. “The army asks us to stay at home peacefully and not to run away. But when we do that, they simply arrest us or kill when we try to escape the arbitrary arrests” sways another villager from Nga Sa Kyu village.
http://www.thestateless.com/2016/11/21/burmese-armys-gang-raped-and-arbitrary-arrest-in-maungdaw/ ✓
3 Rohingya women from LuPanPyin H, KyetYoePyin were raped by Myanmar Army today morning and at least 50 innocent villagers arrested.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/799659490148843521 ✓
4pm The entire village tract of Kyari Prang was earlier burned down during the first week of the ongoing crackdown and some of the most horrendous atrocities of the first phase of the operations were committed in this area.
Since then, some of the villagers who did not have anywhere else to go came back and made plastic shelters. However, on Friday at around 4pm, Tatmadaw entered the Luti Prang (Lu Pan Pyin) neighbourhood of Kyari Prang where they surrounded some of the Rohingyas living in plastic shelters, while others managed to run away. Four women, and four underage girls were taken away and raped. The victims say they were raped by multiple soldiers.
A 10 year girl is in critical condition.
Locals say they heard the screamings of some of the women as they cried out in pain.
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12 noon Following complaint by admin of Myint Hlut village to the army commander at Kyauk Pandu battalion, 20 people who were arrested yesterday whilst trying to extinguish the fire of the teacher’s dormitory in Myint Hlut, were freed today.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/799490612244414464 ✓
Photos distributed on social media regarding the hostel that was burnt down in Myint Hlut the previous day, blaming it on the Rohingya.
https://twitter.com/JamilaHanan/status/799576872145125376 ✓
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NaTaLa Buddhist villagers are destroying the Rohingya's paddy by feeding their cattle in AukPyuMa village today.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/799640622642712577 ✓
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At least 22 women have been raped in U Shey Kya since 14th November
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-rohingya-woman-request-msf-for.html ✓
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Video of body found on Fri 18th, the corpse of Amir Malok s/o Waz Uddin, shot by the army on 12th Nov at Dar Gyi Zar (Shoto Gozibill)
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/799692280919531520 ✓
Same video confirms date and place. Amir Muluk s/o Wazuddin shot dead by the army at 12th Nov at Dar Gyi Zar
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/799674129528012800 ✓
Video of body found on Fri 18th, the corpse of Kalabanu, wife of Ismail and mother of Rashid Ahmed and Shabir Ahmed. Slaughtered by the army on 12th Nov at Dar Gyi Zar (Shoto Gozibill)
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/799694674088771584 ✓
Same video here, confirms data and place, says elderly woman shot dead.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/799760512586280960 ✓
Reported on 22nd: A headless corpse. The dead body of a woman was found in the ruins of Sau Ra Gazi Bil [Dar Gyi Zar] by survivors who were scouring the area. The victim has been identified as Kala Banu, presumed to have died when Tatmadaw attacked the area with helicopter gunships and heavy weapons last weekend. Around 150 Rohingyas have been killed in those attacks.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/401-infant-children-die-concern-over-war-babies-as-quran-desecrated-again ✓
Video of covered body found on Fri 18th, the corpse of ‘Wife Awl Hair’ (Mother Of Ahmed Ullah), killed by the military firing a rocket launcher into their house on 12th November in DarGyiZar (Shoto Gozibill)
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/799697542992850948 ✓
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/799697600312119297 ✓
Videos of burnt village, the middle village of Dar Gyi Zar, torched by the army on 12th Nov. (tweeted on Fri 18th)
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/799700020240977920 ✓
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/799702994807705600 ✓
Compilation of videos from Dar Gyi Zar, filmed on 18th, following army attack on 12th Nov. With English subtitles
https://youtu.be/SN-lUXltwqM ✓
Video here at same location says 11 Rohingya were shot dead by the army here, including children, and burnt to ashes, on 12th in Dar Gyi Zar
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/799765281648340999 ✓
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While most of those who had fled the village tracts of Sau Raw Gazi Bil, Ra Bai La and Bor Gazi Bil are camped near Mun Gala, around 30 families had camped in the otherwise deserted and mostly destroyed Bor Gazi Bil [Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son]. However on Friday, Tatmadaw entered the area once again and chased them away.
Video of cattles burnt by the army in YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone (Bor Gozibill) on the 13th November, filmed on 18th November.
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/799717651492679684 ✓
Video of corpses and homes burnt by the army in YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone (Bor Gozibill) on the 13th November, filmed on 18th November. It is believed that these people were burnt alive.
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/799720049674162176 ✓
Here same video, it states 5 bodies, burnt on 12th, in YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone (Bor Gozibill).
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/799768222555848704 ✓
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Maung Aye Tun, son of U Htu Aung Zan, was a Rakhine Buddhist who reverted to Islam 25 years ago, before the time of the Na Sa Ka border guard. He changed his name to Abdul Munaf after embracing Islam.
His profession was working as a hired farmer in Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone village tract. He was married to a Rohingya woman, and stayed with her until his last breath. After he was married he was blessed with eight children, six boys and two girls.
Though Maung Aye Htun, whose Muslim name was Abdul Munaf, was an Indigenous Rakhine, he was not allowed to hold a National Scrutiny Card (Pink card), but instead had to hold a Temporary Identity Card (White card). The Immigration department described both of him and his children as Rakhine-Bengali on their documents.
Abdul Munaf’s house was in the West Hamlet of Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone and his eldest son lived in Gonenarr Hamlet in Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone, Abdul Hashim ran a shop in the Middle Hamlet of Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone where he sold rice, salt, kerosene and petrol along with food.
On the 12th of November 2016 bad luck and darkness came int their lives as the military shot continuously in their village. Bullets hit Abdul Hashim in the neck and waist. The entire village was on fire when the military set the houses on ablaze. Both houses were burnt along with their belongings in the fire, which is estimated to be worth more than 7.5 million Kyat.
Then homeless the family of Abdul Munaf took refuge in Yay Dwin Kyun village tract on the 13th of November. The military then ordered a raid on Yay Dwin Kyun village tract and Abdul Munaf was arrested along with 16 Rohingyas who were rich and well educated. They were taken to the regional police station in Nga Ku Ra, then later kept in custoy at Ywet Nyo Taung police post.
When Abdul Munaf’s brother, who is a Buddhist Rakhine fom Kan Pyin village tract, became aware his brother was in police custody he went to the police post and explained to the military that that Abdul Munaf was his brother, and ethnic Rakhine who converted to Islam. After speaking to his brother the police asked that Abdul Munaf disavow his religion and become Buddhist again. They threatened to kill Abdul Munaf if he didn’t convert, but him a new home if he did. Abdul Munaf refused to denounce his religion at any cost. They burnt his beard and tortured him until he went unconscious, then threw him on the side of the road near police post 12, thinking he was dead.
Some of the other men who were arrested were released on the same day at 12 PM and saw Abdul Munaf on their way back home. They caried him back to Yay Dwin Kyun village tract.
The 55 year old man didn’t get a chance to receive any medical treatment. Nevertheless Abdul Munaf accepted al these cruelties against him rather than denounce his religion. He died from his injuries on Friday November 18th 2016 at 7AM and was burried by the villagers at 2pm in Yay Dwin Kyun village tract.
Authorities ban reading of Friday sermon at mosques in Sittwe, triggering fears among the Rohingya
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/799525105953030144
Rohingya in Sittwe warned not to keep strangers, at least one village was ordered to demolish its fences.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/18/myanmar-deadly-crackdown-muslims-rohingya
The Burmese government’s suspicious activities including the ban on reading Friday Sermons in Mosques in Sittwe today are triggering panic among the Rohingya community in the township, a reliable source reports.
The Burmese army and the police are currently seizing smart phones, computers and other electronic gadgets from the Rohingyas not only in the villagers but also in IDP (Internally displaced people) camps in Sittwe.
Going by some latest reports, the armed forces are likely to conduct raids on the Rohingya homes in the villages and the IDP camps to dispossess the people from having any electronic gadgets, sticks and knives (including kitchen knives) in their hands.
What seems to be panicking the people more in the region is the sudden withdrawal of the international and national staffs of the INGOs from the IDP camps. Adding to the fear is the closures of the schools.
“The NGO staffs were helping the people in the camps. But they all left upon a sudden call seemingly from their higher authority. They are seizing phones and computers. Schools too are closed now. We are really afraid now”, said an internally displaced person at Bodupha.
Looking at the ongoing government’s suspicious activities, it can be sensed that the Burmese armed forces are attempting to spread terror against the Rohingya in Sittwe after Maungdaw.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/govt-suspicious-activities-trigger-fears-among-sittwes-rohingya-community/
Bangladesh confirms tightening of border security to prevent Rohingya from crossing. Bangladeshi residents describe witnessing scenes from across the river: ‘For the last one week, we have been watching fire gutting down hundreds of houses on the other side [of the border] and helicopters dropping mortars on Muslim-inhabited areas’...’During the day, we see smoke swirling up towards the sky. At night, we hear bomb blasts and gunfire and cries. That tells you how horrible the situation is’...A reliable source near the Myanmar border told the Dhaka Tribune that Dhekibania, Kumirkhali, Shilkhali, Balibazar and Nakpura areas in particular have suffered severe damage in the attack.
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/11/18/attack-rohingyas-horrifying/
Rohingya man interviewed after arriving in Bangladesh, film published on Wed 23rd Nov, says the military beat him up and he fled, leaving behind all his property and he doesn’t know where his family are now. Says it happened on Friday. The lady says her daughter was raped by the military and they killed her, and 7 soldiers also tried to rape her.
https://twitter.com/himmoderator/status/801495446426361856
The EU Rohingya Council is receiving eyewitness accounts of ongoing extrajudicial killings, rape and displacement against the Rohingya
https://twitter.com/the_erc/status/799542005856669696
Messages posted to FB in Burmese are encouraging the killing of all Rohingya and Muslims.
https://twitter.com/drzarni/status/799675467863302144
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9am Two fishermen from Thin Baw Kwae village tract were tortured by the army this morning while they were fishing in the river. (with photos of the injured, faces bruised and swollen)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/799172064850612224 ✓
An extra 2 photos here
https://twitter.com/Sthumoe/status/799200590840655872 ✓
17.11.2016(Thursday (Around 9:00 Am)
Two Fisher Men From ThinBawKwe Hamlet(Kulung),Maungdaw South,Rakhine State, Myanmar.
1.Mohammed Rafique Son Of Nawzu And his Brother
2.Boudaw Fawzal
Border Guard Police And Myanmar Army Has Beaten Them Mercilessly In The Shore Of The Sea Where Were They Fishing With Hand Made Nets.
There No Any Violation Since 2012 But Myanmar Government Trying To Violent Around The Entire Area Of Maungdaw Town.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=974099236067827&id=215329155278176 ✓
Maungdaw South
As the situation focuses on Maungdaw North, two brothers were brutally attacked in the South where the Tatmadaw enforces a strict blockade making it difficult for villagers to get access to food.
In Kullung [Thin Baw Kwe], Md Rafique and Fazal were brutally attacked when they went out of the village to catch fish on Wednesday [Weds is the 16th, but this was reported written 17th and possibly a mistake as other reports say 17th]. Locals say although the south has been spared the horrors of the north, the security forces have placed increasing restrictions on movement making it extremely difficult for locals to get access to food.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/398-drowned-men-return-but-no-escape-for-the-living ✓
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9am More atrocities are looming on the Rohingya village, Kyikanpyin, in Maungdaw Township as a Commander of the Border Guard Police (BGP) yesterday issued many ruthless ultimatums to be fulfilled by the villagers by 19th November.
The Commander, a colonel, of the Four-Mile BGP Post in Maungdaw threatened the villagers to completely destroy the village unless his commands are followed.
It has been learnt that yesterday at 9:00 AM, the Commander summoned the locals of the tree hamlets of Kyikanpyin (locally known as Hawar Bil) village for a meeting, where he investigated the villagers about the raids on the BGP Headquarter by some random assailants on October 9 and angrily asked them if they were anyhow related to the assailants.
“The villagers spoke the truth as it is as none of the villagers knew anything about the raid and is related to the assailants in any means”, said a villager (on the condition of anonymity). “However, disregarding the statements of the villagers, the commander issued following ruthless commands to the villagers to be fulfilled by this Saturday.
After that, some villagers of the ‘Middle Hamlet’ — a hamlet of Kyikanpyin that was uprooted by the Border Guard Police by using force to remove all of the residents from their homes – asked the BGP Colonel where they would be inquired as they had no homes now. “To which the colonel replied ‘you will be inquired wherever you stay now. It’s because you are still suspected to have links with militants.’”
“The BGP Colonel completely ignored the dire issue of the displaced WaPaik (WaBek) villagers whose homes were completely burnt down as if they don’t exist all”, said an elderly person.
Similar ultimatums have been issued to the Rohingya villages under the BGP Regional Command 21 in Buthidaung Township.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/atrocities-loom-rohingya-village-commander-issues-ultimatum/ ✓
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5.10pm Armed NaTaLa Buddhist villagers are taking away the cows and goats of Rohingya villagers in KyarGaungTaung village. Happening Now. (distant photo of herd of cows)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/799200444702687232 ✓
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7pm (tweeted at 8.46pm) Army torched remaining part of the teacher's dormitory adjacent to BGP camp at Myin Hlut, where both the army and BGP are stationed so it is highly impossible for locals to approach. This is the same place where a major part of the dormitories was torched by four soldiers on Nov 7th (witnessed by several people), following which those Rohingya villagers who tried to extinguish the fire were arrested and many locals went into hiding for fear of arrest. Rohingya are now expecting they will be accused again of this.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/799254989801558016 ✓
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https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/799258657963708416 ✓
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Army loot and damage homes in NgoSarKyu. Some valuables and 5 goats were taken. (video of ransacked Rohingya house)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/799195848139829248 ✓
Min Ga Lar Ahr Sheik Kyar, Tha Yet Oke
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There seems to be no place for the villagers to go as they are confined to fields near besides Mun Gala (Tha Yet Oat) which have become open-air prisons guarded by Hlun Htein forces. The humanitarian situation has worsened with two infant children and a 65 year man, dying on the field on Thursday. An outbreak of diarrhoea is causing immense suffering especially for the infant children made worse amid the complete absence of medical facilities. The village administration in lieu with the Tatmadaw and Hlun Htein forces have refused entry to the Rohingyas and have put severe restrictions on their movement and prevented locals from going to their aid. The stranded Rohingyas have no access to humanitarian aid as the government refuses to grant entry to international organisations. Those stranded on the field tell our correspondents they want to escape to Bangladesh as soon as possible. That is not happening at the moment.
Although the place is near the Bangladesh border, heavy security restricts the movement of Rohingyas and they are forbidden from going towards the border. Many who have tried to escape to Bangladesh have been killed in recent days.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh says they will prevent influx of refugees and have pledged support to Myanmar for cracking down on Muslim rebels.
The Rohingyas in the area are mostly women, children and elderly people as the security forces are arresting the younger men and taking them to unknown locations creating fears they have either been severely tortured, or killed.
The army is seizing almost all of Rohingya owned boats, paddle boats and canoes in Maungdaw north. Boats play a crucial part of Rohingya lives as land transportation is very difficult.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/799247136567148545
Photo of 14 Rohingya men arrested on 17th November
https://twitter.com/Sthumoe/status/799570338996690945
94 villagers were arrested by army on suspicion, members from an alleged Rohingya armed group from six villages of Maungdaw north on November 14 and 17, a villager said from Grat Chaung village. 59 villagers arrested on November 17 while they are watching their reaming houses and property – paddy in the field and domestic animals. In the arrestees – 11 males are old age and one 15-year-old boy, Hamid, Rohingya situation watchdog in Maungdaw north.
The arrestees are heavily tortured to convict as a member of an alleged Rohingya armed group and received training. Two of the arrestees are convicted and giving statement as per armed office desired – set on fired the Rohingya houses, attacking Burmese armed forces. One arrestee had denied to say as per armed forces, he was tortured till become unconscious and sent to Maungdaw hospital with remark of sickness, he more said.
“He will die in Hospital soon”, said a closed aide of hospital….
There seems to be more trouble for the Rohingyas from the beleaguered village tracts of Sau Ra Gazi Bil (Dah Gyi Zarr), Bor Gazi Bil (Yai Khut Chaung Kwa Son), Sa Li Frang (Myau Taung) and Ra Bai La (Kyar Goung Taung) as Tatmadaw are on the alert for the escapees. Already they have arrested around 70 men who had escaped from these villages. The area suffered a deadly army assault that Rohingya activists say have killed more than 150 people over the weekend. The men were hiding in the paddy fields near Raimbágúna [Yae Twin Kyun?] on Tuesday. 22 people were taken to custody while the others were released after severe beatings.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/398-drowned-men-return-but-no-escape-for-the-living
Meanwhile, eyewitnesses have reported six corpses floating in the rivers near Sau Ra Gazi Bil [Dar Gyi Zar]. Locals say they are victims of the massacre of Saturday night when Tatmadaw opened fire at Rohingyas who had escaped the neighbourhood, and many had tried to save their lives by jumping into the river, often in vain.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/398-drowned-men-return-but-no-escape-for-the-living
Kul La Bil [Thu U Lar] Around 52 houses, two mosques and a madrasa were reported to be destroyed by rocket fire since the Tatmadaw started targeting the village tract on Wednesday morning. Rockets once again fell on the area on Thursday morning. Most of the rockets fell on Mura para and Bazar para of the village. The Tatmadaw is targeting the area from a distance. There are fears that Tatmadaw will enter the area in the coming hours.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/398-drowned-men-return-but-no-esc0ape-for-the-living
Wa Beik Tatmadaw kept up attacks on the now destroyed hamlet of Wa Beik. It seems the entire neighbourhood will cease to exist in the coming hours as the Tatmadaw is going house to house and burning it down. The neighbourhood of Wa Beik and the bigger village of Kawa Bil has been under attack since Hlun Htein alleged the locals were harbouring Muslim rebels and ordered them to evacuate the area.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/398-drowned-men-return-but-no-escape-for-the-living
Mamra
Rakhine miscreants attacked Md Junaid, 17, and hit him with choppers 16 times as he was guarding paddy in Sammoli para of Mamra (Minby). He was left unconscious in the field.
The attackers are known miscreants who hail from a neighbouring Rakhine settlement.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/398-drowned-men-return-but-no-escape-for-the-living
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Morning Army and Border Guard police have been raiding the houses in Zee Pin Chaung and Laik Ya since the morning, looting the valuables and sexually assaulting the women. (tweeted at 1.30pm)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798783716352897025 ✓
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8.30am The Rohingya man in this footage saying that Myanmar Army started torching #Rohingya houses in ThuOoLar since today morning 8:30AM. (2 videos)
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8.30am-10am Tatmadaw continues torching Thu Oo Lar village, starting at 8.30am. Village was still burning at the time video was recorded at 10am. (video)
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/798749115249139712 ✓
8am-12 noon Military are burning down Thu Oo Hla again, it has been burning since 8am today.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/798765612428247040 ✓
9am Army started torching Rohingya houses and mosque in Thu Oo Lar
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798773326684438528 ✓
12 noon Unburned homes still burning in Thu Oo Hla (Kulaar Bil)
https://twitter.com/4beb3f9924d747e/status/798770803428864001 ✓
An urgent appeal from a Rohingya villager in Thu Oo Lar village tract (video received today)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798862745986854912 ✓
12 noon Videos of houses burnt down by the military in MuraFara hamlet of ThuOoLar village tract today at noon (tweeted at 7.22pm)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798871479375065088 ✓
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Rohingya's paddy were burnt down by Myanmar Army in ThuOoLar village today afternoon. (video)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798899439398064130 ✓
This house owned by a Rohingya from MuraFara H, ThuOoLar VT was burnt down by Myanmar Army today at 12noon. 2-storey-building costs 20 M (video)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798877875067899905 ✓
8.30am - midday The village tract of Kul La Bil (Thu Oo Lah) in Maungdaw North have been under continuous rocket fire since Wednesday morning.
A source said the Tatmadaw attacked the village tract from around 8.30 am and kept up the barrage of rocket fire at least till midday. It is not known what happened next.
Mass casualties are feared.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/397-ku-la-bil-and-bura-shida-para-hit-with-rockets-mortars-and-heavy-machine-guns ✓
Morning 20 Rohingya homes and a mosque burnt down by troops at Thu Oo Hla (Kulaar Bil) village (tweeted the following day)
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/799127768042643456 ✓
Thu U Lar. The forced entered the village in the early morning and started torching a mosque and 21 houses at 8.30 am which was secretly recorded in a video footage. Becoming homeless the villages appealed for humanitarian assistance and justice for the crimes committed by the forces.
Video (published on 16th): https://youtu.be/9lz41o7UJ8E ✓
Tweeted 6th Dec: 56 Rohingya houses, 2 Mosque & 6 shops were burned to the ground by Myanmar Army in ThuOoLar VT, Northern Maungdaw in mid November [video]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/806160036938575872 ✓
Image of cow burnt in Thu U Lar, tweeted 6th Dec, burning happened mid Nov.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/806118533478449152 ✓
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1.48pm A group of soldiers are looting and destroying the hamlet of Kyun Gaung in Laung Don village tract now.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798787289849602048 ✓
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11am Army and BGP started launching mortars and machine guns on Rohingya civilians in U Shin Kya and Kya Gaung Taung and are still striking.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/798798266976481280 ✓
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/798800821752209409 ✓
1pm-5pm The Burmese troops raped at least five Rohingya women at ‘Oo Shye Kyar’ in northern Maungdaw yesterday evening, while continuing to kill, wound and arrest innocent civilians at many villages in the region, reliable sources reported.
One child was killed and three other people were wounded in the army’s siege and offensive on ‘Oo Shye Kyar (locally known as Bura Shiddara)’ village that began around 1 PM and ended around 5 PM yesterday (on November 16). As they began the siege, they took hostage of three hundred women in the village and subsequently raping several of them.
While many men in the village managed to escape the arbitrary arrests, seven men were arbitrarily arrested, tortured inhumanely and taken to unknown locations.
“The army started raiding our village and we began to flee towards the mountain to the east of the village’s bazaar. They saw it and started chasing us. So, we jumped off in the stream by the mountain. So, they began firing on us using launchers”, said a victim that escaped the army killing on a close shave.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/army-commit-rape-extra-judicial-killing-arbitrary-arrest-rohingya/ ✓
1pm (reported on 18th Nov) On November 16th, 2016, at 1pm a group of soldiers about 100 strong surrounded U Shey Kya village and fired continuously. Some men left the village immediately and some reached the mountain located east side of the market to save their lives. As the soldiers saw them they had to jump into the stream which is beside the mountain. The soldier came onto the mountain and fired like rain onto the stream.
“They reached on the mountain when we reached to the inshore they were continuously shooting us. A boy aged 16 was killed.” a survivor told RB News. He added that three villagers injured.
The soldiers raided the village. They brought some men who were unable to escape and the women, 300 people all together in one place. Some soldiers pull out 4 more beautiful women and gang raped them at a house. The men and women were released after being severely beaten but 7 men were arrested.. They looted valuables from houses and destroyed households till 5pm. Then they left from the village with the 7 villagers they arrested.
“It is like they have got license to rape the innocent women again and again when they raid the village. The rape victims have been suffering seriously as no chance for medical treatments.” an educated woman from the village whose parents are also well educated.
“For such victims we need urgent treatment from MSF, Doctors without Borders. That’s why I request to help them as soon as possible.” she added.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-rohingya-woman-request-msf-for.html#sthash.IqSCiZbp.dpuf ✓
1pm At least one child was killed and three others were critically injured when Tatmadaw launched rocket attacks at Bura Shida Para (Oo Shai Kya) on Wednesday.
Local sources say the troops surrounded the village tract and started firing rockets in the area at around 1pm.
During the attack, four children were critically injured. One of them died later. The condition of the three others are also critical (pictured below) and they are very likely to die as Rohingyas have no access to medical care.
As the Tatmadaw launched rocket attacks, the Rohingyas fled in the direction of the nearby hills but many, especially the women were apprehended. There are reports many of the women have been raped.
Activists have often accused the Tatmadaw of using rape systematically as a weapon to destroy the social fabric of ethnic communities and demoralise the enemy before taking over the land.
There are unconfirmed reports that some others have been hit by rockets as they tried to flee to the hills. Most of the men had fled the area much earlier as Bura Shida Para has faced continuous assaults since the first day of the ongoing crackdown with any men found by the Tatmadaw either killed, or taken to prison with no one having knowledge of their condition or whereabouts.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/398-drowned-men-return-but-no-escape-for-the-living ✓
U Shey Kya. While the displaced Rohingya from Dar Gyi Zar (Choro Gozi Bil), Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son (Bor Gozi Bil) and Wabeik taking shelter in U Shey Kya, about 300 forces entered the village and started launching mortars and using machine guns towards unarmed villagers injuring several people. A video shows that a child sustained serious injury from the mortar shelling. Several Rohingya men are also reportedly arrested. A villager said, ‘When military with Rakhine extremist entering village, we were fleeing to avoid mass killing and arrest. But we cannot escape from their bullet fire. Around 70 villagers were seriously wounded by military firing. We have nothing else to do except watching the crying of wounded people. We don’t have doctors for the treatment.’
http://www.thestateless.com/2016/11/16/todays-summary-of-military-atrocities-against-rohingya-civilians/ ✓
Elderly man ‘beaten until white’ by the army in U Shay Kya Hamlet (Bura chidda Para). (2 videos)
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/799200551938490368 ✓
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/799200815416221696 ✓
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=974119699399114&id=215329155278176 ✓
2.02pm The army and BGP are launching mortars and using machine guns on U Shin Kya now. Many fleeing have been hit.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/798790811336904704 ✓
Video of a one of the wounded, a boy (from KyarGaungTaung) hit by a mortar in U Shin Kya
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/798833014046195714 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798839434519023616 ✓
Video now with subtitles:
https://twitter.com/ArakanNA_en/status/798957999863824389 ✓
A Rohingya from KyarGaungTaung was injured by Army's launcher attacks in USheyKya village today afternoon.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798929150497136640 ✓
Afternoon 300 soldiers enter U Shey Kya and arrest some of the Rohingya. (tweeted at 3.14pm, being investigated)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798808971381346305 ✓
Afternoon the Tatmadaw has attacked Bura Shidha Para (Oo Shai Kya) on Wednesday afternoon with mortars and heavy machine guns. Following the barrage of heavy weaponry, soldiers invaded the village tract.
There are reports many have been killed and many detained by the Tatmadaw. Many of the wounded have been suffering without medical treatment.
Bura Shidha para has remained tense since the early days of the crackdown with scores killed and many women raped as the Tatmadaw launched continuous assaults against Rohingyas in this village. Corpses have been seen floating in the river.
20.90152, 92.32545
More than 100 Rohingya families had stuck at Mingalagyi creek on Naf River bank since November 12, after attacked by Burmese military with helicopter-gunship to unarmed civilian in Maungdaw north, according to Hamid Hussin, a watchdog for recent situation of Maungdaw.
The Internal displace people – 100 Rohingya families – had stuck at Mingalagyi village under the Burmese border guard police (BGP) area number 6, which has no problem peaceful area, but the BGP and armed personnel are not allowing Mingalagyi villagers to support foods and other survival stuffs. This IDPs are facing foods, medicines and water. The IDP Rohingyas had established 50 tents and need more shelters for them, Hamid more said.
The security force had restricted their movement, the IDP can’t able to move another place where they can able to survive and the border is so tight, so the IDP can’t able to cross the Naf River border, said Asharff, an elder from the area….
According to different sources, more Rohingya are trying to enter the Bangladesh to save their lives but BGB preventing enter to Bangladesh by increasing tight security along the border areas again since November 12 after attacking by the military helicopter-gunship in northern Arakan State.
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A madrasa (religious school) in Myaw Taung was burnt down by the army (video of the ashes - tweeted the following day)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/799164872315600896 ✓
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11 people were arrested from the paddy fields near Ludaing (Doe Tan) on Wednesday. The men were hiding but were spotted by Tatmadaw personnel scouring the area. Another man was brutally assaulted by the soldiers for no apparent reason. He was left unconscious in the field and there is a chance he will succumb to his injuries. There is no information concerning the fate of the arrested men.
Ludaing has faced continuous assaults since the first days of the crackdown with many killed, several missing and women raped. The latest round of attacks started on Monday. At least two children were killed when soldiers charged at the village shooting at the fleeing Rohingyas.
They also entered the village tract on Tuesday and detained women and sexually abused them by touching their private parts and passing lewd comments.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/398-drowned-men-return-but-no-escape-for-the-living ✓
Tweeted at 1pm reported from DoDan this morning recently reported DoDan at least 150 villagers were locked a wide hall inside n security forces around outside the hall surrounding. Inside locked ppl were informed by call that "we don't know what will come to us n pray for us " reported A villager.
https://twitter.com/4beb3f9924d747e/status/798776099240951808 ✓
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https://twitter.com/4beb3f9924d747e/status/798827257452056577 ✓
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Rohingya dead body floating nearby DarGyiSar VT. Found this today [16 Nov]. The person was killed by Myanmar Army on November 12th. (video)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798915165202817024 ✓
Same vid now with substitles
https://twitter.com/ArakanNA_en/status/799016641887633408 ✓
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Eyewitness report of torture received on 23rd Nov, from a refugee who had fled:
“Peace be upon you, global leaders! My name is Gura Miya. I am 61 years old. I am from YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone village tract of Northern Maungdaw District, NRS of Myanmar. With my best regards and prayers for you, here I am to seek justice from you!
No sooner Army (Tatmadaw) attacked in our village "Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone" under the title of Area Clearance Operation on 12 November 2016, we villagers fled wheresoever we saw a way to run in fear of arrest. Some of we refuged in nearby village tract "Yay Twin Kyun".
Two days later [14 Nov], YayTwinKyun village tract were surrounded by some more than two hundred of MyanmarArmy and Border Guard Police (BGP) forces. All villagers were took out of homes and kept separately in two male and female groups at the village school compound.
All female villagers were ordered to go homes while dozens of 200+ armed forces interrogating the males. Then the men from other villages were ordered to be separated of the group. We're 102 men from "Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone" were taken to "YwetNyoeTaung" BGP outpost.
BGPs torturings on us continuously for 24 hours were just unlimited, unbelievable and unexplainable. 27 youths, mostly with beard slaughtered on 16 November 2016. Elderly 25 men including me were free. 50 others may be taken to BGP headquarter in KyeeKanPyin but still unknown.
We're unable to eat or drink anything after feeling their ways of torturings on us and after seeing our innocent children were mercilessly slaughtered in front of us. As you see, we can't speak or sleep properly. 2 of we 25 tortured were also died after being free. Our feelings are still unspoken.
700 of 750 houses in our village were burnt down and some of the houses left untorched were also believed to be burnt as you tell me. So, our lives, belongings, foods, houses and all gone by now. 7 villages completely and others slightly burnt down in Maungdaw North. We've really been betrayed!
And on November 14, all girls were believed to be gang/raped by 200+ forces while commander in battalion with some forces were interrogating villagers. Officer in charge intentionally let his forces rape our girls. "Yay Twin Kyun" villagers said," Our girls were crying when we returned homes."
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=593936310801919&id=100005566660705 ✓
20.37096, 93.2621 (location not precise, only to Minbya town, not mapped to the village tract yet)
8.30 A Rohingya boy, age 17, from Tha Mee Hla village tract, Minbya township, was attacked by a group of Rakhine extremists in Kin Seik (photos)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/799145188530782208 ✓
9pm Rohingya boy, Juniad, aged 17 from Sambili of Min Pya, who was sleeping in a paddy field threshing tent, was attacked by Rakhine, with 9 strikes of a sword (same photos)
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/799052096880263168 ✓
Junaid s/o Dudu Alon, aged 19. Hacked by Rakhines in Samali village tract, MinBya, whilst watching rice. Injured with 16 cuts. (same photos)
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/799104986068172800 ✓
Photo of 29 Rohingya men arrested on 16th Nov
https://twitter.com/Sthumoe/status/799207061791932416
Some volunteer doctors want to go to Maungdaw to help the sick and the wounded but the Myanmar government is refusing them entry.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/798828611889336321
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8.30am Burmese military called and held a meeting with Rohingya villagers from Sommona [Thaung Paing Nyar?] village under Maungdaw south at village Primary school on November 15, at about 8:30 am, said Mohin, a Rohingya well-wisher from Maungdaw.
In the meeting, the officer asked at the meeting to arrest notorious villagers from the village wherever they have been met and formed 3 groups with 10 villagers each – to watch the village day and night.
The military officer also said at the meeting, every villager must prevent the village and give sentry in the village for recent situation of Arakan State is not stable, said a participant on condition of anonymity.
Over 18-year- old youths and village elders including Village Admin officer participated in the meeting, the participant more added.
https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/11/16/burmese-military-call-rohingya-villagers-in-maungdaw-south/ ✓
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Morning (tweeted at 12.22pm) Army raids again in Kyet Yoe Pyin village tract this morning with looting. 3 Rohingya are arrested including an elder.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798403399364595712 ✓
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Tweeted at 1.52pm Army helicopters flying over Zin Paing Nyar (Zammoinna Hamlet) scaring the villagers (with video)
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/798426046487990272 ✓
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/798427643343474689 ✓
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This Rohingya elderly man, Nur Mamed from DarGyiSar VT was burnt alive by Army on Nov 15 (video)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798919596212420609 ✓
The village tract of Sau Ra Gazi Bil [Dar Gyi Zar] was destroyed in the raids of November 12 and 13 but a few houses in the Northern neighbourhood are still standing. Most Rohingyas had fled towards the direction of the village tracts on the Bangladesh border but around a hundred Rohingyas had quietly taken refuge in that area and crowded in to the houses still standing.
But on Tuesday, soldiers raided the area and took the Rohingyas hostage. They were led in the direction of a pond. Here 18 women were taken aside and one after another, the soldiers lined up to rape them.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/402-bangladesh-pushing-back-rohingyas-to-death-and-disappearance ✓
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11am-3pm Army raid Dudan village, harass the women, plunder and destroy the properties
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/798454689964560384 ✓
...On November 15, the army entered the remaining parts of Ludaing [Doe Tan] and physically abused the women. Army wanted to slaughter two women in the village but the reason is not known, source told our correspondent....
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/15/na-ta-la-and-army-loot-12-5-millions-arrest-4-in-ludaing/ ✓
They [soldiers] also entered the village tract on Tuesday and detained women and sexually abused them by touching their private parts and passing lewd comments.
8pm Nur Hashim & his 7 family members from Lodain (Doe Tan) were arrested by Myanmar Navy while fleeing to Bangladesh at Naf river
https://twitter.com/msiarakan/status/798573885197123584 ✓
The Tatmadaw entered the other neighbourhoods of Doe Tan once again on Tuesday. Here they went from house to house where in the name of searching for illegal money, they touched the private parts of women.
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Morning (tweeted at 9.24pm) More than 100 Rohingya houses in DarGyiSarThaYetOak hamlet of DarGyiSar village tract have been burned down by the army and BGP this morning.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798539571969593344 ✓
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Many children in Tha Yet Oak (Mangala) village tract are suffering from diarrhoea and need urgent medical assistance.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798530148941238272 ✓
Thousands of Rohingyas have flocked to Mun Gala after Tatmadaw attacks have killed more than a hundred people in the village tracts of Sau Raw Gazi Bil, Bor Gazi Bil, Sa Li Frang, Ra Bai La, Bali Bazaar, Lound Don and Doe Tan during the weekend.
However, the village authorities in Mun Gala, backed by the Tatmadaw have ordered outsiders to stay out. As a result, the escapees are living in open fields outside the village, the majority of them being in a field north of Mun Gala. The authorities have even refused permission for the Rohingyas to light fire to cook food.
The humanitarian situation is dire as the Rohingyas have little food or medicine with them. Many of the children are suffering from diarrhoea and locals say it is only a matter of time before the humanitarian situation will get completely out of control.
Most of the people in the fields are the women and children as the men flee to the jungles. There are many displaced people from other village tracts in Maungdaw North that have been attacked by the Tatmadaw.
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1pm Army raided Rohingya houses in Myar Zin hamlet of Laung Don, looting any valuables and destroying households.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798582855270023172 ✓
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2pm On November 15th, 2016 at 2PM the Military was returning some 30 children and women to their homes and brought them to Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone south hamlet and then locked them inside of the houses. The soldiers then surrounded the houses and set them on fire. The women and children tried but were unable to escape and the soldiers were reported to have shot at them when they tried. They were all killed in the incident after burning to death, local villagers told RB News.
The soldiers were reported to have burnt down at least 120 houses and the fires were continuing as the night began. According to locals there no homes are left in Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone south hamlet.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/dozens-of-rohingya-women-and-children.html#sthash.cTttMyxg.dpuf ✓
2.10pm (tweeted at 5.49pm) A helicopter dropped something that looked like a bomb on Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone. A local villager said it created a huge and terrifying sound in the surrounding areas. (video of smoke rising)
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/798485566555684866 ✓ https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/798489307795197952 ✓
Today 9:50pm (tweeted at 9.51pm) Army has besieged South H of KyarGaungTaung VT & North H of YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone VT. Rohingya villagers fled.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798546532186230784 ✓
Tweeted on 1st Jan: Rohingya alive burned on Nov 14&15 in YeKhetChaungKwasoneVT MGDNorth. Pic: head of Mohammed Kasim s/o Abul Kyer age 70+ with 3 more
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/815644440975081472 (photo) ✓
Videos of buildings burnt in Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son, published later on 3rd January:
Myanmar Government Burnt Rohingya Alive & Rohingya' Village YaeKhatChaung KwaSone(BarGozibill )
P1: https://youtu.be/Zd7tSIHH9hY ✓
P2: https://youtu.be/9P0h1pGMAvM ✓
P3: https://youtu.be/d8iaNxjxDpo ✓
P4: https://youtu.be/ITKFlPPFmrQ ✓
P5: https://youtu.be/jX1ZgzyHzcA ✓
P6: https://youtu.be/PgX4RNU2kQQ ✓
Interview here:
https://youtu.be/xApKLLEB9VA ✓
(needs translating)
Tweeted 11th Jan:
This is YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone VT, South Hamlet. At least 150 Rohingya houses were burnt to the ground in mid Nov 2016 by Myanmar Army.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/819169236211863552 ✓
This is YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone VT, Middle Hamlet. Total 700 Rohingya houses & Mosque in whole village tract burnt down by Myanmar Army.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/819169683370864640 ✓
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Today 9:50pm (tweeted at 9.51pm) Army has besieged South H of KyarGaungTaung VT & North H of YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone VT. Rohingya villagers fled.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798546532186230784 ✓
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165 Rohingya houses, 15 shops, 3 Mosque & 3 Madrasas were burnt down by Army in Antawllah Hamlet of PwintPhyuChaung since Nov 11th.(with vid). 16 innocent Rohingya civilians killed and 63 arrested by Army & BGP since Nov 11 in Antawllah Hamlet of PwintPhyuChaung village tract.
Couldn’t find Antawllah hamlet so mapped at Pwint Phyu Chaung hamlet in Pwint Hpyu Chaung village tract for now:
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798465129453158400 ✓
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Villagers in Kyein Chaung had to pay 4 million Kyat to the soldiers based in their village so that they wouldn’t torture them. The army then raided the houses in the south hamlet of Kyeing Chaung, looted a slaughtered cow, valuables and household items.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798584598775164929 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798583698719473666 ✓
8pm Nur Hashim & his 7 family members from Lodain (Doe Tan) were arrested by Myanmar Navy while fleeing to Bangladesh at Naf river
https://twitter.com/msiarakan/status/798573885197123584 ✓
86 Rohingya are arrested by Border Guard Bangladesh as they try to flee Myanmar for Bangladesh, and are sent back. They include 40 women and 25 children.
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/11/15/86-rohingyas-pushed-back-bgb/ ✓
Bangladesh border guard force (BGB) arrested more than 86 Rohingyas – 40 females, 21 males and 25 children – on November 14 and 15 and pushed back on November 15 at 2:00pm after giving foods stuffs and medical treatment, said Abu Rasel Siddik, the BGB officer of Teknaf battalion No. 2.
https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/11/16/breaking-news-100-rohingya-families-stuck-on-naf-river-bank-in-maungdaw/ ✓
On November 15, around 90 Rohingyas who had crossed over in to Bangladesh were handed over to Hlun Htein. While the children were handed over to the village headman of Mun Gala, the adults, both men and women were taken away to an unknown location. Since then nobody has any knowledge of their whereabouts.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/402-bangladesh-pushing-back-rohingyas-to-death-and-disappearance ✓
9pm The Burmese Navy opened fires at two paddle-boats (canoes) carrying some Rohingya people — fleeing the army killings at their villages in northern Maungdaw — on board in the Naff River around 9 PM last night (on November 15 night), a reliable source reported.
A boatful of people numbering 7 are believed to have died as their boat was hit by bullets and subsequently capsized in the river.
The Navy caught the second boat and investigated the people on board. Post that, the navy took off the paddles from the boat and set it adrift towards the sea.
As luck would have it, they encountered a fishing boat just at the mouth of the Bay of Bengal after floating in the river for hours. The fishing boat saved them, according to a statement from a surviving victim.
Many numbers of people are fleeing from the military assaults in Maungdaw to Bangladesh by boats. However, not all of them manage to reach to Bangladesh but get disappeared in the Naff River. Unfortunately, these losses of lives go unreported most of the times.
Note: we withhold the identities and the names of the villages of the surviving victims for their safety.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-navy-open-fire-rohingya-boats/ ✓
9pm Security forces believed to be Navy personnel opened fire at refugees fleeing to Bangladesh, killing at least seven people. The incident took place in the Naaf river on Tuesday night at around 9pm. It is not known if the victims died from gunfire or drowned after their boat capsized in the sea.
Eyewitness said at least 5 dead bodies floating in Naf River. Nov 15th night Navy fired a boat load of Rohingya fleeing to B'desh. (tweeted on 17th)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/799237118962831361 ✓
Reporter just back from Maungdaw says he survived an ambush by the BGP when leaving for Bangladesh, says others were killed at they attempted to cross the Naf river.
https://twitter.com/abookbinder/status/798194640730157056 ✓
https://twitter.com/abookbinder/status/798194816437907456 ✓
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) press release:
“On 12 and 13 November about 150 civilians were killed, 200 injured, many people arrested and tortured, and 1500 houses, including religious buildings, were burned down, in addition to crimes against humanity and war crimes perpetrated in the month of October. The total casualties from 9 October to 13 November are estimated to be 350 killed, 300 injured, many dozens of women raped, hundreds of people arrested on concocted charges, and 3500 houses, including four villages, were burned down or destroyed. At least 30,000 people have been internally displaced. The injured people have no access to medical care. Many women, old men, children and infants were among those who were killed. The crackdown is still continuing while severely restricting humanitarian aids and barring international journalists and observers to the areas.”
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/press-release-rohingya-are-being.html
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9am (tweeted at 2.22pm) Army and BGP raid YayTwinKyun village tract, plunder the village, torture and abuse the villagers (as usual)....At least 30 men and youths were arrested.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798071124202557440 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798072826997731328 ✓
In Yay Myet Bil ( Yai Twin Kyun) Tatmadaw entered the village tract at around 9am. There are reports that nine people might have been killed when army set houses on fire and shot at fleeing civilians. There are also reports that 29 people have been arrested.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/392-deaths-feared-in-lound-don-and-yay-myet-bil ✓
Army and BGP arrest 4 Rohingya civilians in Watt Pyin, 1 from Thay Chaung and 30 from Ye Twin Gyun (includes photos put out by military media)
https://twitter.com/Sthumoe/status/798596906985418752 ✓
Eyewitness report of torture received on 23rd Nov, from a refugee who had fled:
“Peace be upon you, global leaders! My name is Gura Miya. I am 61 years old. I am from YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone village tract of Northern Maungdaw District, NRS of Myanmar. With my best regards and prayers for you, here I am to seek justice from you!
No sooner Army (Tatmadaw) attacked in our village "Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone" under the title of Area Clearance Operation on 12 November 2016, we villagers fled wheresoever we saw a way to run in fear of arrest. Some of we refuged in nearby village tract "Yay Twin Kyun".
Two days later, YayTwinKyun village tract were surrounded by some more than two hundred of MyanmarArmy and Border Guard Police (BGP) forces. All villagers were took out of homes and kept separately in two male and female groups at the village school compound.
All female villagers were ordered to go homes while dozens of 200+ armed forces interrogating the males. Then the men from other villages were ordered to be separated of the group. We're 102 men from "Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone" were taken to "YwetNyoeTaung" BGP outpost.
BGPs torturings on us continuously for 24 hours were just unlimited, unbelievable and unexplainable. 27 youths, mostly with beard slaughtered on 16 November 2016. Elderly 25 men including me were free. 50 others may be taken to BGP headquarter in KyeeKanPyin but still unknown.
We're unable to eat or drink anything after feeling their ways of torturings on us and after seeing our innocent children were mercilessly slaughtered in front of us. As you see, we can't speak or sleep properly. 2 of we 25 tortured were also died after being free. Our feelings are still unspoken.
700 of 750 houses in our village were burnt down and some of the houses left untorched were also believed to be burnt as you tell me. So, our lives, belongings, foods, houses and all gone by now. 7 villages completely and others slightly burnt down in Maungdaw North. We've really been betrayed!
And on November 14, all girls were believed to be gang/raped by 200+ forces while commander in battalion with some forces were interrogating villagers. Officer in charge intentionally let his forces rape our girls. "Yay Twin Kyun" villagers said," Our girls were crying when we returned homes."
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10am (tweeted at 2.18pm) 29 Rohingya villagers from YeDwinChaung and Dudan are arbitrarily arrested
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12noon (tweeted at 12.37pm) Army took entire village of Ye Dwin Chaung hostage at 6am, freeing the women at noon, but has kept the men and boys under the hot sun and are torturing them.
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...Then homeless the family of Abdul Munaf took refuge in Yay Dwin Kyun village tract on the 13th of November. The military then ordered a raid on Yay Dwin Kyun village tract and Abdul Munaf was arrested along with 16 Rohingyas who were rich and well educated. They were taken to the regional police station in Nga Ku Ra, then later kept in custody at Ywet Nyo Taung police post.
When Abdul Munaf’s brother, who is a Buddhist Rakhine from Kan Pyin village tract, became aware his brother was in police custody he went to the police post and explained to the military that that Abdul Munaf was his brother, and ethnic Rakhine who converted to Islam. After speaking to his brother the police asked that Abdul Munaf disavow his religion and become Buddhist again. They threatened to kill Abdul Munaf if he didn’t convert, but him a new home if he did. Abdul Munaf refused to denounce his religion at any cost. They burnt his beard and tortured him until he went unconscious, then threw him on the side of the road near police post 12, thinking he was dead.
Some of the other men who were arrested were released on the same day at 12 PM and saw Abdul Munaf on their way back home. They caried him back to Yay Dwin Kyun village tract.
The 55 year old man didn’t get a chance to receive any medical treatment. Nevertheless Abdul Munaf accepted al these cruelties against him rather than denounce his religion. He died from his injuries on Friday November 18th 2016 at 7AM and was buried by the villagers at 2pm in Yay Dwin Kyun village tract.
in another raid on 14 November, seventeen more innocent Rohingya victims or displaced persons who were forced to leave their respective villages as their houses were torched have also been arrested by military from neighboring Raimmabil (Yae Twin Kyun) village tract of Maungdaw north close to the Naf-river while they took shelter leaving the affected house torched areas.
The victims are identified as Moji Ullah s/o Nurislam, Md Alom s/o Basa Mya, Md Salim s/o Md Rafique, Zafar Alom s/o Nazir Ahmed, Rahamad Ullah s/o Nur Alom, Ata Ullah s/o Fayas Ahmed, Rafique s/o Nazir Ahmed, Sayedu Rahaman s/o Farid Ahmed, Md Salim s/o Md Sidik, Abul Hussein s/o Fayas Ahmed, Mv Ferous Ahmed s/o Sul Tan Ahmed, Mir Kasim s/o Nur Hashim, Rashid Ahmed s/o Fayes Ahmed, Rashid Ahmed s/o Nazir Hussein, Idriss s/o Abu Sidik, Mv Amin s/o Hafez Ahmed and another one son o f Abu Shama of fire affected villages of Maungdaw north.
They have also been arrested with the same false allegation of having connection with the unidentified attackers on Myanmar military that took place on 11 November 2016.
Now the whereabouts and fates of the victims are still unknown and the relatives of the victims are in terrible and regretful situation, our correspondent said.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/15/myanmar-army-arrests-31-in-maungdaw-north/ ✓
On November 14th, 2016 at 8:30 AM a group of about 150 members of the military and Border Guard Police (BGP) entered Yay Dwin Kyun village. They arrested over 150 villagers. Those arrested were from Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone, Yay Khae Chaung Khaw Sone, Dar Gyi Sar, Kyar Gaung Taung and Myaw Taung.
The Military and BGP selected 20 wealthy Rohingyas among those who were arrested and took them to the Nga Ku Ra regional BGP post. The remaining Rohingya were taken to Ywat Nyo Taung BGP outpost (12) and interrogated. The villagers from Yay Dwin Kyun were later released.
The remaining Rohingya who were detained were taken a Rakhine village called Kan Pyin at sunset and were forced to hold sticks, swords and guns and forced to shout the Islamic slogan “Naara e Takbeer” which similar to yelling “Allahu Akbar” or God is Great. These chants have been associated with Islamic militants around the world by media. The security forces recorded the staged event and then took the villagers back to Ywat Nyo Taung.
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On November 14th, 2016 at 8:30 AM a group of about 150 members of the military and Border Guard Police (BGP) entered Yay Dwin Kyun village. They arrested over 150 villagers. Those arrested were from Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone, Yay Khae Chaung Khaw Sone, Dar Gyi Sar, Kyar Gaung Taung and Myaw Taung.
The Military and BGP selected 20 wealthy Rohingyas among those who were arrested and took them to the Nga Ku Ra regional BGP post. The remaining Rohingya were taken to Ywat Nyo Taung BGP outpost (12) and interrogated. The villagers from Yay Dwin Kyun were later released.
The remaining Rohingya who were detained were taken a Rakhine village called Kan Pyin at sunset and were forced to hold sticks, swords and guns and forced to shout the Islamic slogan “Naara e Takbeer” which similar to yelling “Allahu Akbar” or God is Great. These chants have been associated with Islamic militants around the world by media. The security forces recorded the staged event and then took the villagers back to Ywat Nyo Taung.
Tweeted at 3.15pm the next day (15 Nov):
174 civilians from were arrested from 3 villages: YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone, DarGyiZar and KyarGaungTaung. Of these, 15 people were freed. The rest were given swords and guns and forced to chant ‘Allahu Akhbar’ whilst holding the weapon and the military filmed a video of the staged event. They are now being detained at BGP camp of Ywet Nyo Taung and Ngakura and have been kept out of communication since then.
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Via Twitter DM the next day Jamila was told by another Rohingya reporter that this video had appeared on FB (at 2.51pm the next day), of children and young men holding sticks and possibly spears and a few old guns, saying (very awkwardly) ‘Allahu Akhbar’:
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The reporter (who she has known for some years) said that it was the staged video mentioned above, now being propagated on social media to show the Rohingya as terrorists. One military sympathiser tweeted screenshots from the video saying that children were being used as human shields at 6.42pm the next day.
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9am (tweeted at 2.22pm) ...They also raided Dudan village where they committed torture and abuses...
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.. Arrests are also reported in the nearby village tract of Doe Tan (Ludaing).
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/392-deaths-feared-in-lound-don-and-yay-myet-bil ✓
Tweeted at 9.27am 60 soldiers forced all the women in Dodan (Ludan) to leave their homes and sit in a field
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/797996725772263424 ✓
10am (tweeted at 2.18pm) 29 Rohingya villagers from YeDwinChaung and Dudan are arbitrarily arrested
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11am (tweeted at 12.25pm) military arrest 3 rohingya civilians at DuDen (Ludaing) village, identified as Kabir, Faridullah, Khala
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2pm Rohingya man, Bashir Ahmed from Du Dan village tract, was tortured by the military (with photo) - report received and tweeted the following day
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Video:
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On Monday, Tatmadaw entered two neighbourhoods of Doe Tan firing gunshots at fleeing Rohingyas. At least two children aged under ten years old fell to army gunfire during this time. Few of the villagers were detained by the Tatmadaw as they tried to escape. The Tatmadaw also looted valuables. Men in civilian clothes whom locals claim are Buddhist settlers (Nataala) were seen accompanying the Tatmadaw during the raid.
AT Correspondent
New settlers (Na Ta La) in full cooperation of Myanmar army looted huge amount of money and arrested three innocent men from Ludaing [Doe Tan] village tract of Maungdaw north on November 14, 2016.
Our correspondent said, a group of army along with (Na Ta La) new settlers entered the Lundaing village on the plea of inquiry and plundered Kyat 2.5 million and 15 Tulas of gold ornament from the house of Aman Ullah s/o Md Nasim.
Moreover, they looted lots of money and gold ornaments from many other villagers entering their houses in the name of family list checking that day.
After entering the village, the army kicked out the family members from their houses and gathered them at a definite place out the village and taking the advantages of it they looted all the properties from the villagers’ houses.
Besides, the army arbitrarily arrested four innocent Rohingya men from Deilpara of Ludaing hamlet who were tortured severely.
The victims were known as Amir Kabir, Kalu, Sayed Ullah’s son and Basir Ahamed of Deilpara of Ludaing hamlet of Maungdaw north....
The fates of the arrestees are still unknown, source added.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/15/na-ta-la-and-army-loot-12-5-millions-arrest-4-in-ludaing/ ✓
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Early morning Some children aged about 12 to 15 years old were shot dead and some were arrested from Myar Zin hamlet of Laung Don early this morning (tweeted at 2.39pm)
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Early morning while the villagers were offering morning prayers, the Burmese troops conducted raids on the nearby ‘Foki Taung’ [in Laung Don VT] village in disguise of ‘Clearance Operation’, and started indiscriminately firing on them. Eight children are feared to have been killed while they were trying to fleeing towards ‘Mya Zeen’ [Myar Zin, Laung Don] village crossing a creek.
During the raid, the Burmese military arrested many innocent villagers of ‘Mya Zeen’ including the village’s elder, ‘Hamid (son of) Shuna Ali, 52; and many children. After that, they arrested many civilians including children at ‘Kyaik Chaung’ [Kyein Chaung] village as well.
“We fear that they will kill the children (that they had) arrested like they did to the children from Dar Gyi Zar, Khwasone, Kyar Gaung Taung”, said a worried villager.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/army-commit-rape-extra-judicial-killing-arbitrary-arrest-rohingya/ ✓
35 arrestee villagers are originally from Grat Chaung [Gyit Chaung], Sin Gri Para [Kyun Gaung] and Meazinna Konna [Myar Zin] villages of Lone Don village tract of Maungdaw north and arrested by army on November 14. After arrest, they were equipped with knives, wooden sticks – bring from near Rakhine villages- to take pictures and to shoot video to show it to international community, according to a villager from Sin Gri Para named Kholil.
Most of the arrestee villagers are between aged 14 to 50 old, he more added,
Burmese government also said on November 14, some 17 houses in Kykhut Chaung village in Maungdaw were torched by an alleged Rohingya armed group. It is totally false and fabricated propaganda to blame the Rohingya villagers, a businessman from Meazinna Konna village said on condition of anonymity.
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35 arrestee villagers are originally from Grat Chaung [Gyit Chaung], Sin Gri Para [Kyun Gaung] and Meazinna Konna [Myar Zin] villages of Lone Don village tract of Maungdaw north and arrested by army on November 14. After arrest, they were equipped with knives, wooden sticks – bring from near Rakhine villages- to take pictures and to shoot video to show it to international community, according to a villager from Sin Gri Para named Kholil.
Most of the arrestee villagers are between aged 14 to 50 old, he more added,
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35 arrestee villagers are originally from Grat Chaung [Gyit Chaung], Sin Gri Para [Kyun Gaung] and Meazinna Konna [Myar Zin] villages of Lone Don village tract of Maungdaw north and arrested by army on November 14. After arrest, they were equipped with knives, wooden sticks – bring from near Rakhine villages- to take pictures and to shoot video to show it to international community, according to a villager from Sin Gri Para named Kholil.
Most of the arrestee villagers are between aged 14 to 50 old, he more added,
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...After that, they arrested many civilians including children at ‘Kyaik Chaung’ [Kyein Chaung] village as well..
http://www.rvisiontv.com/army-commit-rape-extra-judicial-killing-arbitrary-arrest-rohingya/ ✓
Thousands of villagers were seen escaping from Bali Bazar [Kyein Chaung] and Lound Don on Monday morning. Videos have appeared showing terrified Rohingyas, mostly women and children running away from the village tracts.
The exact circumstances are not clear at the moment. A huge contingent of Tatmadaw forces are known to have entered Bali Bazar [Kyein Chaung] on Sunday afternoon, armed with heavy machine guns and rocket launchers, with helicopter gunships circling overhead. It is reported the attack that followed have resulted in mass civilian casualties….
Fourteen innocent civilians have been detained from the Long Dung hamlet of Bawlibazar [Kyein Chaung], Maungdaw north by Myanmar military with a concocted allegation of link with unknown attackers on army, said the source to our correspondent.
The victims are known as Abdul Hameed 45 s/o Shuna Ali, Md Alom 35 s/o Hakim Ali, Md Alom s/o Md Halu, Ali Shuna 23 s/o Abdul Hoque, Abdul Amin 54 s/o Abdul Ali, Sharib Hussain 20 s/o Nazir Hussain, Nur Alom 28 s/o U La Mya, Mustafa Kamal 18 s/o Kala Mya, Idriss 25 s/o Shomshu Alom, Sayed Hussain 53 s/o, Shar Ali, Md Islam 52 s/o Abdu Shukkur, Abul Alom 50 s/o Boshir Ahmed, Nur Hussain 50 s/o Dudu Mya and Bashir Ahmed 40 s/o Nazir Ahmed of Long Dung hamlet of Maungdaw north...
Now the whereabouts and fates of the victims are still unknown and the relatives of the victims are in terrible and regretful situation, our correspondent said.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/15/myanmar-army-arrests-31-in-maungdaw-north/ ✓
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Morning (tweeted at 12.06pm) video of Rohingya villagers running from LaungDon village this morning (the whole village fleeing). Tweet says military are constantly firing (can’t be heard in the video but information passed on)
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Early morning while the villagers were offering morning prayers, the Burmese troops conducted raids on the nearby ‘Foki Taung’ [in Laung Don VT] village in disguise of ‘Clearance Operation’, and started indiscriminately firing on them. http://www.rvisiontv.com/army-commit-rape-extra-judicial-killing-arbitrary-arrest-rohingya/ ✓
Thousands of villagers were seen escaping from Bali Bazar [Kyein Chaung] and Lound Don on Monday morning. Videos have appeared showing terrified Rohingyas, mostly women and children running away from the village tracts.
The exact circumstances are not clear at the moment. A huge contingent of Tatmadaw forces are known to have entered Bali Bazar [Kyein Chaung] on Sunday afternoon, armed with heavy machine guns and rocket launchers, with helicopter gunships circling overhead. It is reported the attack that followed have resulted in mass civilian casualties.
Tatmadaw entered Lound Don on Monday morning following which video clips were forwarded to us and other Rohingya media outlets showing hundreds of terrified Rohingya civilians, mostly women and children running away from the village tract.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/395-northern-villages-on-the-run-after-tatmadaw-kill-hundreds ✓
Another raid on Lound Don, children reported killed
In the early hours of the day, the Tatmadaw besieged the restive village tract of Lound Don. Troops began firing randomly at civilians at around 10 am, reportedly killing children.
Details cannot be confirmed at this moment.
Lound Don has remained tense in past few weeks, with many women, including minor girls raped by Tatmadaw. In one of the cases, soldiers on guard duty for an UN inquiry team raped three women and threatened to kill them if they revealed the incident to the visiting diplomats.
Tatmadaw also desecrated the Muslim holy book and the mosque by urinating on them.
However, it looks like Monday’s incident in Lound Don has been more deadly than what has taken place in recent times.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/392-deaths-feared-in-lound-don-and-yay-myet-bil ✓
State media post photos of 31 Rohingya men they say they arrested at Laung Don, accuse them of being terrorists. (with photos)
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Tweeted at 10.02am Army torched 260 homes at PwintPhyuChaung and surrounding areas using launchers. Casualties unknown.
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Tweeted at 12.47pm video of burnt bodies found at YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone, burnt alive the day before (13th Nov) by the military
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Same vid tweeted at 12.41pm (Rabella is the Rohingya name for the village)
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Same vid now with translation of the man speaking in subtitles
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Tweeted at 4.03pm Military torching the remaining houses in YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone now. (with photos)
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Tweeted at 4.11pm Photos of displaced Rohingya from YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone, the elderly, women and children, without food or shelter, in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.
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Tweeted at 5.56pm Military burning Rohingya houses at YekayChaung (Borgozibil) village track northern Maungdaw just confirmed on phone.
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174 civilians from were arrested from 3 villages: YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone, DarGyiZar and KyarGaungTaung. Of these, 15 people were freed. The rest were given swords and guns and forced to chant ‘Allahu Akhbar’ whilst holding the weapon and the military filmed a video of the staged event. They are now being detained at BGP camp of Ywet Nyo Taung and Ngakura and have been kept out of communication since then.
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Tweeted at 6.09pm Military just entered KularBil northern Maungdaw Rohingya villages after they touched BorGouziBil. Now Borgozibil [Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son] is burning.
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A Rohingya from Dar Gyi Sar said on Nov 13 more than 100 Rohingya dead bodies were covered with straw and burned to ashes by the army
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Video footage of mosque burnt down by the army in village of Dar Gyi Sar. In the footage the man says the army left nothing except a school. Tweeted on Wed 16 Nov (video)
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174 civilians from were arrested from 3 villages: YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone, DarGyiZar and KyarGaungTaung. Of these, 15 people were freed. The rest were given swords and guns and forced to chant ‘Allahu Akhbar’ whilst holding the weapon and the military filmed a video of the staged event. They are now being detained at BGP camp of Ywet Nyo Taung and Ngakura and have been kept out of communication since then.
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7.43pm Rohingya have been driven out of villages DarKyiZar, YaykhaeChaung, KyaGongToung, ThuOoHla and PwanPruChaung over the past 2 days.
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5pm More than 30 Rohingya, including an 18 month old baby, were killed by the Myanmar Army and Border Guard Police (BGP) in Tha Yet Oak Dar Gyi Sar hamlet of Dar Gyi Sar village tract in Maungdaw Township in the evening on November 14th 2016.
On November 14th, 2016 at 5pm 100 soldiers and police from the Myanmar Military and BGP forces entered Tha Yet Oak Dar Gyi Sar hamlet were reported forcing the women and children of the village to come with them to an area in the western side of the hamlet where brine is boiled to remove the salt. Witnesses say the security forces then forced the women to strip naked, then beat them and pushed their heads into the mud.
A soldier reportedly held an 18-month-old baby boy, son of Nur Mamed, by the leg and hit the boy with a large piece of wood. The boy died on the spot. This is how merciless the killing has been, a villager told RB News.
Security forces then arrested more than 30 men. Some others were shot dead, and others slaughtered by knife, according to local residents. The soldiers and the BGP then threw the dead bodies onto a haystack and burned them all.
The women and children then fled to nearby villages after the troops left.
The troops returned to the same hamlet this morning, November 15, 2016, and burnt down at least 100 Rohingya houses.
The people who were shot dead or killed by knife are:
(1) Abul Kalam s/o Shamshu (28-year-old)
(2) Shamshu s/o Sawduran (50-year-old)
(3) Izzat Ali s/o Eisuf (25-year-old)
(4) Musa Ali s/o Eisuf (40-year-old)
(5) Shuna Ali s/o Eisuf (35-year-old)
(6) Sayed Ali s/o Eisuf (30-year-old)
(7) Eisuf s/o Sawdu Rahman (80-year-old)
(8) Gulam Kadir s/o Gawnu (28-year-old)
(9) Gawnu s/o Sawdu Rahman (50-year-old)
(10) Nur Alom s/o Sawdu Rahman (45-year-old)
(11) Ibrahim s/o Nur Alom (20-year-old)
(12) Mamed Sarlek s/o Abdul Hakim (30-year-old)
(13) Mamed Siddique (27-year-old)
(14) Mustamed (45-year-old)
(15) Lalu s/o Nur Hashim (15-year-old)
(16) Nur Hashim s/o Bawni Amin (45-year-old)
(17) Hairul Amin s/o Hor Hussein (25-year-old)
(18) Hor Hussein s/o Nawzir Ahmed (45-year-old)
(19) Abdul Habi s/o Sawdu Rahman (35-year-old) – Remark – Disabled person
(20) Nur Mamed s/o Rahmat Ullah (25-year-old)
(21) Rahmat Ullah (42-year-old)
(22) Nur Mamed – Remark – From Phwa Wet Chaung, killed while visiting.
Although the death toll is believed to be higher than 30 villagers, we were unable to obtain all names.
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The Burmese troops killed more than 30 civilians and burnt down their dead bodies afterwards during an operation at a Rohingya village in northern Maungdaw on November 14, a reliable source reported.
The Burmese military and Border Guard Police (BGP) took hostage of children and women and shot some men at sight to death, while slashing throats some other men in a joint operation at a hamlet of Dar Gyi Zar (locally known as Bor Gozi Bil) village in northern Maungdaw.
After that, they threw the corpses away on a pile of trashes and burnt them down to decimate the evidences, an eyewitness told us on the condition of anonymity. We have identified the following people from over 30 civilians killed.
No | Name | Father | Age | Note |
1 | Abul Kalam | Shomshu | 28 | |
2 | Shomshu | Abdur Rahman | 50 | |
3 | Izzat Ali | Yusof | 25 | All family members and Relatives (3-11) |
4 | Sayed Ali | Yusof | 30 | |
5 | Shuna Ali | Yusof | 35 | |
6 | Musa Ali | Yusof | 40 | |
7 | Yusof | Sayedur Rahman | 80 | |
8 | Ghonu | Sayedur Rahman | 55 | |
9 | Noor Alam | Sayedur Rahman | 45 | |
10 | Ghulam Kadir | Ghonu | 28 | |
11 | Ibrahim | Noor Alam | 20 | |
12 | Mohammed Khalique | Abdul Hakim | 30 | Brothers |
13 | Mohammed Siddique | Abdul Hakim | 27 | |
14 | Mustakh Ahmed | ?? | 45 | |
15 | Laalu | Noor Hashim | 25 | Son and father |
16 | Noor Hashim | Boni Amin | 45 | |
17 | Khiarul Amin | Khair Hussein | 25 | Son and father |
18 | Khair Hussain | Nazir Ahmed | 50 | |
19 | Abdul Habib | Soyedur Rahman | 35 | Physically disabled person |
20 | Noor Mohammed | Rahmat Ullah | 25 | Son and father |
21 | Rahmat Ullah | ?? | 47 | |
*22 | Noor Mohammed | ?? | 45 | Father & his 18 months old son visiting from Phawat Chaung village! An army person killed the baby by taking by his legs and crashing his head on the roots of a big tree. |
*23 | ?? | Noor Mohammed | 1.6 | |
Having taken the children and women as hostage, the military and BGP took them to a salt-flat in the village, stripped them off and forced them to bow down onto the ground. They left the village a few hours later after molesting them.
“This is not the first village where the Burmese troops committed mass killings but there are more villages. It’s Genocide”, said an elderly person in Maungdaw, “the world needs to interfere now and show its moral high ground.”
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-troops-kill-30-rohingya-civilians-decimate-evidences/ ✓
In Dar Gyi Sar Tha Yet Oak hamlet, some were shot dead by the army and BGP and some were slaughtered, including an 80 year old father and his 4 sons. (full details with names to be posted on @rohingyablogger shortly)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798540795901083648 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798541622346551296 ✓
More than 30 Rohingya villagers including an 18 month old child, were killed by the army in Tha Yet Oak Dar Gyi Sar
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798536608337248257 ✓
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Video of Madarasa(religious school) from Myaw Taung hamlet, Sali Farang, and a house belonging to Nur Alom s/o Fazal Karim (estimated value more 300 Lakhs), burnt down by the army on 14th (published on 17th Nov).
https://youtu.be/vouYOfr7yOQ ✓
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An old man (grandfather) has been badly beaten by the army and his beard burnt. He is now in a critical condition and is urinating blood. Mv.Mohammed Siddiq S/O Ismail. Age 65 from KiyaGongTong (Rabiella) village hamlet, happened on 14.11.2016, reported on 20th Nov (video)
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174 civilians from were arrested from 3 villages: YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone, DarGyiZar and KyarGaungTaung. Of these, 15 people were freed. The rest were given swords and guns and forced to chant ‘Allahu Akhbar’ whilst holding the weapon and the military filmed a video of the staged event. They are now being detained at BGP camp of Ywet Nyo Taung and Ngakura and have been kept out of communication since then.
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An ancient mosque in Zaydi Pyin village tract of Rathedaung, built in 1896, is attacked during the night of 14th Nov. (with photos) reported the next morning
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798346562615255040 ✓
https://twitter.com/ShahArkani/status/798443476815855616 ✓
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/798433459400282112 (video) ✓
AT Correspondent, Rathedaung
The Rohingya villagers of Ze Di Pyin (Zadiprang) of Rathedaung Township are now under probable violence of Rakhine extremists, according to our correspondent report.
On November 15, 2016, the Rakhine (Magh) terrorists made an attempt to demolish a historical mosque setting fire on it in Zadiprang (Ze Din Pyin) of Rathedaung Township of Arakan State but their attempt was foiled by the Rohingya villagers.
A villager told our correspondent, the Rakhine held a gathering in the name of festival at day-time and when the sun set and became dark, they set fi
re in the interiors of the mosque at night while many valuable items were damaged including a big shelf of full of Qurans, speakers and some clothes inside but their attempt to demolish the whole mosque was failed by local Rohingya.
The police concerned was informed of the matter by the local Rohingya but the police ignored our complaint. Later, the village administrator accompanied by his assistant rushed to see the mosque.
An old man from the village said, this mosque holds a unique history on the existence of Rohingya in Arakan and it was built in 1896.
In 1942, this mosque was demolished once by bombing of by Rakhine (Magh) extremists but it was fully renew by Rohingya again though the Myanmar authority didn’t allow repairing of the mosque.
Ze Di Pyin (Zadiprang) village tract was a Rohingya influential area among the Rohingya villages under the Rathedaung Township, but it has dominated by Magh since 1942 attack on Rohingya. Now, there are only 100 Rohingya families where more than 1000 Rakhine (Magh) families surrounding them in Zadiprang.
Situation of Rohingya in the village is so terrible while Rohingya can’t sleep well at night owing to fear of setting fire on houses and unexpected attack by Rakhine extremists any time, according to source.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/15/rohingya-residents-under-possible-attack-of-rakhine-extremists-in-rathedaung/ ✓
http://www.rvisiontv.com/rakhine-extremists-vandalize-ancient-mosque-rathedaung/ ✓
20.84448, 92.97505
In Kyauktaw, local admin organised a meeting in the high school playground on Nov 14th, from 8 to 10pm, with soldiers guarding the entrance. In it, the Rakhine nationalists pledged support to the ongoing military operations. “It is alleged the nationalists also excused the deaths of children and women as it was important the Muslims should not be allowed to increase in number. The nationalists also said if necessary they will go to Maungdaw to fight against Rohingyas. It is alleged the nationalists also excused the deaths of children and women as it was important the Muslims should not be allowed to increase in number. The nationalists also said if necessary they will go to Maungdaw to fight against Rohingyas.
In the meeting, some of the administrative officials said if the nationalists were to engage in violence against Muslims in Kyauktaw, they will not be stopped by the government.They also pledged total boycott against Rohingyas and other Muslims.”
Rohingyas in Kyauktaw are now panicking and many say they will flee the country as soon as they get the chance.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/myanmar-news/400-terror-spreading-to-mrauk-u-and-kyauktaw ✓
20.68207, 92.44314
Burmese Border Guard Police (BGP) abducted six Bangladeshi fishermen along with a fishing boat from the Bay of Bengal recently while fishing in Bangladesh territorial waters, Mohin from Maungdaw said.
The fishermen have been detained and severally beaten up at Aley Than Kyaw BGP camp by the concerned authorities. But the seized boat is being kept in the stream of Gonzandia village of Maungdaw south, Mohin added.
The arrestees are identified as — Abdul Hamid, Fazal Ahamed, Mohamed Hashim, Mohamed Saddam, Mohamed Hossain and Mohamed Rahim of Saint-Martian Island under the Cox’s Bazar district, Mofis, a local fisherman from Saint-Martin said.
Mohammed Nasir Uddin, the owner of the boat said, the fishermen were trying to flee from the BGP camp but they failed.
However, the ward Chairman Noor Mohammed from the Saint-Martin Island said, the fishermen were abducted and detained there by the BGP and we complain to Bangladesh – Coastguards and Naval forces – regarding the event.”
Earlier, many Bangladeshi fishermen had also been abducted from the Naff River and Bay of Bengal while fishing and detained in Burma by the Burmese border security forces, the Chairman further said.
The Bangladesh Coastguard officer Nafiur Rahaman said, “They heard the incident, and they will talk with BGP regarding this issue soon.”
https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/11/14/bgp-abduct-six-bangladeshi-fishermen-from-the-bay-of-bengal/ ✓
Tweeted at 6.48pm 26,000 Rohingya from 6 villages have been displaced by the military since November 12th. They are need urgent humanitarian assistance.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798138049284734976
Rakhine celebration in Maungdaw in support of the military
https://twitter.com/htaoungyaw/status/798043186551668736
Humanitarian services now suspended for more than a month
https://twitter.com/ochamyanmar/status/798096240231616512
Tatmadaw forces continued raids in different villages of the Maungdaw region following the bloodiest weekend since the start of recent operations. Some sources say that even by conservative estimates, it is likely more than a hundred people, including children and women were killed as Tatmadaw attacked village tracts with rockets and heavy machine guns.
Monday’s raids also resulted in mass casualties, more intense than the past few weeks.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/392-deaths-feared-in-lound-don-and-yay-myet-bil
Tweeted at 4.48pm At least 1550 houses have been burnt down across 6 villages, since November 12th, by the army and Border Guard Police.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798107888187310080
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At about 4pm the military opened fire continuously at a nearby the graveyard in Kyaik Chaung [Gyit Chaung] hamlet of Laung Don village tract. A bullet hit the head of 54-year-old Nawzumuddin lives in Fawki Taung hamlet. The man is in critical condition now.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/clearance-operation-of-myanmar-military.html ✓
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5.30am on November 13 around 5:30 AM, two innocent teenagers — Arafat (son of) Liakaut Ali, 16 and Haroon (son of) Noor Hussein, 14 – were killed and 10 people were injured in an indiscriminate and random firings by the Burmese troops on the villagers of ‘Sin Thay Pyin’ in northern Maungdaw.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/army-commit-rape-extra-judicial-killing-arbitrary-arrest-rohingya/ ✓
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List of 22 people confirmed dead from Dar Gyi Zar
http://www.thestateless.com/2016/11/16/todays-summary-of-military-atrocities-against-rohingya-civilians (videos) ✓
Tweeted at 8.21am Army & BGP started torching Rohingya houses in DarGyiSar village tract Maungdaw. Happening now. [video]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797617868812730368 ✓
5.30am Mother and son killed by rocket launchers on their village, Dar Gyi Sar. Identified as family of Edris (with photos of them when they were alive). Killed on 13th November at 5.30am (Tweeted a 6.53pm on 14 Nov)
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/798139382540759040 ✓
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A Rohingya villager from DarGyiSar said his village is completely empty now. At least 700 houses burnt down & many killed by Myanmar Army
https://twitter.com/MaungShwe92/status/797843805395251201 ✓
Photo of elderly man, Abdul Hakim, from Dar Gyi Zar, shot dead by army on 13 Nov. (tweeted on 14th)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798177933974118400 ✓
No house is left in Dar Gyi Sar village as were burnt down by military and three families were killed in launcher attacks.
“We have about 700 houses in our village. Now no house left in the village. Many of our villagers were killed.” a villager told RB News.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/clearance-operation-of-myanmar-military.html#sthash.AYPkZ7JU.dpuf ✓
Five Rohingya villages reportedly set fire by the forces are Dar Gyi Sar (Choro Gozi Bil), Pwint Phyu Chaung (Zammoinna), Myau Taung (Saali Ferang), Thu Oo Hla (Kulaar Bil) and Kyar Gaung Taung (Rabailla).
http://www.thestateless.com/2016/11/15/seven-rohingya-villages-destroyed-in-3-days/ ✓
On Sunday, the operation left at least 80 Rohingya dead in Dar Gyi Sar, Kyar Gaung Taung and Thu Oo Hla villages.
http://www.thestateless.com/2016/11/15/seven-rohingya-villages-destroyed-in-3-days/ ✓
Watchdogs in Maungdaw said at least 100 are dead and many are injured in two days of continuous launcher attacks by Military in Dar Gyi Sar, Pwint Phyu Chaung, Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone, Kyar Gaung Taung and Myaw Taung.
“On Sunday alone more than 80 killed in Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone, Dar Gyi Sar and Kyar Gaung Taung. Many children and elderly were killed. As the people are incommunicado, very difficult to make exact causalities. I think the figure will be more if we can make the exact list.” a watchdog said.
At least 5000 became homeless in two days. They have no shelter, no food. The injured people have no chance for medical treatment. The children are crying due to their hunger.
2pm (tweeted at 2.18pm) Troops are torching homes at Dar Gyi Zar and Kyein Chaung, driving villagers out of their homes.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797707811207532544 ✓
Tweeted at 2.33pm Airstrikes on civilians and firing of rocket launchers onto Rohingya houses in DaGiZa (ChutoGozibil) [with 4 photos of village burning in distance]
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/797711371697815552 ✓
3pm (tweeted at 5.25pm) 2 entire families and another woman, totalling 8 civilians, were killed by launchers fired by the army at Dar Gyi Zar village. Their names are: Mv Shah Alam (s/o) Sayed Ahmed his wife & son; Abdu Shukkor (s/o) Abul Hussein & his 3 family members; & Shafibu (wife of) Jamal
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797753969988640769 ✓
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Video of burnt bodies and also the body of a girl that had been floating in the river that they buried on 27th. The body had been floating for 14 days; they were unable to retrieve it before due to military patrolling the area. In the ashes are said to be at least 10 bodies including that of a baby. It is believed that the people were killed elsewhere, in Dar Gyi Sar on 13th of November then transported to this location to bury.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/802995685167693828 ✓
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13/11/16 3PM Burmese military gunboats coming inward from Naff river via a creek & shooting at Rohingya civilians fleeing DarGyiZar village
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797749227757539328 ✓
Tweeted at 10.45pm A Rohingya villager from Dar Gyi Sar said that his village is completely empty now. At least 700 homes have been burnt down and many killed by the army.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797834999609303040 ✓
3pm (tweeted at 6.07pm) Southern part of Kya Gaung Taung and almost half of Yekay Chaung Kwasone have been burnt to ashes. Dar Gyi Zar is still burning. 16 people at Pwint Phyu Chaung, 2 at Yekay Chaung Kwasone and 1 at Kya Gaung Taung, all civilians, have been killed by the army today.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797765304587718657 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797766313171001344 ✓
No one left in Sau Raw Gazi Bil [Dar Gyi Zar], Bor Gazi Bil [Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son], Sa Li Frang [Myaw Taung] and Ra Bai La [Kyar Gaung Taung] where more than a hundred have been killed
Tatmadaw intensified their offensives against the village tracts of Sau Raw Gazi Bil, Bor Gazi Bil, Sa Li Frang and Ra Bai La after villagers armed with sticks repulsed an initiative by soldiers to rape women and loot valuables. After initially retreating, Tatmadaw retaliated with helicopter gunships and heavy weapons killing scores, with some sources claiming that even by conservative estimates, more than a hundred people died in the assault that continued till Sunday.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/395-northern-villages-on-the-run-after-tatmadaw-kill-hundreds ✓
Reported next day: A Rohingya from Dar Gyi Sar said on Nov 13 more than 100 Rohingya dead bodies were covered with straw and burned to ashes by the army
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798082714251317248 ✓
Yesterday, more than 3,000 people have been displaced in five Rohingya villages – Yekai Chaung Kwasone (Bor Gozi Bil), Dar Gyi Zar (Chudo Gozi Bil), Myau Taung (Saali Ferang), Pwint Phyu Chaung (Zammoinna) and Thu Oo Hla (Kulaar Bil) — as their homes were burnt down; and their food stores and food supply chains were destroyed by the brutal army. Around 100 civilians were wounded and two dozens were killed due to the ground attacks and the air strikes..
http://www.rvisiontv.com/mass-casualties-feared-burmese-military-offensive-continue/ ✓
Fleeing villagers forced to return home before being killed, at least 22 died in overnight attack
Villagers from Sau Raw Gazi Bil [Dar Gyi Zar] say although they had escaped to the surrounding paddy villages the previous night, they were forced to return after soldiers opened fire on them there, killing at least 22 people. Following the incident, many Rohingyas returned home as the Tatmadaw had warned anyone found outside will be killed.
During the night raid, many Rohingyas tried to escape by jumping into the water but Tatmadaw made sure they were hit with gunfire. The actual death toll might be higher as many of the corpses could not be pulled out of the water.
Video clips from the site showed crying Rohingya mothers standing over the bodies of little children killed by the army.
However, the overnight warning was just a ploy by the Tatmadaw to gather civilians in their village tracts before levelling the area with rockets.
Earlier on Saturday afternoon, the Tatmadaw had fired from helicopters forcing villagers to leave their homes.
Many were also killed when military gunboats fired on fleeing civilians as they were trying to escape Sau Raw Gazi Bil [Dar Gyi Zar].
At least sixty people, including children and women are feared dead as Tatmadaw fired on entire village tracts with rockets, with the death toll likely to rise.
In the early morning hours of Sunday, Tatmadaw surrounded the village tracts of Sau Raw Gazi Bil [Dar Gyi Zar] and Bor Gazi Bil [Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son]. At around 6.30am, they started firing from rocket launchers targeting the houses of Rohingya Muslims in the area. When the occupants of the village started fleeing, they continued firing from rockets and heavy machine guns, mowing down civilians indiscriminately.
Multiple members of the same family have been confirmed dead in the ongoing assault.
In some cases, when rockets missed a house, the Tatmadaw followed up with similar shots ensuring anything they targeted was hit. Multiple eyewitness told our correspondent that men, women and children fell as they ran from the hail of rocket fire. Many others had perished inside their houses.
Neighbours of a deceased man told our correspondent that one Shah Alam (s/o Syed Ahmed) was killed inside his house along with his wife and son when it was hit with a rocket. Four members died from the family of Abdu Shukur (s/o Abu Hossain) when they had run out of their houses and tried to escape along with other villagers, say his neighbours.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/391-at-least-60-killed-as-rockets-rain-down-on-rohingyas-children-thrown-into-fire-in-front-of-mothers ✓
Another eyewitness, a 30-year-old Rohingya man from Dar Gyi Zar who fled the attack, also told Amnesty International about the helicopter attack and how the military came to their village the following day:
“We got scared when we heard the noise from the helicopter… The military [soldiers] were shooting randomly. If they saw someone, the helicopter shot. While they were shooting we went to the houses. They were shooting for a long time… [then] the helicopter left. We could not sleep that night. The next morning, the military came and started shooting again. I saw them myself. I woke up in the
morning for prayer. [They] came in and started shooting. I ran away with my family. I was across the canal, but I could see them burning the houses… later, after things were silent I went back to the village… we found dead bodies.”
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa16/5362/2016/en/ ✓
Amnesty International has received photographs and videos showing at least 10 people – including a young child – allegedly injured or killed in the attack. In one of the videos, people are clearly heard speaking the Rohingya language as they walk around the scene and check on injured persons amidst what appears to be several dead bodies. A man directs villagers to position dying villagers so that their heads are facing north, which Rohingya sources say is in accordance with local Muslim customs.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa16/5362/2016/en/ ✓
Five eyewitnesses told Amnesty International that the Myanmar military also fired explosive munitions at their houses. Three of these accounts came from people who witnessed attacks in Dar Gyi Zar, although interviewees from two other villages also described the use of these weapons. Without access to northern Rakhine State, it is very difficult to verify these claims, however eyewitness provided strikingly similar descriptions of the weapon used, which from the descriptions seems likely to be rocket launchers. Other human rights organizations have reported receiving similar accounts and descriptions of the weapons, and the Arakan Project reports that in some places, villagers found unexploded ordnance.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa16/5362/2016/en/ ✓
a 32-year-old woman from Dar Gyi Zar, was gang-raped by three Myanmar army soldiers on 13
November, the day after the helicopter attack on her village. After fleeing to Bangladesh she told Amnesty International:
“The military came in the evening. I was taken to the paddy field. There were other ladies there too, around five or six others, but I didn’t know them. Three military officers raped me… I don’t
remember what happened next because I fell unconscious… I woke up early the next morning. I
could not get up so I crawled across the paddy field. I crawled to a nearby house. I didn’t go back to my own house because I was afraid that they [the military] might come again. A woman was there with her daughter. They washed me with hot water. I was crying a lot. I asked them to bring me my children...When I arrived in Bangladesh, I told people what had happened to me and they helped me. I could not sit. The refugees brought a doctor to see me and I was given medicine. I feel better now”
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa16/5362/2016/en/ ✓
A man in his 30s from Dar Gyi Zar village who fled to Bangladesh told Amnesty International that other women from the village were raped that day. He stated that when he and others went back to look for survivors after the helicopter attack, they found Fatimah and twelve other women: “They could not speak, they were just crying. They all had injuries. Their clothes had blood on them, around their private parts… they had marks on their necks from where they were held.” He told Amnesty International that villagers took the women with them to Bangladesh where three were referred for treatment in a hospital. The others were treated by private health workers in the makeshift refugee camps
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa16/5362/2016/en/ ✓
The village tract of Sau Ra Gazi Bil [Dar Gyi Zar] was destroyed in the raids of November 12 and 13 but a few houses in the Northern neighbourhood are still standing.
Reported Wed 12 Jan:
Bones & skeleton of 3 Rohingya burnt alive in DarGyiSar of Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/819239755476914176 (photo) ✓
Myanmar armed forces mass-killed and mass-graved many Rohingya. Skulls 'n skeletons of Rohingya unearthed in Dar Gyi Sar, Northern Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/drkhubyb/status/819541017141579776 (photo) ✓
Written report states grave uncovered on 10 Jan
See video testimony published 17 Jan
Video testimony now with translation, published 18 Jan:
[Interviewer:] On 13 November at Dar Gyi Zar, military burnt down homes and killed people. Who was killed from your family? [Lady 1:] My father, husband and 5 children; in total 7 members have been killed. [Interviewer:] Who killed them? [Lady 1:] Police and military killed them. Military ran after and shot them. [Lady 2:] All our fathers, brothers and husbands, all have been killed by the military. All our homes have been burnt down. [Interviewer:] See their homes, all burnt to ashes. From her home alone 7 members. [Lady 3:] From each family 3 to 6 members. Around 40 people have been killed. [Interviewer:] Total 31 people have been killed. [Lady 1 (crying):] we want justice, oh Allah. All our children have been killed. We want justice, oh Allah.
https://youtu.be/Z0q6ru8aIAM ✓
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3pm (report tweeted at 5.07pm) Military gunboats are coming inward from Naff river, via the creek, shooting at Rohingya villagers fleeing Dar Gyi Zar village.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/797750229030211585 ✓
4pm (tweeted at 4.03pm) Rohingya fleeing from one place to another via the river have been shot down leaving 1 dead and 2 injured. It started at 10am today. It was the 8 year old son of Yunus who was killed and two others were wounded by firing from gun boats at Thayet Oak.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/797734167450566656 ✓
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/797750429358489600 ✓
At 10am two boat owners and 8-year-old son of Yunus were shot dead by the Myanmar Navy while crossing the river to reach Tha Yet Oak village while escaping the deadly fire in their village.
Three videos below are all clearly from the same vicinity, just shot from different angles or slightly different locations, as there were several people with mobile phones filming when they came across the bodies. Note the different village tracts mentioned are next to each other and all villagers ended up fleeing together, pushed from one village to the next, hence why we have the different names reported.
Tweeted at 4.09pm Video received of bodies of villagers shot dead the previous day in paddy fields alongside the river in Yay Khae Chaung Khaw Sone village tract. (ties in with reports received the previous day of fleeing civilians being shot there - video also logged under entry on 12th)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797735549477986304 ✓
Same footage shot from slightly different angle, caption on blog says villagers were fleeing airstrikes at Dar Gyi Zar village yesterday (on 12th):
https://youtu.be/jtsEdQZA1bo ✓
http://www.rvisiontv.com/mass-casualties-feared-burmese-military-offensive-continue/ ✓
Similar video received via Twitter DM from @aungaungsittwe:
"This video w taken today's morning, it is
from PwintPhyuChaung of Northern Maungdaw. Those who died there were
killed by the army when open fire everyone. The victims were running
from their village and helicopters and ground force fired randomly. At
least 89 died yesterday. A villager reported. When I asked where are
the other corpses, he told me, they cannot go there to collect the
dead bodies. There are many soldiers and BG over there."
Also he said " the person who is shooting the video said there r
gunshot wounds on the body, a person died after given water to him".
https://youtu.be/5fHt98OnNI0 ✓
Another of the videos here:
https://twitter.com/Sthumoe/status/797742335987777536 ✓
@mir_sidiquee (who knows area very well and is in contact with those on ground) says videos are from Da Gyi Zar (ChutoGozibil), not YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone
https://twitter.com/Sthumoe/status/797742335987777536 ✓
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Early morning Rohingya villagers in YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone forced to leave homes at gunpoint, by military and BGP (video)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797614287774683136 ✓
6:30AM the military and BGP entered into Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Soe village and threatened the villagers. They told them that they would be shot dead if they don’t leave their homes. The houses were shot with launchers and left to burn down once the villagers left.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/clearance-operation-of-myanmar-military.html#sthash.AYPkZ7JU.dpuf ✓
Tweeted 3 Dec:
This 19-year-old Rohingya boy from YayKhaeKhwaSone was beaten by Myanmar Army & taken away on Nov. 13. No more info. Parents are worried. [photo]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/805126319671562241 ✓
Tweeted at 8.45am 3/11/2016 09AM military forced leave Rohingya villagers from YaykhaeChaung by burning houses today early morning [Video. Note tweeter must have made a mistake with time conversion since it was tweeted at 8.45am but they wrote it as happening at 9am]
https://twitter.com/Rafiquerhg/status/797623932442578944 ✓
Tweeted at 8.47am Video of Rohingya villagers fleeing YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone due to army and BGP burning down their houses.
https://twitter.com/Thestateless1/status/797624280657854464 ✓
Tweeted at 8.54am Video of Rohingya villagers forced to leave Yay Khae Chaung village N. Maungdaw early morning of 13th Nov
https://twitter.com/Rafiquerhg/status/797626040961089536 ✓
Tweeted at 9.24am Video of Rohingya villagers in YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone forced to leave homes by army and BGP this morning
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797633653593571328 ✓
Tweeted at 9.27am Video of Rohingya villagers in YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone forced to leave homes by army and BGP this morning
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797634457389797376 ✓
Tweeted at 11.52am Video of villagers fleeing Yay Khae Chung Khwa Son
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/797671072145571840 ✓
Tweeted at 10.19am Video of villagers fleeing ‘This morning, army started torching Rohingya houses and non-stop firing in 5 villages’
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/797662575680815105 ✓
Tweeted at 1.48pm Photo of Rohingya villagers forced by the military to vacate houses in Yay Khae Chaung
https://twitter.com/msiarakan/status/797700202249351168 ✓
Rohingya villagers from YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone are forced to flee from the village by Myanmar Army & BGP this morning. [video]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797633653593571328 ✓
3pm (tweeted at 6.07pm) Southern part of Kya Gaung Taung and almost half of Yekay Chaung Kwasone have been burnt to ashes. Dar Gyi Zar is still burning. 16 people at Pwint Phyu Chaung, 2 at Yekay Chaung Kwasone and 1 at Kya Gaung Taung, all civilians, have been killed by the army today.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797765304587718657 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797766313171001344 ✓
On this is the second day of the second round of the military’s offensive operations against the civilians post October 9, the military continue to torch Kyaa Gaung Taung (Rabailla) and Yekai Chaung Kwasone villages, assault civilians and arrest more and more people.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/mass-casualties-feared-burmese-military-offensive-continue/ ✓
No one left in Sau Raw Gazi Bil [Dar Gyi Zar], Bor Gazi Bil [Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son], Sa Li Frang [Myaw Taung] and Ra Bai La [Kyar Gaung Taung] where more than a hundred have been killed
Tatmadaw intensified their offensives against the village tracts of Sau Raw Gazi Bil, Bor Gazi Bil, Sa Li Frang and Ra Bai La after villagers armed with sticks repulsed an initiative by soldiers to rape women and loot valuables. After initially retreating, Tatmadaw retaliated with helicopter gunships and heavy weapons killing scores, with some sources claiming that even by conservative estimates, more than a hundred people died in the assault that continued till Sunday.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/395-northern-villages-on-the-run-after-tatmadaw-kill-hundreds ✓
Yesterday, more than 3,000 people have been displaced in five Rohingya villages – Yekai Chaung Kwasone (Bor Gozi Bil), Dar Gyi Zar (Chudo Gozi Bil), Myau Taung (Saali Ferang), Pwint Phyu Chaung (Zammoinna) and Thu Oo Hla (Kulaar Bil) — as their homes were burnt down; and their food stores and food supply chains were destroyed by the brutal army. Around 100 civilians were wounded and two dozens were killed due to the ground attacks and the air strikes..
http://www.rvisiontv.com/mass-casualties-feared-burmese-military-offensive-continue/ ✓
Watchdogs in Maungdaw said at least 100 are dead and many are injured in two days of continuous launcher attacks by Military in Dar Gyi Sar, Pwint Phyu Chaung, Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone, Kyar Gaung Taung and Myaw Taung.
“On Sunday alone more than 80 killed in Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone, Dar Gyi Sar and Kyar Gaung Taung. Many children and elderly were killed. As the people are incommunicado, very difficult to make exact causalities. I think the figure will be more if we can make the exact list.” a watchdog said.
At least 5000 became homeless in two days. They have no shelter, no food. The injured people have no chance for medical treatment. The children are crying due to their hunger.
See video tweeted 27th January, woman with uncovered grave of her parents
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Tweeted at 10.45am Just now, army and BGP started torching houses in Thu Oo Lar village, N. Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797654213555851264 ✓
The villagers from Thu Oo Lar are also taking refuge in nearby villages and have said that some of their houses were also burnt down
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/clearance-operation-of-myanmar-military.html#sthash.AYPkZ7JU.dpuf. ✓
Five Rohingya villages reportedly set fire by the forces are Dar Gyi Sar (Choro Gozi Bil), Pwint Phyu Chaung (Zammoinna), Myau Taung (Saali Ferang), Thu Oo Hla (Kulaar Bil) and Kyar Gaung Taung (Rabailla).
http://www.thestateless.com/2016/11/15/seven-rohingya-villages-destroyed-in-3-days/ ✓
On Sunday, the operation left at least 80 Rohingya dead in Dar Gyi Sar, Kyar Gaung Taung and Thu Oo Hla villages.
http://www.thestateless.com/2016/11/15/seven-rohingya-villages-destroyed-in-3-days/ ✓
Mother of a Rohingya teacher, Ali Husein fr Thu Oo Laa Village Tract, Maungdaw shot to death by army on 13.11.16 [tweeted on 18th Nov] (photo)
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/799599749133312002 ✓
Tweeted at 10.54am Photos of Rohingya forced to flee due to army and BGP burning down their homes
https://twitter.com/Rafiquerhg/status/797656442211799040 ✓
Tweeted at 11.19am Every Rohingya village in Northern Maungdaw is under attack of the army and BGP, people in every village need help [with photo of villagers, young, old and children, fleeing]
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/797662773110943744 ✓
Yesterday, more than 3,000 people have been displaced in five Rohingya villages – Yekai Chaung Kwasone (Bor Gozi Bil), Dar Gyi Zar (Chudo Gozi Bil), Myau Taung (Saali Ferang), Pwint Phyu Chaung (Zammoinna) and Thu Oo Hla (Kulaar Bil) — as their homes were burnt down; and their food stores and food supply chains were destroyed by the brutal army. Around 100 civilians were wounded and two dozens were killed due to the ground attacks and the air strikes..
http://www.rvisiontv.com/mass-casualties-feared-burmese-military-offensive-continue/ ✓
Tweeted 17 Jan:
The surviving domestic cows couldn't escape from burning alive when military assaulted at ThuULar, because the owners are Rohingya 15 Nov
https://twitter.com/Rafiquerhg/status/821332927304830976 (photos of cow with burn injury) ✓
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Tweeted at 11am Military and BGP have been setting fire to Rohingya houses and forcing people out into the open at Kya Gong Toung
https://twitter.com/Rafiquerhg/status/797657520906997760 ✓
Tweeted at 12.09pm Video footage of Kyar Gaung Taung hamlet (Rabaillah in Rohingya language) burning, from a distance on Sunday morning 13th Nov. Government using launcher to burn Rohingya houses and people are forcing to leave from the village
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/797675324746113024 ✓
The Military entered into Kyar Gaung Taung village and looted as much as they could and forced the villagers to leave their homes. Then they torched the houses in the presence of the villagers. The women said their children were thrown into the fire.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/clearance-operation-of-myanmar-military.html#sthash.AYPkZ7JU.dpuf ✓
Tweeted at 12 noon Civilians in Maungdaw North Rohingya village tracts of Kularbil, ChutoGozil and Borgozibil are under attack of the army. Video of villagers fleeing YeKhetChaungKwasone and DaGyiZar
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/797673009683329024 ✓
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/797675196358557696 ✓
Reported on 23rd Nov Raped women from Ra Bai La [Kyar Gaung Taung] in critical condition:
Many of the women raped by the Tatmadaw [in Ra Bai La - Kyar Gaung Taung] on November 13 are in critical condition. Some of them have suffered injuries when the army assaulted them with sticks and sharp weapons during gang rape. Some are in critical condition as they have been raped too many times. Out of them, it looks like four women are likely to die.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/402-bangladesh-pushing-back-rohingyas-to-death-and-disappearance ✓
Video posted to FB then tweeted at 12.01pm Rohingya women fleeing from KyarGaungTaung village tract as Tatmadaw again torching their homes in early morning of 13 November 2016.
Elderly women running and have been hardly survived, their belongings were looted by army and their children thrown into burning fire alive!
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/797688436228521984 ✓
1pm (tweeted at 1.29pm, video report was received at 1pm) Video report of a crying woman fleeing from Kya Gaung Taung as homes were being burnt down, saying ‘my child was thrown into the blazing fire by the army’ (details tweeted here before the activist had uploaded video)
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797695447317893120 ✓
Video of women here saying their houses were burnt down and children were thrown into the fire by the army. (tweeted here at 3.48pm)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797730400596619264 ✓
Video of same women here but filmed from slightly different angle, saying their houses were burnt down and children were thrown into the fire by the army. (Tweeted here at 4.41pm)
https://twitter.com/Sthumoe/status/797743649140436992 ✓
Another villager of Kyar Guang Taung said, "when the military entered our village, they forced us to leave and looted goods and then they burnt down our village". He also described a heartrending crime of the military who threw Rohingya children into the fire. Many of the injured rohingya were indiscriminately targeted with mortar launchers and open-firing from helicopters.
http://www.thestateless.com/2016/11/15/seven-rohingya-villages-destroyed-in-3-days/ ✓
Two babies thrown into fire in Ra Bai La [Kyar Gaung Taung]
Tatmadaw soldiers charged into Ra Bai La where they fell upon villagers who did not manage to flee the area. Arifa Begum (d/o Oli Hossain) told our sources her baby was thrown into the fire, as her house was burned. Our correspondent says at least one more infant child was thrown into the fire after being grabbed from the mother.
One source said a third child might also have been thrown into the fire.
Tatmadaw set fire on houses and looted valuables during the raid. The entire village tract is on the run. The southern areas of the village have been entirely destroyed in the fire.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/391-at-least-60-killed-as-rockets-rain-down-on-rohingyas-children-thrown-into-fire-in-front-of-mothers ✓
Rohingya women from Kyar Gaung Taung village in Northern Maungdaw Township claim that their children were thrown into a fire by the Myanmar Army and Border Guard Police during the morning time today, November 13, 2016.
The Myanmar Military and Border Guard Police came into Kyar Gaung Taung village in Northern Maungdaw Township in the morning today and witnesses say they saw houses burnt by security forces and that children were thrown into the fire.
“The military took all of property, then they torched the houses. They threw our children into the fire,” a Rohingya woman claimed while crying loudly.
“They beat me and took all the money I had in my pocket. Then they kicked me out of my home and torched my house in front of me,” an elderly Rohingya from Kyar Gaung Taung village said.
Since the morning today villagers from Kyar Gaung Taung were forced to flee their village and are taking refuge in nearby villages. RB is investigating for further details regarding the accusations of children being burnt alive by security forces. ..
Tweeted at 1.10pm Blind firing and driving out from houses in KyaGongTaung. Rohingya houses being torched.
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/797690540125016064 ✓
Five Rohingya villages reportedly set fire by the forces are Dar Gyi Sar (Choro Gozi Bil), Pwint Phyu Chaung (Zammoinna), Myau Taung (Saali Ferang), Thu Oo Hla (Kulaar Bil) and Kyar Gaung Taung (Rabailla).
http://www.thestateless.com/2016/11/15/seven-rohingya-villages-destroyed-in-3-days/ ✓
On Sunday, the operation left at least 80 Rohingya dead in Dar Gyi Sar, Kyar Gaung Taung and Thu Oo Hla villages.
http://www.thestateless.com/2016/11/15/seven-rohingya-villages-destroyed-in-3-days/ ✓
Tweeted at 4.19pm Video of elderly Rohingya man saying he was beaten, looted, and his house torched by the army and BGP. All the people in the video are from Kyar Gaung Taung.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797738024499085312 ✓
3pm (tweeted at 6.07pm) Southern part of Kya Gaung Taung and almost half of Yekay Chaung Kwasone have been burnt to ashes. Dar Gyi Zar is still burning. 16 people at Pwint Phyu Chaung, 2 at Yekay Chaung Kwasone and 1 at Kya Gaung Taung, all civilians, have been killed by the army today.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797765304587718657 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797766313171001344 ✓
No one left in Sau Raw Gazi Bil [Dar Gyi Zar], Bor Gazi Bil [Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son], Sa Li Frang [Myaw Taung] and Ra Bai La [Kyar Gaung Taung] where more than a hundred have been killed
Tatmadaw intensified their offensives against the village tracts of Sau Raw Gazi Bil, Bor Gazi Bil, Sa Li Frang and Ra Bai La after villagers armed with sticks repulsed an initiative by soldiers to rape women and loot valuables. After initially retreating, Tatmadaw retaliated with helicopter gunships and heavy weapons killing scores, with some sources claiming that even by conservative estimates, more than a hundred people died in the assault that continued till Sunday.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/395-northern-villages-on-the-run-after-tatmadaw-kill-hundreds ✓
Another Dar Gyi Zar villager, who was released after being detained by soldiers and tortured for 40 days, said that he witnessed the killing of some civilians by Major Kyaw Thi Ha and his soldiers in Rabaillah (Kyar Gaung Taung) village on November 13, 2016.
http://www.aungaungsittwe.com/rohingya-victims-myanmar-military-operations-genocidal/ ✓
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Imminent crackdown in Bali Bazar
Soldiers intensified their presence in Bali Bazar [Kyein Chaung] from Sunday afternoon and began firing into the air. At around 2.30 pm, helicopters appeared in the air. Terror has pervaded the area as locals fear the army is preparing to attack the village.
Tweeted at 12.53pm Video of villagers fleeing. ‘KrinChaung is on fire now’ https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/797686339017654272 ✓
Tweeted at 2.25pm 5 villages under attack of army since this morning, all houses being torched. [with video of villagers fleeing from Kyein Chaung].
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/797709516297142272 ✓
2.30pm (tweeted at 3.12pm) Rohingya homes are being burnt down by the army at Kyein Chaung and Oo Shye Kya. Children are starving due to lack of food.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797721226089140224 ✓
2pm (tweeted at 2.18pm) Troops are torching homes at Dar Gyi Zar and Kyein Chaung, driving villagers out of their homes.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797707811207532544 ✓
A Rohingya from Kyein Chaung village contacted by phone said he saw a police truck taking at least six bodies from the village on Sunday.
Other villagers, also speaking on condition of anonymity because they feared for their safety, said the people whose bodies they saw were completely unarmed.
http://bigstory.ap.org/28ddbe672cfb4a82810c74acf4912bf0 ✓
Tweeted at 4pm 3 helicopters have arrived at Kyein Chaung (Boli Bazaar). There are increased fears of further airstrikes on Rohingya civilians.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/797733767217487872 ✓
4pm (tweeted at 5.37pm) Many fighter helicopters are flying over Kyein Chaung, they may strike at any time.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797757713400799232 ✓
A villager told RB News that from 4pm to 5:30pm the military carried weapons from Mawrawaddy village to Kyein Chaung village with two helicopters from the Myanmar Air Force.
The villagers in Kyein Chaung left the village in the morning as the new soldiers were arriving and the soldiers are openly firing without any reason. In the evening the village has been left empty as the rumors spread that they will be attacked.
Tweeted at 5.09pm Video of children and elderly people trying to flee their homes, walking across very narrow river banks.
https://twitter.com/Sthumoe/status/797750764752015360 ✓
Same video tweeted the next day described as villagers fleeing Bolibazar [Kyein Chaung]
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/797987552141647872 ✓
6.25pm Army started firing on the Rohingya in Bawli Bazar [Kyein Chaung], heard by @aungaungsittwe over the phone whilst he was speaking to a Rohingya lady there. She said whilst crying that they are in a critical condition and the army is firing at them (that is when he heard the shooting sound).
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/797779480622206976 ✓
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/797780896241754113 ✓
6pm (tweeted at 6.27pm) 4 loads of trucks of troops arrived at Kyein Chaung and terrorised the local villagers, so everyone fled and are now facing a chaotic situation in open fields.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/797770274401718273 ✓
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/797770477108228096 ✓
6pm (tweeted at 11pm) villagers from KyeinChaung fleeing the village in fear today at 6PM after hearing launchers firing by the Army
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797839670486986760 ✓
Another attack of army has been reported at Bawlibazar [Kyein Chaung] since 6:00pm today where the militaries have been firing indiscriminately forcing people to leave homes at night but due to night violence no causality has been reported yet. But the sounds of firing heavy guns are being heard, says a villager.
8pm (tweeted at 8.35pm) Army and air force created great fear amongst the villagers of Kyein Chaung as they are forced to leave their homes. Villagers, young, old and children are fleeing to jungles and open fields not knowing where to eat and sleep in this cold season. It is totally chaotic.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797802413046386688 ✓
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2.30pm (tweeted at 3.12pm) Rohingya homes are being burnt down by the army at Kyein Chaung and Oo Shye Kya. Children are starving due to lack of food.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797721226089140224 ✓
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3pm (tweeted at 6.07pm) Southern part of Kya Gaung Taung and almost half of Yekay Chaung Kwasone have been burnt to ashes. Dar Gyi Zar is still burning. 16 people at Pwint Phyu Chaung, 2 at Yekay Chaung Kwasone and 1 at Kya Gaung Taung, all civilians, have been killed by the army today.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797765304587718657 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797766313171001344 ✓
Pwint Phyu Chaung Village. 24 women were raped. 8 were raped and killed. 22 Rohingyas were shot dead and a total of 30 Rohingyas killed. 105 houses were burnt down.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html ✓
Tweeted at 5.35pm Army surrounded villages of Sali Farang [Myaw Taung],Bor Gouzu Bil [Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son], Zamboinna [Pwint Hpyu Chaung],ćora Gouzi Bil [Dar Gy Zar], shooting at civilians using helicopters.
https://twitter.com/Farideldean/status/797757344046317568 ✓
Yesterday, more than 3,000 people have been displaced in five Rohingya villages – Yekai Chaung Kwasone (Bor Gozi Bil), Dar Gyi Zar (Chudo Gozi Bil), Myau Taung (Saali Ferang), Pwint Phyu Chaung (Zammoinna) and Thu Oo Hla (Kulaar Bil) — as their homes were burnt down; and their food stores and food supply chains were destroyed by the brutal army. Around 100 civilians were wounded and two dozens were killed due to the ground attacks and the air strikes..
http://www.rvisiontv.com/mass-casualties-feared-burmese-military-offensive-continue/ ✓
Watchdogs in Maungdaw said at least 100 are dead and many are injured in two days of continuous launcher attacks by Military in Dar Gyi Sar, Pwint Phyu Chaung, Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone, Kyar Gaung Taung and Myaw Taung.
“On Sunday alone more than 80 killed in Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone, Dar Gyi Sar and Kyar Gaung Taung. Many children and elderly were killed. As the people are incommunicado, very difficult to make exact causalities. I think the figure will be more if we can make the exact list.” a watchdog said.
At least 5000 became homeless in two days. They have no shelter, no food. The injured people have no chance for medical treatment. The children are crying due to their hunger.
A huge part of Zun Bai Na [Zammonia = Pwint Hpyu Chaung] has been destroyed after Tatmadaw hit Rohingya houses with rockets. The village tract has only a few hundred Rohingyas left, but Tatmadaw fired with rockets indiscriminately destroying around 25 houses in the area. Multiple casualties are feared.
Reported 28th Dec:
Video of 2 Rohingya ladies who arrived in Bangladesh in December, who explain what they have witnessed in Zin Paing Nyar in Pwint Hpyu Chaung village tract.
https://youtu.be/wOGlBAXBkvo ✓
Translation of testimony:
https://youtu.be/AGDT_yoM0G8 ✓
Also see little boy’s testimony received 9th Jan
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4.15pm (Tweeted at 5.17pm) Army is torching Rohingya houses in Wa Baik hamlet in Kyee Kan Pyin village tract again (video)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797752711240417281 ✓
(tweeted at 5.30pm)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797756575318470656 ✓
At 4:15PM the Military torched the remaining houses of Rohingya in Wa Baik hamlet of Kyee Kan Pyin village tract.
Video of Wa Baik burning down, tweeted a few days later but thought to be from this day.
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/798749913391583232 ✓
6.30pm (tweeted at 7.50pm) Troops have set fire to WaPaik (WaBek) village again - with photos.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797791570745442305 ✓
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/797792065652281344 ✓
Tweeted at 7pm houses burning in WaBaik today at 4.20pm (video)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797778520936169472 ✓
Same video tweeted at 7.12pm Army has been torching Rohingya villages, Wabeik and surrounding area of maungdaw, since 4.30pm (video of homes burning, flames can be seen)
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/797781738629963776 ✓
Wabeik hit with rockets
Multiple casualties are feared in Wabeik [Wa Peik] after Tatmadaw fired on the restive neighbourhood in Kawa Bil on Sunday morning. Previous raids in the area have killed many civilians with Hlun Htein forcing thousands to evacuate the area.
Video of Wa Beik burning down, date not sure (tweeted on 16th Nov, thought to be from evening of Sunday 13th, that was last report of it burning and I remember seeing this on Monday or Tuesday too).
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/798749913391583232 ✓
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Myaw Taung Village. At least 40 Rohingyas were killed by RPG re and 20 were shot dead by military. 30 Rohingyas arrested and 15 houses were burnt down by military.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html ✓
Tweeted at 5.35pm Army surrounded villages of Sali Farang [Myaw Taung],Bor Gouzu Bil [Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son], Zamboinna [Pwint Hpyu Chaung],ćora Gouzi Bil [Dar Gy Zar], shooting at civilians using helicopters.
https://twitter.com/Farideldean/status/797757344046317568 ✓
Yesterday, more than 3,000 people have been displaced in five Rohingya villages – Yekai Chaung Kwasone (Bor Gozi Bil), Dar Gyi Zar (Chudo Gozi Bil), Myau Taung (Saali Ferang), Pwint Phyu Chaung (Zammoinna) and Thu Oo Hla (Kulaar Bil) — as their homes were burnt down; and their food stores and food supply chains were destroyed by the brutal army. Around 100 civilians were wounded and two dozens were killed due to the ground attacks and the air strikes..
http://www.rvisiontv.com/mass-casualties-feared-burmese-military-offensive-continue/✓
No one left in Sau Raw Gazi Bil [Dar Gyi Zar], Bor Gazi Bil [Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son], Sa Li Frang [Myaw Taung] and Ra Bai La [Kyar Gaung Taung] where more than a hundred have been killed
Tatmadaw intensified their offensives against the village tracts of Sau Raw Gazi Bil, Bor Gazi Bil, Sa Li Frang and Ra Bai La after villagers armed with sticks repulsed an initiative by soldiers to rape women and loot valuables. After initially retreating, Tatmadaw retaliated with helicopter gunships and heavy weapons killing scores, with some sources claiming that even by conservative estimates, more than a hundred people died in the assault that continued till Sunday.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/395-northern-villages-on-the-run-after-tatmadaw-kill-hundreds ✓
Attacks have also continued in Sa Li Frang [Myaw Taung] where earlier on Saturday, the Tatmadaw admitted to using helicopter gunships. We are unable at this moment to gather details on the situation in Sa Li Frang on Sunday. However, the earlier reported death toll of 12 killed from air strikes has increased. There are also reports that rockets have been fired into the area at around 10 am.
Watchdogs in Maungdaw said at least 100 are dead and many are injured in two days of continuous launcher attacks by Military in Dar Gyi Sar, Pwint Phyu Chaung, Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone, Kyar Gaung Taung and Myaw Taung.
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Women sexually assaulted in Hainda para [Myo Thu Gyi]
Tatmadaw sexually assaulted Rohingya women after entering the restive village tract on Sunday by touching their private parts and passing lewd comments. The area has remained restive since army killed many people during the first week of the ongoing crackdown.
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4pm Army arrest 100 Rohingya youth from Gadusara of Maungdaw, take a picture of them and tell them to follow they army. They are threatened that if they don’t follow the army the following day then they will be shot dead. The Rohingya believe they are to be used as human shields.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/797831431942586368 ✓
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/797832035280658432 ✓
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/797833042530168832 ✓
AT Staff Report
Myanmar soldiers have been conducting air strikes on civilians and firing rocket launchers on houses of Rohingya in Da gisa ( Small Gozibill In Rohingya Language) meyu dong salifaram and Yeketsang qua sang ( Bor gozebil ) Kya Gong Taung (Rabailla) Zammonia hamlets of Maungdaw north since yesterday, 12 November.
Yesterday, they carried out ground war on the Rohingya civilians burning houses down while the women and children were kicked out of houses who passed the sleepless nights with their baby children without any foods under the open sky.
The armies have been still carrying out air strikes on the civilians since yesterday 3.20 pm injuring fifteen, killed three, 1 arrested and hundreds of houses torched in the villages.
Today they are conducting both ground war and air strikes on the Rohingya civilians and torching houses firing rocket launchers on the houses. Now the Rohingya have no alternative ways of saving their lives since the militaries are firing heavy weapons on the civilians.
It is true that the armies are carrying out both air strikes on the civilians and ground war firing launchers on the houses but the causalities are not reported details yet, source said.
The persecuted Rohingya from the ground of Arakan urge international community, United Nation and powerful countries of the world through Arakan Times to protect them from barbarous atrocities of Myanmar government forces immediately.
Accompanying video report, dated 13th Nov https://youtu.be/faiRgemRiDU
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/13/air-strikes-on-civilians-firing-rocket-launchers-on-houses-continue-in-maungdaw/
AT Staff Report
At least one hundred civilians killed, several wounded and thousands of houses burnt down in rocket launcher attacks conducted by Myanmar military and BGP forces since morning today, 13 November 2016 in Kularbil, small Gozibil, big Gozibil, Saliprang, Zammonia and Wapet village tracts of northern Maungdaw.
..on 11 November 2016, Myanmar army entered Gozilbil village tract in the name of family list checking. After entering the village, they forced the male members of the community to leave the village and started committing rape on women and looting the properties. Being unbearable of atrocities including rape on women by army, the male members of the village tried to protest against army committing rape on women. Centering this, a clash was occurred between the army and the villagers who were equipped with sharp weapons and sticks that left one army officer dead and several injured.
Finally they have been compelled to emerge a self defending group from the ground of Arakan and started fighting with government forces with sticks and sharp weapons and whatever they have on 11 November. The group emerged only to fight for their rights and to self defend from persecution of Myanmar tyranny government forces, according to a statement of a Rohingya self defender.
Following the clash between the Rohingya self defenders equipped with spears, sticks and knives and the Myanmar armies, the violence was intensified on the Rohingya innocent residents of the villages by military in which dozens of houses torched initially on 11 November.
The government forces escalated ground war on the Rohingya civilians burning houses down since the morning of 12 November forcing villagers to leave their houses who passed the sleepless nights with their baby children without any foods under the open sky.
Later, at 3.20 pm the same day, the armies started to conduct air strikes on the civilians that left dozens of people injured and hundreds of houses torched to ashes yesterday, 12 November. In the air strikes of armies on the civilians at 3.20 pm yesterday, fifteen received bullet injuries, three killed, 1 arrested and hundreds of houses torched in the villages.
Today they have again launched both ground war and air strikes on the Rohingya civilians firing rocket launchers on the houses where at least 100 innocent civilians killed, multiple injured and thousands of houses have been totally burnt down rendering people homeless. The army’s attack continued in those villages whole day.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/13/100-killed-several-injured-and-1-000-houses-torched-in-attack-of-army-on-civilians-in-maungdaw-north/
On November 13, from morning to evening the army continues to torch villages – Kyaa Gaung Taung (Rabailla), Choto Gozi Bill, Bawli Bazar, and Bora Shiddar Para – again and assault civilians and arrest more villagers, a village elder from Rabailla said on condition of anonymity.
Mostly, houses of Sali Pyin (Myaw Taung) village had been burnt down on November 12 and 13 and the rest of the houses are being burnt down, on November 13 at around 11:00am. Moreover, the houses of Boro Gozi Bill, Choto Gozi Bill and Kular Bill village are also burning down at the same time. The army is shooting to the villagers while fleeing and burning the houses. https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/11/14/militarys-offensive-continues-in-maungdaw/
Five Rohingya villages reportedly set fire by the forces are Dar Gyi Sar (Choro Gozi Bil), Pwint Phyu Chaung (Zammoinna), Myau Taung (Saali Ferang), Thu Oo Hla (Kulaar Bil) and Kyar Gaung Taung (Rabailla).
http://www.thestateless.com/2016/11/15/seven-rohingya-villages-destroyed-in-3-days/
On Sunday, the operation left at least 80 Rohingya dead in Dar Gyi Sar, Kyar Gaung Taung and Thu Oo Hla villages.
http://www.thestateless.com/2016/11/15/seven-rohingya-villages-destroyed-in-3-days/
From Nov 12-13th at least 20,000 Rohingyas have become IDPs from Yay Kay Chaung Gwa Sone, Day Gyi Sar ,Myaw Taung and Pwint Phyu Chaung villages. They (20k IDPs) are taking shelter near their villages.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
Tweeted at 2.48pm A young Rohingya man, age 18, called Rahim, said his father tried to save them with a wooden stick and died fighting the army. He also wanted to fight but his mother stopped him.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/797715186266189825
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10am Troops torching houses as Myauk Taung,Yai Kai Chaung Kuasun and Phuan Phu Chaung. ‘More than hundreds burnt down until now’.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797332936458571776 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797333073582952453 ✓
10am At around 10am, a Tatmadaw team fired rockets at Rohingya houses in Sa Li Frang [Myaw Taung], setting fire to dozens of houses in the village. Our correspondent in the area says there is likely to be multiple casualties from the attack.
Video of Rohingya villagers fleeing Sali Parang [Myaw Taung ] and Zammaoina [Pwint Phyu Chaung] villages
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/797463591599345664 ✓
12-15 Rohingya civilians killed at Myau Taung village in an air strike by Burmese air-force today.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797459834916306944 ✓
Today, November 12th, 2016 at 6:30AM the military besieged Myaw Taung village and then shot with launchers continuously. That caused many injuries to children and elderly Rohingya villagers and many houses were burnt down. The villagers tried moving to Yay Khae Chaung Khaw Soe village to escape the bombardment but the military followed them and attacked again. The soldiers have been said to have torched the remaining houses in the village which were not destroyed in the initial attack.
AT Correspondent
Myanmar army have started fresh violence on Rohingya that they have been setting fire on house at Meyu Daung (Saliprang) [Myaw Taung] and Yea ket chaung qua song (Borgozibil) village tracts of Maungdaw north since today early morning.
It is reported the army in many groups entered the villages and have encircling both villages and carrying out intense fresh violence in which they have set fire on the houses of Rohingya under the pretext of chasing down armed assailants in the villages.
Two mosques and one Madrasa of Sali Pyin [Myaw Taung] have been burnt down completely on November 12; a religious leader from Sali Pyin said who did not mention his name for security reason.
https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/11/14/militarys-offensive-continues-in-maungdaw/ ✓
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Video of Rohingya villagers who just fled their homes, sitting in a paddy field, in Maung Hna Ma https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/797349754476765184 ✓
Video footage of Rohingya villagers from Maung NaMa village tract, including many women and many children, sitting in a paddy field, having fled their village after the army and BGP burnt their homes today. Smoke can be seen rising from a village in the distance.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797393977242697729 ✓
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11am Myanmar Air Force conducting air strikes in DarGyiZar & YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone Rohingya village today about 11AM local time. [video of helicopter flying over neighbouring village, gunfire can be heard]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797384566499635200 ✓
6pm Photo of injured Rohingya man at Dar Gyi Zar, shot from a helicopter
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797410147324731393 ✓
Video of body found on Fri 18th, the corpse of Amir Malok s/o Waz Uddin, shot by the army on 12th Nov at Dar Gyi Zar (Shoto Gozibil)
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/799692280919531520✓
Video of body found on Fri 18th, the corpse of Kalabanu, wife of Ismail and mother of Rashid Ahmed and Shabir Ahmed. Salughtered by the army on 12th Nov at Dar Gyi Zar (Shoto Gozibil)
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/799694674088771584 ✓
Videos of burnt village, the middle village of Dar Gyi Zar, torched by the army on 12th Nov. (tweeted on Fri 18th)
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/799700020240977920 ✓
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/799702994807705600 ✓
Compilation of videos from Dar Gy Zar, filmed on 18th, following army attack on 12th Nov. With English subtitles
https://youtu.be/SN-lUXltwqM✓
Rohingya dead body floating nearby DarGyiSar VT. Found this today [16 Nov]. The person was killed by Myanmar Army on November 12th. (video)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/798915165202817024 ✓
Dar Gyi Sar Village. At least 100 people were wounded and at least 27 killed. There is no medical treatment for those injured. At least 15 Rohingyas were burnt alive and at least 60 killed during RPG attacks by the military. At least 110 houses were burnt down by military and 5 Rohingyas were arrested.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html ✓
At 2:30PM the military besieged Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone and Dar Gyi Sar villages. They started non-stop shooting with launchers. In both villages many innocent villagers were injured. The soldiers torched many houses, mosques and religious schools (Madarasas), a villager told RB News.
As the military is continuously attacking unarmed villagers, the villagers themselves couldn’t tolerate any more and they started trying to defend themselves by holding sticks and slingshots. At least 10 Rohingya were closely shot dead by soldiers while the villagers tried to defend themselves.
The villagers from Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone and Dar Gyi Sar were attacked again by Myanmar Air Force’s airstrikes when they fled to Thu Oo Lar village. The airstrike left many Rohingya villagers injured.
A Rohingya farmer in his fifties from Dar Gyi Zar village, a nearby village, who arrived in Bangladesh on 29 November, described what happened that day [12 Nov]:
“I came out from the mosque after completing prayers, and when we heard the sounds of the firing, we started running away. We ran to the forest and to the safe space where we could hide. I saw the military burning the houses and shooting people who were fleeing. When someone came in front of them, they shot them. Everyone was running. They [the military] were firing on the crowd. My son was wounded by a bullet. He was hit while running away. He was shot in the thigh. He fell… Then the helicopter came and started shooting. No one could stop them. Everyone was just running…We came here [to Bangladesh]. But my daughter, son-in-law and two sisters are missing… Until now I don’t know where they are.”
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa16/5362/2016/en/ ✓
Five eyewitnesses told Amnesty International that the Myanmar military also fired explosive munitions at their houses. Three of these accounts came from people who witnessed attacks in Dar Gyi Zar, although interviewees from two other villages also described the use of these weapons. Without access to northern Rakhine State, it is very difficult to verify these claims, however eyewitness provided strikingly similar descriptions of the weapon used, which from the descriptions seems likely to be rocket launchers. Other human rights organizations have reported receiving similar accounts and descriptions of the weapons, and the Arakan Project reports that in some places, villagers found unexploded ordinance.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa16/5362/2016/en/ ✓
3.30pm Burmese air-force are conducting air-strikes on Rohingya villages such as Dar Gyi Zar (Chudo Gozi Bil) and Yekai Chaung Kwa Sone (Bor Gozi Bil) in N. Maungdaw. Civilian casualties alarmingly on the rise! [note - clarification of ‘airstrikes’ - shooting from helicopters has been confirmed, dropping bombs has not been confirmed]
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797366783011274752 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797367298478592000 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797382954104197120 ✓
Videos of helicopter flying over, recorded from a nearby village. Report that 2 helicopters were flying overhead for 1 hour and shooting.
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/797380173985411073 ✓
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/797380539951026180 ✓
3.30pm At around 3.30pm, helicopter gunships were seen approaching Sau Ra Gazi Bil [Dar Gyi Zar]. All communications to the village are cut off as Rohingyas have all fled the settlement. There are unconfirmed reports that the helicopters have been firing at civilians. Sources say the helicopters approached from the direction of Buthidaung where the Tatmadaw has an air base.
One source said gunfire, explosions and cries for help could be heard from the direction of the village.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/389-mass-casaulties-feared-as-tatmadaw-renew-offensive-in-maungdaw-north ✓
Moulvi Shalam (55), son of Sayed Ahmed including his seven family members (wife. sons and daughters) from small Gozo Bill [Dar Gyi Zar] were shot dead by army while fleeing from the house on November 12. They were shot to death in front of the yard of the house, a close relative of the victim Mohamed said.
https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/11/14/militarys-offensive-continues-in-maungdaw/ ✓
See video testimony published 17 Jan
Reported on 23rd Jan:
“On 12 November, as they sought, I showed the soldiers the way the men, who had attacked the BGP post, took to flee the area. They did not follow that route to launch a hunt for the terrorists, but starting beating me calling me a terrorist. They don’t want to arrest the actual attackers. They just want to eliminate us. The military operation is nothing but part of the process of the genocide against the Rohingyas.”
Miah said that he wanted to tell Ms Lee how the soldiers burnt alive some Rohingyas, raped many and torched scores of houses on 12 – 13 November, 2016.
http://www.aungaungsittwe.com/rohingya-victims-myanmar-military-operations-genocidal/ ✓
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5.30am/6am Army start torching Rohingya homes, firing them with launchers, in Pwint Phyu Chaung (Zambunna) and Myaw Taung village tract.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797307454543499264 ✓
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/797298460630228992
Video footage of houses burning down in Pwint Phyu Chaung (initially reported as Zin Paing Nyar then later corrected) this morning, torched by the army and BGP.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797385040044900352✓
Video of villagers fleeing from Pwint Phyu Chaung (Zambunna) this morning.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/797302231582183424 ✓
Army torching villages, more than 3 destroyed since this morning.
https://twitter.com/4beb3f9924d747e/status/797346655531974660 ✓
Local Rohingya say houses are burning down in Phuan Phu Chaung village and Myak Taung village.
https://twitter.com/waiwainu/status/797357579512881152 ✓
9am 2 Rohingya civilians are shot dead by the army and BGP in Pwint Phyu Chaung village tract.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797437578421080065 ✓
1pm 50 Rohingya arrested and then 47 released in Pwin Phyu Chaung village tract, Zammonia Hamlet. Many houses set on fire, villagers escaping to other village tracts.Troops had been plundering the valuables in the village since the day before (not for the first time).
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/797305980891627520 ✓
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/797322143377788928 ✓
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/797323252452487168 ✓
10am Troops torching houses as Myauk Taung,Yai Kai Chaung Kuasun and Phuan Phu Chaung [Pwint Hpyu Chaung]. ‘More than hundreds burnt down until now’.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797332936458571776 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797333073582952453 ✓
5.30pm Troops now burning down Phuan Phyu Chaung (with photo from distance)
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797400903028326400 ✓
Video of Rohingya villagers fleeing Sali Parang [Myaw Taung ] and Zammaoina [Pwint Phyu Chaung] villages
https://twitter.com/j_arkani/status/797463591599345664 ✓
According to Myanmar media, 36 Rohingya were arrested today from PwintPhyuChaung, accused of being terrorists.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797469423674261505 ✓
At 10AM the military rounded Pwint Phyu Chaung (Zarmaina) village and did similar attacks done to Myaw Taung villagers. Many innocent children and elderly were injured and many houses have burnt down. Again, the remaining houses were torched by soldiers when the villagers escaped to Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone village. .
Tatmadaw have killed at least 16 Rohingyas and arrested 63 in the Zun Baina [Zammonia = Pwint Hpyu Chaung] village tract in the last four days.
The Tatmadaw surrounded the Amtoilla para in the village tract from the early hours of Friday. The rockets continued to rain down on the Rohingyas after they ran out of their houses to escape.
Rohingyas who escaped the neighbourhood took refuge in the nearby paddy fields but were approached by the army shortly before midnight and ordered to go back to their houses. Anyone who remained outside following these orders would be suspected of being in league with Muslim rebels, warned the army.
After they were herded back to the village, Tatmadaw resumed rocket attacks from the early hours of Saturday. This time, after a short barrage, they entered the village, and began taking people hostage.
Locals allege at least two young boys were thrown into burning houses, which had been set alight by rockets.
At least 63 people have been arrested. There is no information regarding their whereabouts.
Reported 28th Dec:
Video of 2 Rohingya ladies who arrived in Bangladesh in December, who explain what they have witnessed in Pwint Hpyu Chaung.
https://youtu.be/wOGlBAXBkvo ✓
Translation of testimony:
https://youtu.be/AGDT_yoM0G8 ✓
Also see little boy’s testimony received 9th Jan
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3.30pm Troops are indiscriminately firing at Rohingya civilians at Kyein Chuang. People fleeing to & fro in fear.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797371761176158208 ✓
3.30pm A heavy explosion was heard at Kyeing Chaung (boli bazaar) village.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797372376644075520 ✓
3.30pm an army team backed by heavy artillery moved in the direction of Bali Bazar [Kyeing Chaung?] and began firing in the direction of the villagers.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/389-mass-casaulties-feared-as-tatmadaw-renew-offensive-in-maungdaw-north ✓
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10am Troops torching houses as Myauk Taung,Yai Kai Chaung Kuasun and Phuan Phu Chaung. ‘More than hundreds burnt down until now’.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797332936458571776 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797333073582952453 ✓
It is also reported that a Rohingya, Mv Kamal 48 s/o Mv Oli Ahamed of Borgozibil [Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son] has been arrested while hiding inside the paddy plants fearing the persecution of army. It is unknown how severely he is being tortured in the custody now, says a villager.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/12/15-injured-1-arrested-hundreds-of-houses-and-mosque-torched-in-3-villages/ ✓
3.30pm Burmese air-force are conducting air-strikes on Rohingya villages such as Dar Gyi Zar (Chudo Gozi Bil) and Yekai Chaung Kwa Sone (Bor Gozi Bil) in N. Maungdaw. Civilian casualties alarmingly on the rise! [note - clarification of ‘airstrikes’ - shooting from helicopters has been confirmed, dropping bombs has not been confirmed]
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797366783011274752 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797367298478592000 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797382954104197120 ✓
4pm Burmese airforce started dropping bombs on Rohingya villages: Dar Gui Zar & Yekai Chaung Kwa Sone in N. Maungdaw. [NOTE - bombs has NOT been verified yet, only shooting from helicopters has]
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797379257940852736 ✓
Regarding airstrikes: reports suggest 3 helicopters flying over, both shooting and dropping explosives - but hard to verify information as people on the run. A few videos received of helicopter flying over and gunshots can be heard. Source: twitter DM chat.
Tweet at 4pm however suggests only shooting from helicopters.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797370494005612544 ✓
At least 12 Rohingya civilians injured in Myanmar's Air Force air strikes in YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone VT today.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797459879455768576 ✓
5pm troops torch YekaiChaungKwasone (Bor Gozi Bil) again
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797388792055222272 ✓
5.15pm Army torched 15 Rohingya houses and opened fire on YekaiChaung
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/797390828654080000 ✓
Video of something burning in distance, from Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son village tract this morning
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/797396659227463680 ✓
Photo of burning village possibly from YeKai Chaung KwaSon/Ye Khet Chaung Kwasone (locally known as Borgozibil), but waiting on final verification (this photo not from Rohingya reporters on the ground but from Burmese news outlet,reporters currently hard to contact in order to verify)
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797425188207923200 ✓
9pm Reportedly, army now slaughtering entire Rohingya families 1 by 1 at Yai Kai Chaung Kuasun (Note: just reported, obviously needs further verification)
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/797477902807756802 ✓
Video received next day of bodies of villagers shot dead on the 12th in paddy fields alongside the river in Yay Khae Chaung Khaw Sone village tract.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797735549477986304 ✓
Same footage shot from slightly different angle, caption on blog says villagers were fleeing airstrikes at Dar Gyi Zar village (on 12th):
https://youtu.be/jtsEdQZA1bo ✓
http://www.rvisiontv.com/mass-casualties-feared-burmese-military-offensive-continue/ ✓
Photo of injured cow, burnt in Yay Khae Chaung Khaw Sone in Nov (tweeted in Dec).
A Cow belongs to Mv. Kamal was burnt critically while srmy fired launcher into YayKaeChaungKwaSoneVT MGDNorth (with photo)
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/805843949504069632 ✓
Maung Aye Tun, son of U Htu Aung Zan, was a Rakhine Buddhist who reverted to Islam 25 years ago, before the time of the Na Sa Ka border guard. He changed his name to Abdul Munaf after embracing Islam.
His profession was working as a hired farmer in Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone village tract. He was married to a Rohingya woman, and stayed with her until his last breath. After he was married he was blessed with eight children, six boys and two girls.
Though Maung Aye Htun, whose Muslim name was Abdul Munaf, was an Indigenous Rakhine, he was not allowed to hold a National Scrutiny Card (Pink card), but instead had to hold a Temporary Identity Card (White card). The Immigration department described both of him and his children as Rakhine-Bengali on their documents.
Abdul Munaf’s house was in the West Hamlet of Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone and his eldest son lived in Gonenarr Hamlet in Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone, Abdul Hashim ran a shop in the Middle Hamlet of Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone where he sold rice, salt, kerosene and petrol along with food.
On the 12th of November 2016 bad luck and darkness came into their lives as the military shot continuously in their village. Bullets hit Abdul Hashim in the neck and waist. The entire village was on fire when the military set the houses on ablaze. Both houses were burnt along with their belongings in the fire, which is estimated to be worth more than 7.5 million Kyat….
Yekai Chaung Gwasone village. At least 500 Rohingya houses were burned down by the military. At least 20 Rohingya children were thrown to the re of burning homes, according to family members. When Rohingyas fled from their homes to a nearby paddy field at least eight were shot dead by the military. More than 60 Rohingyas were killed by rocket propelled grenades (RPGs) and thirty wounded while houses burned and at least 30 were shot dead. Those dead bodies were burnt in a paddy field. The information was verified after people found the heads and body organs from the dead villagers. 35 Rohingyas were arrested and 25 women were raped, according to rape victims and villagers.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html ✓
Today, November 12th, 2016 at 6:30AM the military besieged Myaw Taung village and then shot with launchers continuously. That caused many injuries to children and elderly Rohingya villagers and many houses were burnt down. The villagers tried moving to Yay Khae Chaung Khaw Soe village to escape the bombardment but the military followed them and attacked again. The soldiers have been said to have torched the remaining houses in the village which were not destroyed in the initial attack.
At 10AM the military rounded Pwint Phyu Chaung (Zarmaina) village and did similar attacks done to Myaw Taung villagers. Many innocent children and elderly were injured and many houses have burnt down. Again, the remaining houses were torched by soldiers when the villagers escaped to Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone village.
At 2:30PM the military besieged Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone and Dar Gyi Sar villages. They started non-stop shooting with launchers. In both villages many innocent villagers were injured. The soldiers torched many houses, mosques and religious schools (Madarasas), a villager told RB News.
As the military is continuously attacking unarmed villagers, the villagers themselves couldn’t tolerate any more and they started trying to defend themselves by holding sticks and slingshots. At least 10 Rohingya were closely shot dead by soldiers while the villagers tried to defend themselves.
The villagers from Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone and Dar Gyi Sar were attacked again by Myanmar Air Force’s airstrikes when they fled to Thu Oo Lar village. The airstrike left many Rohingya villagers injured.
Today at least 50 villagers injured from four villages and two died from injuries. “As we can’t leave from the area and blocked from any medical treatment, I am sure will die more.” a villager said.
In the evening many Rohingya men were arrested while taking refuge on paddy fields. The villagers from four villages are on the run and have no food. The children and elderly are very much afraid of next attacks on them by Myanmar military.
Today attacks by military on Rohingya civilians left at least 3000 homeless.
AT Correspondent
Myanmar army have started fresh violence on Rohingya that they have been setting fire on house at Meyu Daung (Saliprang) [Myaw Taung] and Yea ket chaung qua song (Borgozibil) village tracts of Maungdaw north since today early morning.
It is reported the army in many groups entered the villages and have encircling both villages and carrying out intense fresh violence in which they have set fire on the houses of Rohingya under the pretext of chasing down armed assailants in the villages.
More than seven houses have already been burnt to ashes in Yea ket chaung qua song village tracts and the villagers including women and children have been scattered outside the village and fleeing away due to ongoing house torching and indiscriminate gun firing of army.
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Video of frightened Rohingya villagers in ThaYetOak village tract trying to shelter children from military helicopter flying overhead.
https://twitter.com/JamilaHanan/status/797437251080912896 ✓
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The villagers from Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone and Dar Gyi Sar were attacked again by Myanmar Air Force’s airstrikes when they fled to Thu Oo Lar village. The airstrike left many Rohingya villagers injured.
Today at least 50 villagers injured from four villages and two died from injuries. “As we can’t leave from the area and blocked from any medical treatment, I am sure will die more.” a villager said.
In the evening many Rohingya men were arrested while taking refuge on paddy fields. The villagers from four villages are on the run and have no food. The children and elderly are very much afraid of next attacks on them by Myanmar military.
Today attacks by military on Rohingya civilians left at least 3000 homeless.
One man who is arrested dies later in Buthidaung hospital following torture, see post reported on 3rd Jan. ✓
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8pm Naval forces increase in Naf river whilst attacks on the Rohingya in N. Maungdaw increase.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797467428636659712
Most of the Rohingya houses in PwintPhyuChaung, MyawTaung and DarGyiSar were burnt down by Army & BGP today.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797480287961759744
At least 3000 Rohingya villagers from MyawTaung, PwintPhyuChaung, YayKhaeChaungKhwaSone and DarGyiSar are now homeless and have nothing to eat.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797501691344125952
At least fifteen innocent civilians wounded, one arrested, hundreds of houses and mosques were torched in the violent attacks of Myanmar government forces on innocent Rohingya civilians that conducted since early morning of November 12.
According to report, the army tried to commit rape against the women on 11 November but could not do that due to resistance of villagers.
At this, Myanmar soldiers had suddenly started carrying out violent assaults on innocent Rohingya civilians firing haphazardly and setting fire on houses and mosques at Saliprang [Myaw Taung], Zammonia [Pwint Phyu Chaung] and Gozibil [Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son] village tracts of Maungdaw north in the early morning of Saturday.
Following the violence of military and Border Guard Police forces, all the residents fled from the villages and dispersed everywhere outside the villages who are still under open sky with baby children without food and shelter. They have been under attack of armies and police since morning...
Finally, the villagers got united being unbearable of violence and persecutions of military and stood with sticks and with whatever they had against Myanmar soldiers and marched forward leaving fear of arrest and killing.
Seeing the unity of the Rohingya residents of the villages, Myanmar soldiers reportedly carried attack firing from three helicopters flying high above the sky randomly that left dozens of villagers wounded at around 3: 00 pm, source added.
Tatmadaw has admitted they have used helicopter gunships against Rohingyas in Maungdaw North.
In a statement to the AFP, the army claimed it had used helicopters as they were overwhelmed in an attack by the Rohingyas on their forces in Sa Li Frang [Myaw Taung]. Local sources and our correspondent refute the allegations and say the Tatmadaw fired at boys who were protesting with sticks. Claims by the army that the protesters were armed have been dismissed by locals.Sources say at least 12 Rohingyas have been killed, with the death toll likely to rise. Injured Rohingyas have no access to medical care. At least sixty people have been reported wounded in the helicopter assault.
Helicopter attacks have also been reported in Sau Raw Gazi Bil [Dar Gyi Zar] and Bor Ga Zi Bil [Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son].
In all instances, the helicopters were in a supporting role for ground troops that fired rocket launchers at the homes of Rohingya civilians.
Soldiers have flooded the area and all Rohingyas have fled to the surrounding regions.
The situation remains confusing and some sources are saying that dozens have been massacred as troops are killing civilians indiscriminately.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/390-tatmadaw-admits-using-helicopters-on-protestors-in-sa-li-frang-at-least-12-killed-and-60-wounded
Local Rohingya Said that Myanmar Army and BGP Trying To Rape Our Rohingya Girls And Women So The Villagers Tell Them To Stop That Kinds Of Behavior But Myanmar Army Didn’t Hear The Rohingya Villagers Voice in The Region Of the Sali Parang Hamlet [Myaw Taung] And Bor Gozibill [Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son] Hamlets In the night of 11, November Around 1.00 AM ,So Local Rohingya Tried to Save their Innocent Women.When Rohingya Trying to Save the Rohingya Women From The hand Rapists, They Started Shooting to The Rohingya Villagers.
So Rohingya Villagers Out With Their Villagers to Stop The Raping Innocent Rohingya Women.
At Least 15 Innocent Rohingya Have Been Shot To Critical Condition Who Have Tried To Save Their Rohingya Women From The Hands Of Military Forces And Border Guard Polices.
Hundreds Rohingya Rohingya Houses Have Been Burnt into Ashes By Myanmar Government.The Villagers Are Scattered From Their Houses.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/12/does-myanmar-government-get-countenance-to-kill-innocent-rohingya-villages-with-air-strike/
November 12th, 20016, more than a dozen Rohingya from Yay Khae Chaung Khwa Sone, Pwint Phyu Chaung, Dar Gyi Sar and Myaw Taung were killed by the Myanmar military. At least 50 others were injured in attacks from rocket launchers and helicopter attacks by the Myanmar Military.
Two army helicopters were conducting air-strikes on Rohingya villages of Maungdaw north on November 12, at about 3:45pm which made civilian casualties are frighteningly on the increase, a villager Shobbir said from the locality.
The army helicopters conducted air-strikes on such villages—- Dar Gyi Zar villages (Choto Gozi Bill) of Maungdaw north. At around, 5 PM, the Burmese army torched homes at Boro Gozi Bill again and today’s bombing, one Maulana was killed and another Rohingya woman was wounded, he more added.
Most of the villagers run away from the villagers for heavy firing and the army held and keep in the school – 45 Rohingya ( 5 male and 40 female) while fleeing to near village to escape from firing. After 7:00 pm, the army took the 5 male from the school and remaining 40 female are still keeping in the school, said a reliable source from Maungdaw.
Besides, the Burmese army has resumed heavy assaults on the Rohingya villages of Maungdaw north such as —Sali Pyin and Amtolla villages and the villagers including men, women and children are fleeing from the village for fear of army on November 12, at around 8:30am. Some villagers were wounded and some houses were burnt down, Robiul Hassan said from the village.
Currently, the Rohingya villages such as—Sali Pyin, Boro Gozi Bill, Choto Gozi Bill ( Dar Gyi Zar), Zamm Moinna, Thu Oo Hla ( Kular Bill) are under attacks by the Burmese soldiers. Many people were wounded in Sali Pyin village for army’s discriminate firing, Mehdi Khan said from the village.
In addition, the Burmese troops begin setting fire of Rohingya homes at villages such as—Sali Pyin (Myau Taung) and Yai Kai Chaung using fire launchers, in the evening, Khan more added.
Yesterday, two Rohingya brothers—Rohimullah (26) and Aman Ullah (23) were arrested by army from Baggona village of Maungdaw south. Elder brother Rohimulla secured degree from Sittwe Collage and earning money by setting up a shop and the younger brother is a religious teacher. They are sons of Nazir Ahmed and they are accused for defaming Burmese government through Facebook, according to sources.
“A youth said, “This is the first time, Burmese army attacks Rohingya villages by army helicopters.
More than 4,000 people have been displaced in five Rohingya villages— Yekai Chaung Kwasone (Boro Gozi Bil), Dar Gyi Zar (Choto Gozi Bill), Myaw Taung (Sali Pyin), Pwint Phyu Chaung (Zam Moinna) and Thu Oo Hla (Kular BilL) — as their homes were burnt down; and their food stores and food supply were destroyed by the army on November 12, another villager Babu from Thu Oo Hla said.
Over 100 villagers including men, women and children were wounded and nearly 30 were killed for ground and air attacks, another village elder Shukur Meah from Boro Gozi Bill said.
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Mostly, houses of Sali Pyin (Myaw Taung) village had been burnt down on November 12 and 13 and the rest of the houses are being burnt down, on November 13 at around 11:00am. Moreover, the houses of Boro Gozi Bill, Choto Gozi Bill and Kular Bill village are also burning down at the same time. The army is shooting to the villagers while fleeing and burning the houses. https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/11/14/militarys-offensive-continues-in-maungdaw/
more than 3,000 people have been displaced in five Rohingya villages – Yekai Chaung Kwasone (Bor Gozi Bil), Dar Gyi Zar (Chudo Gozi Bil), Myau Taung (Saali Ferang), Pwint Phyu Chaung (Zammoinna) and Thu Oo Hla (Kulaar Bil) — as their homes were burnt down; and their food stores and food supply chains were destroyed by the brutal army. Around 100 civilians were wounded and two dozens were killed due to the ground attacks and the air strikes..
http://www.rvisiontv.com/mass-casualties-feared-burmese-military-offensive-continue/
At least 500 homes have been burnt down by the army in 5 Rohingya villages in N. Maungdaw. More than 3000 people have been displaced. Rohingya have taken refuge in paddy fields. The army arrested many of them, including children.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797515437877530624
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797515437877530624
Tweeted at 9.40pm video of helicopter flying over
https://twitter.com/rohingyayorgt/status/797456841080995844
Urgent aid is needed. If is feared that many more may die as there are no medical facilities for the wounded.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/797520479103815681
The Rohingya, especially the old and young, are in fear of further attacks. They are displaced and their food rations have been destroyed.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/797521641903255556
Rvision log of updates (all listed above)
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-troops-resume-heavy-assaults-rohingya-villages-maungdaw/
State media writes that the air force had been involved in air strikes on Rohingya villages this afternoon, using two MI 2 helicopters.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797470538016944129
According to state media, 6 Rohingya have been killed.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/79747126835007488
Army and BGP are killing civilians but reporting them as militants.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797473566765760512
Myanmar state media writes Myanmar Air Force involved in air strikes with two MI 2 Helicopters today afternoon at the Rohingya villages.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/797470538016944129
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3.40pm Troops arrive in 2 cars at Baggona West hamlet and arrest Rahimullah, and educated Rohingya youth, and his brother Amanullah, a religious leader. Their reason for arrest is unknown. The army appear to be targeting educated Rohingya youths.
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The two youths innocent youths are served trumped up sedition charges
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The Burmese (Myanmar) army arrested two educated Rohingya youths at Baggona village in southern Maungdaw yesterday under trumped up defamation charges, reliable sources say.
The victims are identified to be Rahimullah (son of) Nazir Ahmed, 28 and his brother Amanullah, 24, from the West hamlet of Baggona village tract. They were arrested at their residences while they were preparing to have lunch around 3:40 PM on November 11.
When they were arrested, it was unclear why they were arrested. They were whacked and tortured as soon as they were arrested. Immediately after that, their phones were seized.
Later, MRTV announced that they were arrested under Myanmar’s Telecommunications Act 66 D ‘Defaming the State and the Army by the Use of Facebook.’ It added that they are being detained and investigated further at the Maungdaw Police station.
If convicted, the two brothers could be sentenced to prison terms not exceeding three years under that charge alone.
“It is still unclear how they defamed the State by the Use of Facebook, an accusation which needs to be independently verified as almost all the charges being slapped on the Rohingya civilians today are trumped up,” said an elderly Rohingya in Maungdaw.
There is a growing fear among the locals in Maungdaw that the Police will torture them and arbitrarily slap them with more charges which they have never committed.
These arrests targeting youths have been being made all over Maungdaw in most likely attempts to cripple the class of educated Rohingya youths.
Rahimullah is a Sittwe (Akyab) University Graduate who now runs a pharmacy at the village and his younger brother is a religious teacher. Both are well-mannered and sensible; and near good characters.
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Tatmadaw soldiers look set to conduct yet another raid in the restive village tract of Bura Sidha para [U Shey Kya] in Maungdaw on Friday forcing civilians to flee the area. They have taken positions outside the village and look set to move in.
Many men have been killed, while women have been raped and sexually assaulted during previous raids. Even children as young as 10 have been arrested, and disappeared. Eyewitnesses have reported dead bodies floating in the river but were unable to retrieve it in fear of security forces.
As a result of previous incidents, not only men, but women and even children have also fled the village tract.
Rakhine men in civilian clothing have been seen accompanying the army.
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From early morning Myanmar army along with Rakhine extremists have been encircling the Burasikder Para [U Shey Kya] village tract of Maungdaw north and the villagers have been under attack of Rakhine and the military forces since early morning today.
According to report, the military forces divided into groups along with radical Rakhine have been enclosing around the village while some other forces including the Rakhine terrorists have entered and creating panic situation opening gun fires indiscriminately in the village.
Reliable source says the army and the Rakhine have been carrying out raids in the Burasikder Para of Maungdaw north and looting the properties of the Rohingya while the women are being harassed and the men including children have fled away from the village fearing the arrest and torture of army.
The male members of the community who have not managed to flee are being tortured severely by military in the crackdown. The Rakhine in full cooperation of army are plundering away the valuable house hold things entering every house of the villagers.
Women are also scattered outside the village following the violence of army and the Rakhine extremists against the villagers.
But, the numbers of arrestees and further details are not available, source added.
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(MaGyiChaung understood to be the BGP camp and village within PaDin)
7pm onwards MaGyiChaung village tract & PaDin village tract are besieged by Army & BGP since 7PM today. Rohingya villagers are in fear of arrest, torture & rape. (reported at 10.40pm)
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Security forces raided Basara [Tha Win Chaung] of Maungdaw South and arrested four members from the same family on Thursday.
Tatmadaw and Hlun Htein forces entered the village tract at around 9am and started conducting house by house raids. At one house, they fund some wood and metal objects which they alleged could be used as weapons. A father and his three sons in the house were accused of being in league with Muslim rebels and taken to custody.
They have been identified as Yusuf, 60 and his three sons - - Rahmat Ullah, 27, Sayedul Amin, 23 and Nazim Ullah, 17.
It is alleged they have been brutally tortured in custody. There is no information regarding their whereabouts.
Many taken to custody since October 9 have disappeared leading to fears they have been killed in custody.
Hundreds have been tortured to death by security forces in recent years.
Basara and other villages in the southern region of Maungdaw have often seen brutal raids by security forces but have remained relatively calm in the latest bout of crackdown. Local sources say that is about to change as security after imposing a reign of terror in the northern and central regions of the township are moving south.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/387-father-and-three-sons-face-torture-in-basara ✓
1.30pm Father and 3 sons from Tha Wun Chaung village tract in South Maungdaw are arrested by the army and BGP, for having some wood at their home, and they are taken to Koe Tan Kauk BGP post.
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Idris, a vendor at Buthidaung Myoma market was arrested by Myanmar's BGP from his house in MaungNamaPaLeTaung VT today morning.
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Myawaddy (military controlled) newspaper publishes photo of arrested Rohingya family as ‘suspicious terrorists’ including mother, and 3 young children, one of which just a baby.
https://twitter.com/JamilaHanan/status/798420343211851776
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All the Rohingya ladies from ThetkayPyin were taken by the military from their houses and led into a paddy field. [with photo]
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10am Rohingya ladies were taken from SakkayPyin [Thet Kay Pyin] to a paddy field, body searched one by one, then were released at 1pm
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12 noon Troops besiege Baggona East and West hamlets, checking all Rohingya household lists and members. They take photos of every family. They also seize a Rohingya owned car worth 15M kyat.
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2-3pm Army and police officers reached NgaChaung IDPs and warn them not to receive any terrorists.
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Army regiment commander orders 10 Rohingya houses in , Ywa Ma hamlet of Myin Hlut to be vacated. He says they will be burnt in revenge of the BGP post arson attack. 5.45pm The Rohingya have already moved out their belongings. [note this arson attack on the BGP post was not carried out by the Rohingya, and was witnessed by 7 different people as having been started by 4 soldiers]
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Situation in Wa Beik is now critical with no houses left, no food, no shelter, women and children in need of clothing, hiding in paddy fields, and the army searching for them.
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A Rohingya woman from LaungDon VT said the military is looting all our personal belongings and they didn't even spare our vegetables.
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Approximately two hundreds Myanmar armies have been encompassing around the Nanda Khali village of Northern Maungdaw since early morning today and arrested at least 50 women from the village.
According to correspondent report, the army members have surrounded while some others entered the village carrying violence against the villagers. Following the intense raids in the village, male persons have fled from the village but the women could not run away.
There, the military forces have been looting the valuables from the Rohingya’s houses and abusing the women physically and verbally.
There are also reports that around 50 women have been arrested from the village as the military have not found most of the male persons in the village.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/10/army-continues-raids-arrest-women-in-nanda-khali/ ✓
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Intense crackdown by Myanmar brutal military jointly with BGP forces in U Daung Hamlet of Southern Maungdaw started since last night for which all the villagers fled in to the forest and scattered everywhere outside the village.
Myanmar army members led by commander of the Myint Luet sector 8 divided in some groups have been surrounding while some others entered the U Daung Hamlet and carrying out intense violence against the villagers in the name of hunting for the militants.
According to competent source, more than hundreds of army personnel in group have been conducting raids in the village and pulled out all the women from their respective houses and gathered them at a place outside the village.
The other forces have been plundering the valuable properties from the Rohingya’s houses in the name of chasing down assailants who conducted attacks on the BGP forces in Maungdaw north on last October 9.
The women are being mentally and physically abused in different forms while carrying out raids in the village.
Some innocent Rohingya men including children have been detained saying that the victims have link with the assailants despite no attack had never carried out on any government forces in the area.
The forces entered the village since last night and have been conducting violence firing indiscriminately creating reign of terror for which most of the male persons have fled from the village and the women are being abused as per the wishes of the forces, source added.
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Some Rohingya in Quarter 5 of Maungdaw are been beaten by the police major, for not removing the fences from every side of their houses. The BGP major is reported as having yelled ‘You Kalar can have house only. You can't have fences. Remove them now.’
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AT Correspondent, Cox’s Bazar
A dead body of Rohingya lady from among five missing refuge seekers was recovered by Bangladesh police at the border side of Moulavi Bazar, Teknaf on November 10.
According to source, at least five Rohingya refuge seekers drowned in the Naf-river while crossing to Bangladesh through Zimmongkhali border point from Kyauk Chaung (Shilkhali) of Maungdaw north on November 7.
The victims were known as Nurullah’s 2 children including one grown up daughter and Hasan’s 1 daughter, 1 son in total 5 persons of Ludaing village tract of Maungdaw north.
They were more than twenty persons set off for Bangladesh from Kyauk Chaung of Maungdaw seeking for shelter owing to fear of further persecution of Myanmar army on the Rohingya.
The passengers boarded on the row boat from Kyauk Chaung (Shilkhali) village of Maungdaw north and reached at Zimmongkhali border point of Teknaf. Most of the passengers got on the land from the boat but the other three children including two young women suddenly fell into the river while trying to jump over the land from the boat.
The current of the river carried them away fast who had been missing. Other men passengers and crews of the boat could not try to rescue the victims as they were also in risky situation and fear of arrest by Border Guard of Bangladesh, source said more.
The influx of Rohingya have been gradually interloping into neighboring Bangladesh and to India through Bangladesh again with a hope to safety and dignity following the continuous raid against Rohingya Muslims in Maungdaw and Rathedaung of Arakan where hundreds of innocent civilians were killed and arrested, houses torched and properties were looted as well as dozens of women were violated since the attack on BGP forces by unknown invaders on October 9.
Myanmar government soldiers have torched thousands of houses rendering more than ten thousand Rohingya residents homeless in Maungdaw north after the attack on BGP by unknown assailants.
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The corpse was brought to Teknaf police station from the spot where the body was recovered from, another source said.
Rohingya in Kadi of Punna Kyun have asked for help, they say the state doesn’t allow them to fish and have confiscated their lands and they face starvation now.
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Another Rohingya asked a police officer when they would be resettled in their own place and the police officer answered that it is the state’s order to keep them there.
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In Parien and Yanthay of Mrauk, Rohingya IDPs whose rations were cut by WFP staff need urgent help as they have no alternative to survive.
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7am Rohingya M.V Mason, son of AbulHashim from Sharbathbil, is arbitrarily arrested, accused of being a terrorist.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/796654515692838912
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3am The army surrounds SabaiGone village tract, SinThayPyin hamlet of LaungDon village tract now. Most of the Rohingya villagers fled at midnight.
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3am The army surrounds SabaiGone village tract, SinThayPyin hamlet of LaungDon village tract now. Most of the Rohingya villagers fled at midnight.
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9pm 3 Rohingya sisters in Sin Thay Pyin middle hamlet in Laung Don village tract are raped by the army and BGP. Among the 3 victims, one is 17 years old.
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3 rape victims from Loung Don village tract say that soldiers and BGP looted about Kyat 200,000 cash and 8 grams of gold from them.
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Three Rohingya sisters were raped by Myanmar Army and Border Guard Police on November 9th, 2016 at night in Sin Thay Pyin hamlet, Laung Don Village Tract in Northern Maungdaw Township.
On November 9th, 2016 at about 9PM Myanmar Army and BGP entered Sin Thay Pyin Middle hamlet, Laung Don village tract. Then they said they want to check the house of One particular man and they entered into his house. When they didn't find the man inside the house, they pulled out the wife and raped three daughters.
“They asked about the men. When the women responded them that men fled from home in fear. They pull out the old woman who is mother of the girls and then raped three girls.” a villager told RB News.
The rape victims are maternal sisters. They are at 17-year-old, 21-year-old and 23-year-old. The eldest one is married.
“The soldiers looted some cash about Kyat 200,000 and 8 grams of gold.” a woman said.
“They destroyed all of our foods and households. We took those damaged foods, some pots and tried to stay in the paddy field but they followed us and destroyed all again. We have nothing to eat now. We are very much concern on our women dignity than those foods. We request everyone to solve these harassment, abuses on us by military.” the woman continued. ..
A human rights watchdog in Maungdaw confirmed about three maternal sisters raped by the soldiers and BGP police. They said they have been in contact with the victims and they have the audio testimonies from the victims with them.
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Three women ages 23, 21 and 17 in the B.. family were raped on Wednesday by soldiers who are living in the local school, said M., a village leader in Pyoung Pai, not far from Kyikanpyin.
“The villagers were told to gather in the rice fields, but the three girls were told to stay in the house with their mother,” he said in a telephone interview. “Before the rape, they told the mother to get out. I then saw the military enter the house.”
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Since early morning the army besieged and conducted raids at Baggona West hamlet. They also besieged Nyaung Chaung (Haadir Bil) and have been checking household lists and members. Troops gathered and rounded up Rohingya women in the one place and plundered and destroyed the homes. The troops threatened the Rohingya women to make their men present themselves or else they would torture them even more.
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They also besieged Nyaung Chaung (Haadir Bil) today; and are checking household lists and members.
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Since early morning the army besieged and conducted raids at Baggona West hamlet. They also besieged Nyaung Chaung (Haadir Bil) and have been checking household lists and members. Troops gathered and rounded up Rohingya women in the one place and plundered and destroyed the homes. The troops threatened the Rohingya women to make their men present themselves or else they would torture them even more.
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This early morning, the Burmese army besieged the west hamlet of the Baggona village tract. The army along with Border Guard Police and some Rakhine extremists conducted raids at many Rohingya houses and plunder them in the absence of the people who fled in fear of the arbitrary arrests and extrajudicial killings. They plundered almost everything in some houses starting from jugs and cooking pots.
They rounded up the women in the hamlet and threatened them to make their men present before them (the army) for investigations the soonest possible. Else, they would burn down their homes and expel them from the country.
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2pm Some BGP in civilian uniforms are plundering the local Rohingyas at the road junction in Yan Aung Myin hamlet of Kyeing Chaung village tract in N. Maungdaw. They are holding swords and knives whilst robbing the Rohingya, The BGP camp is just nearby but are letting this happen because the robbers are either BGP members themselves or are their collaborators.
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2 PM: Some seemingly Burmese Border Guard Police (BGP) in civil uniforms have been plundering the local Rohingyas at the road-junction (kwa sone) in the ‘Yan Aung Myin’ hamlet of Kyeing Chaung (Bolibazaar) village tract, northern Maungdaw, for weeks.
They robbed Kyat 50,000 from Abdu Salam, all the properties of Khalu and Kyat 25,000 from Salimullah along with his belongings.They all are locals of Yan Aung Myin hamlet. The robbers hold swords and knives while robbing the Rohingyas.
The BGP Camp is located just nearby but they let his happen because these people are either their members or have collaborations with them.
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17 Rohingya from Myin Hlut were arrested on November 7th, 16 of whom were released on November 8th. The remaining one was almost tortured to death and then released today.
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The situation is very bad in Southern Maungdaw now. All the men from Myin Hlut sub township are hiding inside the mountain. At least 1200 Rohingya villagers from Myin Hlut are hiding for their third night inside the mountain, in fear of torture and arrest.
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All the cows belonging to the Rohingya of WaBeik in Maungdaw have been stolen by the army and taken to a Rakhine village. (with video)
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NgaKura village administrator delivers aid to the Rakhine and Hindu villages but not the Rohingya.
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5pm at about 5pm the military and BGP entered Zaydi Pyin Lower hamlet. They roamed Round for about an hour, then ordered the women to leave from houses. They threatened that all will be beaten mercilessly if they don’t leave within an hour. As the women were scared they had to leave from houses and since they are taking refuge at their relatives houses in nearby villages. They are now facing a serious problem with food.
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BGP chief Thura San Lwin ordered that all the fences of Rohingya houses in Maungdaw downtown be removed today [with photos].
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Army besieges and raides Naafeetor Dail hamlet in Italia village tract in Maungdaw:
“Today nearly 150 military and BGP have been besieging and investigating in ward (5) & Hla Tha Hamlet of Italia village since 5am to until now. When they entered the village, the male of the family went out in fear of the arbitrary arrest, rape, torture and extrajudicial killings. I will reveal you what happened after they have gone. Please pray for us.”
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Of the 13 arrested during the army siege of Koe Tan Kauk on November 6th, 2 have been freed and 6 detained at Koe Tan Kauk monastery. The other 5 have been kept incommunicado. In addition, of the 13 arrested from Koe Tan Kauk IDP camps on November 7th, 8 have been freed but 4 are still detailed. One who was said to have escaped from the hands of the military is now said to have been killed and buried in the grounds of Koe Tan Kauk primary school. 10 people are still being tortured in Koe Tan Kauk Buddhist monastery.
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2 PM: Of the 13 Rohingya civilians arrested during the army siege at KoeTanKauk (Don Say Fara) village in Rathedaung on November 6, two people have been freed, six have still been detained at the KoeTanKauk Monastery and the remaining 5 were kept incommunicado.
And again, more 13 people were arrested during the raid at KoeTanKauk IDP Camp on November 7. Of them, 8 people have been freed and 4 others have still been detained at the Monastery.
The one Rohingya youth rumored by the military to have been escaped from their hands while in detention at the Primary School of KoeTanKauk actually died due to the tortures by the troops and the Rakhine extremists, a reliable source said.
He was buried at the premise of the school, the source added.
All these 10 people (6 of 13 arrested on November 6 and 4 of 13 arrested on November 7) are still being tortured at the KoeTanKauk Buddhist monastery.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-military-plunder-destroy-rohingya-villages/ ✓
7 Rohingya from Koe Dan Kauk of Rathedaung were arrested on 7th November and released today but the army demanded 120000 kyats from each person.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/796378755522392064 ✓
A displaced Rohingya was tortured to death and five have still been detained by the Burmese military at the ‘KoeTanKauk (Doun Say)’ Buddhist monastery, while freeing other seven people on November 9, a reliable source says.
They were among the 13 internally displaced people (IDP) arbitrarily arrested by the army during the raids at ‘KoeTanKauk (Doun Say)’ IDP Camps on November 7.
“Zahid Hussein (son of) Mohammed Hassan, 31, was tortured to death. The people released were also tortured severely during their detention at the ‘Doun Say’ monastery. The one that died was actually tortured to death while they had been still detained at the ‘Doun Say’ Primary School before they were taken to the ‘Doun Say’ Monastery. His body was buried at the premise of the school.
“But the army announced that he fled from their detention and doesn’t know his whereabouts since his escape. This is obviously to conceal the crime they have committed,” said an IDP Person at KoeTanKauk.
On November 7, following people were arrested at the IDP Camps.
No | Name | Father | Age |
1 | Shah Alam | Mogghul Ahmed | 34 |
2 | Mohammed Hussein | Laal Meah | 25 |
3 | Zamir Hussein | Nesaar Ahmed | 24 |
4 | Mohammed Hassan | Mogghul | 28 |
5 | Yusuf | Hala Boda | 27 |
6 | Kabir Ahmed | Hala Meah | 26 |
7 | Nurul Amin | Abu Bakkar | 28 |
8 | Mohammed Kasim | Noor Mohammed | 28 |
9 | Shah Meah | Mogghul Ahmed | 50 |
10 | Rashid | Kasim | 29 |
11 | Dil Mohammed | Abdu Shukkor | 40 |
12 | Fir Mohammed | Azizur Rahman | 30 |
13 | Zahid Hussein | Mohammed Hassan | 31 |
Of the list above, seven people (at No. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 11) have been released after extortion of Kyat 120,000 from each.
Earlier, the Burmese troops arbitrarily arrested 13 Rohingya civilians [read report HERE] during a separate their two-day-long siege of KoeTanKauk village from Friday night to Sunday night.
Of them, two people have been released. They are Mv Rahimullah and Mv Zahid Hussein.
Six others are still being detained and tortured at the KoeTanKauk monastery along with five other KoeTanKauk villagers (not IDP) people and five more have been kept incommunicado.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/one-rohingya-killed-eight-freed-and-four-still-detained-at-rathedaung/ ✓
1.30pm Mohamed Husson age 38, is arrested from the displaced Rohingya camp in Koe Tan Kauk in Rathedaung, by the army and BGP (reported on 11th Nov - not released yet)
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Rohingya villagers from Kyauktaw are seeking urgent medical help. Video here with contact number spoken in the video.
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Snack shop in front of police station, Tila-1, Meiktila, that belongs to Muslims, is vandalised
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/796224697524326400
Army and BGP threaten to burn an entire village if anyone reports to the foreign media.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/796420994432958471
State media is full of propaganda against the Rohingya
https://twitter.com/Sthumoe/status/796267101971501056
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Last Night Zay hamlet of Baggona village tract was raided by the army. They looted properties and destroyed the households of Rohingya villagers.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/795879532620349441 ✓
Morning Some Rohingya women in East hamlet of Baggona village tract were sexually abused by soldiers and some were brutally beaten.
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At 8am, MST: troops started raids in FookFara of Baggona Vt intentionally plundering & destroying the properties of Rohingyas and playing with the modesty of Rohingya woman.
https://plus.google.com/+MirAhmedABSiddiquee/posts/UtEQNxEL59F ✓
At 11am, [troops] completely besieged the village [FookFara of Baggona Vt], pulled out all women from houses and surrounded up at gun point like criminals, in a place and started torturing, beating mercilessly. A woman may be died due to tortures, she is in her last breathe. After more than one hour tortures the troops demanded &warned to present their men unless they will pour petrol on each houses and on group of women too.
https://plus.google.com/+MirAhmedABSiddiquee/posts/UtEQNxEL59F ✓
11am Army and Rakhine plundered Rohingya homes in Baggona village tract. The government is lying to people by using informers.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/795868979952656384
11am Troops besieged Baggona East hamlet and have been conducting raids on it since 7.30am, plundering and destroying Rohingya properties. Troops rounded up all the women at 1 place and are torturing them. One woman was reported to have died but details [confirmation] on this is still awaited.
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12 noon Troops who rounded the Rohingya women up at 7.30am [in Baggona East hamlet] are demanding that the men present themselves or else they will torture the women even more and completely burn down their homes.
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Photos of hostel burnt down by soldiers the previous day in Myin Hlut are spread over social media to frame the Rohingya
https://twitter.com/JamilaHanan/status/795931355632861184 ✓
Morning Military begin assault on Marrulla [Myin Hlut ]
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Morning 6 Rohingya leaders from Myin Hlut are beaten by the army and BGP in a meeting.
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Video of villagers fleeing Myin Hlut, fearing torture and arrest
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5.40pm @AzG_nl's staff Muji Ullah, working at MyinHlut sub-Township office was just arrested by Army. His father had to flee village now [with photo]
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Released now
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5.40pm Father & 2 sons just arrested by Army in MyinHlut sub-Township without any reason. They are from East village.
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A Rohingya student from Nyaung Chaung was extorted Ks 200k by BGP for possessing a laptop and was also forced to throw the laptop into a pond.
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3 women taken by the army from Nga Sar Kyu on Oct 20th still haven’t been returned.
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On 7th November, 2 Rohingya from Kyee Kan Pyin were arrested. They were released on Nov 8th and were extorted 2 million kyat by the Border Guard Police.
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8pm Four corpses are currently floating in the Naf River near Zee Pin Chaung Village in Taung Pyo Let Wal Sub-Township located in northern Maungdaw Township. No one is willing to retrieve the bodies because they are afraid of being shot by the Myanmar Border Guard Police.
On November 8th, 2016 at around 8 PM five Rohingya residents who were attempting to flee to Bangladesh through Zee Pin Chaung village were shot dead by the Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP). They were attempting to flee persecution by the BGP and Military. After the incident Rohingya villagers only saw four of the five bodies floating in the river. They were unable to recover the bodies because they were afraid they would also be shot if they tried.
“On Tuesday at 8 PM three men and two women were illegally crossing the border. They were shot dead by the Border Guard Police led by Captain Myo Zaw Win. Four corpses are floating on the river but no one dares to pull them out. A corpse was found nearby the shore. Police picked it up and sent it to Maungdaw Hospital. The body was identified as Eliyas, son of Mohammed Hasan. He is a youth,” a Rohingya villager told RB News.
At the same time another family who were attempting to flee to Bangladesh were caught by the BGP.
“Kabir Ahmed and his family were also caught in Zee Pin Chaung, including his wife and three children. The older children are above five years old. One Boy and one girl. Those two children were handed to the hamlet-in-charge, Abdul Salam, from Zee Pin Chaung middle hamlet, where they were arrested. The other child detained with the parents is an infant,” the villager added.
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Zahid Hussein, son of Mohd Hassan, age 31, a displaced Rohingya, was arrested at Koe Tan Kauk IDP camp on 7th November and was tortured to death. He was buried at the premises of Koe Tan Kauk primary school on 8th November.
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Morning Rohingya villagers in Mingala Fara hamlet, Myo Ma Myaut Quarter were beaten by soldiers and the quarter administrator.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/795878735685844992
12.30pm A Rohingya entrapped by army assaults reports that troops are launching a war against them as if they are fighting with a big nation.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/795871218565922816
WFP delivered much needed food rations to Rohingya in Ywa Ma and Pyaung Pyaik hamlets in Nga Sar Kyu village tract today.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/796021369578422272
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4am Nyaung Chaung and Sabai Gone villages are besieged by the army, the men have fled, raids are expected to start soon.
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4am Nyaung Chaung and Sabai Gone villages are besieged by the army, the men have fled, raids are expected to start soon.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/795423026070384640 ✓
2pm Troops have besieged Nyaung Chaung (Hadir Bil) in Maungdaw. The villagers are terrified.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/795533846791921664 ✓
The army is raiding all the houses in Nyaung Chaung. 4 women have been detailed. Any knives found in houses are considered as a crime.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/795529729805811712✓
10pm Nyaung Chaung village in Maungdaw is under siege of the Burmese troops again. It was besieged & plundered at day time, too.
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Morning Police arrive at residence of Du Nyaung Pin Gyi administrator Mohd Shuaib, with Mohd Shuaib who was previously arrested on 5th November. They search his house, find nothing illegal, but bring some illegal medicines and syringes from elsewhere and photograph him with them. They then take him back into detention. The police also looted money and gold from his home.
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Main road next to Baggona/Tat U Chaung (20.79416,92.39753)
6pm Approx 100 army and BGP camped at school in Baggona. They seized the Rohingya’s goats, ate 3 of them and took the rest by truck. Together with Rakhine youths led by ‘Midoo’ they are now plundering Rohingya homes and shops at ‘Rassa Fara’ hamlet of Baggona village tract [Tat U Chaung], and gathering their belongings at the village school. [Rassa means road, it is located along the highway between East and West hamlet - via @mdskar - exact location unknown so placed at Mar Di Lar]
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During raids in Middle hamlet of Baggona village tract, troops and Rakhine plunder some of the homes
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6.30pm A teacher’s hospital is torched by the BGP at Myin Hlut sub township.
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Mentioned here as ‘Merula’, happening around 7pm
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A hostel (for teachers) burnt down at Myint Hlut located within the premise of the BGP headquarter of Commandment region 8. There are heavy presence of both military & BGP. No chance of outsiders to be able to have torched this.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/795634714354663424 ✓
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http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/07/school-teachers-empty-block-of-flats-have-been-burnt-down-by-myanmar-army-to-torture-rohingya-muslims-of-myint-hlut-town/ ✓
Hostel fire is now being used to blame the Rohingya. https://twitter.com/htaoungyaw/status/795691726677557248 ✓
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/07/myanmar-army-set-fire-on-school-teachers-hostels-in-myint-hlut/ ✓
“4 soldiers torched the hostel. 4 sentry guards, 3 other eyewitness saw how the soldiers torched the hostel from both side.”
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/795694173034790913 ✓
Tensions are building up in May Rulla [Myint Hlut] in Maungdaw after the Tatmadaw raped at least seven women in the village on Monday during a night raid.
The raid in which these multiple rapes took place follows an arson incident in which a hostel that previously housed Rakhine school teachers burned down. The school had earlier been closed down since the latest round of violence erupted.
Rohingya villagers allege Hlun Htein burned down the hostel in a pretext to crack down against the local populace in the region.
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11pm Battalion commander came to know his subordinates torched the hostel in Myint Hlut. Hence, they r now clearing the ashes. on the other hand, some troops & BGP conducting raids at ZumKhara [Zone Kara] hamlet of Myint Hlut & chasing the villagers to arrest.
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Next day:
Photos of hostel burnt down by soldiers are spread over social media to frame the Rohingya
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Army arbitrarily arrested 4 Rohingya civilians at TeenGojjaFara [Thet Kay Pyin] hamlet of Nondaa Hali [Naung Dar Khar Li] around 12:30AM today. 1 is a local of the village, Jafar s/o Aaji 40 a mentally challenged person 3 from WaPeik village taking refuge in the village.Unidentified
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Rohingya whose homes were burnt down in KyaYoePyin (Kiyari Ferang) village, now sheltering in neighbouring village, are alarmed that food supplies are nearly run out, shops have been burnt down, they are not allowed to reap the harvest in their paddy fields and are not allowed to travel out of the village. Other villages are suffering the same plight. http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-lockdown-cause-acute-food-shortage-among-rohingya/ ✓
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Video of a village elder from Kyun Gaung hamlet in Laung Don village tract, who says “I’m a vegetables vendor. Border Guard police and Rakhine looted my vegetables and money and I was beaten”. Beaten in the north hamlet on 7th Nov.
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Sin Thay Pyin, Laung Don
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Tatmadaw forces raided the restive village tract of Lound Don once again on Monday.
During the raid, the security forces accompanied by Burmese settlers (Natala) forced many women to strip and then touched them in their private parts and made lewd comments. When two elderly women protested the sexual molestation, soldiers and settlers brutally assaulted them, causing serious injuries.
The raid started at around 10am, in the neighbourhood known as Haati para [Sin Thay Pyin] in the local dialect. The Tatmadaw ordered the women to strip on the excuse they were hiding illegal money in their private parts.
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On 7th November, 2 Rohingya from Kyee Kan Pyin were arrested. They were released on Nov 8th and were extorted 2 million kyat by the Border Guard Police.
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At least 5 Rohingya fleeing Rakhine drown when crossing the Naf river.
At least five Rohingya refugee seekers have drown in the Naf-river while crossing to Bangladesh through Zimmongkhali border point from Kyauk Chaung (Shilkhali) of Maungdaw north today, November 7.
The victims have been known as Nurullah’s 2 children including one grown up daughter and Hasan’s 1 daughter, 1 son in total 5 persons of Ludaing village tract.
Sources said, they were more than twenty persons set off for Bangladesh from Kyauk Chaung of Maungdaw seeking for shelter owing to fear of further persecution of Myanmar army on the Rohingya.
The passengers boarded on the row boat from Kyauk Chaung (Shilkhali) village of Maungdaw north and reached ashore through Zimmongkhali point of Bangladesh. Most of the passengers got on the land from the boat but the other three children including two young women suddenly fell down the river while trying to jump over the land from the boat.
The current of the river carried them away fast who have been still missing. Other men passengers and crews of the boat could not try to rescue the victims as they were also in risky situation and fear of arrest by Border Guard of Bangladesh, source said more.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/07/5-rohingya-refuge-seekers-drown-in-naf-river/ ✓
At least four children and one women are dead after military fired at their boats when they were crossing in to Bangladesh territory.
On Monday, one woman, a teenage girl and three minor children, aged approximately 8 to 10 years old were crossing the river from Zee Pin Khali (Zibong Hali) in Maungdaw North when military opened fire at the boat. The two boatmen managed to jump out in to the water but the rest of the passengers were killed in the fire.
The victims were from two families from Doe Tan (Ludaing) in Maungdaw. One of them was a woman with a son, the other comprised of a teenage girl and two minor boys, assumed to be a sister and two brothers.
One of the survivors told our correspondent in the area that soldiers opened fire because they were irritated one of the children in the boat made a loud noise.
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7.30am Army besieges IDP camps in Koe Tan Kauk in Rathedaung and conducts raids (raids ongoing - reported at 11am)
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/795494171888889857 ✓
2pm Troops force displaced Rohingya (including children) at Koe Tan Kauk out of camps and get them to kneel down with head bowed whilst the troops plunder their properties.
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There is no further information on 13 Rohingya arrested from Koe Tan Kauk the day before. Phones are now off and the army is at the displaced camp.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/795470954843537408
The 13 still arrested, being held at the army camp, are:
1- Mv Abul Kasim 50 s/o Abdul Aziz,
2- Mv Zed Hussain 35 s/o Mohamed,
3- Mv Rohim Ullah 50 s/o Ali Ahamed,
4- Ziyabul huq 30 s/o Mohamed,
5- Shamsul Alam 18 s/o Asho,
6- Anuar Sharif 14 s/o Sayid Hussin
7- Antaz Ullah 15 s/o Abdul Kader
8- Nor Alam 20 s/o Nowbi Hussin
9- Nor Hussin 25 s/o Mohamed Sayd
10- Imran 20 s/o Sayid Hussin
11- Imran 27 s/o Rahmat Ullah
12- Salim 43 s/o Mohamed Rashid
13- Mohamed Nwbi 35 s/o Nowbi Hussin
Report also talks of rapes at Kudengkauk [Koe Tan Kauk], looting, and torture of men and boys, plus villagers sleeping outside and starving, as well as the government’s plan to deploy more border guard police forces made up of local (non Muslim) youths.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/06/myanmar-to-reinforce-bgp-forces-in-western-state/ ✓
Further report here or arrests at KoeTanKauk (Doon Say Fara)
No Name Father Age
1 Mv Abul Kasim s/o Abdul Aziz 50
2 Mv Zahid Hussain s/o Mahmood 35
3 Mv Rahimullah s/o Ali Ahmed 50
4 Ziyabul Hoque s/o Mohammed 35
5 Shomsul Alams/o Aashu 18
6 Anwar Sharif s/o Sayed 14
7 Imtazullah Abdul s/o Kadir 15
8 Noor Alam s/o Nabi Hussein 20
9 Noor Hussein s/o Sayed Hussein 25
10 Imran s/o Sayed Hussein 20
11 Imran s/o Rahmatullah 27
12 Salim s/o Mohammed Rashid 43
13 Mohammed Nabis/o Nabi Hussein 35
http://www.rvisiontv.com/13-rohingya-civilians-arrested-army-siege-rathedaung/ ✓
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2 of the 13 arrested are released: Mv Rahimullah and MV Zahid Hussein, the other 11 are transferred to Maungdaw Police station
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Report from a displaced Rohingya at Koe Tan Kauk that Rakhine ‘extremists’ (locally recognised) have been seen wearing army uniform.
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Zahid Hussein, son of Mohd Hassan, age 31, a displaced Rohingya, was arrested at Koe Tan Kauk IDP camp on 7th November and was tortured to death. He was buried at the premises of Koe Tan Kauk primary school on 8th November.
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2.30am Accidental fire destroys 10 shops and 3 homes at Darpaing Rohingya village in Sittwe (Akyab)
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/795509550124146688
Video of fire at Darpaing market (tweeted as ‘happening now’ 4am)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/795376759608897536
Fire caused by negligence. At least 13 shops and 3 houses burnt.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/795383292400902144
Burma Human Rights Network reports interviewing witnesses to “Military shooting live ammunition into fleeing crowds – resulting in believed casualties, arson committed by the military against Rohingya properties, arbitrary arrests and looting by security forces of Rohingya possessions, including food and aid.“
http://www.bhrn.org.uk/en/index.php/press-release/18-new-evidence-of-crimes-against-humanity-documented-by-the-burma-human-rights-network
Tun Khin, President of Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK, reports of hearing of many cases of Rohingya women raped by the military in the past two days.
https://twitter.com/tunkhin80/status/795525240642273280
A government ‘special information team’ under direction of the Ministry of Information, arrives in Sittwe, comprised of tv and news agencies, to refute accusations of persecution by the army who are carrying out their ‘clearance operation’ in Maungdaw.
https://twitter.com/MayWongCNA/status/795336575794065408
Videos of rape testimonies from two Rohingya women victims have been received (not uploaded for their safety and dignity)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/795474294289600516
The Rohingya had expected an improvement after the UN delegation visited, but unfortunately they are suffering more for having met with the delegation. Many are now starving. The government promised aid but they have received nothing.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/795474859371401220
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/795475170475569153
17 Rohingya already sentenced to 2 years hard labour for trying to get out of Rakhine state to Malaysia, are now facing even harsher sentences.
http://aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/myanmar-sentencing-delayed-for-trafficked-rohingya/680345
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6.10am YwaThit village in MyinHlut sub-Township is besieged by Army now. Will start raiding soon.
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One Border Guard Police check posts in Minglwet (Merulla [Myin Hlut]) village tract of Southern Maungdaw were torched to ashes by unknown men at deep night on November 6, 2016.
According to reports, a group of army surrounded the Nayafara of Minglwet village tract and arrested several innocent civilians following the fire incident on November 6.
No incident had occurred in Minglwet village tract since before 2012 violence and the people could somehow live in peace. But after this fire incident on two check posts recently, the villagers are under arrest raid by military over the fire incident despite no one could be identified liable for the incident yet, said a woman on condition of anonymity.
Later, some respectable and conscious people from the community went to the army commander and asked the reason of arrest of people by military. In response to the community respectable men, the army commander said, “We will continue to arrest people for this fire incident and will not release the arrested also until or unless you hand over those liable to the fire incident and the five persons to us who were on duty in the check posts that night”.
A villager said to Arakan Times, we can’t believe that the Rohingya villagers burned down the posts in an ongoing tense situation on Rohingya in whole Maungdaw following the attacks on 3 BGP outposts by unidentified assailants in Maungdaw north and Kudangkauk of Rathedaung.
However, now the Rohingya inhabitants of Minglwet village tract are in terrible situation following the raid of military over the unexpected fire incident occurred recently in the area, he said more.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/07/one-bgp-check-posts-burnt-down-dozens-arrested-in-minglwet/ ✓
one BGP check post was burnt to ashes on November 6 at around 2.30 am at Yoa Thit (Nayafara) of Myint Hlut village tract where the BGP camps are located around the post.
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7.30am Armed forces besiege Rohingya villages of Padin, YeBonPyin, KaungTaka and villages in southern Maungdaw. They are also conducting raids in DuNyaungPinGyi (tweeted at 9.30am)
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Tweeted at 11am Paddin village, which is in southern Mangdaw near to Nurula, is being raided by the military since this morning, no-one can move anywhere.
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4pm During house raised in Kayintan [Ka Nyin Tan, Pa Din] & YeBonPyin the army ordered the Rohingya villagers to remove all of their house fences.
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7.30am Armed forces besiege Rohingya villages of Padin, YeBonPyin, KaungTaka and villages in southern Maungdaw. They are also conducting raids in DuNyaungPinGyi (tweeted at 9.30am)
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7.30am Armed forces besiege Rohingya villages of Padin, YeBonPyin, KaungTaka and villages in southern Maungdaw. They are also conducting raids in DuNyaungPinGyi (tweeted at 9.30am)
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7.30am Armed forces besiege Rohingya villages of Padin, YeBonPyin, KaungTaka and villages in southern Maungdaw. They are also conducting raids in DuNyaungPinGyi (tweeted at 9.30am)
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4pm During house raised in Kayintan [Ka Nyin Tan, Pa Din] & YeBonPyin the army ordered the Rohingya villagers to remove all of their house fences.
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11am Army besieges another village, Thawan Chaung in south Maungdaw. 3 people are arrested. Two thirds of the villagers have fled to the jungle.
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1.30pm Many villagers have been arrested at Thawan Chaung in south Maungdaw. The village has been under siege since 9.30am. People are terrified.
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Tweeted at 11.59pm Father and son from Tha Wun Chaung village in south Maungdaw are arrested for having a stick at their home. They are accused of being terrorists.
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2 Rohingya are arrested for having kitchen knives at home in Thawan Chaung and are transferred to BGP headquarters in Kyikanpyin. They are Abu Sayed & Noor Alam.
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4.30pm The army raids at Thawan Chaung village are continuing.
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Morning Army steals Rohingya properties including money, chickens and mobile phones in Sin Thay Pyin in Maungdaw.
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Afternoon tweeted at 5.15pm The army raided Sin Thay Pyin hamlet of Laung Don village tract this afternoon. They looted all valuables including 18 solar panels and food items valued at 200k Ks.
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3 Rohingya young ladies were sexually assaulted by the army in SinThayPyin Hamlet of LaungDon village tract in the afternoon. They are ages 17,19 and 21 years old.
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in MazorFara of Baggona [Tat U Chaung] the troops plundered everything from the houses, local Rakhine extremists were with the troops.
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Tweeted at 9am army still besieged around 1000 Rohingya civilians arrested at KoeTanKauk yesterday. Of them, 4 were severely tortured and they were transferred to Inn Din BGP, where they declared them as militants through Burmese media.
All 4 Rohingya are civilians. Raped against women also said to have happened. But unable to confirm as the people are still in siege & movement is blocked. Burmese army declared 2 out of 4 Rohingya youth as militants just to justify atrocities going on at KoeTanKauk since yesterday. Easy.
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11am The army emptied all Rohingya women and children from their homes in KoeTanKauk (the men had already left or been arrested).
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11am Rohingya civilians which were rumoured to have been killed by the troops [at Koe Tan Kauk] haven’t died yet but are in a critical condition due to torture and could die at any time. They are: Mv Abul Kasim, Mr Sayed, Mv Rahmatullah & Mv Halim.
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4.30pm It’s proving difficult to get information regarding Koe Tan Tauk due to the army siege on the village which is ongoing.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/795217239649624064 ✓
9pm The army frees 80 people who were detained the previous day from the village of Koe Tan Kauk, but not the 2 religious leaders, MV Kasim and MV Rahimullah
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13 Rohingya are still arrested.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/795470954843537408 ✓
The 13 still arrested, being held at the army camp, are:
1- Mv Abul Kasim 50 s/o Abdul Aziz,
2- Mv Zed Hussain 35 s/o Mohamed,
3- Mv Rohim Ullah 50 s/o Ali Ahamed,
4- Ziyabul huq 30 s/o Mohamed,
5- Shamsul Alam 18 s/o Asho,
6- Anuar Sharif 14 s/o Sayid Hussin
7- Antaz Ullah 15 s/o Abdul Kader
8- Nor Alam 20 s/o Nowbi Hussin
9- Nor Hussin 25 s/o Mohamed Sayd
10- Imran 20 s/o Sayid Hussin
11- Imran 27 s/o Rahmat Ullah
12- Salim 43 s/o Mohamed Rashid
13- Mohamed Nwbi 35 s/o Nowbi Hussin
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/06/myanmar-to-reinforce-bgp-forces-in-western-state/ ✓
Over 80 Rohingya arrested on 4th and 6th Nov from Koe Tan Kauk were later sentenced to over 20 years in prison on 16th and 22nd December.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/100-rohingya-civilians-sentenced-20-years-prison/ ✓
9.30pm Men freed from the army siege at Koe Tan Kauk say that they heard screaming voices of the women besieged at a nearby house, and they fear that they may have been raped.
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10.40pm Following 48 hour siege on Koe Tan Kauk village, one victim who was tortured reports ‘It was like Hell. Troops ganged up and tortured us inhumanely. The didn’t even spare our children. At one point, we felt like fighting back and dying.”
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Rohingya living in ghetto like villages in Kyauktaw,Rathedaung,Mrauk U&Pauktaw have no means of livelihood and have had their food rations cut by the WFP.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/795190007971520512
Public demonstration takes place in Yangon in support of military operations in Rakhine
https://twitter.com/Francis_Wade/status/796684986871062528
Senior military officials visit EU military committee in Belgium
https://twitter.com/JamilaHanan/status/795166822110732289
Victims of extortion on 4th November are forced to sign a bond that they were not actually extorted.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/795728228447125504
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12am 3 Rohingya houses nearby Madarasa in Nurullah H, Baggona VT [Tat U Chaung] were looted by Army on Nov 4 midnight.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794716077188059136 ✓
Note: Tat U Chaung is Burmese name of Baggona, but name was changed just a year ago and everyone knows it as Baggonna
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8am Army are now conducting raids at West hamlet & Foira Fara hamlet of 'Baggona' [Tat U Chaung VT] village tract in S. Maungdaw.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794717924971790336 ✓
3pm 100s of Burmese troops have besieged 3 hamlets in Baggona village since morning. No raids conducted & no Rohingya arrested yet
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794826476608589824 ✓
3.50pm Around 600 Burmese troops are still besieging several hamlets in Baggona village. It doesnt seem they will retreat at night. The troops are now camping with Tarpaulin in their respective positions.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/794835813561307136 ✓ https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794836300054425600 ✓
They r not looking 4 attackers Their plan: to be plundered all Rohingya houses: to be raped women Army been licensed to violate such crimes
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9am Myanmar army members have conducted raids at Singripara [Kyun Gaung] near Longdung (Hatipara [Sin thay Pyin]) village tract of Northern Maungdaw and physically assaulted several innocent Rohingya men and women to critical injury today, October 5, at around 9: 00 am.
According to report, a group of military entered the village where they conducted an intense raid and arrested multiple innocent people who were brutally assaulted by military personnel.
All the women were pulled out of their houses and gathered them at a place where they were asked if they knew the assailants were hiding in the village. When the women said, “We don’t know and hear about any invaders in our village and there is no existence of any assailants either, the army threatened, physically harassed and verbally abused the women”.
At one stage of that, two women, one the wife of Mv Abul Alam and the other one the wife of Abdul Malek of the village were pulled out of the women crowd and physically beat them for responding the army’s question honestly.
On the other hand, the army arrested six innocent men, three elderly and the other three young men from the village who were physical attacked by army personnel to internal and external injury.
The victims were known as Sultan Ahamed 60 s/o Nazir Hussain, Fetan Ali 70 s/o Madu, Abul Hashim 17 s/o Amir lukman Hakim, Kadir 20 s/o Bashor, Mohamed Alam 55, Bozama 65 and Mustafa of the village.
A viilager said, “We hoped the brutalities and crackdown of military against the innocent civilians would be reduced in the area after the investigation team from United Nation and other powerful countries had visited Maungdaw North and South”. But on the contrary, raids and human rights abuses including looting, rape and torture are on the rise again after the delegation had departed from Maungdaw.
Videos of Rohingya men beaten by the army today (5th Nov) in Singhi Fara [KyunGaung].
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11.30am KyunGaung H, LaungDon VT was raided by Army today at 11:30AM. Gathered all Rohingya women in one place & many valuables looted.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794885890434891776 ✓
4pm Elsewhere, the Burmese army raiding & plundering Gerak Hali [Gyit Chaung, Laung Don] & Sin Giri Fara [Kyun Gaung] hamlets of Long Doong village tract since 12 noon. The men fled & the troops gathered & besieged all the Rohingya women & kids from the hamlets at a mosque at the middle hamlet.
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4pm Elsewhere, the Burmese army raiding & plundering Gerak Hali [Gyit Chaung, Laung Don] & Sin Giri Fara [Kyun Gaung] hamlets of Long Doong village tract since 12 noon. The men fled & the troops gathered & besieged all the Rohingya women & kids from the hamlets at a mosque at the middle hamlet.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794840637161934848 ✓
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3.30pm BGP In Charge at Godusara village detained DuNyaungPinGyi admin & his 2 friends. Now, investigating them at Tsp Admin office.
Correction: The administrator of DuNyaungPinGyi was not in the arrest list of the BGP but 4 Rohingya village elders were. They are: Shafique, Azizul Hoque, Hassan and Mohammed Hashim.
Source later added that Hashim fled from BGP hands on the way to Maungdaw. So BGP arrested admin of DuNyaungPinGyi instead meaning that the admin was arrested later
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Kyet Yoe Pyin
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Rohingyas are harvesting their paddy as already over-riped in KyetYoePyin KiyariFarang. Army arrested 4 farmers & said paddy's r not urs u can't harvest as it is not ur country 4 of the farmers r in detained & torturing them
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Rohingya Farmers are arrested for harvesting their own over-ripped paddy in KyetYoePyin KiyariFarang MGDNorth
Army arrested 4 farmers and said "you are not from this country, not allowed to harvest the paddy here.” Then the brutal Army beat them mercilessly and taken to guard-post at gun point. Now they are in detained and torturing as well as criminals.
https://plus.google.com/+MirAhmedABSiddiquee/posts/3bQYxEbb9uw ✓
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12.21am Army raiding the Rohingya houses in KoeTanKauk now. Looting and arresting started.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794703764544430080 ✓
Tweeted at 1.12am Army have besiged the residential of Abdu Kader at KoeTanKauk South hamlet
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794716442113417216 ✓
6am A local Islamic teacher, AbulKasim s/o AbdulAziz, 47, was arrested at KoeTanKauk at 6AM. Tortured & taken to unknown location
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794728816811786240 ✓
8.20am army have now besieged 70 Rohingya men at a place in KoeTanKauk of Rathedaung. Their fate is unknown.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794721009672695808 ✓
2.30am 5.11.16 at 2:30AM, 150 army,BG&Rakhine surrounded Chilhali & DonSae [Koe Tan Kauk] IDPs of Rathedaung, beat most of Rohingya arrested an Imam
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/794775136234680321 ✓
10am Hunting Rohingya civilians in KoeTanKouk RTD Rounded by Army & BGP Clip before 10am MST [video of army outside of Koe Tan Kouk]
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11.45am As I wrote u b4, authority started genocidal oper in Rathedaung as a revenge holding banners "End Genocide" in front of delegation
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/794770822363631616 ✓
In the morning too, they r surrounding Rohingya village Kudenkauk, Rathedaung fr genocidal operation [with videos of troops surrounding village, filmed from a distance inside village]
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/794775006160949248 ✓
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12noon Burmese Army arrested 350 Rohingya men (anyone above age 10) in KoeTanKauk & gathered the mosque of the village. They are...being tortured. Whether they would be detained or freed later is unknown yet.
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12.30pm 12:30PM: Arrest & torture list at KoeTanKauk increased to about 1000 Rohingya men. Anyone below 60 years old including children. Burmese troops were spotted carrying gallons of patrol. They havent [burnt] any Rohingya home at KoeTanKauk yet but plundered many
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Army BGP & Rakhine extremist rounded Rohingya vill KoeTanKauk of Rathedaung since last evening KoeTanKouk searching house by house Mlv. AbulKasim s/o AbdulAziz, + abt 100 Rohingyas till 9am MST. Torturing them too much. MyanmarArmy arrested abt 400 Rohingyas till 1pm plundered most of the houses: every one is on run to save life from brutal
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1pm Hunting Rohingya in KoeTanKouk RTD Arakan Remained only women & minor kids Clip 1pm [video of remaining villagers in Koe Tan Kauk]
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3pm 3 PM: Pic1: Only people remaining inside KoeTanKauk now. Pic2: The army (seen in distance) in position while the village in siege. [includes photos]
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3.30pm 3:30 PM: 2 #Rohingya religious teachers, Halim s/o Mohd Shafi & Rahmatullah, were severely tortured by Burmese army in KoeTanKauk. The former is struggling to survive & the latter is also in a critical condition.
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3.57pm 3:57 PM: Burmese troops r driving out all Rohingya population from 'MunChiGuna' & East hamlets to 'Bor Fara' hamlet of KoeTanKauk.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794837977394352129 ✓
4pm At 4pm army driving out all Rohingyas from MunChiGuna & FookFara to 'BorFara' hamlet of KoeTanKauk RTD
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One Rohingya Imam killed by Army in KoeTanKauk. One is in critical condition. Many other men were tortured. Military still there. [note: later found to be alive]
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4.30pm 4:30PM: Halim s/o Mohd Shafi, 1 of the 2 religious teachers tortured by the army at KoeTanKauk, passed away a while ago [note: later found to be alive]
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Rohingya religious teacher Halim (age 52) tortured and killed by Military today in KoTanKauk [note: later found to be alive]
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Tweeted at 6.10pm Burmese troops are driving out all the Rohingya women & children from 'MunChiGuna' & 'Fook Fara' hamlets of KoeTanKauk village tracts. 2 Rohingya religious scholars Moulana Halim & Moulana Rahmatullah were severely tortured by Burmese military & BGP in KoeTanKauk
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9pm 9PM: Burmese army tortured 2 Rohingya religious teachers to death at KoeTanKauk. 1) Abdu Halim Mohd Shafi, 42 2) Rahmatullah [note: later found to be alive]
RV log: http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-launch-fresh-assaults-rohingya-rathedaung/ ✓
10.30pm all detainees [at Koe Tan Kauk] were released but Imam Abdul Halim, Imam Abul Kasim and other three were arrested and were taken with the military.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/hundreds-of-rohingyas-in-koe-tan-kauk.html#sthash.RElXxEg4.dpuf ✓
Tweeted at 11.30pm The Imam Abdul Halim is alive. He was tortured to unconscious and people thought he died.
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The village tract of Dunse [Koe Tan Kauk] in Rathedaung was raided by the Tatmadaw following a visit of an UN delegation to the area. Many Rohingya women were sexually assaulted and at least two men are feared dead after being taken away during the raid.
At around 2am on Saturday, a huge team of Tatmadaw launched the raid in the village. Soon, the soldiers herded all the Rohingyas they could find, out of their houses. They started assaulting the Rohingyas, while many of the women were sexually molested. Tatmadaw soldiers also passed lewd comments and made insulting remarks about the Islamic religion.
The process lasted till 3pm in the afternoon, during which time, the villagers numbering up to four hundred were made to stand and bear beatings and humiliation. Many were seriously injured in the merciless assault. The soldiers taunted them saying no UN would be coming to rescue them and the Tatmadaw was in control.
Five religious scholars were brutally assaulted and taken to the custody of the armed forces. They are identified as Md Halim, Rahmat Ullah, Abul Kasim, Md Shomu and Md Syed.
Some sources say that two of those arrested have been killed while in custody [later found to be alive but in a serious condition]. They are assumed to be Shomu and Syed….During a visit of an UN inquiry team to the area, villagers in a rare protest move held up banners calling for genocide against Muslims to be halted and a peaceful coexistence as citizens of the country. This was despite army orders to stay away from the UN.
During the raid, many Rakhines accompanying the security forces took away livestock, poultry and rice stocks from the village which has been suffering from chronic food shortages. Villagers say following the raid, they don’t have any more food stock left. Rohingyas in the area are cut off from going to the waterways and the woods from where they could have derived a living.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/383-raid-in-rathedaung-for-speaking-to-un-two-feared-dead-women-sexually-assaulted ✓
4.30pm troops vandalized the biggest Islamic Institution; & insulted & tore religious books including Qur'an at KoeTanKauk
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794851068056174592 ✓
At least 300 Rohingya villagers detained & tortured by Myanmar Army in KoeTanKauk today.
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On 3rd Nov UN & diplomats delegation visited KoeTanKauk.Today, at least 300 Rohingya villagers detained & tortured by Myanmar Army. [with photo from delegation visit]
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6pm Update 6PM: Myanmar military is continuously beating the Rohingya villagers in KoeTanKauk since the morning.
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6.30pm 6:30PM: Burmese Army ordered Rohingya people to come out of hide-outs & get arrested. Or, they would burn down the whole KoeTanKauk. The troops along with Natala Rakhine extremists plundered Rohingya homes. The troops still besieged KoeTanKauk & IDP in the village
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794881133070532608
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794881534637445120
Ko Dan Kauk Hamlet Has been Sorrounded On Friday Night Around 11:00 Pm(4.11.2016)On Saturday Morning, Myanmar Milatary Forces Starting Raiding And Arresting Innocent Rohingya Women And Men Because They Freely Expressed Their Desire To The UN Diplomates On Thursday.So The Myanmar Government Angry With the Rohingya Of This Village Local Said.And Ku Dan Kauk Is Under Attack Of The Myanmar Military Forces. From This At Least Two Hundred Rohingya Men And Women Have Been Arrested By The Milatary Forces.
Nearly 350 Innocent Rohingya (Age Between 6 To 60) Have Been Taken With The Full of Trucks And More Than 500 Males Have Been Kept In The Separated Area In The Village. And Milatary Forces Looting Gold From The Women And Checking Their Private Parts Who Are Ingonoring To Give Their Ornaments(Gold)And Torturing And Beating Them Mercilessly.
Additional Report,Three Rohingya’s Shop Have Been Looted By The Military Forces.
Another Local Said”Government Called Some Rohingya Elders For The meeting,So They To Attend To The Meeting But they Reached There And Government Started Arresting And Torturing Rohingya Male Females.
Another Correspondent Said That “More Than 50 Families Arrested And Also Women Were Kept Without Skirt Of The Heads And Torturing Beating them Mercilessly. According to report, military have arrested dozens of Rohingya youths and respectable men of the community today during the ongoing violence in the village whose persona Details are not received yet.
Another report says that hundreds of military in eleven vehicles approached to Koe Tan Kauk village from Maungdaw south and called out more hundreds of Rakhine extremists from Rakhine village at deep last night.
Later, the military along with Rakhine terrorists have been surrounding around while half of them entered the village tract and conducting crackdown against the villagers where the valuable properties including money of the villagers are being looted, women are being harassed in different forms and innocent men are being arrested and tortured by military since early morning today.
The militaries are saying, “Why did you make complaint to the diplomats and representatives of United Nation, your parents recently visited here against us and what could they do for you”? Accordingly the armies are threatening and abusing us in the village, say a villager from Koe Tan Kauk.
The women of the village have been kicked out of their homes and gathered them at a place outside the village where they are still in crowd under the sun. There, the Rakhine extremists along with Military personnel are physically harassing the women and snatching the gold ornaments from their possession and the crackdown is still going on, it is learnt.
“We have been besieged and can’t move anywhere. The situation is vulnerable. We are really afraid now because of a sudden military assault”, said a local in a conversation via telephone.
A Border Guard Police post in ‘Koe Tan Kauk’ village was attacked by some unidentified assailants on October
And Also Another Reported That They Have been Forced to Leave from Their Houses By The Government And Also They are Bringing Petrols To Burn Our villages Like Maungdaw North(Wapaik,KawYoePhin…)
Another Local Said “The Mayanmar Government Bringing Current To Light Their Village Because There is No current In The Village, So We Are Fearing The Government, May Be They Will Committ Sexual Abusive Crime Against Rohingya Women And May Be Burn Rohingya’ Houses.”
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/05/myanmar-governments-military-forces-playing-football-with-innocent-rohingya-in-koe-tan-kauk-rathedaung-township/
8.55pm Update 8:55PM - At least 800 Rohingya, 8-yo above boys & men are detained by Army in KoeTanKauk. Worst situation.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794894434370457600
8pm 5/11/16 8PM: Burmse army still besieged more than 1000 men at KoeTanKauk. They arrested even more men by threatening to torch the village. They severe tortured many Rohingya people. They especially tortured those youths that worked as interpreters to the UN Delegation. these brutally tortured youths (that talked to UN Delegation) are reportedly taking their last breathes.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794908174440509441
8pm the women sent the food with children for the detainees [at Koe Tan Kauk] who were no having food since being detained. The children were not allowed to go back and they were detained too. At the end almost 800 people were detained.
9pm Koe Tan Kauk, Rathedaung ,Rakhine State ( Arakan )
Date.5.11.2016(Local Time-9:00Pm)
At Least 800 Rohingya Muslims Have Been Kept In The School And Houses.
These Innocent Rohingya Have Been Arrested Since Early This Morning And They Neither Have Lunch Nor Dinner In The Whole Day Expressed Local Correspondent.
In This Night, They Were Kept In Two Places Which Is Near With The Rakhine Buddhist’ Village And Also Ignoring To Give Them Dinner By The Government Officials.
“The Myanmar Military Forces Not Only Arrested But Also Knot Their Both Hands.And Also Torturing Unbearably At That Area”Said Local Rohingya Women.
Another Correspondent Said That When Local Baby Rohingya Tried To Give Dinner To The Victims, Then Myanmar Military Forces Also Kept Them With Those Victims Who Were Kept Early In The Morning.
Some Of The Military Forces Are Trying To Rape Rohingya Women In This Night Because There Is No Male In The Village For The Fear Of The Government Officials.
Another Military Forces Gang Entered In The Village And Snatched Earings ,Golden Chain And Valuable Ornaments From The Rohingya Women’
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/05/at-least-800-innocent-rohingya-have-been-arrested-since-early-this-morning-and-they-neither-have-lunch-nor-given-dinner-in-the-whole-day/
Koe Tan Kauk village was raided by the Myanmar Army today and many hundreds of Rohingya villagers were tortured, valuables were looted and some innocent people were arrested, according to locals.
The village was besieged by military since Friday, November 4th, 2016 at 11:30PM. The soldiers got into the village at 6:30AM on the following day, Saturday and informed some elders that they are going to investigate house by house.
At first they asked the people to come out from their homes and sit outside, holding the household registration list. After a few houses were being investigated the military started beating, looting the valuables gold jewelries from the women.
They started detaining the boys above 8-year-old and the men and gathered them in the mosque compound. The detainees were tortured inhumanely. An Imam Abdul Halim was tortured to an unconscious state and people thought that he had died. Another Imam Rahmatullah and some others are in very critical condition. Some were tortured almost to death.
“Torturing was the worst. I have never seen such torturing human by human.” a villager told RB News.
At 8PM the women sent the food with children for the detainees who were no having food since being detained. The children were not allowed to go back and they were detained too. At the end almost 800 people were detained.
At 10:30PM all detainees were released but Imam Abdul Halim, Imam Abul Kasim and other three were arrested and were taken with the military.
Ministry of information posted news today that they arrested two villagers at 2PM from Koe Tan Kauk who are attackers of the Border Guard Police outpost at Koe Tan Kauk on October 9th, 2016. Actually those two arrestees are innocent villagers but as the authorities have been arresting the innocents they are doing so.
“Main purpose of terrorizing these villagers is they hold the placards while UN and diplomats visiting their village. The notes they wrote in the placards are exactly what the government is committing. So those hit the government. The people also tried hard to inform the delegation what they are really facing nowadays. That’s why they were badly targeted and tortured.” a human rights watchdog in Maungdaw said.
Video later emerges on 29th December which is verified at filmed on 5th November at Koe Tan Kauk:
A shocking video has emerged on ‘Facebook and Whatsapp Messaging’ App of the Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) brutally torturing dozens of Rohingya Civilians, while rounding them up during a raid on a Rohingya village.The Rohingya Vision TV has independently verified (and re-vertified) the authenticity of the footage from our reliable sources in the Arakan (Rakhine State). The incident of the tortures and humiliations of the people took place at the village of ‘KoeTanKauk’ locally known as Dounsay Fara’ in Rathedaung Township on November 5, 2016 (during the two-day long siege of the village by a joint force of the Border Guard Police and the military from November 4 to November 6). The video that appeared to have been circulating on Whatsapp since December 29, 2016, clearly shows that punching, kicking, whacking, humiliating and racially abusing of at least 5 dozens of people who seem to be innocent civilians.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/shocking-video-emerges-myanmar-police-torturing-rohingya-civilians/
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Video first uploaded here:
https://youtu.be/OvxgnJfFzXo
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2.30am 5.11.16 at 2:30AM, 150 army,BG&Rakhine surrounded Chilhali & DonSae [Koe Tan Kauk] IDPs of Rathedaung, beat most of Rohingya arrested an Imam
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/794775136234680321 ✓
See related reports at Koe Tan Kauk
Reported 5PM BGP Commander of Area 10 at TaungBazaar in Buthidaung threatened Admins of Rohingya villages in a meeting held from 2pm to 4pm, He said he sees wars & destruction of the Rohingya villages in the region. On top of removing fences, he ordered the admins to cut down trees in front of every Rohingya home
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794899971816374274 ✓
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9.30am Army raiding house by house & checking household members. One religious teacher arrested, young men are fleeing
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794739885777133568
2pm 2pm Arrests rises to abt 1000-any1 above 10yrs Brought patrol to be finished all Rohingya houses from the village
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/794819424847073280
2pm Burmese army arbitrarily arrested around 1000 Rohingya men between 10 & 60 & ordered the women & children to their leave homes
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794815517294891008
2.50pm 2:50 PM: -4 Rohingya men tortured & in critical condition now. -2 of them: Mohd Sayed & Shonu. -Remaining 1000 men being tortured.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794820831406755840
9pm 9pm At abt 9pm, Army ordered to come out every one & threaten to torch by petrol; already brought in day time
About 1000 Rohingyas, 10 to 60 years old are detained by Myanmar’s Brutal Army in KoeTanKauk
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/794900916633817088
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/794901297317167104
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Morning Following Border Guard Police internal shooting yesterday, which then resulted in police shooting at Rohingya passers-by (injuring 3, 1 of which is believed to have died), 100 troops besiege village of DuNyaungPinGyi (Shaira Fara) where door to door house raids are taking place.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/internal-clashes-among-border-guard-police-lead- ✓
10am Burmese army has besieged DuNyaungPinGyi village & conducting raids on every Rohingya home No major atrocities committed yet
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794419439722631168 ✓
Army has besieged DuNyaungPinGyiVt & raids on every Rohingya houses. MGDSouth
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/794491962892152832 ✓
3 Rohingya youths are arbitrarily arrested at DuNyaungPinGyi, 2 from Myoma Kayintan, the other from Nurullah village: 1) Mufizu Rahman s/o Ismail, 2) ... s/o Ishaaq are from Myoma Kayintan
3) Mohd Shakir from Nurullah
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3 Rohingya teenageres are arrested, 2 who were selling betel, and the other walking in the village. All are labelled by the army as terrorists.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/795399183435960322 ✓
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SayadKarim fr Mangarla [Tha Yet Oke] of Maungdaw w tortured by police and Rakhine extremists this morning [with photo]
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2.40pm police arbitrarily arrested a Rohingya man Halar Ahmed (s/o) Furuk Ahmed, 40 from Dael Fara hamlet, Myoma Kayintan
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Tweeted at 10.32pm MyoThuGyi VT admin & in-charge were summoned & forced to sign the bond that 7 Rohingya killed on Oct 10 were armed & attacking military. Parents of 7 Rohingya killed from MyoThuGyi were forced to sign the bond but they refused and said can kill us. We won't sign.
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Night Army & BGP plundered 3 Rohingya homes nearby the ancient Islamic institution at Nurullah hamlet in southern Maungdaw on Nov 4 night
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794719427337957377 ✓
12midnight: 3 Rohingya houses nearby Madarasa in Nurullah H, Baggona VT [Tat U Chaung] were looted by Army on Nov 4 midnight.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794716077188059136 ✓
Tatmadaw attacked Nurulla para in Maungdaw on Friday and shot two teenage boys before carrying them off.. The two victims, Md Ayaz and Omar Faruk were shot when soldiers opened fire on Rohingyas when they entered the neighbourhood without any warning. Other Rohingyas on the spot managed to run away. The victims are only 17 years old.There are fears the youngsters will be brutally tortured in custody. Torture is a standard practise employed by security forces against Muslims, killing hundreds since 2012.Those hit by gun fire are also tortured in their injured parts with the intention of causing a slow and painful death.Soldiers also set fire on at least three houses in the area. Rakhine men in civilian clothing who accompanied the Tatmadaw then went on to looting rampage. Livestock, poultry and food items were carried off by the looters in full collaboration of security forces.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/382-two-boys-injured-in-gunfire-taken-away-by-tatmadaw-in-nurulla-para ✓
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A man died after being hit with bullets in (Zammoinna [Pwint Hpyu Chaung]), Maungdaw in violence perpetrated by security forces in the aftermath of a visit by an UN inquiry team in the area.
Joint security forces comprising of Tatmadaw and Hlun Htein forces launched an attack on the village on Thursday morning, a day after UN representatives went to the area to inquire gross human rights violations perpetrated on Rohingya Muslims since October 9.
Earlier, the Tatmadaw had warned Rohingyas with dire consequences if they dared complain to the UN team. However, locals chose to ignore the order as Rohingyas regard the UN team to come up with a solution to end the crisis. Rohingyas had known well the consequences of ignoring the Tatmadaw order and since darkness, most had fled the village tract in anticipation of an imminent raid by the Tatmadaw and Hlun Htein.
In one area however, soldiers noticed four men hiding in the paddy fields. They fired at them, hitting two, while the other two managed to flee the spot. One of the men received injuries in the stomach and abdomen, while the other was hit on the thigh.
Without any access to medical treatment the one of the men died on Friday. He has been identified as 40 year Zakir Ahmed (s/o Md Amin).
4pm Rohingya man, Zakir Ahmed (s/o) Mohd Amin, 40, hit by BGP bullets at ZinPaingNya [note: translation error, should have been Pwint Hpyu Chaung] yesterday passed away today
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794457191298121728
This Rohingya man, Zakir Ahmed died a while ago. He had no chance for medical treatment.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794431511642701825
Video of injured man from day before:
Myanmar's BGP opened fire on 2 Rohingya without any reason and arrested today at 5PM in PhotKhali H, ZinPaingNyar VT.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794209289971859456
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10pm The Burmese troops have launched assaults on the Rohingya villages in Rathedaung Township since 10 PM last night [reported on 5th, so this relates to 10pm on 4th], a local source reports.
It has been reported the military launched the fresh assaults on ‘Koe Tan Kauk and Chin Kali’ villages because the people in the villages met the UN Delegation and held protests holding banners on Thursday.
Several truck loads of military personnel arrived at the villages around 10 PM last night and besieged the villages since then.
Of them, around 50 soldiers troops in each village conducting raids and are arbitrarily arresting young Rohingya civilians especially young men in Koe Tan Kauk.
“We have been besieged and can’t move anywhere. The situation is vulnerable. We are really afraid now because of a sudden military assault”, said a local in a conversation via telephone.
A Border Guard Police post in ‘Koe Tan Kauk’ village was attacked by some unidentified assailants on October 9.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-launch-fresh-assaults-rohingya-rathedaung/ ✓
Tweeted at 10pm Myanmar time [but tweeted from Europe, probably mistake in calculating time] KoeTaKauk village in Rathedaung was besieged by Myanmar Army since last night 11PM. Rohingya villagers are worrying. The villagers held a protest during UN & diplomat visit on Nov 3. I think they military will raid houses early morning . I think KoeTanKauk Rohingya villagers will be arrested who appeared in the photos & videos with placards.
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Over 100 Rohingya arrested on 4th and 6th Nov from Koe Tan Kauk were later sentenced to over 20 years in prison on 16th and 22nd December.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/100-rohingya-civilians-sentenced-20-years-prison/ ✓
Rohingya civilians in N. Maungdaw are facing extreme hikes in food price & crisis of food shortage. The crisis stems from the continuous army lockdown of the region since Oct9, doubled by the loot of Rohingya food rations by Burmese Army & Rakhine extremists Adding to the crisis, the authorities prevented the locals from harvesting their paddy this season, leading to crop destructions
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794652869899087872
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794655110722777088
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794653921033625600
9am Date.4.11.16 (Friday…Local Time Around 9:00 Am)
Five Innocent Rohingya Fisher Men Have Been Beaten Mercilessly In The The Stream On The Way Of The Fishing.
In Puna Kyun, There Are More Than Two Hundreds Villages Of Rakhine Buddhists Majorities In The Town But Amidst Of Them Only One Villave Is There From The Rohingya Minority Which Has No Opportunities For The Rohingya Muslims.Also The Government Forced To Sign In The Paper Not Go To The Stream Which Is Near With Rohignya Muslims Of the Village.So They Always Avoid That Stream.But We Didn’t Go To The Stream Which Has Banned For The Rohingya Muslims Victim Said.
All Of The Rohingya’ Movement And Opportunities Have Been Controlled By The Rakhine Majorities And Myanmar Government Official In The Area.
At Least 30 Rakhine Extremists From Saida Hamlet (Rakhine Village)Were Arrived With The Sharp Knives And Catapult In The Stream To Killed Poor Five Rohingya Fisher Men Also They Are daily Worker Of Their Families To Feed Their Loveable Children.
And Also The Rakhine Extremists Thrown of Object With Their Catapult And Beaten To The Five Innocent Rohingya Who Were Under Treatment In The Local Clinic And Also Some Of Them In Critical Condition Addmitted Into The Hospital.But Fortunately The Victims Were Rescued By The Villagers.
In This Present Time These Villagers Are Really Poor With Fanancial And Properties Because Of The Restriction Of Basic Human Rights So They Are Asking International Support To Sustain As Human Of This Loveable World.
The Identified Victims Are As Follows….
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/04/breaking-news-kadi-hamlet-pune-na-kyunrakhine-state/ ✓
Rakhine extremists beat 5 Rohingya fishermen with sticks & by catapulting marble balls at ThaeDarKadi village in PunnaGyun today [with photos]
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794503165789900800 ✓
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/794503582720487424 ✓
5 Rohingya fr Kadi of PunnaKyun w attacked with catapults by Rakhine while fishing nearby river [with photos]
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/794507081466413056 ✓
Rakhine extremists w help of authority attacked Rohingya in Kadi ghetto of PunnaKyun using catapults [with video]
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/794510292591878144 ✓
2700 Rohingya in Kadi Ghetto of PunnaKyun r in dire condition, lands w confiscated in 2014, no basic rights, no humanitarian aid reach
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A mob brutally assaulted Rohingya Muslim fishermen in Punga Cweng leaving them with serious injuries.
On Friday, five men went out of the Sidurkul village to fish in the river. At one point, a mob of Rakhines armed with sticks arrived at the spot and started to assault them, leaving them with grievous injuries.
The victims were lying on the spot when a group of villagers found them and took them back to the village. They have been identified as Nobi Hossain (s/o Monu), his brother Bashir, Syed Mohammad (s/o Ezar Miah), Lal Miah (s/o Abdul Shoma) and Noor Mohammad (s/o Solim).
Sidurkul is an isolated Rohingya settlement lying in the midst of hostile Rakhine territory. Since 2012, the village has been under a virtual blockade with neighbours preventing them access to the waterways, the only source of livelihood for the depraved villagers.
The blockade of Rohingya settlements, especially in the areas where the Muslims are a minority has been described as a carefully designed strategy to enforce starvation on the beleaguered community and force them to migrate out of the territory. Rohingyas in Punga Cweng, like their counterparts in many other parts of Arakan suffer from chronic food shortages because of the siege imposed by Buddhist nationalists backed by security forces.
Hate video posted online:
Generals &ANP organize Rakhine extremists to kill all Rohingya,in this vid he said "swords&catapults r enough kill
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/794504939359780864
Tweeted on 6th:
Victims of extortion on 4th November are forced to sign a bond that they were not actually extorted.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/795728228447125504
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8am 100 military start raiding Nappura(Nga Ku Ra)
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Up until now (11.40am) 2 people have been arrested: Yakub, age 47, and Hf Kulumiya, age 48. Details of any casualties currently unknown.
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8am Around 100 Military started raiding Rohingya villages, Nagpura (Ngakura) village and Hasar Bil (AukPhyuma), in northern Maungdaw, where the military are carrying out tortures and abuses against Rohingya civilians. Up until now, 2 people have been arrested.
They are identified to be ‘Liakut, age 47, and Hf Kulumiya, age 48’ from Nagpura and Mohammed Rashid (s/o) Zamir Hussein from Hasar Bil.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/casualties-among-rohingya-increase-due-to-military-lockdown/ ✓
8am At around 8am, the Tatmadaw raided the restive village tract of Nga Khura and arrested one man who did not manage to flee in time. He has been identified as Liaqot, 47. The village tract has been raided earlier this week when Tatmadaw set fire on shops and injured at least one civilian when they fired randomly at Rohingya houses.
At around the same time, another team raided Kasari Bil and arrested one man, identified as Kala Mia, 47.
Meanwhile the entire area of Kawa Bil [Kyee Kan Pyin] is in a military lockdown since Wednesday afternoon following the departure of the UN team. There are reports the military is looking for Rohingyas, most of whom have escaped into the wilderness.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/375-two-injured-in-tatmadaw-fire-as-rohingyas-on-the-run-following-un-visit ✓
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9am Army conduct raids in Ngakura and AukPhyuma. 2 men are arrested and tortured: 1 from Ngakura and 2 from AukPhyuma.
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11am On Thursday, November 3rd, 2016 at around 11AM the Myanmar military raided the homes of Jinnah Khan and Siraz Uddin in Nga Ku Ra village tract. The two men were killed recently while they were in police custody during the second week of October. Reportedly the military looted all valuables from Jinnah Khan’s house. The houses were raided again in the evening. Two elderly men were arrested during raids on the houses in the morning, but were released shortly after.
11.40am Army enters Lower Pyu Ma village tract and Ngakura village tract. Rohingya men fled from the villages. 2 elders from Ngakura are arrested.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/794039987721342976 ✓
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Morning Two people were injured on Thursday morning when Tatmadaw fired on them in Zammoinna [Pwint Hpyu Chaung], Maungdaw North. The incident takes place a day after locals ignored orders by the military to stay away from an UN inquiry team that visited the area to investigate gross human rights violations against the beleaguered Muslim minority.
Local sources say four men were hiding in the paddy fields when soldiers noticed them and fired in their direction. Two of the men managed to escape but two others fell to the gunfire. They had been taken away by the military...
Much of the populace in Zammoinna is on the run as the Tatmadaw looks to punish the Muslim community following the UN visit.
Myanmar army personnel reportedly fired several rounds on the innocent civilians indiscriminately claiming two lives and four other injured in Zammonia [Pwint Hpyu Chaung] village of Maungdaw north.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/03/breaking-news-military-set-fire-on-houses-in-wabag-gun-down-2-4-injured-in-zammonia ✓
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11.45am Army that started raiding houses in Myouk Chaung [Myaw Chaung] at 10pm the previous night now move to the North East hamlet of Zee Pin Chaung village tract.
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Zee Pin Chaung is just north side of Morikkom and at east side of NafRiver. ZeePinChaung; Locally called Zeeyon Khali.
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/794144734054858753
Mraw Chaung (locally called Morikkom) is in other side of Purma Khaal (a stream as big as a river and speedy).
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/794117164806656000
Mraw Chaung (Morikkom) is a small Village Track living all Rohingyas with small mountains.
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/794117164806656000
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Tweet at 1.30pm In AleyThanKyaw, Kyaw Zeya Oo, the authorities’ “puppet” is waiting to say what the government wants him to say.
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2pm Delegation leaves Aley Than Kyaw for Myin Hlut. The Rohingya villagers were not able to talk. The delegation stopped in Aley Than Kyaw for 45 minutes where they talked with some “puppets”.
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The UN delegation is not being allowed to visit U Shin Kya, which is one of the worst places affected, where many rapes took place as well as extrajudicial killings.
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The UN delegation is not being allowed to visit Nga Sa Kyu and Kyet Yoe Pyin, as it is being said it is too dangerous, although the Rohingya assure there is no danger for the delegation.
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The UN delegation is not being allowed to visit Nga Sa Kyu and Kyet Yoe Pyin, as it is being said it is too dangerous, although the Rohingya assure there is no danger for the delegation.
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Myin Hlut
20.6314601898193, 92.5021133422852
2pm Delegation leaves Aley Than Kyaw for Myin Hlut. The Rohingya villagers were not able to talk. The delegation stopped in Aley Than Kyaw for 45 minutes where they talked with some “puppets”.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794079790164832256 ✓
–3pm
Wa Peik, Kyee Kan Pyin
20.9193801879883 92.3887405395508
2pm Burmese army staged a drama of finding weapons (just half foot) beneath the ground of an abandoned Rohingya home at WaPaik hamlet. They shot video. A Rohingya man was called to witness it too. An attempt to permanently remove its people from their homes
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794195921043013632 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794197018235179008 ✓
2pm at around 2pm on Thursday Hamid, a hamlet administration member from the West hamlet of Kyee Kan Pyin village, Abdul Hashim, a school teacher, another village administrator and five members of the administration of Nwa Yone Taung [Nwar Yon Taung] village tract were brought to Wa Baik hamlet by the Myanmar military and Border Guard Police (BGP). The Military and BGP then said they recovered four guns buried in the ground. They forced the Rohingya who they detained to sign testimony while being video recorded that they were witnesses to the discovery.
“If they had found the guns and showed them to the Rohingya that would be acceptable, but this time they dug a hole when all the Rohingya were brought to them. They [BGP and Military] knew where the guns were buried. It is a made up drama and the Rohingya had to sign as witnesses to it because they were forced to do so,” a villager told RB News.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/bgp-forces-in-maungdaw-exchange-fire.html#sthash.yYVMEBGl.BAYA7zin.dpuf ✓
2pm The Burmese army staged a drama around 2:00 PM yesterday that they found weapons hidden beneath the ground of an abandoned Rohingya home at WaPeik (WaBaik) village in Maungdaw Township, a reliable source reported.
The Burmese army filmed the whole event of the uncovering the weapons from the underground (that too, from a depth of merely half a foot beneath) and also called up a Rohingya man from Kyikanpyin to witness the event.
“This is purely a case of staging a fake event just to accuse us of possessing weapons. There are reports floating around that the foreign diplomats that visited the region asked the authorities to restore the villagers of WaPeik to their original homes in the village.
“Therefore, when the army can claim that they find weapons in the village (by any means), they can permanently remove the villagers from their homes. That’s their plan”, said a villager in Kyikanpyin.
As expected, quoting the state-owned newspaper the The Global New Light of Myanmar, the Ministry of Information (MOI) portal run by the neo-nazi propaganda machine, U Zaw Htay, claimed that the troops found weapons in the WaPeik.
Three fourth of the WaPeik village have been razed by the Burmese military since October 9. The villagers, deeply in trouble with the shortage of foods due to military lockdown, are currently seeking refuge in the neighboring regions.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/army-stage-drama-finding-weapons-rohingya-village/ ✓
21.0412693023682, 92.2826309204102
4pm 50 military conducted raids in Auk Phyu Ma and the Rohingya villagers fled. The army stole a number of chickens and ducks.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794139990737358849 ✓
8am Around 100 Military started raiding Rohingya villages, Nagpura (Ngakura) village and Hasar Bil (AukPhyuma), in northern Maungdaw, where the military are carrying out tortures and abuses against Rohingya civilians. Up until now, 2 people have been arrested.
They are identified to be ‘Liakut, age 47, and Hf Kulumiya, age 48’ from Nagpura and Mohammed Rashid (s/o) Zamir Hussein from Hasar Bil.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/casualties-among-rohingya-increase-due-to-military-lockdown/ ✓
8am ..
At around the same time, another team raided Kasari Bil and arrested one man, identified as Kala Mia, 47.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/375-two-injured-in-tatmadaw-fire-as-rohingyas-on-the-run-following-un-visit ✓
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9am Army conduct raids in Ngakura and AukPhyuma. 2 men are arrested and tortured: 1 from Ngakura and 2 from AukPhyuma.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794069555584716800 ✓
21.1681404113770, 92.3170013427734
5pm 3.11.16(Thurs Day- 5:00)
Labawzar Hamlet Maungdaw North,Rakhine State,Myanmar.
Sector 6
Nur Alom S/o Abdu Sabor (30)He Is Came From Poor Family And He Is Also Poor In The Village Of Theirs.
He Was Tortured By The Brutal Military Forces In The Evening of Thursday Around 5:00 Pm While He Was Returning From The Market.
He Has Been Beaten With The Guns In The Forehead Which Were Hold By The Milatary Forces And Then Throw In Stream (Water) Many Times But Fortunately The Villagers Rescued Him On The Spot From The Danger.And Nothing Is There To Stop Genocide In Myanmar.The Victim Is Under Treatment In Local Pharmacy Shop Of That Hamlet.
Border Guard Police physically assaulted an innocent Rohingya at Labbaza Village tract of Maungdaw North which is under BGP sector# 6 on Thursday, 3 November 2016.
The victim was known as Nur Alam 28 s/o Abdu Sobur of Labbaza village tract.
The victim was indiscriminately beaten to injury by Border Guard Police of sector# 6 while he was going to market from his home. The victim is a poor man who works as laborer for his livelihood, said source.
Source further said, the victim was kicked down a pond for several times repeatedly and finally, the victim was strongly hit by one of BGP member with his gun to serious injury on upper part of the victim’s left eye.
The victim got serious external and internal injury following the assaults of cruel BGP forces but it is a matter of regret that the victim is not getting any treatment here as no medical facilities are available for Rohingya Muslims, a villager says.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/04/bgp-assault-a-rohingya-in-labbaza-village/ ✓
20.8945503234863, 92.3771667480469
5pm Army opens fire at Zin Paing Nya village. 2 Rohingya are hit by bullets, one in the abdomen (in a critical condition now, see photo) and another in the thigh.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/794171024921112576 ✓
5pm Myanmar's BGP opened fire on 2 Rohingya without any reason and arrested today at 5PM in PhotKhali Hamlet [Hpu Khar Li], ZinPaingNyar village tract. [with video of injured man, tweeted at 10.37pm]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794209289971859456 ✓
5pm in the evening at 5PM some BGP from region six shot two Rohingya villagers without provocation in Phot Khali [Hpu Khar Li] hamlet in Zin Paing Nyar village tract. The men were reportedly walking at the time and were shot without reason. The men were identified as sixty year old Amir Ullah, son of Mamed Sharif, who was wounded in his leg, and 40 year old Zakir Ahmed, son of Mohammed Amin, who was shot in the stomach. Zakir is reported as in critical condition. At the same time three villagers were arrested by the same BGP officers in the same hamlet.
5pm 4 Rohingya men, returning home following prayer at the mosque, are arrested by the army in Zin Paing Nya and detained at the camp in the village.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794172794644770817 ✓
The 4 arrested are: 4 arrested people:Jafar, Abdu Sharif, Sayed Mohammed and a 15-year-old boy.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794205937162555392 ✓
The following day, Rohingya man who was shot by BGP firing randomly at ZinPaingNya, on 3rd Nov, Zakir Ahmed (s/o) Mohd Amin, age 40, dies,
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794457191298121728 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794431511642701825 ✓
BGpolice shot 2 Rohingya 1 died on the spot, another hit bullet severe injure [with photos]
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/794193264601505792
Some say he passed away but yet to be confirmed. I will confirm it soon.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794194449131716608
“Confirmed that none of the 2 ppl hit by bullets died yet. But an Ox died. Its not army but BGP that opened fire. Ox an animal that died due to BGP's random firing. It was among the victims.” [tweeted at 10.25pm]
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794205759898664960
Some confusion over 2 shooting incidents taking place at similar times but in different places. Clarification here:
2 separate shooting incidents. Around 5PM, at ZinPaingNya! Around 6PM, at Nurullah
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794285310414725120 ✓
ZinPaingNya's was a BGP shooting rampage at people fleeing in fear of arbitrary arrests
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794285943838511104 ✓
Rohingya who was shot to death is Amin & one who survives is Zahir [with video of injured man being treated at home with his young children]
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/794196746301644801
20.7853202819824 92.4065093994141
5.40pm Internal clashes led to gun-firings amongst the members of the Burmese Border Guard Police (BGP) at ‘Nurullah’ village in southern Maungdaw yesterday evening, a reliable source said.
Some members — said to be Bama members between Rakhine members — of the BGP at the Check-Post nearby the ancient Islamic institution at Nurullah quarreled under the influence of alcohol around 2:30PM yesterday, where the BGP Lieutenant, Kyaw Min Htut, of ‘Maggyi Chaung (Faatonza)’ camp arrived soon after that to solve the fighting.
It has been learnt that the intervention of the BGP lieutenant didn’t end the quarrel but it subsequently led to heavy gun-firings among the BGP members around 5:40 PM yesterday. Amidst the gun-firings, a BGP member is said to have been killed.
An eyewitness said “the Rohingya passers-by terrified by the incident started fleeing to and fro in fear and the some BGP members began firing at the people, too. Three Rohingyas going past the check-post by a motor-tricycle hit by bullets and one of them is believed to be killed, another was wounded and the remaining one fled.”
As usual, the Burmese media including the Ministry of Information (MOI) portal have gone overdrive spreading a propaganda that some alleged (Rohingya) militants were behind the attack.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/internal-clashes-among-border-guard-police-lead-gun-firings/
6pm At around 6pm there was an exchange of gunfire continuously from the BGP outpost in Nurullah hamlet in Baggona (Tet Oo Chaung) village tract. State media and some private media immediately blamed the incident on Rohingya militants. Upon deeper investigation RB News uncovered that the gunfire was the result of a dispute between members of the BGP. State media reported that one member of the BGP was killed and another was wounded.
The dispute in question occurred around 4PM at the outpost. The BGP’s in charge could not control a dispute among the BGP and the Police Major from Ma Gyi Chaung outpost came to settle the matter. 15 minutes after the Police Major left shots were fired continuously within the BGP outpost. According to a report by state media, six militants arrived by motorcycle and shot th BGP with small guns and left a home-made bomb and four pistol bags.
“I saw it with my own eyes. I saw the outpost when I heard the gunshots. I didn’t see any motorcycles or any men outside of the outpost. I believe the were shooting from inside the outpost. I observed for a long time and I didn’t see anyone come in or go out of the outpost. What the media is saying doesn’t make sense,” an eyewitness told RB News.
A human rights watchdog group in Maungdaw said, “The state media claimed that the police were shot with small guns. The police have big guns. Why couldn’t they kill any of the men who attacked them? They said they found a bomb and some pistol bags. If they have they should examine for evidence like fingerprints and show the results.”
The BGP are notoriously heavy drinkers and have been witnessed drunk every day at around sunset. This has often resulted in fighting and quarreling among themselves. A few months ago a similar incident occurred where the BGP in Thin Baw Kwae outpost in southern Maungdaw exchanged fire between themselves with one police officer reportedly killed.
6pm A counter gun firing among Border Guard Police was occurred at BGP camp of Nurullapara of Bagguna hamlet, Maungdaw South on Thursday, October, 2016 at around 6: 00 pm leaving one BGP officer killed while another one injured.
According to Myanmar state media desk news, the BGP forces had an argument among themselves over something while indulged in wine. After argument among the forces themselves, other BGP colleagues of the camp informed the BGP camp commander of Magyichaung who at once came and settled the argument between the two.
However, no sooner had the officer left the place than the BGP forces started gun firing on each one that left one officer dead and the other one wounded.
On the other hand, centering the BGP’s incident, some unscrupulous Rakhine and biased Private Media are spreading propaganda that the Rohingya residents conducted attack on BGP forces which is totally concocted and the Rohingya completely refused, says a villager.
Thousand of houses torched, hundreds of innocent civilians killed, dozens of arrested and several women raped by Myanmar government forces taking the advantages of attack on BGP outposts by unidentified invaders in Nothern Maungdaw on October 9.
Similarly, the Myanmar government soldiers along with cruel Rakhine extremists are making an attempt to create such incident so that they can accuse innocent Rohingya Muslims to carry out crackdown against the Rohingya in Maungdaw south like that of Maungdaw North, he says more.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/04/1-officer-killed-1-injured-in-bgps-internal-gun-fire-in-maungdaw/
Reported at 6.30pm Some random gun fire is being heard around the BGP camp at Nurullah hamlet of Baggona village tract in southern Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794182452029722624
7.07pm Rakhine post on Twitter:
“Militants raid a BGP outpost in Maungdaw, Pyin-oo-hla village. 2 police injured. 20min ago. Clashes continue”
https://twitter.com/htaoungyaw/status/794156447063941121
8.03pm Updated Rakhine tweet :
“Updated: 1 died, 1 injured BGP outpost between Du-chi-ra-dan n Gor-du-sa-ra villages. Police were assasinated.“
https://twitter.com/htaoungyaw/status/794170544467820544
Responses from Rohingya activists asked what they know:
“As I learned it was fighting between two BGP in Baggona. Working on it to get detail.”
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794189093475405830
“Pyin Oo Hla? Maybe its Nurullah hamlet! Locals say the firings took place among BGP members themselves after getting drunk. Yet to confirm”
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794189964741255168
“At Pyin Oo Hla police post of Maungdaw.near Nurula Rohingya police fought each other killed 2,after tht open fire on “
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/794192721237839873
“What I wrote about PyinOoHla post is 100% true,BG fought eachother killed1&to hide the case open fire on Rohingya as if attack”
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/794198699651919872
7.30pm Burmese troops acting brutal on Rohingya civilians at Nurullah hamlet though its gun-firing among the drunk BGP themselves
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794191905990901761
7.30pm Army now deliberately targeting Rohingya civilians @ Nurullah hamlet as they wanna cripple Maungdaw South after North
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794193506369572864
Rohingya activists researching shooting incident learnt that BGP captain of Maggyi Chaung visited the camp before the incident - they think was maybe to resolve an internal dispute, which began whilst they were plundering the Islamic Institution at Nurullah hamlet, which later lead to an internal shooting, which is believed happened during a drunken brawl
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794209550232535045
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794210071718703104
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794211477896863744
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794227661946036224
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794228002770911232
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794228511527473152
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794228726246449152
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794229755260248065
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/794192721237839873
Some confusion over 2 shooting incidents taking place at similar times but in different places. Clarification here:
2 separate shooting incidents. Around 5PM, at ZinPaingNya! Around 6PM, at Nurullah
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794285310414725120
Arguments among BGP took place at Nurullah Camp.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794285500718718977
ZinPaingNya's was a BGP shooting rampage at people fleeing in fear of arbitrary arrests
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794285943838511104
Reported at 9pm Going by the latest reports, the incident of firing at Nurullah hamlet is accidental one among the drunk BGP themselves...which is being manipulated by the military for its own strategic gains. It all started from arguments among BGP. Arguments leading to gun-firings among BGP began while they were plundering an ancient Islamic Institution at Nurullah hamlet
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794209550232535045
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794210071718703104
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794211477896863744
in Bagguna of Maungdaw South, it is learnt that people nearby villages heard the sound of gun firing of Myanmar army indiscriminately.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/03/breaking-news-military-set-fire-on-houses-in-wabag-gun-down-2-4-injured-in-zammonia/
Some confusion over 2 shooting incidents taking place at similar times but in different places. Clarification here:
2 separate shooting incidents. Around 5PM, at ZinPaingNya! Around 6PM, at Nurullah
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794285310414725120
Arguments among BGP took place at Nurullah Camp.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794285500718718977
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Myanmar army members have set fire on the houses of Rohingya residents in Wapet (Wabag) village of Kyi Gan Pyin at 5: 00 pm and gunned down two including four others critically wounded in Zammania village of Maungdaw north today, October 3, 2016 at around 6.30 pm respectively.
The army personnel entered the Wapet village of Kyi Gan Pyin hamlet and torched more than ten houses to ashes today at 5: 00 pm, according to source.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/03/breaking-news-military-set-fire-on-houses-in-wabag-gun-down-2-4-injured-in-zammonia/
6.15pm At 6:15PM two houses in Wa Baik torched by the military. One was owned by Hussein, the biggest house in the village.
6.15pm Military sets fire to two homes in WaBaik, one of which is the biggest house in the village. Confirmed by villagers.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794158467951063040
https://twitter.com/tunkhin80/status/794160825200246785
6.30pm 2 houses burnt at WaBaik, both big. With photo (taken at night, not very clear)
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/794179064689029120
7pm Remaining homes being burnt down in WaPaik village. At least 3 homes now burnt down.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794164994556342272
7pm Reports say that the army and Rakhine extremists are to vandalise WaPaik village further tonight.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794167858817155072
7pm In Wa Beik of Maungdaw, 8 Rohingya houses remained unburnt after violence attack those w torched by BG around 7 PM
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/794197008839897088
21.0875606536865 92.3392410278320
9.20pm A Rohingya villager from KyeinChaung said he heard at least 12 times firing onto the air. #PrayforMaungdaw
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794194986178924544
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Meanwhile the entire area of Kawa Bil [Kyee Kan Pyin] is in a military lockdown since Wednesday afternoon following the departure of the UN team. There are reports the military is looking for Rohingyas, most of whom have escaped into the wilderness.
20.43227959, 92.650177
Tweet at 1.30pm In preparation for the UN delegation visiting Koe Dan Kauk, security forces threaten all the Rohingya villagers to flee from the village. All have left now.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794071550068658176
Photos of the Rohingya waiting for the UN delegation at Rathedaung
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/794131167851053056
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/794131723273453569
https://twitter.com/Sthumoe/status/794144823901114369
Authorities instructed to arrest 3 Rohingya teachers for the writing of the banners that were displayed in Rathedaung to the UN visiting delegation, however the banners were not even written by them.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/794232501250113536
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/794232879202979845
Police is extorting Rohingya villagers in Ore para, Rathedaung amid growing food shortages in the region. Only on Thursday, at least seven people were forced to pay a huge amount of money to the police on trumped up allegations of aiding Muslim rebels.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/373-starving-rohingyas-face-extortion-in-rathedaun
21.0236492156982 92.5070419311523
12 noon The Burmese army from battalion 552 and a new regiment brought at ‘the former camp of the BGP Commandment Area 9’ at TaungBazaar conducted raid on every Rohingya resident in ‘YinMa Chaung Taung (Raimma Fara)’ village on pretext of ‘Cleansing the Region’ on November 1 night. And they seized away all the Rohingya household tools such as ‘hammers, axes, saws and mobile phones.’
http://www.rvisiontv.com/casualties-among-rohingya-increase-due-to-military-lockdown/
21.0044403076172 92.5002288818359
1pm Two Rohingya, including a women, of Ngaran Chaung village track of Yinna village, ward 9 of Taungbazar, Buthidaung Township, die due to military imposed restriction of movement preventing access to healthcare
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/794051226946174976
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/794053016240394240
1pm Two Rohingyas including a women died due to military restriction of movement and access to immediate healthcare at ‘Ward 9 of Nga Ran Chaung village track, Taungbazar, northern Buthidaung Township. One of the victims is identified to be Abu Ahmed (s/o) Abdul Aziz and the other woman is still unidentified.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/casualties-among-rohingya-increase-due-to-military-lockdown/
2pm PROTECTION MONEY:
U Maung Lone, Rakhine administrator of NgaRanChaung village (in Buthidaung), demands at least Kyat 10,000 per Rohingya villager if they want to be protected from the Burmese army’s brutalities. If rich, it’s Kyat 50,000 per head. Similar cases are happening in a few other villages in northern Maungdaw, too.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/casualties-among-rohingya-increase-due-to-military-lockdown/–
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794088016629248000
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794088591416643584
20.9809799194336 92.5214920043945
On Nov 3, 5 Rohingya from BoeGyiChaung Buthidaung were extorted Kyat 950,000 by Captain Htin Kyaw from Myanmar Military Regiment 552. The same captain extorts Kyat 750,000 from another 4 Rohingya from SinThay village Buthidaung on Oct 31st. [reported on 4 Nov]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794643437102436352
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794644805498314752
20.7711906433105 92.6339416503906
On Nov 3, 5 Rohingya from BoeGyiChaung Buthidaung were extorted Kyat 950,000 by Captain Htin Kyaw from Myanmar Military Regiment 552. The same captain extorts Kyat 750,000 from another 4 Rohingya from SinThay village Buthidaung on Oct 31st. [reported on 4 Nov]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794643437102436352
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794644805498314752
Statement from Myanmar presidential office. Note confirmation of “80,000 acres of paddy fields in the district with about one thousand acres grown by Rakhine nationals and seven thousand acres by Muslims” that are not being farmed, with promises that farming equipment is being brought in to help with the harvest. However, we have received reports that Rohingya are being prevented from farming their land. The Rohingya remain under severe persecution and blockade.
http://www.president-office.gov.mm/en/?q=issues/rakhine-state-affairs/id-6719
Government plans to arm Rakhine public against the Rohingya (who are not attacking anyone and who have no weapons). http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN12X2PO
21.0464897155762 92.3393020629883
All Rohingya villagers from Pyaung Pyaik H of Nga Sar Kyu VT were forced to leave from the village since last night by the army. As UN & Diplomats delegation is going to Maungdaw today, the military kicked them out from the village.[later found out that they were able to return to homes once the delegation was gone]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793632717611163652
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793633031189848064
Army stationed at Pyaug Paik, a hamlet which was entirely razed, after ousting all ppl yesterday evening prior to arrival of UN team
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793714770906001408
army threatening Rohingya villagers of Nga Sar Kyu,Pyaung Paik,Oo Shye Kya not to meet with the UN team since yesterday evening
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793717047171518465
12:30 PM: The Burmese Army stationed at PyaungPaik (Haant Gojja Fara), a hamlet which had entirely been razed, by ousting all its people yesterday evening as an advance move to trick the visiting UN team in Maungdaw.
12:30 PM: The Burmese army is threatening Rohingya villagers of NgaSarKyu (Naasha Furu), PyaungPaik (Haant Gojja Fara), OoShyeKya (Bura Shiddha Fara) not to meet with the UN team since yesterday evening.
4PM: The Rohingya villagers at ‘SinThaePyin (Haanti Fara)’ met the UN team and now the delegation have moved on towards ‘PyaungPaik (Haant Gojja Fara)’ hamlet.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/un-delegation-inquire-military-assaults-rohingya/
At 2:30 PM the delegation left by helicopter for Kyein Chaung BGP regional outpost and they continued in eight vehicles to Pyaung Pyaik hamlet of Nga Sar Kyu village tract. Once there they met with about 200 Rohingya villagers. According to the villagers, some rape victims were able to report their cases against security forces to the delegation.
“A translator who speaks some Rohingya with a Rakhine accent is with the delegation. He was translating something and a victim was also speaking. As we found the translator was translating false information we had to help the victim translating,” a villager told RB News.
“They arrived at about 3PM. We gave them information we collected in English. They took them and put them in their bags. They stayed for 15 minute and left for Kyein Chaung,” the villager added. The delegation flew over Nga Ku Ra and Kyet Yoe Pyin villages.
“The Police were taking photos while we were talking with the delegation. We told this to the delegation, that we are worried that later the police will come and blame us for anything and will arrest us,” the villager said.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/un-and-diplomats-visited-northern.html
21.0875606536865 92.3392410278320
At 2:30 PM the delegation left by helicopter for Kyein Chaung BGP regional outpost and they continued in eight vehicles to Pyaung Pyaik hamlet of Nga Sar Kyu village tract...
“They arrived at about 3PM. We gave them information we collected in English. They took them and put them in their bags. They stayed for 15 minute and left for Kyein Chaung,” the villager added. The delegation flew over Nga Ku Ra and Kyet Yoe Pyin villages.
“The Police were taking photos while we were talking with the delegation. We told this to the delegation, that we are worried that later the police will come and blame us for anything and will arrest us,” the villager said....
In Kyein Chaung, authorities only allowed those close to them to meet with the delegation. A Rohingya man who spoke with the delegation is a former village chairman Idris who is well known in the village and has been referred to as the authorities puppet. There is concerned he is being used intentionally to spread false information to the delegation...
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/un-and-diplomats-visited-northern.html
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Rohingyas in Kyet Yoe Pyin, Nga Sar Kyu U, Shey Kya were threatened by the army. They're warned not to talk with UN delegation today.These villagers are in Sabai Gone and Dudan villages now. More than 100 soldiers in Pyaung Pyaik since last night.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793633688978354176
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793634206589026305
army threatening Rohingya villagers of Nga Sar Kyu,Pyaung Paik,Oo Shye Kya not to meet with the UN team since yesterday evening
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793717047171518465
Meanwhile there are reports that the Tatmadaw has threatened Rohingyas in other village tracts including Bura Shida para [U Shey Kya] and Nga Sa Gru where dozens of civilians have been killed in Tatmadaw firing in the first week of the crackdown, and many women raped afterwards.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/370-panic-follows-un-visit-to-kawa-bil
The delegation didn't visit Kyet Yoe Pyin, U Shey Kya and Nga Sar Kyu. They are going to visit southern Maungdaw where nothing happened.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793918512066617344
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Rohingyas in Kyet Yoe Pyin, Nga Sar Kyu U, Shey Kya were threatened by the army. They're warned not to talk with UN delegation today.These villagers are in Sabai Gone and Dudan villages now. More than 100 soldiers in Pyaung Pyaik since last night.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793633688978354176
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793634206589026305
Update: soldiers left from Kyet Yoe Pyin and U Shey Kya. Rohingya villagers expecting to meet with UN & Diplomats delegation today.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793641964398936065
The delegation did not visit U Shey Kya village, where mass gang rape was committed by the Myanmar military. They also did not visit Kyet Yoe Pyin, where many people were killed and almost an entire village was burnt down by the military. In hiding their worst crimes from the delegation, the Government shows an absolute lack of transparency and honesty, and reflects poorly on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her party...
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/un-and-diplomats-visited-northern.html
The delegation didn't visit Kyet Yoe Pyin, U Shey Kya and Nga Sar Kyu. They are going to visit southern Maungdaw where nothing happened.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793918512066617344
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Rohingyas in Kyet Yoe Pyin, Nga Sar Kyu U, Shey Kya were threatened by the army. They're warned not to talk with UN delegation today.These villagers are in Sabai Gone and Dudan villages now. More than 100 soldiers in Pyaung Pyaik since last night.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793633688978354176
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793634206589026305
Update: soldiers left from Kyet Yoe Pyin and U Shey Kya. Rohingya villagers expecting to meet with UN & Diplomats delegation today.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793641964398936065
army threatening Rohingya villagers of Nga Sar Kyu,Pyaung Paik,Oo Shye Kya not to meet with the UN team since yesterday evening
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793717047171518465
Meanwhile there are reports that the Tatmadaw has threatened Rohingyas in other village tracts including Bura Shida para [U Shey Kya] and Nga Sa Gru where dozens of civilians have been killed in Tatmadaw firing in the first week of the crackdown, and many women raped afterwards.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/370-panic-follows-un-visit-to-kawa-bil
The delegation did not visit U Shey Kya village, where mass gang rape was committed by the Myanmar military. They also did not visit Kyet Yoe Pyin, where many people were killed and almost an entire village was burnt down by the military. In hiding their worst crimes from the delegation, the Government shows an absolute lack of transparency and honesty, and reflects poorly on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her party...
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/un-and-diplomats-visited-northern.html
The delegation didn't visit Kyet Yoe Pyin, U Shey Kya and Nga Sar Kyu. They are going to visit southern Maungdaw where nothing happened.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793918512066617344
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Early morning: The Burmese military gang-raped two Rohingya women in northern Maungdaw yesterday (on November 2) early morning.
It happened right at a time when the UN Delegation Team was on its way to Maungdaw to inquire into the continuous military assaults on the Rohingya civilians in the region.
The victims are identified to be J….. (daughter of) Z….., 28, and N…… (daughter of) S……, 27, from ‘Chaik Chaung (Gerak Khali)’ hamlet of ‘Long Doong’ village tract around 8:00 AM.
“We were two women. They robbed our ornaments. Then, the military pointed their guns at us. They tore off our clothes and stripped us off. When we tried to escape, they threatened to kill us. They were putting their hands here, there and all over our bodies.
“When we shouted, they whacked us. And two of them raped us first. When they finished it, two more came. And it continued” said the raped victim, Ms. J….. (shown in the above featured image).
At least 50 women were raped or ganged-raped and many more women were molested by the Burmese military since they began assaults on the Rohingya civilians in Maungdaw.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-army-gang-rape-two-rohingya-women/
Further report of the rape of the 2 women, age 27,28, from Chaik Chaung (Gerak Khali) of Laung Don:
http://www.thestateless.com/2016/11/03/rohingya-women-gang-raped-as-international-delegates-visit/
7am 2 Rohingya women, J & N, are gang raped by the military in Londoong, whilst the UN team is on its way to Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794077796033101824
2 Rohingya women in KyaikChaung H, LaungDon VT were raped by Myanmar Army today morning while UN & diplomats were flying to Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793860930098593792
5.30pm Two women in (Gerek Kali) Londoug village tract, Northern Maungdaw were raped by 5 Myanmar army personnel Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at around 5.30pm.
According to our correspondent report, a Column of Myanmar military stopped at the village for a rest after coming down from upper Maungdaw north where they were deployed.
Just after stopping at the village road under a shade of tree to have rest, four of the army personnel from the group entered a Rohingya’s house close to the road and found two women, Wife of … S/o .... D/o .. 30 Year Old and Wife Of ... 36 year old inside the house where they were sexually violated by four of the military forces multiple times. The other male members of the family fled away seeing the army coming.
After committing rape, they got out of the house leaving the victims in an unconscious state and went toward Maungdaw Township along with other armies of the column.
Now the victims of sexually abused of are not getting any treatment in the village since they are completely banned from movement and there is no such hospital where the Rohingya get treatment, source said
The delegation arrived in Maungdaw from Sittwe at the BGP headquarters by helicopter today at 9:30 AM. While the delegation was on their way to Maungdaw from Sittwe by the helicopter, two Rohingya women in Kyaik Chaung hamlet of Laung Don village tract were raped by soldiers.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/un-and-diplomats-visited-northern.html
Three women, including a minor girl was raped by soldiers on guard duty for the UN in Loung Don on Wednesday.
The girls live in an isolated settlement on a hill top east of the main village tract. In the morning, five soldiers were posted at the hills overlooking Loung Don, as the UN delegation was scheduled to arrive in the area at mid day.
Soon the soldiers entered the houses and confined their victims at gunpoint. The two grown up women were gang raped. The minor girl being raped was around 10 years old.
Following the incident, the soldiers proceeded to remove ornaments and other valuables from the five houses in this isolated neighbourhood. They also threatened the girls with dire consequences if they revealed the incident.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/377-three-including-minor-girl-raped-by-soldiers-on-guard-duty-for-un
Rohingya were waiting at Longdun to report to the Un team but they drove straight past and didn’t stop. (video)
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/793755083993296896 [video 161102a]
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/793755577130160128
Video of Rohingya from Lound Don trying to find a way to meet with the UN delegation (unsuccessfully)
https://twitter.com/Thestateless1/status/793988819980865537
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbE22tvMeUo [video 161102b]
11.30pm Military start to raid Longdong village
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/794039987721342976
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12pm Helicopters with visiting delegation arrive at BGP headquarters.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/793673916996722689
UN and Diplomats delegation is at Border Guard Police HQ now. Rohingya villagers from Kyee Kan Pyin & Wabaik are waiting at middle hamlet.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793661541212094464
Myanmar Army Reported Pressuring Rohingya Villagers Not to Meet With UN Delegation http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/myanmar-army-reported-pressuring.html …
The Rohingya villagers who can speak Burmese and English are not allowed to go into the crowd. It was in Kyee Kan Pyin
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793699093965074432
Video:
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793699480109473792
Some Rohingya villagers could talk with the delegation in Kyee Kan Pyin and passed the letters.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793709281598173184
Two Rohingya from Kyee Kan Pyin arrested by authorities while the UN & diplomats delegation is there. Both of them released later.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793710490677542912
The two arrested were English speakers - arrested until the delegation was out of the way
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/793718435092000768
3pm 2/11/16 3PM: As soon as UN Team left Kyikanpyin village, army started raiding its West hamlet. People on the run!
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793738844038234112
3:00PM: As soon as the UN Team left the Kyikanpyin village, the Burmese army started raiding its West hamlet. The Rohingya civilians are on the run again!
5:15PM: 400 Burmese army continue to besiege Kyikanpyin village since the departure of the UN delegation. Worrying! Reportedly, some Rohingya men have been arrested while hiding in the paddy fields in the army siege of Kyikanpyin village since the departure of the UN delegation.
5:30PM: Many Rohingya men are being chased and arrested now in ‘WaPaik’ & ‘Kyikanpyin’ for meeting the UN Delegation.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/un-delegation-inquire-military-assaults-rohingya/
4pm KyiKanPyin village was surrounded by 200+ Tatmadaw forces, after UN Delegation gone, at arround 04:00pm. 300+ Rohingya men arrested.
Army ordered villagers not to flee village as they'll do nothing to all but they've to search 3 men met with UN envoys & to handover to them.
All are then released but searching for those 3 men met with UN delegation. 15 chicken killed and taken. Villagers worried for those.
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/793820371413766145
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/793823303421009920
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/793824482351783936
After UN team left, army&BG besieged KyeeKanPyin to arrest those complained cruelty of army&BG, dunno what's happening...
https://twitter.com/dousmohamad1/status/793746054843883520
As delegates team left military arrested those who talked to delegates at Kawarbil (kyikanpyin) Rohingya need protection
https://twitter.com/Rafiquerhg/status/793767698358382592
400 military surround village of Kyikanpyin
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/793773780506214400
6.10pm At least 300 Rohingya villagers from West H of KyeeKanPyin who met with UN & diplomats arrested just a few mins ago.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793779952281853952
They all are from West Hamlet of Kyee Kan Pyin. More than 300. At Zakaria's house now. BGP guarded. Military left 30mins ago
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793805125131304960
Update: They released them now and are looking for the people who spoke with delegation
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793806725480669184
Army & BGP are seriously searching 4 Rohingya villagers from KyeeKanPyin who spoke with delegation today.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793806725480669184
Panic follows UN visit to Kawa Bil:
Terror has pervaded the restive village tract of Kawa Bil [Kyee Kan Pyin] on Wednesday after the army looks to further crack down on locals following visits by a high level UN delegation sent to investigate human rights violations.
Earlier security forces had warned local Muslims of dire consequences if they went to meet the UN investigation team.
The UN team went into the area at around noon, and left around 3pm. As soon as they left, the Rohingya Muslims started escaping fearing a renewed army crackdown. Shortly after, the army entered the western neighbourhood of Kawa Bil. Since 5 pm, the military have reportedly arrested some men hiding in the paddy fields. The details are not known at the moment.
Earlier, some men told the visiting UN team that nothing untoward had happened in the village. It cannot be confirmed who these men are. One source said they might be pro government collaborators, also known as Tabbe. However, some sections of the Rohingya media are saying they might also be from the Hindu community, as it is difficult to distinguish them from the Muslims, with both communities having South Asian features.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/370-panic-follows-un-visit-to-kawa-bil
The delegation left the BGP headquarters at around 11:30 AM and went to East Hamlet of Kyee Kan Pyin, where they met about 300 Rohingya villagers, including some from Wa Baik who had fled from their village after the military burnt down their houses. The meeting with the delegation and the villagers lasted for nearly an hour and a half. In the meeting rape victims, villagers who were forcibly displaced, arson victims and family members of men detained arbitrarily in sweeping arrests expressed their concerns regarding the current situation. The villages had been barred from meeting with the delegation by the military and BGP but they were determined to convey their suffering to the delegation however they could. The villagers managed to hand over letters and memory cards to the delegation which contained their stories and information on how brutally they had been treated.
At 2:30 PM the delegation left by helicopter for Kyein Chaung BGP ...
After the delegation left Kyee Kan Pyin in the afternoon more than 300 villagers from West Hamlet were detained for more than 3 hours. They were released, but the BGP is searching intensely for 4 Rohingyas who spoke to the delegation.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/un-and-diplomats-visited-northern.html
Video of the Rohingya men being arrested after the delegation visit to Kyee Kan Pyin (tweeted 17 Dec after it was obtained from the village)
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/810156284263755783 [video 161101c]
after kofi annans visit in Gyi Kan Pyin villages in maungdaw a 2 Nov 2016 Arrested Rohingya attended of court in Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/810191496762814464 [video, tweeted 17 Dec]
no released they Attended Investigation Section in Maungdaw on 17/12/2016
https://twitter.com/Arakan_Times/status/810222659992686592
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Rohingya villagers from Wabaik trying to back in village to meet with the delegation but they are not allowed to go in by the army.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793640994126307328
UN and Diplomats delegation is at Border Guard Police HQ now. Rohingya villagers from Kyee Kan Pyin & Wabaik are waiting at middle hamlet.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793661541212094464
As Rohingya villagers from Wabaik are not allowed to go in to their village, they will wait for delegation at Kyee Kan Pyin.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793642347158462464
The delegation is in Wabaik now. Rohingya are waiting to get a chance to talk but security very tight and they got no chance.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793680740357734400
Some local Hindus were replaced in the empty Rohingya homes in the violence hit Wa Paik hamlet to show them to UN Team as Rohingyas
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793720381345439744
Reportedly, the Hindus acting as Rohingyas in Wa Paik told the UN team nothing happened to them. The team left Kyikanpyin an hour ago
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793721620418273280
2 Rohingya people were detained by Burmese army on the way to meet UN team in 'WaPaik', released when women shouted before the team
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793732369681223680
Some Rohingya rape-victims were waiting to see delegation in Wa Baik morning, they were driven out of the village
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/793701846514671616
Some local Hindus in Maungdaw were trained by authorities to act as Rohingya and are now being shown to the visiting UN and foreign officials as the Rohingyas.
2 PM: Reportedly, the Hindu people — that have been replaced in the remaining Rohingya homes (which the Rohingyas had evacuated due to the military assualts) — in WaPaik (WaBek)’ hamlet of Kyikanpyin (Hawar Bil) told the UN team nothing happened to them. The delegation team left the Kyikanpyin an hour ago.
2 PM: Two Rohingya people, Mr. Haashu and Mr. Salimullah, were stopped and detained by the Burmese army on the way to meet the UN team in ‘WaPaik.’ They were released only when some women came out and shouted before the UN team.
5:30PM: Many Rohingya men are being chased and arrested now in ‘WaPaik’ & ‘Kyikanpyin’ for meeting the UN Delegation.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/un-delegation-inquire-military-assaults-rohingya/
Multiple Rohingya sources say Warpeik villagers who met with UN and diplomat delegation today now being beaten and detained by army.
https://twitter.com/JonahFisherBBC/status/793802520623591425
They all are from West Hamlet of Kyee Kan Pyin. More than 300. At Zakaria's house now. BGP guarded. Military left 30mins ago
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793805125131304960
Two men were also arrested at around 2pm as they went to meet the UN delegation in Wabeik. However, some of the women shouted out loud and the Tatmadaw fearful the visiting team would notice the commotion released them. They have been identified as Hashu and Salim Ullah.
But local sources say at this moment terror has pervaded the village as the Rohingyas are hiding out of the village as army threatens punitive actions for meeting the UN team. Tatmadaw had earlier raped women in the village while the Hlun Htein had chased out around 2000 locals.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/370-panic-follows-un-visit-to-kawa-bil
21.0747299194336 92.3033828735352
10pm The army has been raiding Rohingya houses in Myouk Chaung village tract since 10pm. All the men are hiding in the jungle in fear of torture and arrest.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793897624529141761
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The wives of two Rohingya who were killed while in police custody were waiting to meet the delegation in Ngakura but no luck.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793928822177546240
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23 Rohingya from BoeGyiChaung MieChaungZay in Buthidaung were extorted 2 Million Ks by L.C. Kyaw Naing Aye from Battalion 552 on Nov 2. [reported on 4 Nov]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794652082804551681
Syed Kashim, 27 told our correspondent that he was accused of leaving the village [Ore para, Rathedaung] and travelling to Anak parang to consort with rebels. He was forced to pay 30,000 kyats on Wednesday, or face prison and torture. Similar accounts were related by other victims.The victims say that even without any extortion, their families face severe shortages. There has long been a blockade on villages in the area as Buddhist nationalists backed by security forces prevent access to the nearby woods and waterways from where they can earn a living. To make matters worse, last week a local MP ordered Rakhines not to trade with the Muslims, thus cutting off all access from the markets. In such a situation, villagers can ill afford to part with the minimum amount of savings some of them have, and extortion by police is making many of them bankrupt.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/373-starving-rohingyas-face-extortion-in-rathedaung
Some of the Rohingya activists who can speak English were not allowed to go near the UN diplomats who arrived today morning.
https://twitter.com/1shahoo/status/793715044446048257
2.30pm 2/11/16 2:30PM: army has tightened securities in Rohingya villages in northern Maungdaw to prevent the people from meeting UN Team
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793734994375999488
Amidst threats & tight securities, some Rohingya civilians managed to explain their tragic plights to the visiting UN team
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793735805457960961
Reportedly the translator translated something which were not claimed by victims. Rohingya request not to use translator
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793799820817342464
Tatmadaw had placed pro government people who reportedly told the UN team that the Tatmadaw were protecting them while it was the Muslim rebels who killed civilians and raped women. They were strangers who looked like Rohingyas but did not live in the villages.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/375-two-injured-in-tatmadaw-fire-as-rohingyas-on-the-run-following-un-visit
Disturbing hate speech posted by Border Guard policeman to FB, with photo of himself holding a gun:
”Not only you dog Kalar but also your Allah will be shot with G3: Myanmar's BGP. I am not afraid to die in your Kalar place.”
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793835314414489600
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Early morning Military besiege Rohingya village of SinThaePyin, locally called HatiFara , in Lon Don village tract about 17 Miles distance to the north of Maungdaw. There are arbitrary arrests, torture and looting ongoing, and one Rohingya house has been set on fire. The following Rohingyas are arrested this morning:
1. Mv.Mohibullah s/o Sultan Ahmed 60 years
2. Kamal s/o Alam 30 years
3. Abullia s/o Shofiq 50 years
4. Mohd Salam s/o Saedali 55 years
5. Abdu Shukkur s/o Abdusobi 47 years
6. Abul Kalam s/o Abdusobi 44 years
7. Mv.Abdu Rashid s/o Abdusobi 42 years
8. Gura Miya (a) Nurul Hoq s/o Basa Miya 65 years
9. Fazal Hoq s/o Basa Miya 61 years
10. Nur Samad s/o Sharif 20 years
11. Salim s/o Huson 45 years
12. Nur Boshor s/o Shormuluk 35 years
https://plus.google.com/+MirAhmedABSiddiquee/posts/ToYKEn2bA8z
List of arbitrarily arrested Rohingya this morning:
1. MV Muhibullah 60 yrs old
2. Kamal 30 yrs
3. Abdullah 50 yrs
4.Muhammad Salim 65 yr
5. Abdu Shukkur 47 yrs
6.Abu Kalam 44 yrs
7. M.V Abdu Rashid 42 yrs
8. Guramia 65 yrs
9. Fawzalak 61 yrs
10. Nuru Salam 20yrs
11. Salim 45 yrs
12. Nur Bashar 35 yrs old
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/793320353502154752
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/793321147622240256
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/793321824717185024
19 arrested, 15 released later in the day, 4 still held:
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793432563226468357
The four still held are:
1- Kamal s/o Alom
2- Nur Bashar s/o Shawmuluk
3- Eliyas s/o Abu Sofian (from Kyat Yoe Pyin)
4- a villager from Wa Baik
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793437140982136832
7am At least eleven innocent Rohingya residents of Sinthepyin (Hatipara) of Longdung Union, Maungdaw North, Arakan State have been arbitrarily arrested by Myanmar army during a crackdown in the village today, November 1, 2016 at around 7: 00 am.
Myanmar soldiers in groups numbering approximately 50 persons entered Sinthepyin village of Longdung union today and carried out violence throughout the village under the pretext of chasing down assailants. They entered every houses of the village and plundered the valuable things including money they found in the houses of Rohingya villagers.
After hours of raid for attackers carried out in the village, the arrested eleven innocent Rohingya villagers who were tortured severely and taken to the army camp stationed in Bawlibzar, says correspondent.
The victims have been known as Mv Muhibbullah 60 s/o Sultan Ahamed, Kamal 30 s/o Md Alam, Abullah 50 Shofique, Mohamed Salam 65 s/o Sayed Ali, Abdu Sukkur 47 s/o Abdu Sobi, Abu Kalam 44 s/o Abdu Sobi, Mv Abdu Rashid 42 s/o Abdu Sobi, Gura Miah 65 s/o Basa Miah, Fazal Hoque 61 Basa Miah, Nurusamed 20 s/o Shorif and Salim 45 Hussain of the village.
The arrestees are still detained in the army camp in Bawlibazar of Northern Maungdaw where they are being physically assaulted by soldiers for confession if they have link with the attackers on BGP forces earlier. The military are also demanding huge amount of money from the victims in their fateful days, a villager said.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/01/11-rohingya-arrested-in-sinthepyin-village/
A joint force of Tatmadaw and Hlun Htein raided the village tract of Lound Don in Maungdaw and arrested at least 12 people in the early hours of Tuesday.
As the security forces entered the neighbourhood in Lound Don known as Haati fara in the local dialect, the Rohingya Muslims scattered in different directions and tried to flee the area. Those who fell behind were arrested.
Most of those arrested were released later that day after facing assault in custody. Four of them are still in custody, according to local sources.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/368-tensions-increase-in-lound-don
7.15am Army and Border Guard Police torch a Rohingya house in Sin Thay Pyin of Maungdaw. (includes distant photo)
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/793266173471133697
Military have started torching homes in Sin Thay Pyin (same photo)
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793282826971992064
Tweet at 7.15am Early morning raid by Myanmar Army in Sin They Pyin H, Laung Don VT. Many arrested, tortured and looted. Military is still in the village.
One Rohingya house torched by Myanmar Army this morning in Sin They Pyin H, Laung Don VT (with photo).
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793253409524748290
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793258459256983552
Tweet at 8.40am 1/11/16: Burmese military besieged 'Sin Thae Pyin' & conducting raids in the Rohingya village since early morning. Tortures & Loots going on
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793276644102332421
Tweet at 9.05am 1/11/16 Burmese military torturing Rohingya men & molesting women during ongoing raids in besieged Sin Thae Pyin village since early morning
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793280141401042944
11am Army are seen torching a pile of rubbish and shooting a video in Sin Thae Pyin as well as filming fleeing Rohingya villagers. It looks like the army is trying to stage a fake event such as the Rohingya burning their own homes and running away.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793372803202322432
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793373580729786368
6am - noon During raids by 250 army personnel across 3 Rohingya villages: Sin Thee Pyin, Zaydi Pyin and Pan Myaung in north Maungdaw, approximately 30 people were arrested. There is much looting and torture. Those arrested are locked up in the village school. Locals report hearing screaming voices of women and children that could be heard from even outside of the villages.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793349803899891712
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793350900832096256
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793351856126697472
In the First incidence 250 army at 6 AM army raided 3 Rohingya villages: SinThaePyin, ZaydiPyin, PanMyaung in Northern Maungdaw. There they Plundered Rohingya homes and tortured civilians and later arrested approximately 30 Rohingyas and kept them locked-up in village’s school. Locals said screaming voices of women & children were heard even outside their villages.
Moreover they torched a pile of trashes & shot its video in ‘SinThaePyin’ village. They also shot the videos of Rohingya civilians fleeing from homes due to the raids. It looks like the Burmese army is trying to stage a fake event & perception like ‘Rohingya burn their own homes & flee.’
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-raids-continue-rohingyas-villages/
At least 18 people were arrested and tortured in the restive village tract of Loung Don in Maundaw during another Tatmadaw raid in the area on Tuesday.
One of the victims, an elderly man called Zafor Alam told our correspondent his beard was set on fire by soldiers. Another elderly man was tortured when soldiers burned his private parts. During the torture, the Tatmadaw laughed at them especially when they cried out in pain, said the victim.
Following the torture, four of the elderly men were released but the 14 others, all of them younger men were taken to custody on allegations they were part of the insurgency.
Loung Don has become increasingly restive since the last week, with the Tatmadaw conducting continuous raids, raping women. In the Haati para neighbourhood, soldiers also desecrated Muslim places of worship and the holy book of Quran.
Five soldiers raped three women, including a minor, hours before the UN visit the next day.
Tatmadaw also raided the village tract on Wednesday.
In most cases, the men flee the village whenever the Tatmadaw approaches but this time, they were not so fortunate, resulting in arrest and inhumane torture, according to local sources.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/379-tatmadaw-burned-muslim-beards-and-private-parts-in-loung-don-torture
Video testimonies published on 4th Nov from men who were arrested on 1st Nov:
75-yo Rohingya man said he was arrested and tortured by Myanmar police on Nov 1st. His beard were cut which he had for many decades.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794363839252930560 [video 161101a]
Mohammed Islam 75years from HatiFara SinThaePyin LongDoon
https://plus.google.com/+MirAhmedABSiddiquee/posts/hEecfwA5cyq [same video]
We, 14/18 Rohingya arrested on 1 Nov R free, tortured, our beard burnt/cut, 4 yet unknown & undersigned by BGP as we're not beaten/looted.
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/794460132432343040 [video 161101b]
**Beard and hair of chest & inner parts are burnt & cut by soldiers.
**We are 18; 4 are almost dead still under arrest; We 14 are released after torturing as they want. Village elder from HatiFara SinThaePyin LongDoon
https://plus.google.com/+MirAhmedABSiddiquee/posts/3oj9rZsHust [same video]
Zafor Alam from Hati Fara [Sin Thay Pyin]
**Beard and hairs from chest & inner parts are burnt & cut by soldiers. 01/11/2016
https://plus.google.com/+MirAhmedABSiddiquee/posts/Tqgwt69NaNt
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8am The Rohingya villagers in U Shey Kya village tract in Maungdaw Township have had all food and aid blocked and are worried if the situation doesn’t change those living inside will be at risk of starvation, malnutrition and possibly death.
“It is and will be very serious in the very near future for our villagers to stay alive because all the foodstuffs and provisions collected since last year have been looted by the Military and NaTaLa villagers during several raids,” a villager told RB News.
While they have no source of food aid there are about 15 acres of paddy fields ripe enough to be harvested in a nearby Rakhine village called Kappa Kaung, but on November 1st, 2016, at about 8AM nearly 20 Rohingya went to reap rice from the paddy fields and were told by the Rakhine administrator of Kappa Kaung Village not to harvest the rice. The villagers responded that the land was theirs and that they had cultivated the rice and continued to harvest anyways.
The village administrator then went back to his village and informed the military based there of the situation. The military then went to meet the Rohingya in the paddy fields and chased them away empty handed.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/rohingya-villagers-in-u-shey-kya-will.html
20.9464206695557 92.3452377319335
Similarly, on November 1st another group of villagers from U Shey Kya went fishing in the morning in ponds on their own lands on the western side of the village near a Rakhine village called Kan Pyin. When the Rohingya began fishing a group of Rakhine from Kan Pyin came out with swords and sticks and chased them out of the area. The Rakhine group reportedly yelled death threats, saying the Rohingya would be killed if they tried to fish there again. The Rakhine group was said to have told them that the Rohingya have no claim to anything because they are not citizens, and that the Rakhine have claim to all of the land. The Rohingya villagers again returned home empty handed.
With no source of food there is a serious risk for these villagers of starvation, malnutrition and death in the very near future.
They are in need of humanitarian assistance from the international community and it is apparent the local government and Rakhine villagers will prevent the Rohingya from even attempting to sustain themselves off of the land at this time.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/rohingya-villagers-in-u-shey-kya-will.html
21.0037708282471, 92.3511428833008
11.45am Military start raiding Ngan Chaung (Naing Chong) village in Maungdaw, looting, abusing and torturing the Rohingya. Abuses are being conducted by the military and other authorities alongside the Rakhine. Rohingya are being forced to leave their homes, the full details of which are yet unknown.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/793320231607296000
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/793320619366428672
In another incidence at 2 PM Burmese Military started raiding NganChaung (Naing Chong) village of Maungdaw, where tortures, abuses and looting were conducted by Military and other authorities along with Rakhine (maghs). According to reports from locals they have evacuated Rohingya from their homes and details or further casualties are still unknown.
At the same time military ordered fence to be removed from Rohingya houses in Ludaing (Du Den) village of Maungdaw. [note timing error on this report: time of Ngan Chaung must have been no later than 11.45am since that is when it was tweeted. Fences removed at Ludaing was tweeted as happening at 2pm on the previous day, 31 Oct]
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-raids-continue-rohingyas-villages/
21.0350093841553, 92.3320465087891
The military detained two men from Kya Ri prang [Kyet Yoe Pyin] and Nga Sa Gru on Tuesday as an UN inquiry team is set to visit the area later in the week.
The two village tracts have been brutally attacked by the Tatmadaw since the first week of the crackdown. Dozens of civilians died when the army first attacked the village tract with heavy weapons on October 11. Many others were killed later, and many women raped.
On October 13, Kya Ri prang was razed to the ground. In one of the worst acts of violence, soldiers killed at least six women and children from the same family including a new born child, and kidnapped at least two women. Many others were raped and killed in the following days.
It was in such circumstances that these two men had planned to meet the UN team and shed light on the events that have taken place. However, informants had managed to known about their intentions and these men are presently in custody.
One of the arrested man is Karim Ullah, a maulavi from Kya Ri prang. The other is Ayub, a businessman from Nga Sa Gru.
Family members fear they will be brutally tortured in custody.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/376-un-visit-arrests-in-kya-ri-prang-and-nga-sa-gru
21.0109996795654 92.3349304199219
The military detained two men from Kya Ri prang [Kyet Yoe Pyin] and Nga Sa Gru on Tuesday as an UN inquiry team is set to visit the area later in the week.
….these two men had planned to meet the UN team and shed light on the events that have taken place. However, informants had managed to known about their intentions and these men are presently in custody.
One of the arrested man is Karim Ullah, a maulavi from Kya Ri prang. The other is Ayub, a businessman from Nga Sa Gru.
Family members fear they will be brutally tortured in custody.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/376-un-visit-arrests-in-kya-ri-prang-and-nga-sa-gru
Three Rohingya elders, two from Quarter 1 and one from Quarter 5 in Maungdaw, arrested by the Police on October 24 were released on November 1.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/casualties-among-rohingya-increase-due-to-military-lockdown/
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Night: army from battalion 552 and a new regiment at Taung Bazaar raid every Rohingya home in Yin Ma Chaung Taung village, under the pretext of ‘cleansing the region’. They seize all household tools such as hammers, axes, saws and mobile phones.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794084057416024066 ✓
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794084102597214208 ✓
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An innocent Rohingya man, Sayed Ahmed from Buthidaung, who was arrested on 26th Oct, is released (after outcry) :
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793429866892910593
It has been 3 weeks since humanitarian work and rations were suspended in Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/MarkCutts/status/793305804585697280
State media refers to the Rohingya as a ‘thorn that needs removing’
https://twitter.com/Francis_Wade/status/793387467760144384
Local authorities in Maungdaw are training Hindus so that they can pose as Rohingya when the UN delegation visits tomorrow. Most of the Hindu in Maungdaw and Buthidaung can speak fluent Rohingya.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793428085089730561
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793450017604370432
"I heard that the Hindus are being trained. Yes may be, they, the trained will be made to pretend as Rohingyas and say that they are not under persecution of the government to UN investigation team, if I have to say frankly it will a kind of shooting a drama'' said a human right watchdog. ''According to the current information we hear, they will make Hindu women wear Burkhas (veil, worn by Muslim women) and meet the UN representatives in the form of Rohingya women to hide the rape cases the Army commits on Rohingya women in these days'' the above mention human right watchdog added.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/authorities-allegedly-preparing-to-use.html
To disturb UN delegation to Arakan,ANP led by Dr.Aye Maung organized sticker-campaign sticking every RH
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/793497052709728256
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6am Myanmar armies carried out violence throughout Maungnama village tract [Maung Hna Ma] of Northern Maungdaw plundering the valuable properties of Rohingya residents and physically harassed and violated the women since early morning today, October 31, 2016.
According to correspondent reports, more than one hundreds army members in three groups entered Maungnama village tract by three points of east, north and south at around 6: 00 am today and started mass beating on the villagers indiscriminately.
At first the women and children did not leave their homes though they were told to get out of the village. Then the armies fired around three rounds of bullets to create panic among the villagers. But seeing the armies coming, most of the male members of the community fled away to escape arbitrary arrest and killing.
However, the military drove all the women including children out of the village and gathered them at a place where they along with their baby children were forced standing in the bright sun lights whole day. Later all the women got out of the houses seeing the young girls were being sexually assaulted by army personnel whomever the army found inside the houses.
After driven them out of homes, some other army personnel started carrying away the valuable properties of Rohingya in ten trucks from the village. All the house hold valuable articles and properties were plundered away by army personnel.
Furthermore, armies have arrested some innocent villagers from the village who could not flee before the military entered the village and tortured them severely.
The arrestees are known as Md Alam s/o Basa Miah, Basir Ahamed s/o Ahamedu, Iman Shorif s/o Lal Miah, Nur Mohamed s/o Nir Ahamed, Sultan s/o Abdul Hakim, Md Jalil s/o Dudu Mia, Md Kasim and Md Siddik s/o Sayed of the village.
Now they are detained in the army camp where they are being tortured brutally. The relatives of the victims are in sorrow about their arrested relatives whose fates are unknown
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/31/military-conduct-crackdown-plunder-and-abuse-women-in-maungnama-village/
In a separate incident taking place, the military have arrested around 30 Rohingya women and kept them as hostage in the school campus of MaungNama (Mondama) middle hamlet.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-army-besiege-rohingya-women-northern-maungdaw/
Rohingya women besieged by army in MaungNama have been freed. 2 old men both around 70 years old, have been severely beaten.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793051435252330497
4pm Rohingya women taken by the army in the morning from Maung Nama were released at 4pm and are safe.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793053065448452096
Note that although some women have been freed who were taken from Maung Nama hamlet in the morning, other violations continue against women from other hamlets in the same village tract:
Some Rohingya women had to escape from MaungNaMaGyi hamlet, MaungNama VT as Myanmar Army is taking them away. Very much scared of rape. [video of women crouching under newly built shelter]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793064131033268225 [video 161031b]
An eyewitness has reported that many Rohingya women have been beaten and arrested including teenagers, and that valuables have been looted and things destroyed by the army in Maung Nama village tract.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793068217568784385
7am Video of Rohingya villagers walking through paddy field having been forced by military to leave their homes in the village of Maung Nama https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1217671951638423 [video 161031a]
Tatmadaw forces arrested around 50 people and looted the entire marketplace at Maung Hna Ma, Maungdaw. Anything that did not have lootable value have been destroyed.
The army forces and many Rakhines in civilian clothes turned up in the area on Monday morning and drove the Rohingyas out of their houses in three hamlets. The army then started arresting the men on a random basis. The arrested men were taken on a truck and towards an unknown location.
The Rohingyas have been warned to stay out of their houses. Anyone going to their houses will be killed, the army has warned. Since then, most of the Rohingyas have been living outside. Some of them have been crowded inside a local school. The army maintains a heavy presence in the area.
The army came prepared to loot, and had brought trucks and vans with them to transport all lootable resources. But materials that could not be looted, or did not have any usable or resalable value have been destroyed by the Rakhine collaborators. The attackers are leaving nothing back for the Rohingyas.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/365-maung-hna-ma-besieged-looted-many-arrested
21.0652294158936, 92.3454132080078
7am The Burmese army have arrested and besieged many Rohingya women in northern Maungdaw since this early morning, a reliable source reports.
The military raided the village of ‘SinThaePyin (Haanti Fara)’ [Sin Thay Pyin] around 7:00 AM and selectively arrested and besieged 20 young Rohingya women at a plain outside the village since then.
As the military raided the village to indiscriminately arrest the Rohingya women, they have gone into hiding.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-army-besiege-rohingya-women-northern-maungdaw/
Rohingya women in SinThaePyin have yet to be freed and locals fear they may be molested by the army.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/793051806901252096
On Monday, Tatmadaw confined around 20 women in a field outside the village [Sin Thei Pyin/Lound Don known as Haati fara]. The women were beaten up during this time before being freed during the evening.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/368-tensions-increase-in-lound-don
21.0350093841553, 92.3320465087891
9am Seven children have been arrested by the Tatmadaw in Nga Sa Gru, Maungdaw.
On Monday, the children all aged under ten went out of the village to the grazing fields with their livestock. At around 9am, an army team approached the area and accused the children of working with Muslim terrorists. They were taken to an unknown location and since then, there is confusion surrounding their fate.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/364-seven-children-arrested-in-nga-sa-gru
21.0450305938721 92.3076705932617
2pm Military order fences to be removed around Rohingya homes in the village of Ludaing (Du Dan) in Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/793291736680321024
Tatmadaw called a meeting of community elders in Kya Ri prang [Kyet Yoe Pyin] and Doe Tan (Ludaing) on Monday. During the meeting, community elders were forced to sign a white paper and ordered to tell any UN investigation team that all atrocities, including the killing and raping of women and burning of houses were committed by Muslim rebels….the army is now forcing community elders to sign a bond confirming such an allegation.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/371-community-elders-forced-to-sign-white-papers-in-kya-ri-prang-and-doe-tan
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Tatmadaw called a meeting of community elders in Kya Ri prang [Kyet Yoe Pyin] and Doe Tan (Ludaing) on Monday. During the meeting, community elders were forced to sign a white paper and ordered to tell any UN investigation team that all atrocities, including the killing and raping of women and burning of houses were committed by Muslim rebels….the army is now forcing community elders to sign a bond confirming such an allegation.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/371-community-elders-forced-to-sign-white-papers-in-kya-ri-prang-and-doe-tan
20.9103507995605, 92.3973922729492
8am 3 Rohingya from South H of Kyee Kan Pyin village tract were beaten by the army on Oct 31st at 8am while the men were harvesting at paddy field [reported on 2nd Nov].
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793609935833759748
4pm Two innocent Rohingya men are arrested by Border Guard Police at Kyikanpyin (Hawar Bil) [Kyee Kan Pyin], wrongly accused of being militants:
The two men were arrested by the BGP on their way back from a nearby mountain having herded their buffaloes and also collected firewood. The victims have been identified to be ‘Shomsul Alam (son of) Mahmud Hussain, 34; and ….. (son of) Zafar, 29.’
“They have a knife to each of their own. The knives are normally used by firewood collectors to cut plants and bushes. Just because of that, the BGP are planning to label them as militants”, said a villager in Kyikanpyin.
Currently, they are detained and being tortured in the BGP Headquarter in Kyikanpyin.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/border-guard-police-arrest-two-rohingya-civilians-labelling-militants/
4pm Hlun Htein arrested two Rohingya Muslims from Kawa Bil [Kyee Kyan Pyin] in Maungdaw and reportedly subjected them to brutal torture.
On Monday at around 4pm, the two woodcutters were returning from the nearby hills after collecting firewood when the border police intercepted them. On searching they found the sharp weapons that are used for cutting wood. However, the Hlun Htein personal claimed they must have been using these sharp weapons for attacks against security forces.
One of the arrested men have been identified as Shomsul Alam, 34 (s/o Mahmud Hossain). The details of the other man could not be known till filing of the report.
Relatives of the arrested men told our correspondent that they were fully aware that going to the woods might result in arrest and torture as security forces are vigilant to deny Muslims access to livelihood in what is regarded as a systematic effort to starve out the population. However, the men could not stand the hunger of their younger family members, and they say many Rohingyas in the area, especially the children are in critical health after not eating for days.
http://www.myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/369-more-arrests-and-torture-as-kawa-bil-denied-access-to-food-sources
Two Rohingya from South H of Kyee Kan Pyin village tract were arrested by the army on Oct 31st at 4pm. They are now at Border Guard Police HQ [reported on 2nd Nov].
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793609618278719489
20.9734306335449, 92.2959823608398
Rakhine extremists of Haimprang village are looting the valuable properties and destroying the paddy plants in the fields of Rohingya villagers in Raimmabil [Yae Twin Kyun] of Northern Maungdaw.
According to reports, the Radical Rakhines have destroyed a large area of paddy plants and looted lots of valuables from Rohingya’s houses in cooperation of Myanmar government forces during crackdown in Raimmabil village.
20.9708805084229 92.5126495361328
6 Rohingya from Mi Chaung Zay village tract were extorted Kyat 960,000 on Oct 31st morning by army officers from Battalion 552.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793609071706464261
20.7711906433105 92.6339416503906
On Nov 3, 5 Rohingya from BoeGyiChaung Buthidaung were extorted Kyat 950,000 by Captain Htin Kyaw from Myanmar Military Regiment 552. The same captain extorts Kyat 750,000 from another 4 Rohingya from SinThay village Buthidaung on Oct 31st. [reported on 4 Nov]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794643437102436352
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/794644805498314752
11 Rohingya women swam across the river to escape to Bangladesh using water carriers as floating devices. On arriving, 10 of them were arrested by Bangladesh Border Guard but one escaped.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/366-women-arrested-after-escaping-to-bangladesh
Many Rohingya village administrators are forced to sign a bond stating that their houses were torched by villagers, not by the army.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793052629005963264
Arakan government announce formation of militia to defend border with Bangladesh, made from young people aged between 18 and 35 from the Buddhist community.
http://www.dvb.no/news/arakan-state-govt-form-new-militia-police-border/72178
Satellite images of burnt villages from HRW
https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/10/31/burma-satellite-images-show-fire-damaged-villages
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/supporting_resources/hrw_burmadestruction_assessment_30oct2016_v2.pdf
Preparations to deceive UN delegation visit:
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/793106888841846784
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/793107910515535872
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/793108587681763329
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/793109564233162752
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/7931103535549767
Disturbing statement from Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) chairman Than Htay:
“Our race and religion must not become extinct. That is our party’s stand. We will be in the forefront of efforts to protect race and religion. And is national security undermined? We will be at the forefront of guarding security. And do natural disasters occur in your area? You don’t need to wait for our orders. You have to resolve them yourself. Regarding issues related to those three things, you can do whatever you want. All is right. All is fair. You don’t need any order.”
http://www.mizzima.com/news-domestic/usdp-chairman-says-%E2%80%98human-rights%E2%80%99-%E2%80%98democracy%E2%80%99-and-%E2%80%98transparency%E2%80%99-are-not-realistic
21.0652294158936, 92.3454132080078
Tweet at 11.10am Sin Thay Pyin (local name: Hati Para - approx 17 miles North of Maungdaw town) is being looted by the army and they are threatening to drive the Rohingya out
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792586960531357696
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/792591588648157184
20.7797603607178, 92.3781433105469
7pm A vacated Border Guard Police sentry post located between Padin and Maggyi Chaung village in southern Maungdaw is torched by unknown people. The Rohingya fear they will be falsely accused. The army had removed their homes and conducted house raids on them on October 28th so now this incident is very worrying.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/792743445949329408
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/792743671628128257
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/792744724868104192
8.45pm A temporary police post was intentionally set on fire by the police at Padaung near ThareKunbaw in Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792749093789454336
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792749838202839041
21.0255508422852, 92.2952880859375
8pm Military burns a row of shops at around 8pm, in the southern part of Ngakuya (Nappura) village.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/30/breaking-news-military-set-fire-on-a-queue-of-shops-in-ngakuya/
8.30pm At least 7 Rohingya houses are set on fire at Nga Kura village. (still burning at time of tweet, 8.51pm).
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/792740600797859840
A villager who is eyewitness to the fires says he has been hearing the sound of firing before the army set fire to the houses.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/792741782916325376
8.30pm BGP and military set fire to Nga Kura village, near the mosque. When Rohingya tried to put out the fire, the army fired shots.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792740351345733632
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792747050882306048
8.45pm The army begins torching Rohingya homes in Nga Kura villages. 7 homes are razed.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/792747158290194434
9.50pm The fire on homes at Nga Kura village is extinguished. Details on the numbers of homes and shops burnt has yet to be confirmed.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/792749771089780736
4 shops have been burnt that were used as a hair salon.
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/792765656613711872
11pm 7 Rohingya shops and 1 home were burnt down in Ngakura village. Facts yet to be confirmed. Who torched them is not yet known.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/792768158071267328
11pm The house razed in the fire belonged to Nurridin son of Din Mohammed, whose brother ‘Siraj’ was killed by the military a few days back.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/792768539564380161
In NgaKurah village, the following have been intentionally burnt down by the military and Border Guard Police: 1 mosque, 2 houses, 3 shops and 1 religious center.
https://twitter.com/Khinmaung/status/792755231696252928
At least one civilian was injured in Tatmadaw firing as tensions once again increase in Nga Khura, Maungdaw. On Sunday, soldiers entered the village from the southern neighbourhood and fired at houses randomly hitting Ayub (s/o Noor Alam) in the shoulder.
On the Northern side, army fired into the air sending Rohingya civilians scattering for safety. Later they set fire to 12 shops besides the Boro Masjid.
Nga Khura has been besieged by the army since the crackdown. At least two community elders were arrested and tortured to death by the army and their four sons also detained in one of the most sensational cases in the area.
Also the Rohingyas in the area have been cut off from livelihood sources as they are unable to access the woods, waterways or the markets as the army maintains a vigilant siege.
Fishing and logging are the two remaining sources of livelihood for the vast majority of the Muslim populace in Arakan state. Since 2012, those going out of their territory to catch fish or collect wood have been attacked by anti Muslim nationalists and security forces. In the Maungdaw region, this has mostly been happening since the current Tatmadaw crackdown.
Many Rohingyas, including children, have to skip meals for days, and survive only on starch.
Muslim activists allege this is a systematic effort to deprive Rohingyas of their livelihoods, create starvation and force the beleaguered community members to migrate to Bangladesh in search of food.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/372-renewed-terror-in-nga-khura-amid-tatmadaw-rampage
20.9734306335449, 92.2959823608398
Rakhine extremists of Haimprang village held up some buffaloes pulling away while grazing in the Rohingya’s lands on October 30, 2016.
Later, the Rakhine extremists returned the buffaloes to the Rohingya owners in exchange of Kyat 250, 000 from Abu Ahamed, Kyat 400, 000 from Kamal Ahamed, Kyat 250, 000 from Md Ilias, Kyat 15, 0000 from Mg Mg Hla, Kyat 700, 000 from Sayed Alam and Kyat 700, 000 from Ex-Chairman Forid of Raimmabil [Yae Twin Kyun] village for grazing buffaloes in their (Rohingya’s) own lands.
20.6314601898193 92.5021133422852
In a separate incident, village administrators paid 3 million kyats to the Tatmadaw for a week of peace in May Rulla [Myin Hlut], Maungdaw South.
The Burmese military at ‘4-mile-area (Quarter 6)’ ordered the local Rohingya residents today to remove the protective fences surrounding their homes. The military is threatening the locals to work as their informers against the alleged militants in the region.Earlier, the military threatened the locals to abandon their homes. Due to escalation of the military brutalities, the civilians are living in fear.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-armed-forces-continue-brutalities-rohingya/
Local media reports that the commission of legislators found no abuses in Maungdaw and the Rohingya burnt their own houses down.
https://twitter.com/poppymcp/status/792672464996184065
In an FB post, Ministry of Information says some Rohingya arrested over Maungdaw attacks have now been released.
https://twitter.com/poppymcp/status/792752650156593152
20.8749750000000, 92.5250000000000
Noor Alam s/o Abdul Karim, aged 30, is arrested in from of Buthidaung main market. This is a letter for his release:
Officer : United Nations
Date: 2nd November 2016
Arakan Times :
Subject : Requesting to immediately investigate and help save the innocent victim Noor Alam
Dear Sir/madam,
We are some villagers of Maung Gyi Taung village, So Oh Pyin hamlet, Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, Myanmar.
On 30th October 2016, some police arrested Noor Alam s/o Abdul Karim aged 30 years in front of Buthidaung main market while he went for buying. After all, there is no any news of him.
However, on 1st November, it was found that Noor Alam was arrested due to having linkage with 9th Oct attack. We are very surprised and are deeply concerned. As you aware, it is quite tough for every Rohingya to transport. He is very simple man. He was graduated in recent years by majoring B.Sc[Bio Chemistry]. He has been passing his life with noble profession “Teaching”. He was a villagers appointed school teacher and high school tuition teacher for private. He is innocent. It’s a false allegation and a distinct process of genocide against Rohingya.
Therefore, we are humbly requesting you to investigate and help release him as soon as possible.
Villagers
Maung Gyi Taung, So Oh Pyin,
Buthidaung Township, Arakan State
Myanmar
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/11/02/requesting-letter-to-release-rohingya-innocent-graduate-student/
Graduation photo of Nur Alam
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793922995857264640
Mosques across Myanmar are being raided (not just in Rakhine).
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792594882455932928
Mosques in ThingyanKyun of Yangon checked on 28th:
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792595621743955968
Mosque in AyoeGon of Yangon checked on 29th:
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792595979572645888
Rakhine Prime Minister U Nyi Pu formed a regional Rakhine security force to take charge of the ‘land clearance operation’.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792587323888111616
Government schools announce that ID cards cannot be issued for the Rohingya, following state order.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792594219734933504
State media has been emphasising Islamic terrorism around the world to turn public opinion against the Rohingya.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792596879875854336
Military junta did not allow Rohingya to have birth certificates. Now with the NLD even Muslims are not being granted birth certificates.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792597483536777216
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792598099143168000
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792711536393359360
Border Guard Police admits to arming Rakhine civilians
https://twitter.com/poppymcp/status/792615206874558464
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3am Rohingya lady, Nur Jahan, age 27, from Kiari Farang [Kyet Yoe Pyin], was struggling from delivery since 3am. She tried to get help but was not allowed. The midwife tried her best to save Nur Jahan and the baby. She didn’t even have paracetamol. The baby died during delivery. [unclear whether Nur also died or just the baby - waiting for confirmation].
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792324764882735104
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792326517904683009
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Starting 8am continuing throughout the day:
Border Guard Police loot Bura Cidda Fara [U Shey Kya] and torture the villagers including women and children
https://twitter.com/Rafiquerhg/status/792300701137432576
8am-5pm Tatmadaw once again raided the restive village tract of Bura Shida [U Shey Kya] para in Maungdaw, sexually assaulted women and broke many houses on Saturday.
At around 8am, the military turned up with trucks and vans to carry off lootable resources. Many women were sexually assaulted during the raid, and there are reports some of them have been raped when soldiers entered their houses. Women often don’t report rapes for fear of bringing shame on their families or for further demoralising the male members of their families.
An 11 year boy identified as Sadek Hossain (s/o Shafiq) was brutally assaulted during the raid. In previous raids, some young boys were arrested as most of the men chose to stay away from the village fearing death and torture. There is no information regarding the fate of the arrested boys.
There have been many arrests and disappearances in the village since October 9 with eyewitnesses reporting dead bodies floating in the river. Many women have been raped. Rights activists allege the army uses rape as a weapon of war to demoralise ethnic minorities and destroy the fabric of their communities.
The raid lasted till 5pm with the army filling their trucks and vans with goods looted from the village. Continuous raids have left many already impoverished households bankrupt and fears of food shortages in this season.
11.30am military forces along with NaTaLa villagers raided a mosque and madrassa together in U Shey Kyar’s West Hamlet. While they were there they destroyed copies of the Holy Quran by tearing them apart. The military in the village at this time had been divided into four patrol groups, with one headed to the Northern Hamlet where they raided mosques and also desecrated the Holy Quran by tearing it up. Two of the other groups during raids on the Middle Hamlet mosque and a nearby market. The four military groups looted properties at this time as well, taking what they wanted and destroying other belongings of the Rohingya living in the village. The soldiers were also reported by locals to have abused and beaten women and elderly at this time. Local civilians told RB News that the motivation for the soldiers was to retaliate against the villagers there for talking to the media about other abuses that had been committed over the past month. After the raid at around midnight, the forces gathered again in the mosques, where they cooked and ate goats and chickens they had stolen from the villagers. On October 30th the forces left in the morning, taking with them what they had looted from the villagers there. While they were in the mosques, they wrote records for themselves which identified who they were.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/details-revealed-of-military-officers.html
12pm From 12 noon, military have been looting the village of U Chin Kya [U Shey Kya], including taking phones https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792324764882735104
Afternoon Army raid U Shey Khar village again. Loot all the valuables, destroy household belongings and beat the women.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/792391308631478272
U Shey Kya village is raided by the army. They looted valuable things, destroy household good and tear pages of the Quran. Photos here:
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/792724261664415744
List left by soldiers in the mosque at at U Shey Khar
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/792724261664415744
The Burmese military plundered Rohingya homes and their valuable properties during yet another raid conducted in the village of ‘Oo Shye Kya (Bura Shiddafara)’ on yesterday (October 29) afternoon. Reports also said that the military beat and molested women during the raid. The military in the northern Maungdaw are using the local Mosques and other Islamic religious structures as the military bases including the mosque ‘Oo Shye Kya’, while damaging the structures and committing derogatory acts in the mosques.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-armed-forces-continue-brutalities-rohingya/
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Afternoon The commander of the Burmese military regiment base at ‘Kamauk Seik (Foira Bazaar)’ [Kha Maung Seik] and the Commander of the BGP Commandment Region 2 summoned the village administrators under the region for a meeting yesterday (October 29) afternoon.During the meeting, the army commander ordered the village administrators to ban the local Rohingyas from moving from a village to another. He further ordered the village administrators to stop the locals from visiting from a resident to another.This order came on pretext of the raids likely to be conducted soon in the villages as the military suspect some so-called armed militants are hiding in the region. The military are trying to destabilize even the Rohingya villages that have been calm and quiet.The northern Maungdaw has been under the military lock down since October 9 leading to the humanitarian such as severe shortage of foods and medicines.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-armed-forces-continue-brutalities-rohingya/
20.5432205200195, 92.5442962646484
a patrol team of BGP forces of Kyaukpandu (Shitapuri) [South Maungdaw] Outpost physically assaulted some Rohingya fishermen of the village of Maungdaw South while they were catching fish along the coast of the sea.The victims were identified as Mohamed Zuhar 30 s/o Goni Miah, Hairul Amin 32 s/o Goni Miah, Mosi Ullah 39 s/o Shobor Muluk, Abubokkor Siddik 29 s/o Nur Mohammed and Mohamed Yousuf 30 s/o Rashid Ullah of the village. The victims were mercilessly assaulted to severe injury by the Border Guard Police forces of Kyaukpandu BOP, while Mosi Ullah is in critical state among the victims following violent assaults. It is not certain if Mosi Ullah will be alive or not. At one stage of beating, BGP tried to slaughter all the victims at the spot, eye witness said.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/30/bgps-oppression-escalates-on-rohingya-in-maungdaw-south/
All Rohingya prisoners are moved from Maungdaw police station to unknown location, possibly Buthidaung prison.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/792388072855965696
Three Rohingya who attended a meeting with authorities in Rathedaung the previous day are now mentioned as terrorists
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792324326473158656
Although the army have stopped killing people in Maungdaw, they are arresting the educated Rohingya, the rich, the teachers and the young people.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792019480490549249
Hundreds of Rohingya are trying to leave Maungdaw to save their lives, but there is no way out, all routes are blocked.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792020438796767232
21.00905, 92.50731
1am at about 1 AM military again arrived in the same village [ward 9 of Taugbazar], where another 8 Rohingyas were beaten and harassed inhumanly. Later they extorted 50000 Kyats from each. Victims are identified to be:
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-bgp-continues-arrests-money-extortion-rohingyas/
6pm three Rohingyas were arrested from the Taung Bazaar area at around 6pm the same day [Fri 28th]. Their whereabouts are also unknown. They have been identified as Shukkur (s/o Kala Mia), Md Idris (s/o Abdullah) and Shona Miah (s/o Lal Miah).
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/362-four-including-community-elder-dissappear-in-buthidaung
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Community leaders from 4 villages in Rathedaung, including Kudinkauk and Chilhali were called for a meeting. They were warned not to farm or gather in groups of more than 4 people, and not to go out after 5pm, even if it is in an emergency. Ayub from Kudankauk in Rathedaung was then taken to the Commander’s office, and was later taken to Maungdaw by the army. Everyone fears they will accuse him of being a terrorist.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792017992435376129
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792018475841564673
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792018881954979841
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/792022663426256896
1pm A community elder was arrested by Hlun Htein from Shillkhali, Buthidaung [possibly a mistake, should have said Rathedaung].
Ayub (s/o) Kadir was apprehended at a local tea shop at around 1am [clearly a mistake, should be pm] on Friday. He was alleged to be in cohorts with Muslim rebels. The exact circumstances surrounding his arrest is however mysterious as he is also a village administrator.
His current whereabouts are unknown.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/362-four-including-community-elder-dissappear-in-buthidaung
1pm BGP’s 2nd battalion commander and Rakhine (magh) village administrator arrested another Rohingya from Rathedaung township while passing from a local tea shop and took him to the BGP headquarter at 01:00 PM afternoon.
The victim is identified to be Ayub S/O Kadir Hussain, 38 hailing from Shilkali (Chinkali) Rohingya IDP village and is the village administrator the same village. Since the arrest he is in incommunicado from his family and they are in fear of receiving his death news due to obvious tortures of military on the arrestee. According to locals the arrest was preplanned from 11th October for the attacks of 9th October.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-bgp-continues-arrests-money-extortion-rohingyas/
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1am A boat full of Rohingya people, including several families with elderly, women and children, are shot dead by the Burmese Navy. Their bodies are floating.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/791517572407537664
“In the incident 2 boats were carrying several families consisting of women, children and elderly people hailing from Raimurbill (Ye Dwin Gyn) village of Maungdaw, where passengers of 1 boat was fully shot to dead and casualties of the other boat is still unknown.
Only one of the family is identified to be Zubair’s and several other family are still unidentified.Corpses are still floating in the river and no authority have arrived on the crime scene yet. More soon..“
[Yae Twin Chun or Yae Twin Kyun Vt is Ramibil or Raymya Gona in MGD North along Naff river - via @mir_sidiquee https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/791577335690559490]
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-navy-shot-boatful-of-rohingyas-to-death/
Tweet says 15 dead, the victims were fleeing army atrocities in Yae Twin Kyun https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/791580905768947712
Report says at least 11 dead:
At least 11 innocent people were killed in a Burmese Navy shooting rampage on two boats carrying Rohingya people on board in the Naff River around 1 AM today, a reliable sources said.
It has been reported that the victims were fleeing from the continuous military assaults and extrajudicial killing of the innocent civilians in Maungdaw to Bangladesh. Most of the victims of the incident are from ‘Ye Twin Chaung (Raimma Bil) and Paung Zaa (Ashikka Fara)’ villages.
“During the shooting spree by the Navy, some people were hit by bullets and died. While some other people died drowning in the Naff River as they jumped off the boats.
“The dead bodies are still floating in the river. The corpses have not been rescued yet. They are still floating in the river. At least 11 people died including children”, said a local on the condition of anonymity.
Meanwhile, the victims alive have been detained at the POE Border Guard Police (BGP) camp nearby the boat jetty in Maungdaw.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/11-rohingya-feared-dead-burmese-navy-shooting-rampage/
Image of estimated location of the boat
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/791615254849400833
Report here puts the time of crossing at 11pm on 26th Oct. Family of 5 from Raimmabil (Yedwinchaung) village arrested, the 3 children (age 13, 10 and 7) later released to their uncle (brother of the arrested man) but the parents still in prison. The parent’s names are Muhammed Zubair, age 47, and Nur Kis age 35.The uncle to whom the children were released is Mohammed Foyas, chariman of Raimmabil village (who is also known to have been tortured several times before, following false allegations of his involvement in the (Oct 9th attacks). The parents are now being held in KyiKanPyin BGP headquarters, which is now well known for its torture.
http://www.thestateless.com/2016/10/29/a-failed-attempt-to-save-rohingya-family/
Photo of Rohingya family (inc children) arrested in River Naff by police and taken into police custody
https://twitter.com/Sthumoe/status/791758256221908992
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9.30am 10 Rohingya ladies are beaten by the military and have their gold and cash looted, in the village of U Shin Gya. [note that this is the same village where 30 were raped by the military on 19th Oct]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/791541473384824832
21.06645, 92.34207
1-3pm Army, BGP, police and Rakhine hold a meeting at the school of Longdun in Maungdaw then depart. The Rohingya are worried about what is going to happen next.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/791587354704121856
21.1789493560791 92.2055282592773
2pm A 10 year old Rohingya girl from Ye Aung Chaung hamlet, Mie Taik village tract in Maungdaw, is raped by Border Guard Police
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/792403889194733568
2pm The Burmese Border Guard Police (BGP) raped a minor Rohingya girl in northern Maungdaw on Thursday (October 27) afternoon, an eyewitness said.
While the 10-year-old Rohingya girl was herding her family-owned cattle at ‘Yae Aung Chaung’ hamlet of ‘Mi Htaik’ village tract under ‘Taung Pyo’ sub-township around 2 PM of the day, three BGP Personnel patrolling in the region assaulted her and one of them subsequently raped her.
“Two BGP personnel held her hands tightly, while another one raped her. As soon as we saw that, we quickly ran into our village and informed the people. As the people came for her rescue, the BGP ran away”, said a cow-herding boy who witnessed the incident.
Since the villagers rushed to rescue, only one of the three BGP personnel was able to rape her and other two had to flee the spot. However, the girl was seriously injured, according to a villager.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/border-guard-police-rape-minor-rohingya-girl/
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Some hours before 4pm A Rohingya lady, mother of a 3 month old baby, wife of A.S. is gang raped by the military in Sarfoddobil (Hla Bo Gawn) village of Maungdaw North. [Sarfoddibil is called Hla Pho Kong Village track in Burmese, 7 to 8 miles far to the North of Maungdaw, a small tract of not more than 250 houses - info via https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/792038938747822080
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/792038938747822080] She was left unconscious for several hours. She regained consciousness at 4pm and logged a complaint to the official of the army column. The officer took a photo and listened to her complaint. After the officer had left, the military who had attacked her returned to the village, but she managed to flee with the help of her relatives. She is left in a severe health condition in hiding, with no access to healthcare.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/28/a-woman-raped-in-sarfoddobil/
20.9103507995605, 92.3973922729492
Afternoon More than 40 cattle belonging to the Rohingya are looted by the army and NaTaLa villagers from Kyi Gan Pyin South hamlet in Maungdaw.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/792150489546850304
21.0350093841553, 92.3320465087891
10 innocent Rohingya civilians arrested today accused of being terrorists [told via chat that 8 of them were arrested from Nga Sa Kyu]
https://twitter.com/Sthumoe/status/791750815606276101
A Rakhine police officer with a list of Rohingya names met with Futia, age 14 years, to see if Gaffar is home or not in Quarter 5. The list is said to contain 165 names of Rohingya from downtown Maungdaw. It is believed they will arrest all the educated people, teachers, spokesmen, the rich and the INGO staff from the Rohingya community.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/791531199839645696
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/791533603138134016
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/791533961822339072
The Rakhine State Municipal Minister, U Aung Min, visited the Rakhine (Magh) Buddhist community in northern Maungdaw last Thursday (October 27) and asked them about their problems.Without even meeting the Rohingya Muslim representatives in the region, the State Minister went on to say “I went there and meet up the Muslim representatives in northern Maungdaw. They said they are not having any problems in the region”, in a BBC Interview .Commenting on that, a local Rohingya resident in northern Maungdaw said “this is a sheer case of blatantly lying.”
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-armed-forces-continue-brutalities-rohingya/
Aid is being sent to the Buddhists in Maungdaw but is blocked for the Muslims. Source: MOI FB page.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/791647686776717312
21.00905, 92.50731
6.10pm Rohingyas From ward 9 of Taugbazar [Butidaung township] were arrested by military at 6:10 PM and were beaten and tortured brutally in front of their homes. Later they were arrested and taken to headquarter. Reason of arrest is still unknown. Victims are identified to be :
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-bgp-continues-arrests-money-extortion-rohingyas/
10am Tatmadaw personnel once again desecrated a Quran, this time during a raid in a Rathedaung village. They also assaulted villagers during the raid.
On Thursday, at around 10am, the army personnel entered the village tract of Soho parang and finding the boundaries of some of the houses partially intact went to a rage and proceeded to severely assault two of the respected members of the community. They have been identified as Md Yahya, 45, and Moundulah, 26.
The army then forced locals to knock out all the boundaries, even the shelters of toilets. The 15 families which did not finish knocking out the boundaries were fined 150,000 kyats each.
They then went to the main mosque of the area and entered it. They went into the area where the imam stands to lead the prayers and started kicking everything. They also got hold of the holy Quran and kicked it, all the way out of the mosque..
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/363-quran-desecrated-again-this-time-in-rathedaung
20.41184998 92.65679169
Afternoon An aid worker is prevented from reaching Shilkali (Chinkali) and Koe Tan Kauk Rohingya IDP camps in Rathedaung by a group of Rakhine (described as ‘extremists’)
http://www.rvisiontv.com/rakhine-extremists-stop-aid-worker-way-idp/
11.15pm Near Chilhali Rohingya IDPs in Rathedaung, BGP and police fired several times into the air to threaten the Rohingya
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/791699532132167680
21.0072708129883 92.3585205078125
4.30am At least 10 Rohingya are arrested at Gunna hamlet in Nga Sa Kyu [possibly mistake, Gone Nar is in Ngan Chaung which is next to Nga Sa Kyu] village tract.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/791147564154380288
21.0350093841553, 92.3320465087891
7am Three groups of military and Rakhine start raiding Naisafuru [Ngar Sa Kyu] village of Maungdaw, looting Rohingya shops in the market and homes
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/791137181477855232
Early morning Military surround the village of Nga Sa Pyu (Nai Sa Pru), loot the houses and arrest at least 7 villagers. One of them, the eldest among them [presumably Nur Hussain who is listed as age 70], is released later in the day following severe torture. The names of those arrested (that are known) are:
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/27/myanmar-army-continue-crackdown-arrest-10-in-nga-sa-pyu/
11 innocent Rohingya arrested at Nashapuri of Maungdaw, feared now tortured to admit that they are terrorists. There names are:
1. Auli Husein s/o Shukur 65
2. Nur Husein s/o Shukur 70
3+4. Akhtar Husein-27& Kamal-25 sons/o Auli Husein
5.Shabbir s/o Bodumia 60
6. Abul Kalam s/o Mirhamza-67
7.Shuna Ali s/o Mauggia Ali -65
8.Zafar s/o Shuna Ali 23
9.Hamid Husein s/o Shunamia 65
10. Auli Husein s/o Hasumia 61
11. Maung Chay s/o Auli Ahmed 17 yrs old
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/791178928295555072
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/791188134859988992
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/791190228715184128
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/791190940811530240
12 Rohingya men were arrested by the military from a mosque whilst praying in Nga Sa Kyu. Villagers heard them screaming, presumably due to torture. The testimony comes via one of the victim’s sons who is now living in Saudi Arabia.
https://twitter.com/dousmohamad1/status/791389241733476354
https://twitter.com/dousmohamad1/status/791391017522069504
https://twitter.com/dousmohamad1/status/791391558050406402
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7 Rohingya women from Pan Myaung [Hpan Myaung on standardised list] in Nga Sa Kyu village tract were gang raped by the army on 24th. One has died today and another is in a very serious condition now.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/791297118237552640
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/791328589753049088
A 19-year-old gang-raped Rohingya girl died on October 26, Wednesday. The victim was one of the eight women gang-raped by the Burmese Military at Naisha Furu (Nga Saa Chu) village in northern Maungdaw from October 24 to October 26.
Critically injured, the teenage gang-raped victim was unable to get access to medical treatment as the whole region has been under the military lock down.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/updates-burmese-militarys-atrocities-rohingya-civilians-continue/
A 19 year old Rohingya lady dies in Nga Sa Gru after being raped the day before.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/359-girl-dies-follwing-rape-in-nga-sa-gru
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Morning Military conducts raids on 3 Rohingya residents in Oo Kyi Kyar (Burashidda Fara) [U Shin Gya] in northern Maungdaw. After plundering the homes they arrest Rohingya villager U Bodi Alam
http://www.rvisiontv.com/updates-burmese-militarys-atrocities-rohingya-civilians-continue/
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a Rohingya resident of the village [Kyaukpandu (Shitapuri) in South Maungdaw] was brutally beaten to unconscious state by BGP forces according to the command of the BGP sergeant who is so cruel among the forces, said the source. The villager said, “Despite the rough situation, the military are not persecuting the villagers much and even they are trying to ensure the peace to the Rohingya villagers. The army officer based in Kyaukpandu camp is very good and kind who has permitted the villagers to open shops and other business. But the BGP forces are conducting crackdown where they are assaulting innocent people, looting the properties and arresting people who are set free after extorting huge amount of money from the victims”.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/30/bgps-oppression-escalates-on-rohingya-in-maungdaw-south/
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A Rakhine is seen burying a gun in a paddy field. Rohingya villagers catch him. They suspect it is part of a plot to frame the Rohingya as terrorists. This happened in the village of Quain Cára Bil also known as Nwáyung Taung [Nwar Yon Taung] in Burmese.
https://twitter.com/dousmohamad1/status/791545478408273920
20.9103507995605, 92.3973922729492
A mentally disabled Rohingya boy, age 17, named Shofi, was questioned by the border guard police. He was questioned about a list of more than 100 men, whether they were involved with the attack on the BGP headquarters. For each man Shofi said yes, he is involved. After that they took Shofi with them and ordered for all the men on the list to be arrested. The list contained all the educated, rich or religious people in Naing Chaung (also known as Ngaing Chaung, Ngan Chaung or Ngang Chaung) in northern Maungdaw.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/791275397740531712
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/791276229445824513
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/791276904733036544
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/791277804989972480
The Border Guard Police (BGP) arrested a mentally challenged teenage boy Mohammed Shafi from Gi-Kan-Piyin (Hawar Bil) [Kyi Kan Pyin]on Wednesday. The village administrator of the village, Ko Phyoe, a Rakhine Magh extremist, is misusing him as a witness of the October 9 raid on the BGP Headquarter to make an arbitrary arrest list of innocent Rohingya civilians.
According to a local resident, the arrest list has already been pre-decided by the Rakhine administrator and he is just using the mentally boy to establish the arrest list (he made specifically targeting some innocent but influential people in the village).
http://www.rvisiontv.com/updates-burmese-militarys-atrocities-rohingya-civilians-continue/
A teenage boy was arrested from Kawa Bil [Kyi Kan Pyin] in Maungdaw.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/358-october-9-eyewitness-in-kawa-bil
9.30am 8 Border Guard Police arrive at Kafayatullah's house in MraugYwa(Upp) of Buthidaung, check the place and rob it.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/791178528976875520
Ma Ba Tha monks arrive in Buthidaung, expected to fuel the tension.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/791168614992867328
An innocent Rohingya man from Buthidaung is arrested by the Army. He is a former employee of @Gret_ONG.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/792846049035583488
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4.am 2 innocent Rohingya are arrested from Ward 3 in Buthidaung, they are Mohammed Noor and his younger brother Joker
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/791173622748635136
Later in the evening they were released, authorities said they were mistakenly arrested:
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/791249238416121856
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1am - 9am All Rohingya (including 3 babies) from NgaKhaingdong in Buthidaung were taken out of their homes and forced to bow their heads, not look at the army, in silence. When the babies cried, the army kicked the mothers. Then the army searched everything in their homes and looted money and gold.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/791197711538073600
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/791198118716899332
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/791200257136660480
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Date: 30th October 2016
Subject: : Requesting to immediately investigate and help save the innocent victim Sayed Ahmed
Dear Sir/madam,
We are some villagers of Kyat Mauk Taung east village, Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, Myanmar.
On 26 October 2016, some police from no.21, Lay Myo police station came to our village and arrested Sayed Ahmed s/o Feran aged 54 years. When asked the reason of arresting, the police said that it was an order from no.13 Battalion, Buthidaung. While the family members went to meet him at no.13, Battalion, they were not allowed. After that, there is no any news of him.
However, on 29th October, it was found that Sayed Ahmed was arrested as a terrorist. We were very surprised. He is very simple man and even doesn’t interested in politics. He has been passing his life with agriculture. He is innocent.
Therefore, we are humbly requesting you to investigate and help release him as soon as possible. Villagers
Kyat Mauk Taung
Buthidaung Township, Arakan State
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/30/police-arrest-a-rohingya-in-kyat-maung-taung/
Sayed Ahmed from Buthidaung is later released on 1st November
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/793429866892910593
Early Morning until 9.30am Tatmadaw raided a number of village tracts in Rathedaung on Wednesday, and made a number of ‘sexual’ assaults’ on the local Maulavis.
In the early hours following dawn, the military fell on Firing Dong and asked the collaborators to round up every men and women in the village and told them to assemble at a point. Here they asked the collaborators (tabbe) to identify all the Maulavis. They then started to strip the religious teachers, starting with the most senior teachers. Altogether, around 17 teachers faced molestation by the army.
The army also asked villagers to knock down all boundaries and pay them 450,000 kyats. The money was already arranged by infamous local tabbe Baish Kutu. Following the raid, the soldiers went back to the direction of Sangama at around 9.30 am.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/356-this-time-men-face-sexual-assa
11am Another army team raided the village tract of Soha parang at around 11am. Here they repeated the same practise and proceeded to sexually assault two elderly men and a teenager.
Another army team then turned up in Ore para and sexually assaulted three middle aged men, including the principal of the local madrasa. A community leader named Zubair was brutally hit on the head, resulting in serious injuries. The military also fined the villagers 450,000 kyats which the local collaborators had already collected. The military also told all boundaries should be knocked down, and the big trees must be cut down as guerrillas can use them as a cover.
Rathedaung has not seen the military activity currently prevalent in Maungdaw but our correspondents say the army is demoralising villagers by sexually assaulting and humiliating the respected members of the community. The new tactic employed by the Tatmadaw comes amidst a worsening food crisis and many Muslims, including children pass days without food.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/356-this-time-men-face-sexual-assa
11.30am military ordered locals to assemble at San Ga Ma Rowa [in Rathedaung]. Villagers from nearby Pali parang were also ordered to be present. When the villagers were going to the assembly point, the military fell on them and assaulted them severely on a random basis. No apparent reason was given for the assault.
The two villages were then forced to pay 200,000 kyats for no apparent reason. San Ga Ma Rowa was then asked to pay 100,000 kyats more as they had built a new mosque in the neighbourhood.
The villagers were then questioned about rebel activity. They were ordered to inform authorities about any suspected rebel activity in the area. They were also ordered to knock out all boundaries.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/361-army-invite-rathedaung-rohingyas-to-meeting-and-beat-them-up
1.30pm The military then went to Joo parang at around 1.30 pm and repeated the same process [villagers told to go to a meeting then assaulted]. Villagers who had been ordered to assemble at a point were randomly beaten up by the military. The meeting lasted around one hour when officials frequently lashed out at random villagers and beat them up. The village was forced to pay 400,000 kyats.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/361-army-invite-rathedaung-rohingyas-to-meeting-and-beat-them-up
Evening 4 Rohingya imams from Rathedaung township, Lower Nang Yar village, were beaten and extorted 200,000 kyat by an army officer.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/792466242699423744
A Rohingya lady is raped by two soldiers; the father does not want to publish his or his daughter’s name.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/791192238697046016
2 Rohingya from downtown Maungdaw, Quarter 1, Maung Kyaw age 60 and Kin Zaw age 55, are arrested. The two men provide computer services. Police reportedly demand 10000000kyats or they risk being tortured until they admit they are terrorists.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/790796808293224448
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/790797565864185858
Morning Anwar KyawMyint from Q5 of Maungdaw is arrested by 4 Border Guard Police. They have started arresting innocent Rohingya ‘gentlemen’ from downtown.
https://twitter.com/mufeezul_haque/status/790817149895921664
Military arrest 2 Rohingya from Quarter 1 in Maungdaw, called Khin Zaw and Maung Shwe.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/790829586724511744
Authorities are targeting educated Rohingya, village leaders and social workers, to weaken the Rohingya community.
https://twitter.com/tunkhin80/status/790878680113352709
5 community leaders arrested in Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/tunkhin80/status/790879459138236416
3pm Military arrest 2 Rohingya elders from Quarter 1 in Maungdaw. They were called to the village administrator office for a meeting and were subsequently arrested. They are U Khin Zaw and U Maung Kyaw.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/widespread-military-brutalities-rohingya-continue/
21.06645, 92.34207
9am Military start raiding shops and houses of LongDong in Maungdaw, the villagers are very scared.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/790778598726656000
9am 40 army personnel start raiding LongDong, beating Rohingya people, raiding shops and houses
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/790826925648322560
http://www.rvisiontv.com/widespread-military-brutalities-rohingya-continue/
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Military start raiding Burashidda fara (OO Kya Kar) village again, arrest an innocent Rohingya boy and loot a vehicle.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/790829079721148416
Military raid Bura Sidha para, arrest a young boy, and steal a motor vehicle that belongs to a Rohingya man.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/352-bura-sidha-para-raided-again
3.30pm Military once again started raiding the ‘OoKyeKyar (Burashidda Fara) village in northern Maungdaw and arrested an innocent Rohingya boy. Furthermore, they seized a motorcar from a Rohingya. The villagers are in extreme fear as earlier, many have been arrested, tortured and killed; and women have been raped in that village since 9th October.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/widespread-military-brutalities-rohingya-continue/
20.9734306335449, 92.2959823608398
10.15am About 15 military and BGP personnel enter Raimmabil (Yedwinchaung) and fire into the crowd, seriously injuring 2 Rohingya. A villager says their chairman was taken twice to BGP headquarters for interrogation where he was beaten. The police also demanded that the chairman’s brother be handed over.
http://www.thestateless.com/2016/10/25/two-rohingya-wounded-as-military-fired-into-crowd/
10.30am 2 Rohingya are injured at Ye Dwin Chaung (Raimma Bil) village as a result of a military random shooting. Awaiting more details.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/790852110761930753
http://www.rvisiontv.com/widespread-military-brutalities-rohingya-continue/
20.9103507995605, 92.3973922729492
11am “three Burmese BGP personnel gang-raped a 25-year old Rohingya woman at the gun-point at the ‘MotuFara’ hamlet of ‘KyiKanPyin (Hawar Bil)’ village tract around 11:00 AM”
http://www.rvisiontv.com/rohingya-women-gang-raped-burmese-armed-forces/
11.30am Maw Too Fara is a sub-hamlet at West hamlet in Kyi Gan Pyin village tract where 60 houses and some 400 Rohingyas reside. Today, October 25th, 2016 at 11:30am, three BGP police came to the village and raided the house of one 45 year old man and they tried to rape his 18 year old daughter. Fortunately, she could escape even she was caught by them originally. As their plans with the girl failed, they looted a solar panel and a battery. They then raided the house of Mr Bawdi Alom s/o Mamed Husson (38-year-old). They looted a solar panel and a battery from Mr Bawdi Alom’s house as well.
Then three BGP police raided the house of a 26-year-old man and his family. They pulled out the couple from inside. Then they pulled the family from another house and gathered all of them in one place. After gathering them, two BGP police kept the group at gunpoint while the remaining BGP pulled the wife of The 26 year old man into the house and raped her inhumanely. They then left the village.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/three-rohingya-married-women-raped-by.h
12pm 2 Rohingya women are gang raped by the military at Moutu Fara, Kawarbil, Northern Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/Rafiquerhg/status/790913451342180354
21.0037708282471, 92.3511428833008
12pm Two women in Moloipara of Ngan Chaung village tract, Northern Maungdaw were raped by Myanmar army personnel yesterday, October 25, 2016 at around 12.00 pm.
According to our correspondent report, a Column of Myanmar military stopped at the village for a rest after coming down from upper Maungdaw north where they were deployed.
Just after stopping at the village road under a shade of tree to have rest, six of the army personnel from the group entered a Rohingya’s house close to the road and found two women, daughters in law of NA inside the house where they were sexually violated by six of the military forces multiple times. The other male members of the family fled away seeing the army coming.
After committing rape, they got out of the house leaving the victims in an unconscious state and went toward Maungdaw Township along with other armies of the column.
Now the victims of sexually abused of are not getting any treatment in the village since they are completely banned from movement and there is no such hospital where the Rohingya get treatment, source said.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/26/2-women-raped-in-ngan-chaung/
3 married Rohingya women from Kyi Gan Pyin and Ngan Chaung are raped by the army and border guard police.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/790957381865836544
two military soldiers raided the house of a 27 year old and a 25 year old man at 2pm today in Muu Rar Fara hamlet of Ngan Chaung village tract. They held the two men at gunpoint and kicked them out from the house. Then the soldiers raped the wives of two men and left from the place.
An elder from the village said the authorities are informed how the military and BGP are committing crimes against humanity under pretext of a clearance operation. Yet, the government takes action. So it is no doubt whether the crimes are allowed by the government.
As the dignity and safety of the victims are major concern, we left out their names.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/three-rohingya-married-women-raped-by.html
2pm Around 2:00 PM of the day, a group of the Burmese military gang-raped two women at gun-point at ‘MuraFara’ hamlet of ‘NganChaung (NaingChong) village tract. The raped victims are 25 and 27 years old respectively.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/rohingya-women-gang-raped-burmese-armed-forces/
2.30pm Army rape 2 Rohingya women in Ngan Chaung of Maungdaw. Both are daughter-in-laws of N. son of KU.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/790954226180468737
21.0548706054688 92.2796173095703
2pm Army conduct a fresh crack down on Yeduang Pyin [possibly Yae Twin Pyin?] Village. More than 140 army personnel arrive by two boats, surround the village and start looting valuables. They also sexually assault women and fire several rounds of ammunition terrifying everyone in the neighborhood.
Another source said, the army came to Yeduang Pyin village tract from Kyin Chaung (Bawli Bazar) or Londung of Maungdaw North because the owner of one boat they came by was from Londung village and the other one was from Kyin Chaung (Bawli Bazar).
21.0350093841553, 92.3320465087891
4.30pm From a report the following day: “It has been reported that the military raped five teenage girls at ‘Singiri’ hamlet of ‘NgaSarKyu (NashaFuru)’ village during a raid yesterday [25 Oct] evening around 4:30 PM. All girls were between 16 and 19. Many homes were plundered around the same time...”, said a local resident of NgaSarKyu.”
http://www.rvisiontv.com/rohingya-women-gang-raped-burmese-armed-forces/
4.30pm At least five young women/girls, all in their teenage years, were raped when military raided Nga Sa Gru in Maungdaw on Tuesday. At around 4.30 pm, the military broke into houses of Rohingya Muslims and raped the women who were all in their late teenage years. One of them, age 19, dies the following day.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/354-seven-more-raped-in-nga-sa-gru-and-kawa-bil
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/359-girl-dies-follwing-rape-in-nga-sa-gru
20.9125804901123 92.3538894653320
4.30pm From a report the following day: “... Around at the same time, another group of the military molested many women in the neighboring ‘Hla Phoe Gaung’ village and robbed/forcibly pulled away ornaments from their bodies. The villagers were beaten and tortured too”, said a local resident of NgaSarKyu.”
http://www.rvisiontv.com/rohingya-women-gang-raped-burmese-armed-forces/
21.0109996795654 92.3349304199219
4.30pm Two women in Kya Yu Pyin (Kiyariprang) village tract, Northern Maungdaw were raped by Myanmar army personnel Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at around 4.30 pm.
According to our correspondent report, a Column of Myanmar military stopped at the village for a rest after coming down from upper Maungdaw north where they were deployed.
Just after stopping at the village road under a shade of tree to have rest, four of the army personnel from the group entered a Rohingya’s house close to the road and found two women, Wife of ( S.) ( Warm official part of Village) S. A. 33 Year Old and daughters of S. A. 20 year old inside the house where they were sexually violated by four of the military forces multiple times. The other male members of the family fled away seeing the army coming.
After committing rape, they got out of the house leaving the victims in an unconscious state and went toward Maungdaw Township along with other armies of the column.
Now the victims of sexually abused of are not getting any treatment in the village since they are completely banned from movement and there is no such hospital where the Rohingya get treatment, source said.
A villager say the rape incident on Rohingya women have been increasing day by day after the attack on the BGP forces by unidentified invaders on October 9 in three outposts of Maungdaw and Rathedaung. The army members including other forces are sexually violating our Rohingya women every day taking the advantages of chasing attackers entering in every house of the village.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/29/two-women-raped-in-kya-yu-pyin-kiyariprang/
Military entered the Rohingya neighbourhood in Zar Di Taung in Rathedaung on Tuesday and ordered all fences of houses, including toilets to be knocked out on an emergency basis.
The meeting with village elders including the village headman lasted around one hour. The military said the fences should be knocked out within noon, which gave the villagers only two hours. They also threatened that houses whose fences were not knocked out would be burned, which might result in the entire village being burned.
The officials also ordered a list of all Maulavis and their students be prepared. Also they said any Maulavis who would not turn up within 15 minutes of being summoned would be fined.
Also from now on, any villager going to the hills with food will be shot by security forces. This is because they alleged locals might provide food for suspected Muslim rebels.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/351-growing-tensions-in-rathedaung
21.0044403076172 92.5002288818359
A mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law were raped in front of each other at Ngaraing Chaung, Buthidaung.
On Tuesday, a military patrol of seven to eight soldiers surrounded a house in the area. Two of the officials went inside the house while the others guarded from outside. Here they proceeded to rape the two women in front of each other. There were no other family members present in the house during this time.
The Arakan Project has received reports of 5 Rohingya girls between age 16 and 18 being raped in a village on 25th.
21.0682201385498 92.3364334106445
7am The military based at the primary school in Zedi Pyin hamlet of Laung Don village tract
separate into 3 groups: One leaves for Sin Thay Pyin hamlet in Laung Don village tract, one leaves for Pan Myaing hamlet in Nga Sar Kyu village tract and one leaves for the nearby mountains.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/myanmar-army-pillage-rohingya-villages.html
7am Lower Zedi Pyin Hamlet
Soldiers reach a house in Lower Zedi Pyin where 20 women are staying. The women refuse to open the door as they afraid when the soldiers knock, so the soldiers break the door and assault the women. When the women try to escape the soldiers open fire. Another 30 soldiers joined them after hearing the gunshots. The soldiers then force the women to gather in one place outside of the house and select 7 women to take away but the women escape. The military then raid the house next to that of Zawfor Alom and hit 65-year-old Amir Hussein in the head with a gun. The man is seriously injured and left without medical care. After the soldiers leave the women counted take a head count and find two women are missing but later they find them at a nearby house in hiding.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/myanmar-army-pillage-rohingya-villages.html
During the raids conducted by the military at SinThayPyin (Haanti Fara), PanMyaing (Kappus Sor) and ZaydiPyinAuk villages yesterday [Mon 24 Oct], the military tortured people; looted money and properties from their homes; and bodily assaulted many Rohingya women.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/widespread-military-brutalities-rohingya-continue/
Military in Lound Don, Maungdaw, strip search and assault 20 Rohingya women in full public view, forcing family members, including young children, to watch.
21.0652294158936 92.3454132080078
7am Sin Thay Pyin Hamlet
A group of 30 soldiers raid East Sin Thay Pyin sub-hamlet and force the women out from over 300 houses and gather them in the middle of the hamlet. The soldiers and NaTaLa villagers then start looting from the houses in East Sin Thay Pyin sub-hamlet and also looted seven shops and take away all belongings to NaTaLa village. This looting continues until 6pm. The value of goods from seven shops may be more than seven million kyat, according to the locals. The soldiers and villagers also loot all the chickens, ducks, pigeons and goats from the houses. When they finish looting, the soldiers order the women to return to their homes, where they find that their houses have been emptied.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/myanmar-army-pillage-rohingya-villages.html
8am-4pm Army loot Longdun, Sinthay Pyin, breaks the doors with ladies in the houses, tried to rape the ladies, when they run the army shoot at them, no-one knows how many may have died. This report was given by a lady who escaped.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/790581023331323904
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/790581564245626880
10.30pm 200 army personnel abduct 7 Rohingya girls from Sin Thay Pyin village and take them to their camp
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/790648043062169600
During the raids conducted by the military at SinThayPyin (Haanti Fara), PanMyaing (Kappus Sor) and ZaydiPyinAuk villages yesterday [Mon 24 Oct], the military tortured people; looted money and properties from their homes; and bodily assaulted many Rohingya women.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/widespread-military-brutalities-rohingya-continue/
21.0597896575928 92.3499679565430
Soldiers raid 15 houses in Pan Myaing hamlet of Nga Sa Kyu village tract and beat the women there. They then loot gold, cash, solar panel systems and other valuables from the houses, as well as the goods from three shops. The soldiers are seen entering the mosque and tearing out pages of the Quran, as well as burning the quran and urinating inside of the mosque.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/myanmar-army-pillage-rohingya-villages.html
Video from the mosque of Pan Myaing hamlet of Nga Sa Kyu village tract after the military leave:
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/790643098653167616 [video 161024a]
18:00 Military combined with Border Guard Police Forces entered Pan Myaung hamlet in Nga Sar Kyuu village and raped 7 Rohingya women. One died the next day after bleeding according to their family members. Due to dignity reason we can not disclose their names.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
7 Rohingya women from Pan Myaung in Nga Sa Kyu village tract are gang raped by the army. One dies 2 days later on 26th Oct and another is in a very serious condition.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/791297118237552640
During the raids conducted by the military at SinThayPyin (Haanti Fara), PanMyaing (Kappus Sor) and ZaydiPyinAuk villages yesterday [Mon 24 Oct], the military tortured people; looted money and properties from their homes; and bodily assaulted many Rohingya women.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/widespread-military-brutalities-rohingya-continue/
20.9103507995605, 92.3973922729492
9.30am Rohingya who were forced by the military to leave their homes in Kyi Kan Pyin yesterday (23rd) are now told by the military to return to their homes. 300 return, but find that their belongings had been looted. Most of the 300 who have returned are women and children since the men and youth are afraid of being wrongly accused of being terrorists, torture and arrest. Others are too afraid to return. Displaced people in a farm are said to be in urgent need of food, in a place called Sanna Guna, more than 1 mile from Kyi Kan Pyin [still trying to find out Burmese name].
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/790485435776503808
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/790486027597066240
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/790496968128598020
Chat via @nslwin says reports of Rohingya being asked to return are rumour and not confirmed. A different report says that some families went back and were arrested and taken to BGP headquarters, and that it was a rumour to get people to go back so that they could be arrested. One source says that BGP chief asked them to return at 12 noon, but when villagers returned, 40-50 men were arrested. Trying now to get confirmation from one of the villagers themselves as it is unsure regarding what is true and what is rumour. Still much confusion regarding this.
Latest: seems that the order to return may have been a rumour. 40+ Rohingya were apparently forced to return by the army and then arrested by BGP - we are waiting now for confirmation on what happened to them and whether they have been released or not.
Now confirmed: 35 Rohingya were forced to go back to their homes by the military, but were then arrested (including children) and tortured by BGP, then released later in the day.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/790578462234931200
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/a-rumour-spread-about-rohingyas-from.html
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/790577390854377472
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/790578289215541253
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-armed-forces-loot-torture-displaced-rohingyas/
Seven Rohingya women raped several times by the military in Kawar bil [Kyee Kan Pyin], Maungdaw. Many other women molested in full view.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/350-seven-women-from-kawar-bil-raped
20.9990692138672 92.3105316162109
1pm Military with Rakhine youths are raiding Rohingya village of Oo Kye Kyar once again, looting and plundering.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/790442452100329472
2pm 11 innocent Rohingya arrested from U Shin Gya by the army
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/790506274005852160
The 11 men are later released on the same day, following severe torture.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/790534356293062656
“Bashing and banishing” started in Burashidda Para [U Shey Kya], northern Maungdaw. 8 reported arrested so far.
https://twitter.com/msiarakan/status/790404296227508224
10.30am Military start door to door operation in Quarter-5 (NayyaFara) of Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/790441529936445440
Army conducts raids and loots Rohingya homes in Quarter 5 (also known as Naitor Dael or Naya Fara), mostly the richer ones.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/790518704505098241
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/790521056163274752
5pm All fences around Rohingya houses in Myoma Ywa Thit Kay (Ward 5) have to be removed, as ordered by the army
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/790509545126785024
Three Rohingya elders, two from Quarter 1 and one from Quarter 5 in Maungdaw, arrested by the Police on October 24 were released on November 1.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/casualties-among-rohingya-increase-due-to-military-lockdown/
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/794095246615396352
Fences around Rohingya homes in Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Rathidaung have been removed. Some photos here.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/790487208520134656
Four ‘Maulavis’ are brutally assaulted by the military after they are called to a meeting in Rajar Bil, Rathedaung.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/348-army-hunt-for-maulavis-in-rajar-bil
IDPS in Myay Bon, Min Pya and Kyauktaw haven't received their food rations. A call to the WFP revealed that it they have been blocked by authorities.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/790488248300605440
21.0682201385498 92.3364334106445
Morning Two 18 year old Rohingya women are raped by the army in Army in Zedi Pyin lower hamlet in Laung Don village tract, Maungdaw.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/790121689308954624
Military based at the primary school in Zedi Pyin hamlet of Laung Don village tract raid houses in Zedi Pyin and Sin Thay Pyin hamlets. The Rohingya men fled from the hamlet to escape torture by the military. Since there are no men in the hamlet, about 20 women from Lower Zedi Pyin hamlet gather at the home of the hamlet-in-charge head Zawfor Alom in order to help each other.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/myanmar-army-pillage-rohingya-villages.html
20.9103507995605, 92.3973922729492
Rohingya villagers from the Middle hamlet of Kyi Gan Pyin are forced to leave from their houses by the order of BGP chief Thura San Lwin today (with photos of villagers leaving).
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/790095830791364608
Kyi Gan Pyin is the ancestral home of the Rohingya.
https://twitter.com/waiwainu/status/790132284124897280
Video of Rohingya leaving their homes in the middle hamlet of Kyi Gan Pyin today after they were forced to leave by order of Thura San Lwin the Border Guard Police chief today.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/790101716393918464
The Rohingya have been given 4 hours to leave Kyi Gan Pyin.
https://twitter.com/mufeezul_haque/status/790101414777270272
The Myanmar Border Guard Police has been forcing the Rohingya residents of middle hamlet, South, East and Noddin Para of Kyi Gan Pyin village tract, Maungdaw North to leave their houses since today morning.
According to our correspondent, two Moulanas (Religious Teachers) from middle and south hamlets of Kyi Gan Pyin village tract were called to the BGP Headquarter through the village Administrator by the Border Guard Police Chief today, October 23, 2016 at around 8: 00 am.
Just after the Moulans reached the BGP Headquarter, the Chief Thura San Lwin passed an order to them to vacate all the houses of Kyi Gan Pyin middle hamlet within a day and told them to inform the residents to leave their houses immediately.
When a Molvi asked him where and how they will go, the Chief replied that he did not have the answer but it is order of Myanmar government.
After the BGP Chief ordered to leave houses, the villagers from the Kyi Gon Pyin middle hamlet, South, East and Noddin Para began to leave their respective houses to their close villages at around 10 am, shouldering their personal valuables whatever they can carry.
The locals say nearly 400 families have already left houses while more than 3500 people of the families have been rendered homeless now.
A teacher said in sorrow to Arakan Times, “We are losing everything now and suffering lots since we are being forced to leave our houses where we lived generations to generations.
We can just take some cattle, goats, chicken and household articles but most of the valuables are remaining at homes as we have been ordered to leave our houses within a day. Now we are going to face food and shelter crises. Thus our land properties are grabbed by the Myanmar government and allot them to Rakhine people”.
“We are deeply concerned over the current crackdown being carried against our Rohingya by the so-called Democratic government led by Suu Kyi whom we have been supporting and expecting positive changes of Rohingya in Arakan State. On the contrary, the Suu Kyi led government is persecuting the Rohingya more harshly than the previous Thein Sein government” said an elderly man.
Over 500 families and at least 3000 Rohingya have just been made homeless from Kyi Gan Pyin.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/790100854556811264
Around 600 homes.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/790143686449389568
Four Rohingya sources contacted by Reuters by telephone, said border guard officers went to Kyee Kan Pyin village on Sunday and ordered about 2,000 villagers to abandon it, giving them just enough time to collect basic household items.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-myanmar-rohingya-idUKKCN12O20E
8am “two Molvis (Islamic Religious Scholars) from middle and south hamlets of Kyi Gan Pyin were summoned through the village Administrator by the Chief of Border Guard Police. Once the Molvis arrived at the headquarters of the BGP, the Chief Thura San Lwin ordered them to evacuate all the houses in middle hamlet within 24 hours and asked them to inform all villagers to leave for wherever they want. The chief said he doesn’t care where the villagers go.
When a Molvi raised question for forcing them to leave from village, the Chief responded to him that it is by the Government’s order.”
11am “As ordered by the BGP Chief, the villagers from the middle hamlet started leaving from their houses to nearby villages at 11 am, carrying whatever personal belongings that they can. According to the locals, more than 300 houses had to evacuate and at least 2000 villagers are homeless now. Most of them manage their daily livelihood by farming.
“We are facing a lot of difficulties as we have to move cattle, goats, chicken and all household things, clothes and others within 24 hours. We face food shortage and roads are blocked. Now we don’t know where we stay. These all houses belong to our forefathers.” an elderly Rohingya man expresses his sadness to RB News.”
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/rohingya-villagers-from-middle-hamlet.html
“The Hlun Htein has ordered the immediate evacuation of much of Kawa Bil [Kyi Gan Pyin] in Maungdaw, on accusations they have housed Muslim rebels.
In early morning on Sunday, the commander identified as Thura San Lwin ordered community elders from North and Western parts of the village tract to meet them. Most did not go as earlier 15 community leaders who went to meet security forces were arrested, in nearby Nga Khura and at least two died under brutal ‘interrogation’. Here, only two men went to meet the military at around 9am.
During the meeting, the commander told them that people in Kawa Bil had housed Muslim rebels and given them food and shelter prior to an attack on security forces in the area on October 9. When the two Rohingyas refuted the allegations, and said neither they nor the villagers had any idea of rebel activity, the commander accused them of lying. He then said the village must be evacuated within four hours or face an all out assault by security forces.
The representatives came back to their villages and informed the locals of the decision by security forces. Since then terror has pervaded the area and villagers are leaving their homes with any valuables they can carry. Throughout the day, terror struck villagers were seen fleeing the area. At least 2000 people from approximately 300 households are now living in the open.”
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/347-muslims-ordered-to-leave-kawa-bil-one-raped
This report says that Rohingya started to leave “Kyi Gon Pyin middle hamlet, South, East and Noddin Para” at around 10am. 400 families have left their homes and 3500 people rendered homeless.
At least 7 women were raped after fleeing Kawa Bil [Kyee Kan Pyin]. Those who returned found out that all their homes had been looted.
Videos today of newly displaced Rohingya leaving their homes in Kyi Gan Pyin, and setting up camp in a field.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/790101716393918464 [video 161023a]
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/790202112235954177 [video 161023b]
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/790199041174999040 [video 161023c]
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/790202468097466368 [video 161023d]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/790178833009967104 [video 161023e]
https://twitter.com/dousmohamad1/status/790458745973252096 [video 161023f]
Rohingya displaced from East hamlet of Kee Kan Pyin, says they had to leave by 6pm, and more than 2000 of their community was displaced. They later found out that 40 of their homes had been burnt to the ground and all had been looted. They are now staying in a tent, many in fields. They don’t have food and are scared. They need emergency help but no one is helping them.
http://observers.france24.com/en/20161026-burma-rohingya-muslims-displaced-aid-abuses-attack
21.0450305938721 92.3076705932617
11am Military raid Ludaing (Du Den) village [standardised name Doe Tan], loot from the shops and destroy the mosque, assaulting and humiliating the villagers. Many fled and there are reports of people missing.
“At around 11 AM military along with special police while raiding Ludaing (Du Den) village looted many shops were casualties of three shops were known. From those 3 shops they looted 50000, 70000, 100000 kyats and moved towards the central Mosque (Morkoz) and destroyed the structure brutally.
Moreover it is known that many people were tortured and humiliated while raiding, where many jumped into lake and vanished in hilly areas to save themselves from police atrocities and are heard to be missing.“
http://www.rvisiontv.com/special-police-intensifies-continuous-atrocities-maungdaw/
http://www.rvisiontv.com/widespread-military-brutalities-rohingya-continue/
in Olegprang village military beaten and tortured a Rohingya woman and 3 men leading to heavy injuries and bleeding. Due to injuries the woman is in critical condition now and is expected to die soon as no immediate medical facility is available.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/special-police-intensifies-continuous-atrocities-maungdaw/
21.0255508422852 92.2952880859375
6 more arrested from Ngakuya (Nappura): Hasan Shah 25 s/o Khin Maung Tun, Foting Khan 24 s/o Jinna Khan, Mohammed Sadek 27 s/o Dil Mohamed, Powe Khan s/o Jinna Khan including two others of Ngakuya village track of Maungdaw north.
Among the six young men arrested recently, Patin Khan and Powe Khan are sons of Jinna Khan who was beaten to death along with Ludiya by BGP forces in the custody on October 19. The six arrestees including the 9 remaining persons arrested on October 18 have not been freed yet.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/23/6-more-arrested-from-ngakuya/
21.0109996795654 92.3349304199219
7 Rohingya civilians from Kyet Yoe Pyin, including the village administrator, are taken away from the village by the army
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/790883107515891712
21.0743999481201 92.2726364135742
Photos of 5 more Rohingya arrested today
https://twitter.com/Sthumoe/status/790206892387827712
The arrested men are: Sayaduri s/o Omar Atiq(38), Guramiya s/o Karimullah(37), MV Kamaradin s/o MD(30), Mamadullah s/o Abdul Wasi(52). These four men are from Zepin Chaung, North Maungdaw. [standardised name: Zee Pin Chaung]
https://twitter.com/dousmohamad1/status/790472381785640960
20.8189660000000 92.3677600000000
The fifth man arrested is Mg Mg Sein s/o Ozi Ulla,57-yrs, from Downtown,Ward(2), Myoma Taung in Maungdaw.
https://twitter.com/dousmohamad1/status/790473233132847108
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/790517615722541056
20.9193801879883 92.3887405395508
3pm Military torch WaPeik (WaBek). 3 houses have been burnt down and 1 is still burning. The village has been empty since 9th October.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/789764374986579968
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/789807164403494912
21.2000000000000 92.2000000000000
3 villages in Tuang Pyo Let Wet had to pay 2.5 million kyat extortion to the army. 4 elders including the village administration are in army custody now.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/789845810318086145
20.9133090972900 92.3737792968750
At least 5 Rohingya women (4 of them mothers and daughters) are sexually molested by the army in Noun Dah Khali [Thet Kai Pyin], Maungdaw. “On Saturday, an army team came to the village and rounded up women and took them to a nearby field. Here they went to sexually molest the women by touching them in their private parts, forcing some of them to take off their clothes and made lewd remarks in full public view.
Four of these women are mothers and daughters from two households. The mothers and daughters were molested in front of each other and they were forced to witness the entire incident. Their names and identities are being concealed for privacy purposes.
Our correspondent in the area says it is likely more women had to face sexual assault.“
All the men have fled to hide in the jungle for fear of being killed or tortured by the army.
20.68207, 92.44314
9.15pm Army threaten the Rohingya in Alay Than Kyaw of Maungdaw by firing 20 times into the air.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/789853607726231553
21.0255508422852 92.2952880859375
Rohingya receive information that Nga Kgu Ya will be under fire in 3 days. Photo of soldier holding rocket launcher allegedly taken recently, possibly in Reke Chaung Kwassung or Bor Gozi Bil.
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/789754468179017728
20.9103507995605, 92.3973922729492
Reports say that army could raid south hamlet of Kyi Kan Pyin tonight. Homes have already had their fences removed.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/789808306726371329
“Earlier on Saturday night, military personnel broke into the house in the area [Kawa Bil - Kyee Kan Pyin] and raped a young woman in front of her mother. The victim was then hit on the head with a rifle butt. Since then, she is in a serious condition, suffering without medical treatment”
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/347-muslims-ordered-to-leave-kawa-bil-one-raped
21.0682201385498 92.3364334106445
Night: Tatmadaw team raid the village tract of Lound Don in Maungdaw, raped two women and desecrated the Quran
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/349-tatmadaw-rape-two-women-and-desecrate-quran-in-lound-don
Army check the knees of all the youths in Kwun Dine village in Buthidaung, looking to see if any have scars.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/789814143272484864
6pm 7 Rohingya are arrested by the military from Kwun Dine. (one mile away from Buthidaung downtown)
8.30pm The seven Rohingya from Kwun Dine are released following the payment of 1 million kyat extortion.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/789846577493991424
20.9470405578613 92.5196609497070
10am 2 Rohingya boys age 13-14 are arrested in Zedi Pyin (Zar Ti Pyin in Dar Paing Sa Yar village tract) in Buthidaung whilst selling chicken to buy rice. It is reported that the police torture the boys so one of them confesses that he saw some unknown people in the village when the operation started on the Rohingya villages. The boys are said to be arrested because they do not know the name of the administrator.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/789756085951311872
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/789756730607439872
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/789757530477957120
20.41184998 92.65679169
2pm A Rohingya lady and her new born baby die in Shillhali village of Rathedaung Township, after struggling 3 days to deliver with access to healthcare denied. Rohingya in Rathedaung are isolated and cannot buy food due to an order given by MP Daw Khin Su Wey on 20th that the Rakhine should not sell to or buy anything from the Rohingyas.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/miserable-plight-rohingya-continues-rathedaung/
21.0464897155762 92.3393020629883
Joint statement from Rohingya organisations in Australia. States 150 Rohingya killed since the start of the violence and 10,000 displaced, plus acute shortage of food, medicine and other supplies. Highlights the news of 30 Rohingya girls being taken by the military in NgasaKyu in Pyaung Pyaik hamlet, their fate unknown. They believe the violence was likely a fabrication by the military who have an alternative agenda. They state that the Arakan Army also issued a statement saying similar. They question why a 70 year old Rohingya man and women are being blamed as attackers when the two videos given as evidence of the attack showed only young men in the video and no women.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/joint-statement-calls-for-international.html
21.0534305572510 92.2978363037109
9am Military raids the Rohingya houses in Upper Pyu Ma (Ah Htet Pyu Ma) village in Maungdaw. Rohingya villager Bodi Alam is brutally beaten.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/789360203326230528
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/789485145078325248
20.6910991668701 92.5906524658203
10.30am 8 Rohingya from Nyaung Chaung of Buthidaung including 1 imam are taken to a military camp
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/789392862962077701
Morning 3 Rohingya from Buthidaung Nyaung Chaung and Pha Yone Chaung are arrested by the Border Guard Police on false accusations.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/789379055258918912
20.8197307586670 92.3768463134766
A third man from the 11 Rohingya village leaders arrested on Tuesday 18th October has also been tortured to death today and buried at Kanyin Tan cemetery. (2 killed on Wednesday)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/789391686577205248
20.9103507995605, 92.3973922729492
3 of the Rohingya leaders have now been released (follow pressure on military generals). The current situations is that 3 have been killed and 3 released. Remaining in captivity are 5 Rohingya leaders, in addition to the 5 youths (2 of whom are known to be sons of those who were tortured to death). It is said that the 5 leaders and 5 youths are still being held, mostly likely at BGP headquarters in in Kyi Gan Pyin village in Northern Maungdaw or at NgaKura camp. It is currently unknown regarding which additional man was killed - two of the arrested men had beards and it is known that the man killed had a beard.
Source: Twitter chat between @nslwin and @jamilahanan
21.0255508422852 92.2952880859375
The third dead man of the 11 Rohingya leaders is named as Shah Alom, son of Md Alom, age 33, from Mga Khu Ya village in Maungdaw.
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/789583192626003968
21.0109996795654 92.3349304199219
A man has seen least 50 Rohingya corpses along the roadside after Yay Kyaw bridge in Kyet Yoe Pyin in Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/789394882381041664
Soldiers enter the tiny hamlet of Lu Ti prang adjoining Kya ri prang[Kyet Yoe Pyin] and destroy it (11 houses and a mosque) completely.
21.2390804290771 92.2889328002930
Evening Noor Mohd age 27, is shot by BGP in Thit Tor Na Kwatsone village. He is injured by a bullet that hits his leg.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/789790310708551680
A Rohingya man, Nur Mohammad age 36, in Adina Farra [Thit Tone Nar Gwa Son] of Maungdaw, is shot in the legs whilst going to the Friday prayer. Bullets hit both of his legs. No-one could attend the prayer. He is not allowed to go downtown to visit a doctor but a nurse helped him, however there is no medicine.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/789486896493670402
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/789490289509408768
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/789492014979002369
21.0037708282471 92.3511428833008
150 armed men in civilian clothes enter the village tract of Nan Chaung and rape at least 4 Rohingya ladies (probaby more but people do not want to say for fear of shame on their families). During the attack at least 7 elderly ladies are brutally beaten for protesting the rape. The attackers also take away with them food in big sacks that they have brought with them. The ladies are left suffering without medical care as then cannot venture outside of the village. Then men of the village flea the village and go into hiding during the daytime for fear of arrest, torture and death by the military.
At least 4 Rohingya ladies are raped by the army in Nget Chaung. Elderly women were brutally assaulted when they tried to stop the rape. The injured are not allowed to leave the village to seek medical help.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/23/armed-men-rape-young-women-beat-elderly-women-in-nget-chaung/
21.0464897155762 92.3393020629883
Welcome news: following a call to the village of the kidnapped girls taken by military in Pyaung Pyaik hamlet in NgaSaKyu village tract yesterday (20th), we have learnt that the girls were released later on the same day and were not raped.
20.7120208740234 92.5711364746094
MIlitary arrest Rohingya from different villages in the Buthidaung area and bring in artillery and other heavy weapons. Three respected members of the community are arrested in Hpa Yong Chaung shortly after Friday prayers. They are: Abdul Karim, Md Ali and Md Shafi. They are taken away from the village towards the direction of Buthidaung. There are reports that eight have been arrested from Nyaung Chaung and six have been arrested from Gu Fi on Friday. Hundreds of troops are pouring into the area with rocket launchers and light artillery.
21.00905, 92.50731
Fences from Rohingya houses in Taungbazar, Buthidaung Township, have been removed, by order of the Myanmar army and township administration.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/789369932056322048
Rohingya in Buthidaung township have been told by the army to remove the fences surrounding their homes.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/789768846672486400
11pm authorities order villagers in Taungbazar, Buthidaung, to remove fences and cut trees down from around Rohingya houses
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/789709489188380672
21.0863094329833 92.4486236572266
Another 6 innocent Rohingya are arrested by Myanmar Border Guard Police, from the village of Gupphi [Goke Pi?] in Buthidaung Township
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/789457483622412289
Joint statement from 16 international Rohingya organisations stressing the urgency of the situation, calling for intervention to protect the Rohingya and to deliver humanitarian aid.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/joint-statement-urgency-of-current.html
20.8970794677734 92.4695205688477
10am Rohingya man named Ayub, age 45, and 2 other Rohingya from Tamin Chaung of Buthidaung went to the market by bikes. Their bikes were confiscated and money taken from them and they were slapped. When they pleaded for their bikes to be returned the police threatened to lock them up.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/789124479603441664
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/789124922354245632
21.0464897155762 92.3393020629883
Morning Approximately 30 Rohingya girls from Pyaung Pyaik hamlet in NgaSaKyu village tract are taken away by Myanmar army and Border Guard Police (released later in the day following public outcry)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/789027466459357185
3pm The 30 girls taken by the military are being held at a school in Pyaung Paik village, N. Maungdaw (released later in the day following public outcry)
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/789062214070079490
21.0350093841553 92.3320465087891
Report received on 8 Nov: 3 women taken by the army from Nga Sar Kyu on Oct 20th still haven’t been returned.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/796023085493260288 ✓
20.9990692138672 92.3105316162109
Rohingya girls raped by the military yesterday in Burashiddafar (Oo Kya Khar) are in a critical condition
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/788939721795829761
Report from Bura Shida Para [U Shey Kya]. At least 2 women raped Wednesday. 3 bodies seen floating in the river on Tuesday. At least 20 arrested in the neighbourhood. Military raid ongoing.
20.7919597625732 92.4011535644531
Rohingya in Bu Gone Nah (Tat U Chaung) village in South Maungdaw are ordered by the village headman Aishwaramu not to go fishing. Anyone who does is likely to be shot. In addition, authorities have ordered the Rohingya to knock down all fences to their homes, including those that serve as privacy for toilets. Locals protested this measure but authorities insisted that it be enforced.
An order is given by MP Daw Khin Su Wey to the Rakhine, to not sell anything to or buy from the Rohingya, leading to the starvation of Rohingya in Rathedaung township.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/miserable-plight-rohingya-continues-rathedaung/
An old rusty rifle from Karimullah’s house, that belonged to his grandfather during the colonial era and was used for hunting, and no longer works, is presented by the government as evidence that the Rohingya were planning a terrorist attack.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/789118898444447748
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/789119850194935809
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/789120454820704256
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/789121049577140224
To date, 5 Rohingya are reported as having being tortured to death (4 confirmed) and 282 arbitrarily arrested, but hard to check under current situation of course. Rohingya calling for international inquiry.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/789096101605314560
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/789100458140807168
Amnesty calls for immediate lift on restrictions to humanitarian aid
The Arakan Project has received reports of 2 Rohingya women being raped in a village on 20th.
21.0350093841553 92.3320465087891
Early morning military leaves Ludaing (Du Dan) village and heads towards Naisafuru (NgaSaKyu) village where they start raiding.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/updates-2-persecution-rohingya-continues/
21.0255508422852 92.2952880859375
Morning 5 Rohingya youth arrested in NgaKura (in addition to the 11 or 12 elders arrested the day before)
http://www.rvisiontv.com/enforced-disappearances-innocent-rohingyas-burmese-regime/
Also reported here:
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/334-more-arrests-and-disappearances-in-nga-khura This report says that these men gave themself in to the border police because it was threatened that the whole village would be destroyed if they did not. Security forces say that some of the men have joined the resistance, but did not provide any proof of that. It also says that Nga Khura is suffering from severe food shortages as all access to the village is restricted by security forces and 3 men who had gone out to fish on Saturday were shot by the military, one of whom died and the other two are suffering without any medical access.
The situation is worsening in North Maungdaw again. A Rohingya youth has been tortured to death and a 45 year old shot by the army.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/788702982753878016
Another 2 Rohingya are killed whilst in BGP custody.11 were invited to attend a meeting but 2 were arrested and killed.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/788798412472877056
Military arrest 13 Rohingya from Nappura village. 4 of them are kept at the village and others are taken to BGP headquarters.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/updates-2-persecution-rohingya-continues/
Tweet here states that 11 were arrested by police yesterday (on 18th) from Ngakhuya in North Maungdaw, and of those 2 were killed today: Mohammed Jinnah and Serazuddin @ Ludeya
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/788810657818898432
3.54pm A Rohingya girl is reported as gang-raped by armed forces in NgaKura village today. It is hard to obtain details since most of the villagers are fleeing raids in order to avoid arbitrary arrest.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/788675057769934848
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/788675259859775488
This report names the 2 dead as Siraj (s/o Gura Fotu) and Jinnah Khan (s/o Farid). The other community leaders arrested the day before are named as: Sayeed Alam, 59, Shah Alam, 37, Sadiq, 41, Zakir, 56, Jabbar, 60, Osman, 43, Ayub, 55, Anwar,42, Yusuf Ali, 65 and Anwar, 40. Their fate is unknown.
In addition, four men, including three teenagers have also been arrested by the Hlun Htein on Wednesday. Two of them are the sons of Siraj. They are: Abu, 20, and Achay, 18, Fawaz Khan, 19 (son of Jinnah), Sadek, 28. There are also reports that a 17 year son of Jinnah has also been arrested.
Report below lists the 5 additional Rohingya youths arrested from NgaKura village as:
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-stage-fake-events-allege-rohingya-weapon-possessions/
A more detailed report of the 11 men arrested including 2 killed here. The dead men names as Jinnah Khan and Siraz Uddin :
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/rohingyas-in-ngukura-invited-to-meeting.html?m=1
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/21/myanmar-bgp-kill-2-rohingya-in-maungdaw/
1pm A group of military arrive at the house of Kayfaiyath Ullah and Eisak and dig a hole nearby and then bury something. 5 minutes later, after they leave, another group from the military arrive and dig out the hole and take out a weapon from the hole, whilst taking a video.
A Rohingya human rights activist in the area tells RB news:
“If we don’t meet them, they shoot. If we meet them, they arrest and kill. We have no place to escape. No one to help us. People are facing food shortage now. All women, children and elderly are very much afraid now as they are experiencing how the people are being killed. I think the government will carry mass killing like they did in 2012. They will label all terrorists whoever got arrested. They made announcement that many hundreds are involved in the attacks. They did that to arrest as many as they can. They have all handmade weapons with them. They will come to our house and put them in the hole. Then will dig out and make video recording. All is drama. People dare not to stay in the village once they enter. So they can make up anything as they wish. People lost faith. Even escaped from homes they can make up dig a hole, put a weapon, later dig out again found a weapon story. We don’t know to whom we count. Here in Maungdaw the rule of law is just less than zero percent.”
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/rohingyas-in-ngukura-invited-to-meeting.html?m=1
Same event is reported here, with military breaking into the residences of U Kefayat Ullah and U Ishaque in NgaKura (NagPura) village, digging holes in their backyards.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-stage-fake-events-allege-rohingya-weapon-possessions/
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10 am Army arrive in Rabella [Kyar Gaung Taung] in North Maungdaw and force Rohingya to hold swords for a photo and then arrest them all (20 of them). They shoot and kill Hafiz DilMuhammad.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/788728785910640640
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/788729186483474433
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/788729659366121473
Same incident of shooting of Dil Muhammed reported here:
Dil Mohamed 20 s/o Sogir Ahamed - religious man shot dead by army man who was conducting an inquiry - buried in cemetery after ‘Namaj-e-Janaza’
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/19/a-rohingya-shot-dead-16-arrested-in-maungdaw/
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/21/myanmar-bgp-kill-2-rohingya-in-maungdaw/
Photo of Dil Muhammed, age 35, and also his body. From Rabailla (Kya Gong Taung) village in Maungdaw.
https://twitter.com/Aliyeskii/status/789579178786091008
10.30 am 82 military have been raiding Rabaillah [Kya Gong Taung] village of Maungdaw from early morning. They shoot down and killed a Rohingya civilian named to be Dil Muhammed S/O Sakir Ahmed,46.
Military have arrested 8 people in Rabaillah village of Maungdaw while raiding. They are:
Dil Muhammed S/O Sakir Ahmed,46
Helal Ahmed S/Oshabbir Ahmed ,24
Sayed Alma S/O Abu Ahmed
Sayed Akbar S/O Ula Mia
Nurul Amin S/O Amir Mulluk
Sayed islam S/O Ubaidur Rahman
MV Abul Alam S/O Abu taher and rest 3 Rohingyas are still unidentified.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/updates-2-persecution-rohingya-continues/
10.30am - 4pm 30 military raid southern hamlet of MaungNama (MonDama). Rakhine youths had already been with bags to plunder everything. Then the military arrested 17, 3 of whom were released later and the other 14 tortured in Aung Mingalar Rakhine village.
“It has been reported that yesterday (i.e. 19th October) morning, around 30 military personnel along with other 15 Rakhine youths raided the southern hamlet of MaungNama (MonDama) village tract in northern Maungdaw. During the raid from 10:30 AM to 4:00 PM yesterday, the military committed all kinds of atrocities against the villagers.
“The Rakhine (Magh) youths from ‘Aung Mingala’ village already came to ‘MaungNama’ with bags. They plundered and put everything in their bags; right from rice to onions. They pulled away ornaments from the bodies of the women. Literally, they plundered each and everything.
“Meanwhile, the military tortured people and arbitrarily arrested 17 innocent civilians. Of whom, 3 were released later and other 14 have still been being tortured in the ‘Aung Mingalar’ Rakhine village. They could die tomorrow if the military continue to torture them like this,” said an eyewitness on the condition of anonymity.
“Moreover, a few women in the village are also feared to have been raped or gang raped”, he added.”
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-military-continue-commit-serious-crimes-rohingya/
11am Rohingya Hf Dil Mohammed (s/o) SabirAhmed,age 46, is shot dead by military in a raid in OoKyeKyar village.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/788686096796258304
11.30am Report here, published on 22nd, says he was 47, and puts the time of death at 11.30 and explains what happened next to Hafiz Dil Muhammed’s family. It says his wife, Hajera Khatu, and his 13 year old son, were summoned by the police and other armed forces and held at gun point, with the village administrator, Nojim Uddin, and beaten into signing a paper claiming that he was a member of a militant group. The body was taken away by the police and buried in the Muslim cemetery ‘Quarter 2’ in downtown Maungdaw. He leaves behind 9 family members without adequate food, for whom he was the breadwinner. It says he was considered in the village as a man of peace and a noble, caring human being who dedicated his life to teaching children.
http://www.thestateless.com/2016/10/22/myanmar-police-forced-rohingya-family-to-sign-as-militant/
“One innocent man was again shot dead during one more raid in KyarGaungTaung (Rabailla) village this morning. He is Hf Dil Mohammed (son of) Fakhir Ahmed, 46”
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-military-continue-commit-serious-crimes-rohingya/
1 reported killed and 10-12 arrested in Rabailla [Kyar Gaung Taung]
https://twitter.com/Rafiquerhg/status/788758122512936960
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U Shey Kya
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1.30pm Military start raiding Bure shidda fara ( Oo Kye Kyar) and looting Rohingya houses. The villagers are terrified.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/updates-2-persecution-rohingya-continues/
Rohingya girls are raped by the military in Burashiddafar (Oo Kya Khar)
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/788939721795829761
More women have been raped in Bura Shida Para, Maungdaw, during a raid by the Tatmadaw on the houses of Rohingya Muslims in the area on Wednesday. One lady in her 20s and one teenager have confirmed that they were raped. Likely there are more but they are keeping quiet to not bring shame on their families. Most of the men are staying away from Bura Shida Para to avoid arrest. The military continues to raid Bura Shida Para resulting in an unknown number of casualties. On Tuesday 3 corpses were seen floating in the river but they could not be retrieved due to military presence in the area.
8 women from UShinGya village in Maungdaw are raped by the military in Maungdaw (reported by @nswlin on 21st, he has the names of the women). The ages of the eight are: 15, 15, 18, 20, 25, 30+, 30+, 30+
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/789415124050190336
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/789430545759477760
“It has also been learnt that in a separate military raid that took place ‘OoKyeKyar (Bura Shidda Fara)’ yesterday morning [19th Oct], two women gang-raped by the military. They are ‘M….. (spouse of) J….., 26 and A….. (daughter of) N….., 17.’
The raped victim ‘A’ got severe injuries during the gang-rape and is said to be still in unconscious condition. No medical treatment is available for her as the Rohingya movement is heavily restricted.“
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-military-continue-commit-serious-crimes-rohingya/
Note: above town (Oo Kye Kyar/Oo Kya Khar/UShinGya known as Bura Shida Para/Fara in Rohingya) has confirmed to be ‘U Shey Kya’ on the standardised list
Later research by ‘The Arakan Project’ overseen by Chris Lewa, states that 30 Rohingya women have been reported raped on 19th Oct in the village of U Shey Kya, two thirds of them have now been named. Two different sets of research were carried out, which matched up, although it is not sure if it was just the military involved or whether there were also members of the Border Guard Police involved as well.
A forty-year-old woman from U Shey Kya told Reuters that four soldiers raped her and assaulted her 15-year-old daughter, while stealing jewelry and cash from the family.
"They took me inside the house. They tore my clothes and they took my head scarf off," the mother of seven told Reuters in an interview outside her home, a cramped bamboo hut.
"Two men held me, one holding each arm, and another one held me by my hair from the back and they raped me."
Zaw Htay, the spokesman for Myanmar President Htin Kyaw, denied the allegations.
"There's no logical way of committing rape in the middle of a big village of 800 homes, where insurgents are hiding," Zaw Htay said...
The commander said troops conducted a sweep of U Shey Kya village on Oct. 19, but left without committing abuses…
Reuters reporters traveled to U Shey Kya village on Thursday - passing nearby villages where dozens of houses were recently burned down - and interviewed three women who said they were raped by soldiers.
Five other women from U Shey Kya have also detailed in a series of telephone interviews how Myanmar soldiers raped them. The accounts are backed up by at least three male residents of the village and a Rohingya community leader in Maungdaw who has gathered reports about the incident.
The residents said some 150 soldiers arrived near U Shey Kya on Oct. 19.
Most male residents left the village as they believed they would be suspected as insurgents. The women said they stayed behind in the belief the military would burn down empty homes.
Soldiers dismantled the fences around homes, residents said, removing possible hiding places as part of what authorities called a "clearance operation."
A 30-year-old woman described being knocked off her feet by soldiers and repeatedly raped.
"They told me, 'We will kill you. We will not allow you to live in this country,'" she said.
The women said soldiers took gold, money and other property, and spoiled rice stores with sand.
"We can't move to another village to find medical care," said a 32-year-old survivor. "I don't have clothes now or food to eat. It was all destroyed. I'm feeling ashamed and scared."
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-exclusive-idUSKCN12S0AP
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Collaborators from within the Rohingya community, known as ‘tabbes’, are reported as causing problems for the rest of the Rohingya community. In Nan Chanung, Maungdaw, a man says that Hukkata Khaleque (a village level representative) forced him to pay 200,000 kyats or face being put on the list of terrorists that the government is compiling.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/335-tabbe-trouble-in-maungdaw
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In Ba Gone Nah [Burmese name is ‘Tet Oo Chaung’ - via @nslwin], Maungdaw South, 14 people are said to have been pointed out as rebels by a local tabbe called Solim (s/o Abdul).
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/335-tabbe-trouble-in-maungdaw
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Urgent humanitarian assistance required for displaced Rohingya from Kyet Yoe Pyin village tract in Northern Maungdaw, who require medical treatment, food and shelter. 803 houses from Kyet Yoe Yin village tract were burnt down on 12th and 13th Oct (out of a total of 1368 houses across 5 hamlets with a total population of 10,010). Affected hamlets include wa Gyi hamlet, West hamlet, Lu Tin Farang hamlet and Fawr Zar Gar Fara hamlet. Two thirds of the market was also burnt and cattle, goats and chickens were loaded onto trucks and taken away. Villagers who fled the military attack when their houses were torched are taking place in neighbouring villages. 37 women have given birth without any medical treatment since they fled.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/urgent-humanitarian-assistance-needed.html
Innocent Rohingya are arrested in Maungdaw and accused of being terrorists. Their mugshot photos are posted to the MOI Facebook account (webportal).
https://twitter.com/Sthumoe/status/788750935073943553
https://www.facebook.com/MOIWebportalMyanmar/photos/
38 in total reported as arrested today
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/788735173210673152
The army have surrounded Bogyi Chaung of Buthidaung and started a door to door operation. The Rohingya are very scared.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/788735811906711553
Rakhine strangers stopping in monasteries in Mrauk-U and Minbya are suspected to have been brought in from Bangladesh to attack the Rohingya
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/788796271448330241
Since yesterday at least 29 Rohingya have been arrested on the Cox’s Bar to Teknaf highway in Bangladesh, escaping killings in Myanmar
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/788721826021019648
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Army order villagers in Bor Ga Za Bil ( Yai Khut Chaung Kwa Son) to hand over 15 young Rohingya ladies to the military. Since Sunday at least 3 ladies have been kidnapped and murdered after gang rape.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/788411548989464576
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Another body killed by the military was found in Kiari Farang
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/788366148332982272
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10am Military raid the village of Maung Hna Ma, in Maungdaw. A team comprising approximately 30 soldiers and 15 people in plain clothes enters via the south side of the village and enter the Rohingya homes, sexually assaulting the women (touching their private parts) and passing lewd comments. Eyewitnesses say the Rakhine collaborators carried huge bags where they carried off valuables looted from the Rohingyas. At least 17 men are arrested during the raid (others have already fled the village since initial raids in this locality since Oct 11th). Rakhine collaborators carry away valuables looted from the Rohingya in huge bags.
The men arrested are taken to the neighbouring Rakhine settlement of Aung Mingala where they are tortured. 3 are released the following day (on the Wednesday) but the fate of the others are unknown; it is thought that they are still being tortured.
10.30am to 4.00pm 30 military personnel along with around 15 Rakhine youths raid the southern hamlet of MaungNama (MonDama) village tract in northern Maungdaw
“The Rakhine (Magh) youths from ‘Aung Mingala’ village already came to ‘MaungNama’ with bags. They plundered and put everything in their bags; right from rice to onions. They pulled away ornaments from the bodies of the women. Literally, they plundered each and everything.
“Meanwhile, the military tortured people and arbitrarily arrested 17 innocent civilians. Of whom, 3 were released later and other 14 have still been being tortured in the ‘Aung Mingalar’ Rakhine village. They could die tomorrow if the military continue to torture them like this,” said an eyewitness on the condition of anonymity.
“Moreover, a few women in the village are also feared to have been raped or gang raped”, he added.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-military-continue-commit-serious-crimes-rohingya/
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Military and border guard police are looting cash, gold and phones from the Rohingya in Ngakura and UShinGya villages (reported by a villager)
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/788333354466865152
9am Myanmar Border Guard Police Battalion Commander based in Ngakura calls some prominent Rohingya who were close to him and ask them to co-operate in finding attackers. 11 Rohingya are invited to join the meeting as per the request, they are:
(1) Eisuf Ali s/o Mamu Rafique (65-year-old)
(2) Anwar s/o Youshah (42-year-old)
(3) Sadek Ahmed s/o Ayub (41-year-old)
(4) Jinnah Khan s/o Nur Alam (40-year-old)
(5) Shah Alam s/o Mamed Alam
(6) Anwar s/o Islam
(7) Anwar s/o Hussein Ahmed
(8) Anwar s/o Fayas Ahmed
(9) Abdu Zawbar s/o Ahmed Ali
(10) Khin Maung Tun (alias) Siraz Uddin s/o Dildar Ahmed
(11) Mustaq Ahmed s/o Zakir Ahmed
The next evening on Tues 19th Oct the deaths of two of them are reported in BBC Burmese news with the causes quoted as being deaths from asthma and blood pressure, their source being a police officer. The Rohingya locals say this can’t be true, one of them says:
“On the other day district administrator instructed us to cooperate in finding the attackers. So these people cooperated with the BGP as instructed. They joined the meeting once they were called by the commander. But it is a complete injustice that they were arrested and accused as terrorists. I think the authorities will specially target innocent educated and the people who can afford the money and they will accuse them as terrorists. We can't question the authorities. Once questioned, get killed. Once we are in their hand we have to expect death. Here is no law at all.”
The 11 arrestees are said to have held close ties with authorities and helped the USDP during 2010 elections.
Also arrested are:
(1) Fawaz Khan s/o Jinnah Khan (19-year-old)
(2) ----- s/o Jinnah Khan (17-year-old)
(3) Abu s/o Siraz Uddin (20-year-old)
(4) Achay s/o Siraz Uddin (18-year-old)
(5) Sadek s/o Dildar Ahmed (28-year-old)
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/rohingyas-in-ngukura-invited-to-meeting.html?m=1
11:00 Military combined with Police forces looting Rohingya’s property and food in Nga Ku Ra Village.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
2pm Lt. Commander of Kyaw Thet Zaw of NgaKura (NagPura) Camp summons 12 Rohingya elders from NgaKura village. They have been out of contact since then and haven’t returned home yet.
“They are:
1) Jennah Khan (son of) Faridu, 40
2) Serajuddin @ Ludaya, 45
3) Sayad Alom, 59
4) Shah Alom, 37
5) Sadiq, 41
6) Zakir, 56
7) Jabbar, 60
8) Osman (son of) Dildar, 43
9) Ayub, 55
10) Anwar (son of) Yusha 42
11) Yusuf Ali, 65
12) Anwar (son of) Kamal Company, 40″ said a local Rohingya man on the condition of anonymity.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/enforced-disappearances-innocent-rohingyas-burmese-regime/
The same incident is reported here, with the arrestees named as:
Jinnah Khan, 40, Sirajuddin, 45, Sayeed Alam, 59, Shah Alam, 37, Sadiq, 41, Zakir, 56, Jabbar, 60, Osman, 43, Ayub, 55, Anwar,42 ,Yusuf Ali, 65 and Anwar, 40. They are said to be well known for their community work in the neighbourhood.
15:30 About 15 Rohingyas were brutally beaten by Police forces in Nga Ku Ra village. Military cut some of their hands, hit them with their ries and some of them were kicked and with blood, according to eyewitness.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
Futuya (son of) Shomshu, 34, from NgaSarKyu (NashaFuru) village, drowns when he jumps in the river as he is trying to flee the military who are raiding NgaKura (NagPura).
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-military-continue-commit-serious-crimes-rohingya/
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The military arrive in Ludaing (Du dan) village and stay in the central mosque there before destroying the doors, windows and other property of the mosque. One Rohingya man is reported to have died due to running and jumping in the lake out of fear of the military. Many Rohingya are arrested in Ludaing (Du dan) village. Military called them to search for unknown assailants who attacked on 9th October and later arrested them without any valid reason.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/updates-2-persecution-rohingya-continues/
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Arrests, looting and beating continue in Burashidda Fara [U Shey Kya]. Military and Rakhine are using a van to take away the Rohingya goods.
https://twitter.com/msiarakan/status/788363808494395393
18:00 One Rohingya from Oo Chin Kya village was killed while he was in custody. His name is Mohammed Alam, aged 42 years. He was one of 6 arrested on 10th October according to their family members.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
3 bodies are seen floating in the river next to the neighbourhood of Bura Shida Para in Maungdaw, but they cannot be retrieved due to military presence.
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Rohingya Ekram (s/o Shomsu) is gunned down by the military in village tract of Nga Sa Gru. He is cutting rice in a paddy field and does not see a military team approach him. He tries to run away at the last minute but the soldiers chase him and shoot him dead. He is buried in the river bank.
Futuya (son of) Shomshu, 34, from NgaSarKyu (NashaFuru) village, drowns when he jumps in the river as he is trying to flee the military who are raiding NgaKura (NagPura).
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-military-continue-commit-serious-crimes-rohingya/
The situation of the Rohingya is deteriorating following the burning of thousands of homes in Naing Chang, Kiyari Prang, Wabag and Neiribil of Maungdaw north although the burning of homes has recently stopped. Fences around every Rohingya home in north Maungdaw have been removed following an order of the Myanmar authority, including those around the toilets and bathroom areas, making it particularly difficult for women, reports a man from Bawlibzar. It is announced that anyone erecting a fence will be fined 50,000 Kyat. Young men are unable to move for fear of torture and arrest and are staying in hiding. Only the women remain at home where they are harassed by government forces when they enter the villages to check the family lists. Mr. Bashor, a Rohingya teacher, dies out of fear when being questioned by the army and the family are ordered to bury him straight away. Two Rohingya youths from Roinggadaung have been arrested by the military and ‘severely tortured’, it is not known if they are still alive. Rohingya men are being arbitrarily arrested and and then beaten for confessions of links to the unknown attackers who allegedly attacked border guard forces. It is believe some 200 Rohingya have so far being killed, dozens arrested and thousand of Rohingya homes have been burnt, including markets by Myanmar government forces.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/18/current-situation-worsen-in-maungdaw-north-arakan/
6.30pm Border Guard Police with the Rakhine village administrator arrest 2 Rohingya in Fuiimali village of Maungdaw. They are tortured and then released after the payment of a ransom of 10,00000 Kyats per person. The victims are:
Nur Alam S/O Lalu, age 18
Rashidullah Ullah S/O Baser age 18
http://www.rvisiontv.com/updates-2-persecution-rohingya-continues/
Morning Six Rohingya men (farmers) are arrested by the military in Sitar Pawrika in South Maungdaw, accused of being part of a ‘Bangladesh based dacoit gang’. They were working in a field when the military arrived and pointed their guns at them then arrested them. The reports says “The military men came to the them and accused them of being part of the notorious Abdul Hakim dacoit team that preys on Rohingya civilians in the Maungdaw border region. Sources allege the gang is in cohorts with influential Bangladeshi politicians on the Teknaf side of the border.”
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/338-six-arrested-from-sitar-pawrika
Former UNHCR and WFP staff member, Karim Ullah, age 58, has been tortured to death whilst being interrogated by authorities in Maungdaw. His body wasn’t handed over to his family. He has been buried at BAJ Mosque cemetery in Myoma Kayindan village.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/788422959186714625
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/788425505892605953
Full story here:
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/a-senior-humanitarian-rohingya-was.html
Later statement of denial from Myanmar authorities regarding cause of death of Karim Ullah (but confirms arrest of him and his 3 sons and his 2 brothers, as well as his death. Says arrested in Ridar village of Maungtaw Township on 14 October, jailed at Kyeinchaung Police Station, taken for interrogation on the evening of October 16, brought him back to Kyeinchaung Police Station on the morning of 17 October, unconscious. Allegedly died in car ‘on way to the hospital’ near the village of Longdone at about 5:30am on 17 October):
20.8430805206299, 92.5563964843750
There is total panic in the village tract of Rohingya Taung (Ywet Nyo Tong), Buthidaung South, after Hlun Htein alleged 40 men from the village had joined the resistance. Syed Alam, 56, and his son Jalal, 23 have been arrested on charges of terrorism, it is feared they will be tortured and killed.
20.9383506774902, 92.4909286499023
5.54pm According to eyewitnesses, 3 Rohingya are hacked by a soldier in Buthidaung township. Two of them are in a critical condition. The victims are a mother and a son, and another Rohingya youth, from ‘NgaChingTok’ village. They were on their way back from the market. The soldier is said to be from Battalion 54. It is said that he followed them and hacked them with a sword from behind, without any reason. The mother and son are in a critical condition with no access to medical treatment.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/burmese-soldier-hacks-three-rohingya-passers/
6pm Three Rohingya men are attacked by military personnel on their way home from the market of Nakhaingdaung, Buthidaung. One of the men is Amir Saab Abdul Amin. He has just shut up his shop when he is attacked with a knife and left unconscious but his family later come to his aid and take him home. The other two boys, whose names are unknown, are also ‘chopped’ by army personnel, receiving serious injury, and are being treated by a village doctor.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/18/myanmar-army-slit-rohingya-in-buthidaung/
20.9993000030518, 92.5256729125977
Border Guard Police from Fill hali (Thangana) quarter of Buthidaung arrest an innocent Rohingya under the false accusation of sending information to the media about the current military atrocities.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/updates-2-persecution-rohingya-continues/
False accusations are being directed towards the Rohingya by Rakhine and Hindus in the area of Buthidaung.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/788228460112060416
A bag of rice has increased to 40,000 kyat since roads are blocked and imports from neighbouring Buthidaung have been stopped.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/788323913239584768
Rohingya in Maungdaw are facing a food shortage crisis since 10,000 have been made homeless, many markets have been burnt down and all roads are now blocked.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/788323553624064000
20.9858207702637 92.3146820068359
Villagers of Rabaillah [Kyar Gaung Taung] village remove their house fences themselves in anticipation of military raid (to avoid the military breaking them down)
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/787874406873694208
Military enter Rabaillah Village
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/787880431433547777
20.9734306335449 92.2959823608398
Military enter Raimmurbill [Yae Twin Kyun] village where they remove fences, arrest Rohingya civilians and torture them
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/787873740457586689
Kyun Gaung
21.0665493011475, 92.3156280517578
Military raid Singirifara [Kyun Gaung], Gerekhali [Gyit Chaung], Kuwarbil [Kyee Kan Pyin] and Bolibazar [Kyein Chaung] villages of Maungdaw where they continue to arrest and torture Rohingya villagers
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/787896918441472000
Kyein Chaung
21.0875606536865 92.3392410278320
Military raid Singirifara [Kyun Gaung], Gerekhali, Kuwarbil [Kyee Kan Pyin] and Bolibazar [Kyein Chaung] villages of Maungdaw where they continue to arrest and torture Rohingya villagers
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/787896918441472000
21.0721206665039 92.3141632080078
Military raid Singirifara [Kyun Gaung], Gerekhali [Gyit Chaung], Kuwarbil [Kyee Kan Pyin] and Bolibazar [Kyein Chaung] villages of Maungdaw where they continue to arrest and torture Rohingya villagers
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/787896918441472000
20.9103507995605, 92.3973922729492
3.30pm Via @nslwin: 16 shops looted in middle hamlet of Kyi Gan Pyin by Myanmar border police and Aung Tha Yar NaTaLa villagers
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/788031594862960644
Via @tunkhin80: 20 Rohingya shops looted by police forces in Kyi Kan Pyin
https://twitter.com/tunkhin80/status/788084486172966913
19:00 About 20 Rohingya shops were looted by Police forces in Kyin Kan Pyin Village.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
Hlun Htein soldiers accompanied by Rakhines in civilian clothes looted the entire market in Kawar Bil (Kya Kan Pyin), Maungdaw North. They stay there for 3 hours and loot everything. Shop keepers don’t know how they will survive.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/329-khawar-bil-bazar-looted-by-hlun-htein
Military raid Singirifara [Kyun Gaung], Gerekhali, Kuwarbil [Kyee Kan Pyin] and Bolibazar [Kyein Chaung] villages of Maungdaw where they continue to arrest and torture Rohingya villagers
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/787896918441472000
21.0255508422852 92.2952880859375
14:00 Border Guard Police shot 3 Rohingya fishermen in Nga Ku Ra village. One died immediately and two injured.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
Myanmar border guard police, Ngakuya (Nappura) of Maungdaw north bordering with Bangladesh, shoot 3 Rohingya fishermen whilst they are catching fish at Masterpara Shrimp Lake. Two of them are injured, being treated at their village, the third one is missing and thought to have died at the scene. The two injured are Abu Tayob 30 s/o Md Ayob and Ayob 27 s/o Nur Alam, the missing man’s name is unknown, from Ngakuya Hamlet of North Maungdaw.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/21/myanmar-bgp-kill-2-rohingya-in-maungdaw/
20.9291305541992, 92.3502197265625
Villagers return to the ruins of Kya Ri prang [Kyauk Pyin Seik] in Maungdaw, where their village has been burnt to the ground the previous Thursday. An unidentified corpse is found amongst the ruins. At least 11 people are killed since the previous Wednesday, maybe more. 6 victims are from one family: 3 women and 3 children, many of whom are killed when soldiers hit their stomach and vaginal areas with bayonets. Two other victims are a child an elderly man. Two teenage girls from the area were killed after they were kidnapped and raped by the military. Three other women have also been kidnapped by the military, their fate is unknown. Villagers are forced to stay in the open; some have made shelters from plastic material. They are on alert to run away incase the army approaches, knowing that anyone left behind is either killed or captured.
20.9647693634033 92.3278884887695
RVision report published 8th Dec:
The Chairman of (Bor Gozibil township [Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son]) has been ordered to hand over more than sixteen Rohingya girls to the military forces every night from the northern part of Maungdaw on Monday by the military on October 17th 2016.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/atrocities-rohingya-since-9th-october/
10am Since Sunday Military are continuously raiding Rohingya Villages, raping helpless women, looting goods, torturing civilians and firing on anybody they want as part of their clearance operation.Up until now there are no reports of military ceasing of their operations, rather they are increasing day by day, making innocent Rohingya civilians homeless in Maungdaw.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/updates-ongoing-atrocities-rohingya-civilians-continue/
20.9193801879883 92.3887405395508
13:00 Military burnt down 3 Rohingya houses and 4 huts near Wabeik village
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
6.25pm The military torch a house in Wabaik as well as 5 huts next to the prawn lakes which are approximately 1 mile from Wabaik.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/situation-in-maungdaw-has-calmed-down.html [photos]
21.0128307342529, 92.3389587402344
Video tweeted Jan 2017: This video was taken by a troop. It was filmed in Kyet Yoe Pyin village, Northern Maungdaw in mid of October, 2016. Possibly on 16th October, according to a villager from Kyet Yoe Pyin.
Myanmar police force and army removing the fences from the houses.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/822991101481127936 [video 161016]
Full video is 3:08 - full version available on my Faceook
https://www.facebook.com/nslwin/videos/1600456063304297/
Another source says it was filmed mid November, not October:
BGP and Myanmar Army are removing the fences from the Rohinga houses / yards.
It was in Ywama hamlet of KyetYoePyinVt MGDNorth in Mid-November 2016.
One Rohingya man killed and two wounded by military in near Naffura, Maungdaw North. The 3 men went to fish in the river adjoining their village when they were spotted by the military. One died on the spot, the others are seriously wounded. The deceased man has been identified as Md Solim (s/o Din Md). The two wounded men are Abu Tayeb (s/o Md Ayub) and Ayub (s/o Noor Alam). There is no access to health care to treat the wounded. Many of the villagers have now fled Naffura, fearing an attack by the military.
8.30pm Burmese military from battalion 551 are continuously firing. Gun-shots are being heard by local Rohingyas in TanKyauKan village, reason unknown.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/updates-ongoing-atrocities-rohingya-civilians-continue/
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/787693832167002112
Rakhine are being evacuated. The Rohingya are not allowed to leave their designated zones. The Bangladeshi border has been sealed, cutting off all means of escape for the Rohingya. Thousands of military are being brought into the area and helicopters are flying overhead. The Rohingya are anticipating a large scale military assault.
Rohingya portrayed as terrorists and extremists in media - the Rohingya believe this is to encourage violence towards them
http://www.aungaungsittwe.com/myanmars-media-encourages-public-rohingya-genocide/
Joint statement from 16 Rohingya organisations, states since 9th Oct, 5 villages have been torched by Myanmar security forces, approximately 100 have been executed, including the elderly, women and children, and approximately 5,000 Rohingya have been displaced.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/joint-statement-save-rohingya-from.html
A list of reported villages/homes burnt/people killed and arrested so far:
Villages destroyed/burnt (reported so far)
ThaungPaingNya (Somoinna) hamlet of MyoThuGyi (Hainda Fara) village tract - Destroyed and Looted
KyaukPyinSeik (Naari Bil)- Destroyed and Looted
KyaYoePyin (Kiyari Ferang)- Entirely Burnt Down (Razed)
Pyaung Paik (Haant Gojja Fara) hamlet NgaSaKyu (NashaFuru) village tract- Entirely Burnt Down (Razed)
Wa’Peik (Wa’bek) - Almost Burnt Down
KyiKanPyin (KhawarBil) - Some Homes Burnt Down
NganChaung (NaingChaung)- Some Homes Burnt Down
Sakkara hamlet of PhaWatChaung (Faw Khali) village tract- Some Homes Burnt Down
People killed (reported so far)
Village Name - Number Killed
KyaYoePyin (Kiyari Ferang) 50
MyoThuGyi (Hainda Fara) 7
KyaukPyinSeik (Naari Bil) 7
OoKyiKyar (Bura Shidda Fara) 6
Wa’Peik (Wa’bek) 8
KyaukPyinSeik(Naari Bil) 5
NgaKura (NashaFuru) 1
Others 7
Total 91 (Est)
Estimated number of homes burnt down (reported so far)
Village Name - Number of Homes Burnt
KyaYoePyin (Kiyari Ferang) - 600 (out of 700)
Pyaung Paik (Haant Gojja Fara) hamlet of NgaSaKyu (NashaFuru) village tract - 150
Wa’Peik (Wa’bek) - 80
KyiKanPyin (KhawarBil) - 25
NganChaung (NaingChaung) - 20
Sakkara hamlet of PhaWatChaung (Faw Khali) village tract - 20
Others 15
Total 890 (Est)
Number of people Arrested (reported so far)
Village Name - Number of People
AungSitPyin (Dumbai) - 6
AukPhyuMa (HasarBil) - 4
Du’dan (Ludain) - 3
NgaSaKyu (NashaFuru) village - 1
MaungNama (MonDama) - 1
NwaRoneTaung - 1
Maung Ni - 1
Total 17 (Actuals could be many more)
http://www.rvisiontv.com/disastrous-consequences-military-assaults-rohingya/
21.0682201385498 92.3364334106445
1 am military enter Laung Don village tract
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/a-brutal-day-of-extrajudicial-killings.html
Military destroy fences in Kyein Chaung, Laung Don and Aung Sit Pyin villages
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/787318715247460352
21.0184803009033 92.3339996337891
7am Military return to Luban Lyin hamlet (Luti Frang) in Kyet Yoe Pyin (Kiyari Farang) village tract, N Maungdaw, to bury the bodies that they killed the day before. They also take Nayeem, who is still alive but injured, to be buried with the rest of her family.
21.0255508422852 92.2952880859375
10am 3 Rohingya are shot by the military in Nga Ku ra Village. One of them dies the next day.
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/787538491978559488
Here it also mentions the 3 men being shot by the military, after they went out to fish. One of them dies and the other two are suffering from their injuries without medical access.
20.8787193298340 92.3802719116210
18:00 Military officers raided Nwa Young Taung and Yat Mya Taung village looking for suspected attackers by Military and police forces. Local sources report a lot of jewellery and property taken away from Rohingya houses.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
7pm Military raid Nwa Yone Taw hamlet in Yay Myat Taung village tract, and through the night until 1am the next morning. The military check all the houses, loot gold and jewellery belonging to the Rohingya women and abuse the Rohingya men.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/situation-in-maungdaw-has-calmed-down.html
20.8898906707764 92.3669204711914
7pm military brutally beating and arbitrarily arresting Rohingya in Zin Paing Nya village and looting their shops. Rohingya hiding in paddy field. Helicopters flying and watching from above.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/787285687083020289
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/787285797804187648
RVision report published 8th Dec;
the Myanmar military chased Rohingya civilians in Zin Paing Nya village and brutally beat them and arbitrarily arrested them. They destroyed their shops and looted them. A source in the village reports that military helicopters are flying over the village and whoever goes into hiding in the paddy field is being observed from the sky.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/atrocities-rohingya-since-9th-october/
21.0875606536865 92.3392410278320
Military destroy fences in Kyein Chaung, Laung Don and Aung Sit Pyin villages
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/787318715247460352
21.0943107604980 92.3356704711914
Military destroy fences in Kyein Chaung, Laung Don and Aung Sit Pyin villages
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/787318715247460352
21.0350093841553 92.3320465087891
Military reportedly planting land mines in Naisa furu [Ngar Sar Kyu] village north of Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/KawKndo/status/787183804003868672
Rakhine are evacuated from Maungdaw. Rohingya fear it is so that the military can kill the Rohingya more easily.
https://twitter.com/Sthumoe/status/787322101896187904
https://twitter.com/Sthumoe/status/787323328759496706
Video footage of military searching Rohingya homes in Maungdaw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EInj8Hi4bJg [video 1610]
Anti-Muslim sentiment in Myanmar social media
https://twitter.com/poppymcp/status/787225878228971520
Reporter from Bangladesh goes to the border on the Bangladesh side and reports helicopters circling overhead and shots being fired
https://twitter.com/mahersattar/status/787351801590755328
Military attack Rohingya father and son fishing in a stream in a small boat in Zammoinna Hamlet (Summoinna Village). Whilst trying to escape, the boy slips onto the fan of the boat and is seriously injured. The boy’s name is Mohammad Younous S/o Abu Tayoup, age 16. He is left in a terrible condition with his intestines out and has no access to medical treatment.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/15/breaking-news-sixteen-years-old-rohingya-youth-has-died-being-alive-of-this-earth/ Graphic video of the boy’s injury here https://youtu.be/j1qyrP7YBDs
21.0255508422852 92.2952880859375
After 12am (Thurs to Fri midnight), military raided market in Ngakura village tract. In the morning they told all shopkeepers to move out, but all goods had already been taken and doors broken in.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/a-brutal-day-of-extrajudicial-killings.html
01:00 Military officers entered Ngakura village and looted all the goods taken with military trucks from Rohingya’s shops according to the shop owners.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
Early Morning Military, Rakhine and Hindus raid the shops in Nga Ku Ya village (local name Napura) and then order Rohingya to retrieve their goods from the shops, but they find their shops empty. On returning from the shops, Myanmar military pointed guns at the Rohingya and took photos of them carrying bags (as if they were looting the shops) - it is believed the photos are to be used as propaganda. When they have finished taking their photos they open fire to chase away the crowd.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/14/myanmar-millitary-starts-new-creative-plan-on-the-rohingya-hamlets-in-maungdaw-north-nga-ku-yalacal-name-napura-village/
10:00 3 Rohingyas were shot by Military in Nga Ku Ra village. One later died on 16th, he had been injured in his chest.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
10am Military enters Nga Ku ra Village and shoots 3 Rohingya, one of whom dies (tweeted the following day)
https://twitter.com/RohingyaVision/status/787538491978559488
RVision report published 8th Dec:
“On 14th October 2016, at midnight, we saw some bodies here at a village house. We
looked around to see if any military officials were attacking or not. Then as we saw some militaries, there were some local Rakhine civilians moving packages of goods to their homes. They must proceed to move the goods until 4:00am then get out of our sight,” says a local villager of Ngakura.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/atrocities-rohingya-since-9th-october/
Some Myanmar armed forces personnel along with some Rakhine civilians raided the market in the Ngakura village tract on October 14, after midnight. They looted all the goods that they found in the shops that belonged to the local Rohingya. In the early morning, the military personnel called all the shopkeepers and asked them to move their goods from their shops to other places wherever they wanted. As the shopkeepers came to their shops to move their goods, they found nothing to move inside their shops. All the doors were broken and looted and most of their shops were burned down.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/atrocities-rohingya-since-9th-october/
The Myanmar Army handed out many guns to the local Buddhist Rakhine people in Sittwe and sent them to Maungdaw to loot everything which belong to the local Muslim Rohingya in Maung Daw. They reached Nga Kuya in district No (5) where the unknown group attacked and Border Guards post outs were killed. They looted all the goods in the shops of Nga Kuya Market on October 14th, 2016.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/atrocities-rohingya-since-9th-october/
20.9291305541992, 92.3502197265625
8am A Rohingya youth named Robi bin Ali, 20 dies due to lack of medical treatment, after being shot by military in Kyauk Pyin Seik (Naari Bil) village of Maungdaw on 9th Oct. Instead of preparing for his funeral his family has to flee, leaving his dead corpse in the house
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-offensive-rohingya-civilians-continue/
In the same village [Kyauk Pyin Seik], 2 Rohingya bodies are uncovered, believed to have been killed by the military on 13th Oct.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-offensive-rohingya-civilians-continue/ [photos]
13:00 A Rohingya man named Robin Ali (age 33) died in Kyauk Sein Pyi village because of lack of medical treatment after military shot him.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
15:00 Military and Border Guard Police personnel raided Kyauk Pyin Seik village. 4 people – 2 women and 2 men were killed, according to villagers who buried them. One of the women was pregnant. Their names are:1. Oli Ahmed (35) (M)2. Ismail (28) (M)3. Rabika (38) (F) (Pregnant lady)4. Amana (15) (F)
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
21.0109996795654 92.3349304199219
9am Military set fire to Kyet Yoe Pyin (Kiyari Ferang) village. Many Rohingya houses and property is burnt down and the villagers have to flee. No authority is sent to put out the blaze.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-offensive-rohingya-civilians-continue/
10am, military personnel enter the village tract of Kyet Yoe Pyin (Kiyari Ferang) and set fire to the whole hamlet, Lu Pann Pyin and then another hamlet called Ywar Ma. Some women hiding in their homes are shot dead then burnt in their homes. Approx 500 homes are burnt here in total.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/a-brutal-day-of-extrajudicial-killings.html
“Military using to torch Rohingya homes in ‘KyetYoePyin (Kiyari Ferang):They raid raid a home & order all household members to come out on pretext on investigations. Then, they send some Rakhine and Hindu youth brought along with them to the back of their (Rohingya’s) home to set fire.In some other situation, the military directly use fire-launchers to set the homes on fire. Hundreds of Rohingya homes have been burnt down in the village since yesterday morning.” http://www.rvisiontv.com/17811-2/
Rohingyas Fleeing Army Attacks KyetYoePyin Village in Maungdaw on 14.10.2016
https://youtu.be/L1QxJm-_mv4 [video 161014a]
5pm Military set fire to Kyet Yoe Pyin (Kiyari Ferang) village in the morning and it is still burning. Hundreds of houses have been burnt and also religious structures are also on fire. It is heard that the military have shot a Rohingya boy in the same village.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-offensive-rohingya-civilians-continue/
Video footage of homes burnt in Kyari Prang,North Maungdaw,
https://youtu.be/8mb5ziIBaxI [video 161014b]
Two more Rohingya girls are raped and killed by the military. They were fleeing the village of Keyari Parang that had been razed to the ground the previous day, walking with one of the groups of villagers that were walking to the Bangladesh border (with approx. 15 - 20 in each group) when the military came and grabbed them. Later a search party found their two mutilated bodys. They have been identified as Samira Begum, age 19, and Rokeya Khatun, age 17.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/326-two-more-girls-raped-and-killed-as-keyari-parang-on-the-move
Report published on 7th Nov puts totals of shop burnt in village market at KyaYoePyin (Kiyari Ferang) over 13-14 Oct at 173, plus 57 outside of the market, and states that 19 people have been killed there, as well as 13 missing, and more than 2,500 were displaced due to their homes being burnt (many now taken refuge in a nearby village but food supplies running out).
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-lockdown-cause-acute-food-shortage-among-rohingya/
21.0128307342529 92.3389587402344
10am, military personnel enter the village tract of Kyet Yoe Pyin (Kiyari Ferang) and set fire to the whole hamlet, Lu Pann Pyin and then another hamlet called Ywar Ma. Some women hiding in their homes are shot dead then burnt in their homes. Approx 500 homes are burnt here in total.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/a-brutal-day-of-extrajudicial-killings.html
RVision report published 8th Dec:
Military personnel entered the village tract of Kyet Yoe Pyin and set fire to the whole settlement, Lu Pann Pyin. Then they set fire to another settlement called Ywar Ma. Some of the women from there who couldn't find a way to escape were shot dead while they were hiding inside their houses. They were left in homes and the military later set fire to them. It is estimated that nearly 500 houses are said to have been burned down in both of these above mentioned settlements.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/atrocities-rohingya-since-9th-october/
21.0184803009033, 92.3339996337891
10am, military personnel enter the village tract of Kyet Yoe Pyin (Kiyari Ferang) and set fire to the whole hamlet, Lu Pann Pyin and then another hamlet called Ywar Ma. Some women hiding in their homes are shot dead then burnt in their homes. Approx 500 homes are burnt here in total.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/a-brutal-day-of-extrajudicial-killings.html ✓
16 Rohingya are killed by military in Kyet Yoe Pyin including a 3 year old and a 6 year old girl
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/787227188483465217 ✓
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/787337955186765824 ✓
4pm Initial report that military raid Luban Lyin hamlet (Luti Frang) in Kyet Yoe Pyin (Kiyari Farang) village tract, N Maungdaw, and kill 14 Rohingya, including Eliyas’s family (5 of his family killed in total, with their two young children). Other villagers run away but Eliyas’s sister has given birth just two hours earlier so his family stayed. The family of 5 are killed included the mother of Eliyas age 57, Monuara age 26, Mayeema age 22, the 6 year old daughter of Monuara, and the 3 year old daughter of Eliyas. Nayeema is still alive when the villagers returned, but the military return at 7am the next morning and bury the bodies in a nearby paddy field, plus Nayeema who is taken also to be buried whilst she is still alive.
http://www.thestateless.com/2016/10/15/maungdaw-myanmar-armys-special-ops-killing-of-all-family-members/ ✓
Tweet by @aungaungsittwe: Eliyas and his family arrested, tortured and killed, including 2 year old and 7 year old son. 181 Rohingya arrested.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/787135899280642048 ✓
More details emerge here:
“More details are emerging about the gruesome family massacre carried out by the Tatmadaw in Keyari parang, Maungdaw North. On Friday, at around 4pm, the military entered the village and killed at least six women and children from the same family. Three other women who were in their company were kidnapped and taken to an unknown location.
The village tract was burned and looted earlier on Thursday and at least two were killed on Wednesday. So when the military approached the area on Friday afternoon, everyone ran away. However, the female members of one family stayed behind as one of the women had just given birth at around 2pm.
The military finding the women, opened fire on five of them. They then drove their bayonet in the vagina and stomach of the women. Witnesses who found the mutilated corpses of five of the family members in the evening after the military had left suggested the women might still have been alive when the military used the bayonets. The new born child was also mutilated with the bayonet, report witnesses. One of the woman still had life left in her, but she would succumb to her injuries the next day.
The deceased has been identified Rokimun Nisa, 57 and her two daughters Monowara, 26, Nayeema, 22, her grandson Yusuf, 7,and Solim, 12. Yusuf and Solim are the sons of a man named Elias, who is also the son and brother of the deceased women. The new born baby who had been bayonetted to death did not have a name. Both the children and the women were tortured with bayonets. Nayeema was the one who survived till the next day.
Three other women who were with this group was picked up by the military and taken to an unknown location. Their identities could not be known and it is not confirmed whether they are part of the same family or had stayed behind to assist in the childbirth. Their fate is unknown but it is likely they will be raped in military custody.
It is alleged the security forces of the country are involved in the systematic rape of women from minority communities.
One source has claimed a three year sister of Yusuf has also been killed, but the claim cannot be confirmed.
Villagers were making preparations for the funeral of the deceased when the military struck again on Saturday morning. Since then, the military has taken up positions in the vicinity making it impossible for locals to go back.”
Arakan Times reports the same incident:
“AT Correspondent, Maungdaw
At least seven members of a family were brutally gunned down by Myanmar government forces at a time at Kya Yu Pyin (Kiyariprang) of Maungdaw north on Friday, October 14, 2016.
According to our correspondent report, army and BGP personnel entered the Kya Yu Pyin (Kiyari Prang) village on October 14, 2016, and started firing gun indiscriminately. When the army started setting fire on the houses and gun firing indiscriminately, all the villagers fled to other nearby villages fearing the killing and arrest, but only the members of this family could not flee due to new born to a woman of the family.
The military entered the house and cruelly killed the six members of the family including the new born by shooting and slaughtering. After killing, army buried them in a big hole so that none could take photo of the deceased.
The bodies were identified as;
It is also reported that of the same villagers has also been killed by army today, October 15, 2016. The members of the family were killed by army on October 14, 2016 but buried on October 15, 2016 in the village where there is not any other villager left as all the houses were torched to ashes.”
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/15/6-members-of-a-family-killed-in-maungdaw/ ✓
On 25th Oct a video is published of a Rohingya man from Lu Pan Pyin hamlet in Kyet Yeo Pyin village tract, who says 7 of his family were killed, 6 of them women (including a new baby just born 2 hours previous) and 1 old man. It is thought he was probably talking about this same incident (above).
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/791012103289184256 [video 161014c] ✓
RVision report published 8th Dec:
In the early morning of October 14th 2016, the Myanmar army officials burned down all houses and killed all Rohingyas whom they found in front of them. They set fire to the town and the remaining houses and also looted goods and valuables from the women and houses. On that day they killed Manware, Begum Binti, Anisul Mustafah and the wife of Faizul Haque (the interviewee). Manware and her family, parents in law, sisters in law and sisters
did not flee because Manware could walk and was expecting delivery. Later she delivered a baby and the baby is alive, but the innocent Manware was killed by the military of Myanmar. Rakimun Nesa, mother of Manware(27 years old)and the wife of Anisul Mustafah was also killed.
https://www.luminpdf.com/viewer/4gwd9i6FpHnLJR2Ff ✓
RVision report published 8th Dec:
Military personnel entered the village tract of Kyet Yoe Pyin and set fire to the whole settlement, Lu Pann Pyin. Then they set fire to another settlement called Ywar Ma. Some of the women from there who couldn't find a way to escape were shot dead while they were hiding inside their houses. They were left in homes and the military later set fire to them. It is estimated that nearly 500 houses are said to have been burned down in both of these above mentioned settlements.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/atrocities-rohingya-since-9th-october/ ✓
Tweeted 16 Jan:
Lu Ban Pyin, Kyet Yoe Pyin
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Mass graves in LuPanPyin H, KyetYoePyin VT. 1st - 2 bodies, 2nd - 4, 3rd - 3 or 4 and 4th - 3. They all were killed in mid October 2016.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/820905260176834560 [video 161014d] ✓
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10am, some military personnel raided Aung Sit Pyin village tract and arrested 6 Rohingyas:
1) Abul Fayaz, an NGO staff, son of Shwe Thar, a high school teacher.
2) Molvi Nur Huda
3) Wahidur Rahman.
4) Karim Ullah father of 2) and 3).
5) Two Rohingyas from Buthidaung township who hold legal travel authorization form called ''Form 4'', needed to travel from one township to another for Rohingyas. (these two a released the following day, according to @nslwin)
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/a-brutal-day-of-extrajudicial-killings.html
Photo of the first four Rohingya arrested in the list is here:
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/787603164140859392
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/787632736290926613
In another report regarding the same incident:
The military arrests 6 from Dummai. Their names are:Kalimullah, Abu Ahmed, Sharafatullah, Nur Huda, Kamrul Huda and Abu Fayaz. Sources claim they are brutally tortured in custody.
The military says they will return to the village, leaving the people in panic.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/322-six-arrested-and-tortured-in-dummai
“U Karimullah, 58, an ex-staff of UNHCR Maungdaw for Social Development, from ‘Ridaa’ hamlet of ‘Aung Sit Pyin (Dombai) village tract was arrested on October 14. And he was severely tortured and killed in October 17.”
http://www.rvisiontv.com/bgp-kills-two-village-elders-calling-meeting/
5pm military arbitrarily arrest 7 Rohingya during a raid in ‘Aung Sit Pyin’ village in northern Maungdaw. One of the arrested is U Shwe Thar, a school teacher from Kyein Chaung High School. http://www.rvisiontv.com/17811-2/
Testimony received via email from Karim Ullah’s son:
“On Friday 16 October 2016 The Burmese Military have been arrested my father and my three younger brother and including my uncle and a cousin in Aung Seik Byein village Readah hamlet, they were taken by the military to Kyein Chaung police station. The police tortured them brutally and used many different forms of torture.
While interrogation the the police mercilessly knifed my father (Kalim Ullah) to death . and at the same night the body was taken to Maungdaw without informing to any family member of deceased and However, the body was escorted by almost 8 to 12 policeman on a vehicle to bury secretly in Myo Ma Kayen Dan, Maungdaw township. According to the witnesses three men were digged the grave and seven people were performed the Janazah prayer (Islamic ritual prayer before burring a Muslim) after that, the police filmed the burial process and took the footage with them and while leaving the policeman told the people who were at scene not to speak about the incident to anyone and took the details of those men.
Kalim ullah,age 60 from Aung Seik Byein village Readah hamlet Maungdaw Arakan state Myanmar. He was the father of 8 boys and 3 girls .He worked with various UN NGOs agencies such as WFP, UNHCR, FAO and WHO
He served in WFP (World Food Program) as Senior Project supervisor from 1995 to 2004 and was a Technician in FAO (Food Agriculture Organization) in Maungdaw office from 2007 to 2009, as a Community Development facilitator in UNHCR Maungdaw office 2009 to end of 2012.
Kaw maw rul howdah age 34 from aung seik byein village readah hamlet maung daw town ship AR khan state Myanmar. He is suffering with operation. He is the father of two boys and two girls.
Norul howdah age 31 from aung seik byein readah hamlet maung daw town ship arkhan state Myanmar.he is suffering with gastric, he is the six month baby of father. The government beat him so much. Because he is religious
Abul hashim age 21 from Aung seeks been village reader hamlet maung daw town ship arkhan state Myanmar.
Sharafat ullah age 55 from Aung seik byein village readah hamlet maung daw town ship arkhan state myanmar.he is the father of two boys and 5 girls.
Abul Fayez age 37 from aung seik byein village readah hamlet maung daw town ship arkhan state Myanmar.he is working in WFP as a assistant of of supervisor and he is the 2 children of father. Abu ahmed or u shay tha is a retired middle school teacher and he was working forty years in government high school in same palace.
Abul hashim (died) he was headmaster of state primary school aung seik been maung daw.he is the father of there own village. He worked 40 years in government school.”
RVision report published 8th Dec:
Some military personnel raided Aung Seik Pyin village tract and arrested six Rohingyas. Two Rohingyas from Buthidung Township, Seink Aung Para, were coming from Madrasah and on their way home, but were arrested by the military on the way. Two Rohingyas from Buthidaung Township who hold legal travel authorization form called ''Form 4” and needed to travel from one township to another for the Rohingyas.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/atrocities-rohingya-since-9th-october/
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11am, military entered Zedi Pyin hamlet of Laung Don village tract, broke walls and other properties of the home of Sayid Amin. Ordered villagers to pack belongings and move out. Whilst on their way back they arrested Anam Ullah, a mentally disabled nephew of Sayid Amin -took him to the Rakhine village of Laung Don village tract where he was tortured then released. Nearby villages fear they will be next.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/a-brutal-day-of-extrajudicial-killings.html
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5pm 3 Rohingya homes are burnt down in ‘WaPeik’ hamlet of KyiKanPyin http://www.rvisiontv.com/17811-2/
Evening Journalists see smoldering ruins of some 20 houses burnt down in Wonbait village along the highway plus smoke rising from two other villages nearby.
http://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma-army-obstructs-media-access-in-northern-arakan-state.html
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MIlitary burn down a mosque and many Rohingya homes using fire-launcher at ‘Sakkara’ hamlet of PhaWatChaung (Faw Khali) village tract. http://www.rvisiontv.com/17811-2/
https://twitter.com/Sthumoe/status/787034288860590082
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9pm Rohingya report a crowd of Hindus dressed up as Muslims outside Maungdaw Hospital, trained to recite Quranic verses and shout ‘Allahu Akbhar’ http://www.rvisiontv.com/authorities-plot-escalate-violence-rohingya-using-hindus-muslim-disguise/
Rohingya in Northern Maungdaw are running out of food. Military are reported as evacuating the Burmese community from Northern Maungdaw by trucks and helicopters. http://www.rvisiontv.com/17811-2/
3pm It is observed that the Rakhine from Maungdaw and Buthidaung are being sent to safe shelters, but not the Rohingya
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-offensive-rohingya-civilians-continue/
Photos of military torching Rohingya homes
https://twitter.com/drkhubyb/status/787046979964661761
3 helicopters arrive at Fairabazar village of Maungdaw and Rakhine are taken to safe shelters.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-offensive-rohingya-civilians-continue/
RVision report published 8th Dec:
“The border guard Police and Myanmar Army shot three innocent Rohingyas in Nga Cha Prong Maungdaw Township.”
http://www.rvisiontv.com/atrocities-rohingya-since-9th-october/
Hundreds of Rohingya from Kinifarang[Kyet Yoe Pyin], HanthGaujjaFara and Naishapur take refuge in a school of BarFara of Maungdaw. They are in need of food and shelter.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/786392532796137473
Myanmar government forces have entered Ngang Chaung (Naing Chaung) village, Kiyari Prang Hamlet [Kyet Yoe Pyin], Neiribil [Kyauk Pyin Seik], and Wabag in Maungdaw north and set fire to houses and several shops in the market which burnt to ashes and rendered thousands of people homeless who are now facing a severe food and shelter crises.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/13/myanmar-army-escalates-violence-against-rohingya-in-maungdaw/
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More than 100 homes were looted and destroyed by the military and Rakhine from Natal, in Naisafuri[Ngar Sar Kyu] of Maungdaw during the last night
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/786374142282964992 [photo]
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Report published on 22nd says Kiyari Prang [Kyet Yoe Pyin] had more than 700 homes and was destroyed.
In Kyet Yoe Pyin (Kyariprang) [Kyet Yoe Pyin] village, a total of 162 houses and a market with more than 150 Rohingya shops have now been burnt to the ground by Myanmar military. It has been under attack since Wednesday.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/arrests-mass-killings-torching-houses.html
Video footage of villagers fleeing their homes from Kyet Yoe Pyin (Kyariprang) [Kyet Yoe Pyin] in the morning, as their homes were burnt by the military.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/786440748954779649 [video 161013a]
A compilation of video footage of Rohingya fleeing Kyari Prang (Kyet Yoe Pyin) [Kyet Yoe Pyin]
A report published later on the 19th Oct puts the total number of houses burnt at 803 from Kyet Yoe Yin village [Pyin] (out of a total of 1368 houses across 5 hamlets with a total population of 10,010). Affected hamlets include wa Gyi hamlet, West hamlet, Lu Tin Farang hamlet and Fawr Zar Gar Fara hamlet. Two thirds of the market was also burnt and cattle, goats and chickens were loaded onto trucks and taken away.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/urgent-humanitarian-assistance-needed.html
Kya Ri prang [Kyet Yoe Pyin] in Maungdaw is looted and burned to the ground.
The army enters the village of Keyari parang [Kyet Yoe Pyin] in the morning, for the second time in two days, and launches a full scale attack using rocket launchers. Before the attack, civilian collaborators from the Rakhine community entered the houses and loot every item of value.
Report published on 22nd, states that Keyari prang [Kyet Yoe Pyin] had at least 700 homes and was destroyed.
8am “Rohingya boy was shot to death by the Burmese military early morning, while raiding Kyat Yo Pyin (Kahifarag) [Kyet Yoe Pyin] village.The village is under raid and attacks by launcher along with other Rohingya villages in Maungdaw.”
http://www.rvisiontv.com/day-4-updates-current-situation
12.30pm “Houses are being burnt down by using motor bombs in Kharifarang [Kyet Yoe Pyin] village, where military are arresting arbitrarily, shooting and killing Rohingyas randomly.
Moreover they are digging landmines on the roads with the intention of causing harm to Rohingyas.”
http://www.rvisiontv.com/day-4-updates-current-situation/
Tweet at 1.20pm KariFarang [Kyet Yoe Pyin] market (400 shops) is on fire, the whole village completely burnt down.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/786466806558957569
Tweeted 4th Dec:
In KyetYoePyin VT. This Mosque was burnt to the ground by Myanmar military in mid October. [video]
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/805205507778772992 [video 161013b]
In KyetYoePyin VT. These houses were burnt to the ground by Myanmar military in mid October.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/805205199396728832 [video 161013c]
In KyetYoePyin VT. This market was burnt to the ground by Myanmar military in mid October.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/805204844323700736 [video 161013d]
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Another report said at least three young innocent Rohingya have been brutally killed by military in Ngang Chaung today while the military forces were committing violence in the villages.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/13/myanmar-army-escalates-violence-against-rohingya-in-maungdaw/
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/13/the-myanmar-government-to-cease-rohingya-muslims-of-myanmar/
Myanmar government forces have entered Ngang Chaung (Naing Chaung) village, Kiyari Prang Hamlet [Kyet Yoe Pyin], Neiribil [Kyauk Pyin Seik], and Wabag in Maungdaw north and set fire to houses and several shops in the market which burnt to ashes and rendered thousands of people homeless who are now facing a severe food and shelter crises.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/13/myanmar-army-escalates-violence-against-rohingya-in-maungdaw/
10:00 People from Ngan Chaung village report that the Burmese Military burnt down more than 15 houses in their village.
According to one eyewitness, Burmese military shot Kader, a 28 year old Rohingya man in Maungnama village.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
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Military arrest 15 Rohingya including five children from Pha Wet Chaung village, take them by truck to NaTaLa village and later kill them. “The military raids our village [Pha Wet Chaung]. They arrested 15 villagers including 5 children. Military took them with a truck to NaTaLa village. Later they all were slaughtered.” a Rohingya told RB News over the phone.“
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/786595860473872385
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Military loot many Rohingya houses in HanthGaujjaFara[Pyaung Pyaik], HanfujjaFara, KansariFara of Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/786396584569294848
Pyaung Pyaik hamlet located in Nga Sa Kyu (Ngasagru) village is raided by the military. Before torching the houses, the military and NaTaLa villagers loot valuable things and cattle. They then torch 40 houses. Later in the evening more than 100 houses are burnt down. The military shoot dead an elderly woman while torching the houses and threw her into the fire. Some children and elderly are blocked inside their houses before they were set ablaze, and are burnt to death.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/arrests-mass-killings-torching-houses.html ✓
8.30am The military opens fire on a Rohingya village, Hanth Guajja Fara [Pyaung Pyit] in Maungdaw (right now), 75 houses are burnt and people are running out.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/786391372316061702
12:30 Men wearing military uniforms set fire to 30 houses in Pyaung Piang village, according to eyewitness
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
Vid footage of burnt out remains at Pyaung Pyaik following journalists visit in December:
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/811808676424089600 [video] ✓
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12:00 Villagers in Dudan village report that the Burmese Military shot dead Azizullah, a 29 year old Rohingya man.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
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2pm The military enter Tha Wun Chaung village and check the household registration and count the heads house by house. They find a man who isn’t from that village. The man is taken by the military and later released at 6pm.
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2.30pm Truck of Rohingya corpses under tarpaulin sheets, with hands and legs exposed, seen driving away from Myo Thu Gyi driving towards Maungdaw. A police van was accompanying the truck.
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/786513141643358208
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/786513738991935488
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15:00 Military looted Rohingya shops in Zin Pyaing Nya market, a shop owner with tears explained.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
3pm Army loot Rohingya shops in Zin Paing Nyar market in Maungdaw, assault the women and partially destroy a madrasa
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/786563969255432192
6pm ...At the same time 11 other Rohingya are arrested by military whilst they are raiding Zin Paing Nya (Zaa Moinna).
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-offensive-rohingya-civilians-continue/
11 Rohingya arbitrarily arrested by military in Zammonia [Zin Paing Nyar] village. Of them, Md Ishak age 28 s/o Ali Hussain was killed and the other 10 were taken away.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/13/myanmar-army-escalates-violence-against-rohingya-in-maungdaw/
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6pm A Rohingya man Ishaq S/o Ali Hussain, age 50, is killed by military whilst they are raiding Kyauk Pyin Seik (Naari Bil). http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-offensive-rohingya-civilians-continue/
9pm A Rohingya teenage girl named Z.. D/O Ali Hussain, 14 in Kyauk Pyin Seik (Naari Bil) village is gang raped by the military and BGP. She is abducted by the military and BGP in front of her family. Later she is gang brutally raped and tortured to death. Her house is also burnt down by military and BGP.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-offensive-rohingya-civilians-continue/
21:30 A Rohingya girl named Z.. (aged16 years) was gang raped by Border Guard Police forces in Kyauk Si Pyin Village, a relative confirms.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
3.30pm Military set fire to Rohingya village Agujja Fara. (tweet with photo)
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/786518783447883777
After 6pm military enter Sabai Gone and Laung Dun villages and shoot the homes with rocket launchers. The houses are burnt. An elder says “Many elderly, pregnant women, children are where the military are torching the houses. I am worried for them. I don’t know whether they are dead or alive. Now what I am seeing is this government is implementing the plan of the then president Thein Sein which Rohingyas will be kept in the camps and sent to third countries.”
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/arrests-mass-killings-torching-houses.html
19:00 Rohingya villagers seen burying at least 10 dead bodies in Maungdaw Town Cemetery according to eyewitness.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
Approx 7pm security forces are seen burying 7 bodies at the west side of Maungdaw Buddhist cemetery
Rohingya in rural area of Maungdaw report that the military are using rocket launchers to burn their homes and kill innocent civilians.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/786454182786109440
Hindus are reported as shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ on the road, to tempt the Rohingya out to join them at curfew time.
https://twitter.com/nslwin/status/786592504833605632
“Now the Rohingya Muslims are fleeing away from their respective villages for the fear of further repercussion by military. The army personnel burned down the houses by exploding motor-cells just after the family members left their houses from the villages today, said a local man.
The Rohingya are fleeing from their houses but the Rakhine residents are looting the properties and shops of the Rohingya taking the advantages of the violence by army.
Another source said from Bangladesh, they saw blaze and blaze and smokes like black cloud from Tekanf border about 20 miles far from the fire burning area in Maungdaw north of Arakan state.
It is learnt that most of the houses, shops in the market and mosques have been burnt down by military and police forces today which for which the Rohingya have become houseless at this moment and suffering seriously during the rainy days.“
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/13/myanmar-army-escalates-violence-against-rohingya-in-maungdaw/
5 helicopters are flying over the villages.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/arrests-mass-killings-torching-houses.html
http://www.kaladanpress.org/index.php/news/401-news-2016/october-2016/5029-kill,-arrest,-arson,-rape-and-loot-on-rohingya-in-maungdaw.html
Over 200 people worried for their safety who have fled Maungdaw Township arrived in Buthidaung Town on 13 October.
http://www.bnionline.net/news/arakan-state/item/2403-over-200-idps-from-maungdaw-township-arrive-in-buthidaung.html
Press release from Myanmar government regarding alleged attacks on border guard police
http://www.president-office.gov.mm/en/?q=briefing-room/statements-and-releases/2016/10/15/id-6678
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12am 24:00 11/10/2016: Military in Bura shidda fara [U Shey Kya] have killed an elderly Rohingya named to Abu Ahmed, where they also killed another Rohingya named to be Humayan Ahmed in Kharifarag [Kyet Yoe Pyin] village.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/updates-current-situation-ground/
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Military enter Kyet Yoe Pyin village and burn houses.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/arrests-mass-killings-torching-houses.html
Four Rohingya from Kye Yoe Pyin are reported as killed
54 Rohingya from Kye Yoe Pyin are reported as arrested
The army shoot dead a man and a child in the village of Keyari parang [Kyet Yoe Pyin] and set fire to houses on the fringe of the village (they return the following day to burn the rest of the houses down).
7am Military suddenly turn up at the village of Keyari parang [Kyet Yoe Pyin] and start burning isolated houses on the fringe of the village. Two onlookers, one of them a boy, attempt to flee. The military catch them and kill them with sharp objects. It is noticed that many of the attackers are dressed in civilian clothing.
Tweet at 9am The military opens fire on Kaerifarang [Kyet Yoe Pyin] of Maungdaw (now). They want the Rohingya to leave.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/786038858865442816
9am At least 50 houses are burnt by the military at Nget Kyar Pyu (Nai Sa Pru) and Kiyari Prang [Kyet Yoe Pyin]
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/12/dozens-of-houses-burnt-in-maungdaw-north/
10:00 Burmese Army red rocket launchers in Kyat Yoe Pyin Village. At least 35 Rohingyas were killed and 40 Rohingyas were arrested in Maungdaw. Approximately 400 houses burnt down.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
11.30am 7 military trucks have surrounded a village in Kyet Yoe Pyin village tract in the front, and soldiers are said to have set mines in the back (according to a Rohingya man in the village - after that he could not be contacted).
http://www.aungaungsittwe.com/ongoing-rohingya-genocide-myanmar/
Most of the houses at Wabeg village are burnt. Total number of houses burnt stands at more than 100 at Nget Kyar Pyu, Kiyari Prang [Kyet Yoe Pyin], Naing Chang and Wabeg villages of Maungdaw north
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/12/dozens-of-houses-burnt-in-maungdaw-north/
Noor Ayesha held her last surviving daughter tight as their boat crossed into Bangladeshi waters. She left behind a firebombed home, a dead husband, seven slain children and the soldiers who raped her.
“A group of about 20 of them appeared in front of my house,” the 40-year-old Rohingya woman recalled of the morning in mid-October when her village was invaded by hundreds of Burmese government troops. “They ordered all of us to come out in the courtyard. They separated five of our children and forced them into one of our rooms and put on the latch from outside. Then they fired a ‘gun-bomb’ on that room and set it on fire.
“Five of my children were burnt to death by the soldiers. They killed my two daughters after raping them. They also killed my husband and raped me.”
She said just one child survived the frenzy: five-year-old Dilnawaz Begum, who hid in a neighbour’s house when the soldiers arrived in the village of Kyet Yoe Pyin, in the Maungdaw township of Rakhine state.
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Warpaik Village village is burnt down. A 74 year old Rohingya man from the village reports that 50 houses were destroyed.
http://aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/myanmar-military-says-10-armed-men-killed-in-rakhine/663842
Wabeg village is reported as burnt down after been attacked with rocket launchers
https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/kill-arrest-arson-rape-and-loot-on-rohingya-in-maungdaw/
Most of the houses at Wabeg village are burnt. Total number of houses burnt stands at more than 100 at Nget Kyar Pyu [Ngar Sar Kyu], Kiyari Prang [Kyet Yoe Pyin], Naing Chang [Ngan Chaung] and Wabeg [Wa Peik] villages of Maungdaw north
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/12/dozens-of-houses-burnt-in-maungdaw-north/
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6 Rohingya from Maungnama village, including village admin officer, are reported as arrested, but their current whereabouts is unknown (missing)
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9am At least 50 houses are burnt by the military at Nget Kyar Pyu (Nai Sa Pru) [Ngar Sar Kyu] and Kiyari Prang [Kyet Yoe Pyin]
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/12/dozens-of-houses-burnt-in-maungdaw-north/
Most of the houses at Wabeg village are burnt. Total number of houses burnt stands at more than 100 at Nget Kyar Pyu [Ngar Sar Kyu], Kiyari Prang [Kyet Yoe Pyin], Naing Chang [Ngan Chaung] and Wabeg [Wa Peik] villages of Maungdaw north
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/12/dozens-of-houses-burnt-in-maungdaw-north/
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Most of the houses at Wabeg village are burnt. Total number of houses burnt stands at more than 100 at Nget Kyar Pyu [Ngar Sar Kyu], Kiyari Prang [Kyet Yoe Pyin], Naing Chang [Ngan Chaung] and Wabeg [Wa Peik] villages of Maungdaw north
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/12/dozens-of-houses-burnt-in-maungdaw-north/
A second grave is reported to have been found in Ngang Chaung village where “three Rohingya men including a woman were buried by army forces after shooting them to death during the last three days’ violence”
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/13/myanmar-army-escalates-violence-against-rohingya-in-maungdaw/
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4pm Military raid the village of Kyauk Prinseik, Maungdaw and open fire on the villagers without any warning. At least 7 people are killed including a pregnant lady. The deceased are identified as Oli Ahmed, s/o Abu Bakar, Ismail s/o Syed Hussain, Rabika d/o Wajullah and Amana d/o Md Rashid. The two daughters of Rabika, and a son of Amana, who were with their mothers during the incident also died. Rabika was pregnant. (includes photos of grave)
4pm “On 12.10.2016 at 4PM, third mass graves of Rohingya killed by Myanmar military was discovered in Kyauk Pyin Seik, Northern Maungdaw of Arakan. The corpses in the grave seems to be killed on 11.10.2016 by Myanmar Military. Out of 11 victims, following persons could be recognized:d
1. Auli Ahmed son of Abu Bakr (75) years old
2. Sayad Husein son Ismail (28) yrs old
The rest could not be recognized yet. While discovering the grave some Rohingya complained missing of following persons.
1. Muhammad Rashid son of Husein Ahmed and his family
2. A pregnant wife.
3. Rawbika daughter of AuziUllah and her 2 year old daughter
4. Amina daughter of Muhammad Rashid and her children.”
http://www.aungaungsittwe.com/ongoing-rohingya-genocide-myanmar/
three unidentified corpses were discovered in Kayuk Pyin Saik, Maungdaw North.
4pm 04:00 12/10/2016: 50 homes have been burnt down by military early morning in 4 villages which are still burning. Burning villages are:Lu daing [Doe Tan], Seingri [Kyun Gaung], Kya yo pyin [Kyet Yoe Pyin] and Wa Paik [Wa Peik] of Maungdaw. Moreover Army are using bombs on the roads of Nga Ku Ra [Nga Lku Ya] and Loogdong Village.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/updates-current-situation-ground/
12 noon BGP area no 6 and army personnel arrest 10 Rohingya as they return home from market
https://kaladanpress.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/kill-arrest-arson-rape-and-loot-on-rohingya-in-maungdaw/
1pm 01:00 PM 12/10/2016: Military in Long Dong have arrested an innocent Rohingya Civilian named Shabbir S/O Abdu Shukkur,35.
Later Military raided Singiri [Kyun Gaung] village and raped an innocent Rohingya women name R...,19. And now 4 Rohingya villages are still at fire, blazed by military
Now Navy Ships and military helicopter are seen to be arriving through Naff river, indicating towards more mass killing and continuation of Atrocities on Rohingyas.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/updates-current-situation-ground/
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17:00 Eyewitness saw military burying at least 10 dead bodies at the East Mosque in Myo Ma Kayin Tan village, Maungdaw Township.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
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18:00 Military officers burnt down about 10 houses and a mosque in Pawa Chaung village.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
19.30 Around 19:30 military arrested 15 Rohingyas from Pawa Chaung Village.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
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Evening 45 soldiers stayed the night inside the mosque in Singiri Fara [Kyun Gaung] of Maungdaw, burnt the Quran whilst cooking then left, said a Rohingya at 9.05am the next morning (says they left at 8pm but this maybe a mistake - probably it meant 8am, since other reports also said they stayed the night)
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/786395819096223749
Later Military raided Singiri [Kyun Gaung] village and raped an innocent Rohingya women name R...,19.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/updates-current-situation-ground/
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Eyewitnesses have reported police loading corpses onto a truck at Hainda para [Myo Thu Gyi], Maungdaw North. Earlier, at least seven civilians, including a child was killed during a military raid in Hainda para.
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Meanwhile, there are reports that a mass grave with ten corpses have been discovered in a Muslim cemetery in Kanyin Tan Myoma on Monday.
3pm 03:00 12/10/2016: Military have started mass arbitrary arrest on Rohingya civilians and took them to commandment Region 1 in northern Maungdaw.
There they were threatened of killing and was told that “if we have problems in tackling the issue, you all will be killed”.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/updates-current-situation-ground/
3 bodies of men and a women have been recovered from the soil after being shot by the military in North Maungdaw
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/12/dozens-of-houses-burnt-in-maungdaw-north/
Dozens killed and more than 50 arbitrarily arrested
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/12/dozens-of-houses-burnt-in-maungdaw-north/
Since Sunday the crackdown is led by military personnel, but on Wednesday the Rohingya notice instances of many attackers wearing civilian clothing but carrying the same automatic weapons used by the army, which causes the Rohingya some confusion. There are also reports that the army is planting land mines near Rohingya villages.
Blockade is causing hunger and sporadic shooting is causing panic.
A well armed Rakhine mob surrounds Jaliya para in Mamra, promising to kill all Rohingya Muslims in the area. Hlun Htein forces stationed nearby have assured the mob of their support.
In retaliation, Rohingya Muslims threatened to fight to the last person. Speaking by phone, Md Yunus, a Muslim man from the area, says they will thwart attempts by the mob to enter their village.However, the Rohingyas are not well armed and have no access to firearms leading to concerns there will a massacre committed by the Rakhine mob backed by security forces, similar to 2012.
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Last night 2 unarmed Rohingya were killed and 5 injured in BurraShiddaFara [U Shey Kya] of Maungdaw when the military opened fire.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785680904555343872
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9am 35 soldiers reach Kadirbil [Kyee Kan Pyin] of Maungdaw, fire into the air and start door to door operations to arrest villagers.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785680144060993536
9am Soldiers raid Kadirbil [Kyee Kan Pyin] of Maungdaw, arrest 3 Rohingya and destroy 3 houses. They released the men at 10.30am
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785718077237235713
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12.45pm tweet: Army and Natala Rakhine set fire to Rohingya village of Wabek [Wa Peik, Kyee Kan Pyin] in Maungdaw, 3 houses are burnt
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785732999325229056
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11am Burmese Military killed 1 person in Nga Sar Chuu village and 140 houses burnt down in Nga Sar Chuu village according to an eyewitness.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
11.30am Soldiers from a truck call a Rohingya teenager, age 16, in Kansari Fara in Maungdaw. He tries to run away so they shoot him and he falls down. The soldiers take then take him with them in their truck.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785712564084760577
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785713363166769152
11.45am The army surround Ducheeradan and MaungNaMa in Maungdaw. The Rohingya are afraid.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785718662124539905
12pm Three military trucks loaded with weapons and forces arrive in Nget Kyar Pyu (Nai Sa Pru). They besiege the villages of Nget Kyar Pyu, Naing Chang and Neiribil and fire indiscriminately towards the Rohingya people where the child of Shomsu is shot and killed on the spot. Seeing the child killed, the crowd becomes angry, losing their fear momentarily, and throw stones and march with sticks towards the military, who respond by opening fire. Reports of casualties are unknown (apart from the boy and another who was injured in Neiribil near Nget Kyar Pyu at 3.30pm) [this report is published on 12th but the same story is also published on 11th as an eye witness report happening on that day]
“Three military trucks with full of weapons came to our village and started firing blindly”, we suspect all these are not military”, said R.U., 47 years old from Nget Kyar Pyu( Nai Sa Pru). “Because uniform of some militaries are not same. It seems like AA terrorists”, he added.
According to another resident, The villagers clashed by mud stone and stick when they were unbearable after seeing dead body of son of Shomshu, 25. ” Our condition is very worse. Police and military blocked all the ways to roads and markets. We are starved since yesterday. We cannot go out. We need International emergency Help and UN security force to protect us” said by a villager.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/11/emergency-help-is-needed-for-rohingya-in-arakan/
12pm The army surround the Rohingya village Shwe Tabin (Zammanna) in Maungdaw (now)
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785733379161399296
13:00 Military shot one Rohingya man Aman Ullah (45 years old), who suffered an injury to his chest. When 6 Rohingya came out to the paddy eld, they were all arrested by military and Border guard forces. Until now, there is no information about where they are or what happened to them.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
2.30pm Hundreds of soldiers are seen surrounding the village of Nasa Fru in Maungdaw, with heavy weaponry. ‘Thousands of rounds of live ammunition were fired in the direction of the locals.’ There are fears that dozens may have been killed, but the number of deaths is unknown.
3.30pm a Rohingya youth from Neiri Bil [Kyauk Pyin Seik] near Nai Sa Pru is injured.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/11/emergency-help-is-needed-for-rohingya-in-arakan/
5pm army shoot at a house and a cow in Nwa Yun Taung of Maungdaw. A bullet hits a Rohingya lady’s head and she dies and the cow dies also.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785865997022474241
9pm army camp at school of Kayangdan, it is thought that they are preparing to raid the Rohingya village of Kayaungdan
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785867592170745856
10pm Hundreds of Rakhine seen gathering at San Pya in Maungdaw holding swords and weapons. It is thought that the army let them gather in Northern MyoMa, SanPya of Maungdaw.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785868456725913604
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785869442102075392
11.30pm Two army trucks surround village of Bo Mu in Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785900165676707840
Military open sporadic fire on Monnama, North Maungdaw, injuring one Rohingya man. The injured man and 6 others are taken to an unknown location. They are later seen dressed up in uniform resembling soldiers. It is suspected they will be videoed as guerrillas attacking Myanmar security forces.
The Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) of Teknaf Battalion 2 hand over two Rohingya men to the BGP (Myanmar border guard police). The men, Kamal and Yousuf, were fleeing to Bangladesh for treatment after being injured by indiscriminate shooting on villagers in the early hours of Sunday. It is unknown what happened to them after they were handed over.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/12/bgb-hands-over-2-victims-to-myanmar-police/
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Sayeda Khatun was more than five months pregnant, but said that did not deter the soldiers who arrived at her house in the village around noon on 11 October. “They carried me at gunpoint to a large courtyard in the village where they had gathered around 30 other Rohingya women,” the 32-year-old said.
“From among us the soldiers separated around 15 younger ‘good-looking’ women and took them away to an unknown place. I was in the group of about 15 older women who were raped in that courtyard by the soldiers. Fearing that they would shoot and kill us, all of us took off our clothing as the soldiers ordered.”
She considers herself lucky: she lost no family members and eventually found a way to escape to Cox’s Bazar with her husband, Oli Mohammad. But the violence has fractured their relationship, Mohammad believing the men who raped Khatun are also her baby’s fathers, “at least partly”.
“My husband said the baby is impure and should be aborted,” she said. “I resisted the idea of the abortion from the beginning. In Bangladesh some people counselled my husband that only he is the real father of my baby. But he is firm on his belief that the baby has been fathered by many, including him … and he has distanced himself from me.”
Noor Hossain, a resident of a neighbouring village, Ngasaku, told the Guardian by phone that the Burmese soldiers had arrived in Kyet Yoe Pyin on 11 October accompanied by Buddhist settlers known as Natala.
More than half the Rohingya community’s 850 houses were razed over the next two days and soldiers killed at least 265 people, he claims.
“At least 100 women were raped and 25 of them were killed during the attack in Karyiprang. At least 40 Rohingyas were burnt alive in the village. Apart from killing people with gunshots and burning them, the soldiers also slaughtered many with knife. They also took away about 150 Rohingya men who have not returned as yet,” Hossain said.
Morning Two Rohingya shopkeepers and two Rohingya rickshaw pullers are unloading goods near a shop in Sidi parang, Buthidaung, when a military patrol team pulls up and arrests them without any explanation. The two shop keepers are called Sanaullah and Somir Ullah; the two rickshaw pullers are Hala Miah and Md Solim. There are rumours that they are then tortured and buried in unmarked graves.
3pm A religious teacher, Sajid Ullah, is walking with three other men in Taungbazar, Buthidaung, when an army patrol team approach them. As soon as they see the military then men flee but Sajid is arrested. Sources say he is then tortured in custody.
A Rohingya lady is in her village in Maungdaw when 30-40 soldiers enter. Her husband, along with the other men in the village had fled at this time, fearing mass arrests and torture of soldier-aged males by the Burmese police and military. Two of the soldiers enter her house and became aggressive towards her. She asks them to leave and they beat her with sticks and also punched and kick her. As the soldiers made clear they intended to rape her she begs them to stop and informs them that she is three months pregnant. The soldiers then brutally rape her and leave. A few days later a rumor spreads that the army will be returning to the village so she flees, along with a small group of Rohingya civilians, to Bangladesh. There she is taken in by locals and a doctor has examines her, corroborating that she had been raped, beaten, and that these events resulted in miscarriage.
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12am (Sun to Mon midnight) military bury approx one dozen corpses in the southern side of the East Mosque of Kanyin Tan Myoma village, Maungdaw Township. After arriving with five cars, they surround the compound of the cemetery to make sure it is secure. Then they break the lock on the mosque gate and a car drops the corpses at the north-east side of the cemetery. They then dig a wide hole to bury the bodies. Blood drops from the bodies are left along the route where the bodies are dragged. The bodies are packed in white bags (used for rice in Myanmar).
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/a-second-mass-grave-was-discovered.html
11am Army bury a light truck load of Rohingya corpses near Moe Ma Khaing Nyaungdan (ShidaFara) cemetery
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785678557863260160
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Report here mentions 10 bodies buried at Yakub Mosque, Myothugyi village tract, then recovered the next day to bury the Islamic way.
4am On Oct 10th, around 40 soldiers surrounded Myo Thu Gyi village and dragged men out of their houses, and according to this witness, who doesn’t want to be identified, they were shot dead. “The soldiers came in a 4 in the morning, they came into our houses, and dragged four men out, two of them were very young. Some of them tried to run away but the soldiers shot them. I saw it with my own eyes. Everyone saw it.” 13 year old Mohammed Ayas and his 18 year old brother died on the spot. The neighbour took their photos. People here say 7 people were killed in this village that morning. The government has not provided evidence that these men were part of the armed group.
Source: Al Jazeera video report published on 29 Oct, reporter Step Vaessen.
https://youtu.be/54IwyUD-Zk0 ✓
5am military surround hamlets of Ywa Haung and Saung Pyaing Nya in MyoThiGyi village tract. The villagers are trapped in their homes.
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6.30am via Fortify Rights, military arrived in Myothugyi village
http://us10.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f15b18127e37f74088063b773&id=ddb19c8cb3&e=8f01b844d9 ✓
8am via Fortify Rights, 23 yr old Ishmael M witnesses 4 Myanmar army soldier apprehend unarmed Rohingya man Nagu, approx 50 yrs old. A military man was talking on the phone and after that they shot him in the face and the head, killing him. Witnesses provided photographs and a short video of the body. At the time of writing the body had not yet been buried and was at a local home.
http://us10.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f15b18127e37f74088063b773&id=ddb19c8cb3&e=8f01b844d9 ✓
8/9am when some villagers try to gaze out at the situation, the military see them and raid their homes. They are all taken out and shot at close range. Among them, one Rohingya boy who is just 13 years old. They include:
(1) Mohammed Ayas, son of Kamaal -- age 13
(2) Mohammed Husson, son of Kamaal -- age 20
(3) Mozu, son of Abdul Munaf -- age 30
(4) Nezam Uddin @ Dormin Daar, son of Ayas -- age 35, from Ywa Haung hamlet
(5) Nuru, son of Nazeer Ahmed
(6) Nagu, son of Kadeer
(7) Nur Bosher, son of Younus (27) -- from Saung Pyaing Nya hamlet, Myo Thi Gyi village tract.
12 Rohingya are arrested (source: KPN)
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/seven-rohingyas-from-maungdaw-closely.html ✓
http://www.kaladanpress.org/index.php/news/401-news-2016/october-2016/5029-kill,-arrest,-arson,-rape-and-loot-on-rohingya-in-maungdaw.html ✓
8:30 - Military officers shot and killed 7 Rohingya villagers in Myo Thu Gyi village. Two of the Rohingyas were children under 18 years of age.
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10am Ishmael also told Fortify Rights that another man, Noor Allam—believed to be approximately 55 years old—was also fatally shot at approximately 10 a.m., nearby Ishmael’s location. “We could hear some noises, bullets, and when the army left, we saw the body, and I helped bring the body inside the home,” Ishmael told Fortify Rights. “There was blood on his chest. I took a photo of the body myself.” Ishmael said he carried the body of Noor Allam to a nearby home.
Fortify Rights received information of at least three killings of Rohingya men in Myothugyi village on October 10—the third was a 25-year-old Rohingya man named Noor Bashar.
“They took three men...and killed them,” another Rohingya man in Myothugyi said. “They did not arrest the people, they just killed them.”
The New York Times and Reuters reported allegations of seven deaths in Myothugyi village on October 10. Both outlets reported witnesses alleging that army soldiers shot at Rohingya as they ran away. The New York Times quoted a local journalist traveling with security forces in Myothugyi at the time, who claimed, “Three suspects were killed as they ran away when the security forces entered the village.” On Facebook, the journalist who spoke to the New York Times later denied the quote, saying he was “in trouble” as a result of the article and now alleges that the victims attacked the soldiers “and soldiers shot them back.”
http://us10.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f15b18127e37f74088063b773&id=ddb19c8cb3&e=8f01b844d9 ✓
Morning 4 Rohingya are shot dead by military who open fire on a market in Hainda Para [Myo Thu Gyi], North Maungdaw. 3 men are killed on the spot, their names are:
Mojiur Rahman, Md Hossain, and Nazimur
A fourth, a boy named Ilias, runs for cover and the army chases him and shoots him in his house in front of his parents, who struggle in vain save him.
3 others are also reported to have been killed but their details have not yet been confirmed.
http://www.myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/305-boy-killed-in-front-of-parents-three-others-dead-as-military-attacks-hainda-para-bazar ✓
19:00 Five military officers beat 5 Rohingya men in Sambana [possibly Thaung Paing Nyar/Saung Pyaing Nya] hamlet near Myo Thu Gyi Village. Some of the men were beaten so badly they lost their teeth. According to sources on the ground, the military officers are from Battalion 263 led by Lt. Col. Hlaing Min Htet.
The names of the Rohingya victims are: (1) Dowllah (18-year-old) son of Abukar Siddik (M)(2) Hamind (35-year-old) son of Basamiah (M)(3) Hanfuru (25-year-old) son of Nur Ahmed (M)(4) Salim (25-year-old) son of Mamad Huson (M)(5) Habiullah (45-year-old) son of Abulusson (M)
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html ✓
Two individuals said that residents in their village were taken from their homes and shot dead by Myanmar soldiers. Amnesty International heard how in Myo Thu Gyi, three people, including a 13-year-old boy, were shot dead when soldiers entered the hamlet on the morning of 10 October. One villager said:
“They went inside the house, pulled the people outside, took them to the jungle nearby and then
shot them… I saw the bodies afterwards.”
Other human rights organizations and media outlets have also documented the incident. The villager from Myo Thu Gyi also told Amnesty International that the bodies of four men from a nearby hamlet were also found on 10 October. Credible sources report that they had been detained by the security forces the night before.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa16/5362/2016/en/ ✓
9.45 pm 5 Rohingya from Say Tha Ma Gyi village are staying in tents, taking care of their farms, when 5 military see them whilst patrolling near the farms and beat them without reason. The military tell them to go to Pan Lin Pyin military outpost on next day. The 5 military men involved in beating the Rohingya are from Battalion 263 led by Lt. Col. Hlaing Min Htet.
The names of the Rohingya victims are:
(1) Dowllah (18-year-old) son of Abukar Siddik
(2) Hamind (35-year-old) son of Basamiah
(3) Hanfuru (25-year-old) son of Nur Ahmed
(4) Salim (25-year-old) son of Mamad Huson
(5) Habiullah (45-year-old) son of Abulusson
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/five-rohingyas-allegedly-tortutred-in.html ✓
In Myo Thu Gyi village tract, Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State, millitary personnel took seven innocent Rohingyas from their home and shot to death at close range.
On October 10th, 2016, at 5am, military forces surronded the hamlets of Ywa Haung and Saung Pyaing Nya in Myo Thi Gyi village tract. The villagers were trapped, locked up inside of their respective homes. Meanwhile, when some villagers tried to gaze out at the situation, the millitary saw them and raided their homes.
They were all shot to death at close range after taking out them out to a nearby place. Among them, one Rohingya boy was just 13 years in age. His elder and him was shot together.
At noon, 12 pm, the bodies were picked up by the military and taken away in their car.
The names of the 7 Rohingyas whom were shot to death are as follows:
(1) Mohammed Ayas, son of Kamaal -- 13 years
(2) Mohammed Husson, son of Kamaal -- 20 years
(3) Mozu, son of Abdul Munaf -- 30 years
(4) Nezam Uddin @ Dormin Daar, son of Ayas -- 35 years, were from Ywa Haung hamlet and
(1) Nuru, son of Nazeer Ahmed
(2) Nagu, son of Kadeer
(3) ---, son of Younus --18 years, from Saung Pyaing Nya hamlet, Myo Thi Gyi village tract.
Myo Thu Gyi is a village tract located approximately 6 miles away from where there was an attack on the 9th of October.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/seven-rohingyas-from-maungdaw-closely.html#sthash.U3dKpP9i.dpuf (images of dead) ✓
Images of the dead:
http://i1.wp.com/www.thestateless.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Seven-innocent-Rohingya-were-Kill.png ✓
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Last Night Many Rohingya houses were looted in Kyikanpyin in Maungdaw and people ran from their homes in fright.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785304624844591104
9:00 Military officers burnt down about 20 Rohingya houses in Kyi Kan Pyin village. Eyewitness report seeing men in Burmese military uniforms starting the blazes.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
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12.30 A grave of 3 Rohingya dead bodies found in Kyauk Sin Pyin village. Villagers said those 3 people were arrested by military ofcers the night before, on 9th October evening. The bodies have been identied as: (1) Bawsir Ahmed s/o Nazir Hussein (67-year-old) (M)(2) Eman Hussein s/o Lal Miah (41-year-old) (M)(3) Mamod Naser s/o Jamal (16-year-old) (M)
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
Early hours In Nari Bil [Kyauk Pyin Seik], North Maungdaw, 3 Rohingya men are out of their houses when soldiers positioned on the top of the adjoining hill open fire on them and killed them. The 3 men die on the spot. Their names are:
Johir Ahmed, Imam Hossain and Md Nasir.
The soldiers then come to the village to bury them. After the soldiers leave, the villagers dig them out and give them a proper funeral.
http://www.myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/309-army-kills-three-in-nari-bil
3 Rohingya men are shot dead in the night, in south Nari Bil [Kyauk Pyin Seik] of Maungdaw North: Johir Ahmed 65 s/o Nazir Hussain, Imam Hossain 40 s/o Lal Miah and Md Nasir 20 s/o Jamal Hussain of Naribil
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/11/myanmar-military-kills-3-more-in-maungdaw/
12 noon, a grave of 3 Rohingya bodies are found in Kyauk Pyin Saik village, in northern Maungdaw Township. They had been arrested by the military the evening before.
The corpses are identified as:
(1) Bawsir Ahmed s/o Nazir Hussein (67-year-old)
(2) Eman Hussein s/o Lal Miah (41-year-old)
(3) Mamod Naser s/o Jamal (16-year-old)
According to the villagers, two Rohingya men who were also arrested at the same time (the evening before) are still missing.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/three-corpses-found-in-mass-grave-in.html
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/a-second-mass-grave-was-discovered.html
RVision report published 8th Dec:
A mass grave where three Rohingya were buried and discovered by some Rohingya villagers on Monday, at 3:25pm on October 10th 2016, in Kyauk Pyin Seik village tract in Maungdaw. “We found a mass grave with three Rohingya corpses. Among them is one of a very old man. We believe that they were shot dead by the military on Sunday night or Monday morning,” a local Rohingya villager from Kyauk Pyin Seik told Rohingya blogger. Myanmar Army Forces entered into Kyauk Pyin Seik village later at 1:30 pm and arrested five villagers without any apparent reason. Then they killed three villagers and buried them. The grave was found by the
villagers in the afternoon. There are men whom are still missing.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/atrocities-rohingya-since-9th-october/
Soldiers camped in the school of Narubil (Kyaukpyin Seik), destroyed 3 Rohingya houses (that were empty) and arrested 18 Rohingya ladies from 25 houses when they found no man inside (the men fled to hide to avoid arrest arbitrary when the raids started).
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785305195647422467
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785308461282099200
11am The house of Rohingya MV Rafique in Nirubil [Kyauk Pyin Seik] of Maungdaw is burnt down by soldiers
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785680904555343872
One house from Kyauk Pyin Saik (Nari Bil) village is burnt down
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Army fire on Rohingya villagers in Ushingya Village tract. 3 are killed and 6 injured.
https://twitter.com/mir_sidiquee/status/785372406865072128
16:00 Sources report that the military killed 7 Rohingyas and arrested a further 6 people from Oo Chin Kya village.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
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One mosque, one madrasa and houses from Wabeg village are reported as burnt down
http://www.kaladanpress.org/index.php/news/401-news-2016/october-2016/5029-kill,-arrest,-arson,-rape-and-loot-on-rohingya-in-maungdaw.html
14:30 Burmese Military burnt down about 15 houses in Wabeik village and shot 6 Rohingyas, they died immediately. There is 1 mosque and 1 religious school according to eyewitness from the village.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
Similar attacks occurred in Doe Tan, as reported by a 25 a year old male interviewee:
“The military came to our village on 10 October in the morning. First they started shooting into
the air, people were scared and came out of their homes, and then they started killing people. They were shooting at people. We were all trying to flee, I was running and at that
point I was shot and fell into the paddy field. Since I was running I am not sure on which side
the bullet entered and where it exited. My cousin helped me and brought me home and
treated my wound. My father was killed at the same time as I was shot.” (OHCHR picture
Onfile of his lower back and side, where a bullet entered and exited.)
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/MM/FlashReport3Feb2017.pdf
Morning A 7 year old Rohingya is killed in Maungdaw
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785358101423587328
Some names of Rohingya killed by the army so far:
Mujubur Rahman age 30, Yunus age 25, Muhammad Husein age 23, Nezamuddin age 25
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785360550037368833
A man called... age 35, from Zula village in MroOo and his 5 friends are said to have been involved in the preplanned attacks in Maungdaw. The source said it was a plan of the army. The attack is said to have been a fake attack with 10 to 15 people involved, but the Rakhine knew about it and went to attack a second time, so there were 2 groups of attackers. It is said that he also does drug dealing with the BGP.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785341663405191168
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785342460100694020
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785340962109128704
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785344507269165057
Four Rohinyga are reported as arrested from Dunse in Rathedaung, at least one of whom is reported to have been killed in custody.
http://www.myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/306-many-arrested-whereabouts-unknown-some-presumed-dead
Four boats are sighted, said to be carrying Bangladeshi Rakhines, crossing over from Bangladesh Chowdhury para locality. It is thought that they must have assistance from Bangladeshi security forces since the Bangladesh Border Force has increased security and Rohingya boats are being turned back. It is thought that they may be associated with anti Muslim vigilante groups.
After alleged attack on border on 9th Oct, Bangladesh border with Myanmar is reported as closed, following request from Burma Border Guard Police, leaving Rohingya who had gone into Bangladesh for medical treatment stranded at Teknaf port in Bangladesh (reported on 14th)
6pm A boat of 18 stranded Bangladeshi nationals are allowed to return home from Maungdaw to Bangladesh, arriving at Teknaf port. Rohingya local to Bangladesh who were visiting Maungdaw are now allowed to return home to Bangladesh. (reported on 14th)
‘Lt. Col. Abujar Al Zahid from Teknaf Battalion No. 2 said that the situation of Teknaf border is completely under control. In addition, he said there was no intrusion as the border was totally high tight under control of Border guard Bangladesh (BGB). We also ban to fishing in the Naf River for Bangladeshi. ‘ http://www.kaladanpress.org/index.php/news/401-news-2016/october-2016/5028-stranded-bangladeshi-safely-arrived-to-their-home.html
A Rohingya student known for his social activism is arrested from Naffura in North Maungdaw.
http://www.myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/306-many-arrested-whereabouts-unknown-some-presumed-dead
In Hansar Bil , South Maungdaw, the military arrest two young men on allegations of aiding resistance fighters.
Day of alleged border attack - see main stream media for Myanmar government’s press releases - not listed here as they are not considered reliable.
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00:30 – Three border police outposts, including the Border Guard Police Headquarters at Kyi Kan Pyin Village were attacked by a group of alleged Rohingya fighters. According to state media, 9 Border Guard Police ofcers were killed, and 8 attackers were also killed.In the evening about 6pm the authorities conrmed that a curfew had been imposed, prohibiting people from being outside of their homes from 7pm to 6am, and from gathering in groups of more than 4 people.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/11/a-briefing-by-brouk-2016-crackdown-on.html
Tweeted at 9.46pm 12 Rohingya were arrested in Kyikanpyin and in Kudinkauk [Koe Tan Kauk] 2 were shot dead
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785144290506702849
2am “armed forces entered Baas Sara in Maungdaw South and opened fire indiscriminately at the Rohingyas. At least two were reported dead from army firing.
The sounds of gunfire alerted Rohingyas in neighbouring villages and they all fled their homes. Two truckloads carrying army personnel also entered the neighbouring village tract of Wabek [Wa Peik] and started opening fire. However, all inhabitants had already fled the area. The military responded by burning the local mosque.
Army also raided Ludaing [Doe Tan] but Rohingyas had already fled the area beforehand.
In Maungdaw North, security forces entered Naffura [Nga Sar Kyu] and fired indiscriminately. At least one person received serious injuries.
Meanwhile in Rathedaung, armed forces entered Dunse [Koe Tan Kauk] and launched a sudden raid on Rohingya houses. Four innocent people were arrested. One has reportedly been tortured to death. Torture of detainees in the custody of security forces have killed hundreds since 2012.
In the morning hours, 12 people were arrested from Siddhar para in Maungdaw town. The arrested 12 are all known to be educated people who are vocal for the rights of the local Muslim community.”
“In Siddharapara of Maungdaw town, 12 people were arrested by Hlun Htein on Sunday morning. Local sources say these were targeted arrests, all of those taken to custody are well known social workers who have strived hard for the Muslim community.”
http://www.myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/306-many-arrested-whereabouts-unknown-some-presumed-dead
2am Exchange of gunfire is heard
http://www.rvisiontv.com/breaking-news-new-form-violence-unfold-rohingya/
2am This reports states fighting is between Myanmar armed forces and the the Arakan Army (AA) joined with the Arakan Liberation Party. It says the clashes took place at the BGP (the Border Guard Police) headquarter in Kyi Kan Pyin (Khawar Bil) nearby Aung Zayar Rakhine village first and the attacks on the Rohingya have also been going on at some villages of Maung Daw north by the Myanmar government forces. Some bridges are reported as destroyed.
The state of emergency is announced and the curfew has imposed in Maung Daw Township under the Section-144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure making the Rohingya in Maung Daw panic.
“The reason and motive behind the battle between the government armed forces and the Rakhine rebel groups are yet to be known. But the Rohingya residents are now in terrible situation as the clashes might be taken place further in which Rohingya innocent people may be accused of the clashes by the government taking the advantages of the clashes though the government knows well which groups are conducting attacks on the government forces.
Another clash has been occurred between the Rakhine militants and the government forces in Napura (Ngaku Ya) of Maung Daw north, but no report of causalities has been known yet.”
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/09/fierce-clashes-between-myanmar-armed-forces-and-rakhine-rebel-groups-continue-in-maung-daw-north/
3am Gunfire heard from direction of Border Guard post. Rohingya villagers flee.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/world/asia/myanmar-rohingya-muslim-rakhine-violence.html
The following report also claims the Arakan Army attacked on BGP Headquarter in KyikanPyin, Kodan Gouk and Ngakhura and the attack was blamed on the RSO which no longer exists since it was disbanded in 1995. It says that rumours were put out on Facebook on 8th October that the RSO were going to attack Maungdaw. Many Rohingya sources were called across the region who all said there was no RSO, that it was propaganda made up by the Myanmar army and Rakhine extremists, and that the Rohingya did not even have kitchen knives to defend themselves with. The Rohingya have been locked down in ghettos, not even permitted to move from village to village without a ‘form-4’ which is very expensive. They say an attack by the Rohingya is impossible: “Even animals in our home including chicken are being counted and watched by the authority as if our hands and legs are tied and keep us in the cage of Arakan.”
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/09/a-great-conspiracy-against-rohingya/
Morning Four Rohingya boys, age 9 to 10, from Nwataungyun, are arrested by BGP, there whereabouts unknown.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785142916079497216
8am 30 soldiers go to Myothugyi (Samminna+Furan fara) of Maungdaw and shoot dead 2 Rohingya there
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785303983552200704
11am 8 Rohingya are arrested whilst on their farm in Taungpro in Maungdaw.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785143794689638400
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1.30pm Military enter Kyauk Pyin Seik (Nari Bil) village arrest 5 Rohingya villagers without any apparent reason (3 of whom are found dead, buried in a grave, the following day)
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/10/three-corpses-found-in-mass-grave-in.html
A Rohingya youth named Robi bin Ali, age 20, is shot by military in Kyauk Pyin Seik (Naari Bil). He dies 5 days later on 14th Oct due to lack of medical treatment following his wounds.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-offensive-rohingya-civilians-continue/
Military enter Naribil [Kyauk Pyin Seik] hamlet. Most of the Rohingya flee but the women and some men remain. The military keep the Rohingya in a paddy field the whole night, in the rain, where they were bitten by mosquitoes. 5 Rohingya are assaulted and killed by the police - 3 of which are buried together in a grave in the paddy field and 2 others together in a separate grave in the same area. Another Rohingya man, Mohammed Robi S/o Mohammed Ali, age 20, was shot in the abdomen and died 4 days later due to lack of medical treatment.
4pm Emergency law curfew imposed, from 7pm to 6am, by Maungdaw administration officer U Hla Myint, but many Rohingya in rural areas are not informed. Due to movement restrictions and the additional curfew imposed, the Rohingya are now suffering an acute shortage of food.
http://www.thestateless.com/2016/10/14/kill-arrest-arson-rape-and-loot-on-rohingya-in-maungdaw/
9.30pm Rohingya Sana Ullah is arrested from Shwe Hla Guest house in Shida fara
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785143245672112129
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Tweeted at 9.48pm Army and BGP opened fire with rocket launchers on Wapauk
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785144864421715970
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On 9/10 The Border Guard Police arrested a Rohingya firewood collector, Harun Rashid (s/o) Basa Meah, 40, at Thawan Chaung village in Maungdaw on October and subsequently labeled him as a militant. He’s mentally abnormal and also a father of four children who depend on him. He’s been kept incommunicado since then. [reported on 3 Nov}
http://www.rvisiontv.com/casualties-among-rohingya-increase-due-to-military-lockdown/
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794093166018183169
https://twitter.com/mdskar/status/794093206417895425
Evening Army enter village of Maungni para in South Maungdaw and open fire, shooting randomly. The Rohingya villagers left their homes and fled, but Rohingya Abdul Matlab was caught in the gunfire and died on the spot.
http://www.myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/307-one-killed-as-army-fires-on-maungni-para-villagers
According to information heard by @aungaungsittwe the attack was a plan to eliminate the Rohingya. 7 Rohingya brokers were used in the operation, and it is said that army and Rakhine officers planned the operation 2 months prior.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785145485128413184
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785146033554665472
In addition to curfew, authorities also ban gatherings of 5 or more people.
http://us10.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f15b18127e37f74088063b773&id=ddb19c8cb3&e=8f01b844d9
Rohingya activist @aungaungsittwe called Rohingya villagers across Maungdaw. All say there is no such organisation as the RSO and they don’t even have kitchen knives since the military have carried out several door to door operations to remove knives and any other type of weapons from their homes.
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sp6b9a
Aung Aung says that the RSO was eliminated in 1980
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785053558894841856
Aung Aung also says that a mosque was burnt last night in Maungdaw, and points out that the Rohingya would never burn a mosque
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/785054147154366465
What really happened on October 9th? @aungaungsittwe did some research and interviewed the ‘Faith Movement’ here: http://www.aungaungsittwe.com/real-terrorists-tatmadaw-rohingya/ (reported on Nov 16th)
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The mob that had surrounded Zaditaung village in Buthidaung is said to have left, but security forces continue to search the Rohingya village for alleged rapists. Rohingya Yunus and his son Ali Bhutto who were previously arrested have not yet been released and their whereabouts is unknown.
www.myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/301-mob-melts-away-but-security-forces-continue-operations-in-zaditaung
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Rumours spread on Facebook that the RSO (Rohingya Solidarity Organisation - that no longer exists) are to attack in Maungdaw. The head of Border Guard Police from Kyikan Pyin headquarters of Maungdaw goes to Sittwe.
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sp6b9a
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8pm 3 boats carrying Bangladeshi Rakhine are seen docked at Hansar Bil [Auk Pyue Ma], Maungdaw North. Sources say that they crossed the river from the Teknaf region of Bangladesh.
“The arrival of Bangladeshi Rakhines have spread panic, as some of them are known to be in close cohorts with nationalist gangs responsible for much of the anti-Muslim violence.”
Tweeted at 11.23pm Police warned Rohingya of Kadi, Punna Kyun, not to fish nearby the river.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/784444010827919361
There are concerns for the 2700 Rohingya living at Punna Kyun since most of them survive by fishing. They were allowed to fish up until 6th Oct.
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/784444420183633921
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/784444855971741696
US terminates sanctions against Myanmar and scrubs blacklist.
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/22991-us-officially-terminates-sanctions-order.html
https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20161007.aspx
6.30am Rohingya boy Noor Abbas left the village of Sidoorkool to cut grass but doesn’t return so worried locals launch a search.
1pm Locals find his body beside the pond of a nearby Rakhine settlement. He is said to have marks of assault. He is also said to have epilepsy.
http://www.myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/299-boy-tortured-to-death-by-rakhine-neighbours
http://www.aungaungsittwe.com/breaking-news-rakhine-killed-rohingya-boy-kadi-punnakyun/
This report names the boy as Nor Abbas 14 s/o Amin Sharif of Sidirkul village of Pun Na Gyun, and says he was killed by Rakhine extremists and his body was found floating in the lake. There was no investigation and his body was buried in village cemetery after the ‘Namaz-e-Janaza’.
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/06/a-boy-found-killed-in-pun-na-gyun/
A separate report of the same incident states the boy was found in the evening:
Evening 14 year old Rohingya boy, Nur Abbas (son of) Amine Sharif, Siddir Kul (Thae Dar Kaadi) in ‘Punna Gyun’, is found dead at a Rakhine fishing farm in a nearby Rakhine village after going out to the farm to fetch grass to feed cattle in the morning. Some blood was said to come out of his nose but the cause of death was unknown.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/rohingya-boy-found-dead-punna-gyun/
1am Two Rohingya men are found dead near Maungdaw town. They are Shona Miah s/o Dudu Miah and Md Ali, s/o Monu, both of them from Bura Siddhar para in Maungdaw town. They are taken by the police for autopsy. Reports suggest they had had their throats slit. It is believed that they are informants:
“Our correspondent says Ali is a well-known government collaborator, while Shona is also reputed to have assisted him. They are notorious for pointing out innocent men to the security forces. Many of those arrested with information provided by the murdered duo, have been brutally tortured in custody.”
http://www.myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/295-mysterious-double-murder-in-maungdaw
The following report of the same incident states:
“Ali is a notorious collaborator of Myanmar Border Guard Police and army, while Shona is also his assistant. They used to help the BGP and army forces concoct false allegation against innocent people for extorting huge money.”
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/10/06/2-dead-bodies-found-in-maung-daw/
8.30pm Two vehicles belonging to Noor Alam catch fire in Bohal para, Akyab [Sittwe] and the fire spreads to a nearby pharmacy that he also owns. Security forces arrest Noor and he is expected to be charged with burning his own property. The cause of the fire is unknown.
11.30am Argument breaks out with some Rakhine women, following which hundreds of Rakhine gather, alleging rape against the women. Rohingya farmer Yunus and his son Ali Bhutto are arrested:
“some Rakhine women were catching snails in the paddy fields adjacent to Boli Para village of Zaditaung. Locals alleged their activities were destroying the paddy and they were asked to look for snails somewhere else. At this, the women took offence and soon a quarrel erupted. At one point, the women left the village and went back to their neighbourhood of Gajidong.
Soon, hundreds of Rakhines began to mobilse alleging the women have been raped by the Muslims of Boli Para. Here they found a farmer Yunus and his son Ali Bhutto. They proceeded to brutally assault the father and the son and handed them over to the police.
Hlun Htein and police officials have tried to diffuse the situation and have prevented the mob from entering the Muslim village. They have however refused requests by the Muslim leaders to hand over the father and son, until locals identified the rapists.
Our local correspondent and other sources say there is no evidence of rape.”
Buddhist nationalists are said to agitate the situation and over the following hours thousands of Rakhine are said to gather around the village of Zaditaung in Buthidaung which is said to continue through until the next day. Military and police search Rohingya homes looked for alleged rapists. Propaganda is reported [possibly on social media?] alleging that Rakhine women were raped by Muslims.
The following report, published on 7th Oct, talks about the incident on 3rd Oct as being a fabricated case in order to destabilize the area and commit crimes against the Rohingya. It says the alleged rape case if of a 57 year old Rakhine woman and that the falsely accused youth are from the Rohingya village of Boli Para, in the village tract of Zeditaung, in Buthidaung South. It says that the Rohingya have nothing to protect themselves with, not even kitchen knives since they have been confiscated by the authorities.
Another report of the same incident here:
http://www.rvisiontv.com/rakhine-extremists-assault-rohingya-village-attempt-rape-accusation/
10.18pm Tweet: Rakhine extremists Rathedaung tried to attack Zeditaung Rohingya village, 2 Rohingya farmers were arrested and tortured
https://twitter.com/Aungaungsittwe/status/782978107569352704
An announcement is made to Rohingya villages in Rathedaung to not venture into woods or rivers over the next few days, or else face certain attacks by Buddhist national forces. Since fishing and logging are the main sources of livelihood for the Rohingya and they are short of food, they believe this is an attempt to starve them. (report published on 5th Oct)
A military man (Sann Win [sic] from Division 15 in Buthidaung Township) together with his Rakhine friends are reported as having been extorting a tax from Rohingya vehicle owners, of 25,000 kyat a month. Anyone who cannot pay the tax has their vehicle confiscated. A local in Buthidaung reports that many vehicles have been confiscated. He has set up a gate named ‘Saing Taing Taxi Gate’ on the highway in southern Buthidaung for the Rakhine to collect the tax and when someone cannot pay then the military are called. It is currently happening in the villages in Buthidaung such as ‘Monnar Fara (Nan Ya Gone), Kuaing Daung (Kuandaing), U Hla Phay, Roingaa Daung (Ywet Nyo Taung), Sin Daung (Thein Taung) and Han Daung’.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/military-personnel-commit-abuses-rohingya-vehicle-owners/
A Rohingya man, Md Rabbani, a religious teacher age 25, is attacked by a gang of Rakhine in Jaila para, Mamra. They attempt to stab him in the throat and stomach with broken bottles and sharp instruments, but his cries for help attract locals who come to his aid. The attackers threaten to come back with more force to take their revenge on the Muslims.
This report mentions that the Border Guard Police have recently been changed to “Special BGP” with the aim of increasing physical and mental torture and interrogation of the Rohingya.
“On Sunday, 2nd October, a poor farmer Mohammad Yunus, 45, son of Abdu Roshid hailing from Ward-9, Yangma village, Ngarang Chung under Buthidaung was arbitrarily and unexpectedly arrested by Special BGP from Taung Bazar Camp on the way of coming back home from his farmlands in the hill-tract situated behind Taung Bazar”. The man is tortured and released when the family pay 700 thousand Kyats in ransom. The family are left with nothing.
http://www.rvisiontv.com/special-bgp-tortures-rohingya-farmer-extort-money-taung-bazar/
Muslim villages of Anak Parang and Mujai are being gradually depopulated as severe food shortages are forcing Rohingyas to leave the area.
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/myanmar-news/286-severe-food-shortages-depopulate-rathedaung-villages
2pm A Rohingya man, Hossain Ahmed a religious leader age 31, is found dead near Baas Sara in Maungdaw South.
“Hossain Ahmed, 31, a religion teacher was brutally killed and his body burned. His mutilated corpse was recovered by locals and Hlun Htein forces on Saturday at around 2pm after the kidnappers had informed his family they could collect the hostage from the particular spot in the forest.”
He was kidnapped earlier on 26th September by a notorious gang and it is believe his family could not pay the ransom. See entry on 26th Sep below for further notes
Three Rohingya men, Md Mofiz, Noor Alam and Md Yunus from Pengdongpi para in Maungdaw, are arrested during their Friday prayers. 6 paramilitary soldiers surround the mosque and break the windows and handcuff them men whilst saying their prayers. The men are later freed on the payment of a million kyats.
Tense atmosphere in Pathor Keela after Rakhine traders warned Rohingyas to stock up their supplies and not set foot outside their homes on Friday. Many Rohingya say they will stop indoors that day to avoid any problems but there are fears regarding what may happen when Muslims go out for their Friday Jumma prayers.
Reports says threats were made at the Longraton marketplace on Thursday (note that the automatic date on this report is Wed 28 but this may be due to the time zone difference, it is possible this report was written in Myanmar on Thursday 29th September).
Report also states:
‘Ten days earlier, Arakan State’s Security and Border Affairs Minister, Colonel Htein Lin announced that almost 3,000 buildings associated with Rohingya Muslims, including 12 mosques and 35 madrasas would be demolished. The brunt of this operation is supposed to take place in Maungdaw, but there are fears in the minority Muslim townships such as Pathor Keela that hostile neighbours will use the demolishment plan as a tool for mobilising against the Muslims. Their panic increased after battles were thrown at a Rohingya rickshaw puller near the market place. The man identified as 35 year Kamal Sharif escaped unscathed from the incident.’
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/myanmar-news/282-bloody-friday-fears-in-parts-of-arakan
3pm Rohingya fisherman attacked by unknown assailants, hit with an oar, left with a broken hand (written report on 28 Sep)
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/280-another-fisherman-injured-in-boat-attack
Rohingya eyewitnesses claim presence of armed men in hills, in the May Yu mountain range:
“On September 26, eight wood collectors from Baguinna in Maungdaw South went to the hills to collect wood when they noticed scores of armed men. The witnesses claim there were around 70 of them.
The Rohingyas hid as soon as they spotted them. Local sources claim the men are likely to be from the separatist Rakhine outfit the Arakan Army.
On the same day, local sources in Kiladong claim one of their shepherd boys witnessed around twenty armed men in the forest east of Godusera.
The presence of armed men have raised fears in the Maungdaw region as both security forces and the Arakan army have anti Muslim sentiments.” (report published on 2nd Oct)
The following report published on 1st October details the same incident, with youths spotting 70 armed men in the May Yu mountain range in Maungdaw, early in the morning of 26th:
“The firewood collectors comprising 8 youths hail from Baggona village went into hiding as soon as they saw the armed militants. The militants were in civil uniforms and reportedly speaking in Rakhine (Magh) language. And each of them was holding a gun, an eyewitness added.
On the same day, “a group of three cattle-herding boys encountered around 20 armed militants in the forest to the east of Gawdusara (Gawduthara) village in southern Maungdaw. Therefore, the three boys ran away out of fear,” said a Rohingya in the southern Maungdaw requesting to withhold his identity.
These armed militants take shelters in Rakhine villages such as ‘Bodigoon, Shwe Baho, Khen Chaung and Kaing Gri’ and hide themselves in the forest in daytime, according to the reliable local sources.
Seeing the suspicious activities of the Rakhine militants, the Rohingya living nearby the-said Rakhine villages are now in fear of being attacked or becoming victims of a potential violence.”
http://www.rvisiontv.com/suspected-armed-militants-spotted-may-yu-mountains/
5 Rohingya are kidnapped by a notorious ‘Abdul Hamid robber gang’. 4 are later released after the payment of a ransom but the 5th man, Hossain Ahmed a religious leader age 31, is later killed and his body found on 1st October near Baas Sara in Maungdaw South. It is thought that his family could not pay the ransom. “Our sources confirm the leadership of the gang is based in the Teknaf region of Bangladesh. They prey on both ordinary villagers and government collaborators, and don’t have backing of state forces. However, there are allegations that security forces have detained innocent villagers in the past for having links to the gang. The gang is however close to some Bangladeshi politicians operating in the frontier region.”
“According to the villagers, the robber gang entered into Tha Win Cahung village at about 4 pm on 26, September. Five villagers were forcibly kidnapped and taken into the forest where four of them were released after extorting money. The gang extorted 2.5 million Kyats from each of two and 3 million from each of another two fellows.
But a religious teacher named Hussein Ahmad, 31, son of Ula Mia was killed inhumanely. After that the robbers informed his family to take away the dead body form the slope of the forest. When they went there along with Border Guard Police (BGP), they found Ahmad’s dead body burnt with fire in some parts of it.
It is reportedly known that there are 12 to 18 members in the robber gang which is known to the authorities but they pretend that nothing is known to them so that they can get a chance to persecute the Rohingya to extort money on the allegation of having link with the gang.
Villagers are now in a dilemma: they neither can go to the forest to bring woods and bamboos nor save their lives from the hand of the robbers and the police are setting up a trap to extort money which will eventually cause mass death of the villagers living in Kyauk Pan Du area, said the locals.”
http://www.rvisiontv.com/robber-gang-kidnapped-5-rohingyg-killed-one-southern-maungdaw/
CSW calls on the Rakhine State Government to halt plans to demolish more than 3,000 buildings associated with the Rohingya population.
http://www.csw.org.uk/2016/09/26/press/3267/article.htm
4.30pm Hlun Htein (Myanmar riot police) forces a 10 year old Rohingya girl onto his motorcycle and then rapes her in a nearby hut at Kwangsibong in North Maungdaw. Locals filed a complaint against the rapist and he was transferred to Taimbru.
A Rohingya 10 years old girl is raped by Hlun Thein force of Kuanciban of Maung Daw north on September 25, 2016 at around 4.30 pm in a hut while she is taking rice for her father who is at fishing at a fish lagoon. More details here, including the identity of the victim’s father:
http://www.arakantimes.org/2016/09/27/a-teenage-girl-raped-in-maung-daw-north/
More information in the following report including the name of the victim:
http://www.rvisiontv.com/security-force-raped-aged-rohingya-girl-maungdaw/
11 am (note this events was reported on 26th but date of event is stated as Saturday)
Hlun Htein (Myanmar riot police) attempt to rape a Rohingya woman in a vegetable field and assault the victim’s husband and son, near Mamadia village in Mamra. The police accuse the lady of illegal activity and attempt to arrest her but the villagers stop them. The atmosphere is tense as villagers fear reprisal from the security forces.
Sunet Rakhine men attempt to cut the throat of a Rohingya boy, Hala Shuna, at Fudur Kul, Pathor Keela and then blamed the Rohingya for trying to cause trouble. (report written on 27 Sep)
http://myanmarobserver.com/index.php/news/rohingya-news/277-attempted-murder-in-pathor-keela-pub
International Rohingya organisations issue a joint statement to call for a stop to the plan to demolish more than 3000 Rohingya buildings in the townships of Maungdaw and Buthidaung.
http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2016/09/joint-statement-stop-plans-to-demolish.html
http://www.rvisiontv.com/muslim-groups-call-halt-demolition-mosques-arakan-state/
Colonel Htein Lin, state minister of security and border affairs, announces plans to destroy 3000 ‘illegal’ Rohingya buildings
“According to the Maungdaw immigration department, 12 mosques, 35 Muslim schools, 2543 houses, 604 shops and 132 other buildings are slated for demolition in Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships.”
Map of districts in Rakhine state:
Map of townships in Rakhine state:
Map of village tracts of Maungdaw township:
Map of village tracts of Buthidaung township:
Map of village tracts of Rathedaung township:
Map of village tracts of Sittwe township:
Standardised place names with pcodes and co-ordinates for Maungdaw and Buthidaung townshipts (Maungdaw sheet 1, Buthidaung sheet 2)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14hvtg2s1RYw0kAAvdsG8HEBCngixIgu9u6SGzwDpsr8/
(if we can all start using this, and even logging pcodes where possible on reports, this will really help)
Maungdaw on Wikimapia:
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=20.775455&lon=92.380900&z=16&m=b&search=maungdaw
Mapping project on My Maps
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BiG6nG9abMhp4YM3YDOqcU1jeLY&usp=sharing
October humanitarian digest:
http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=0e08e13a2a699c8c3a8da80ae&id=3eb0392d2d
More testimonies to add:
ROHINGYA: THE MOST PERSECUTED MINORITY
COMMUNITY IN MYANMAR
Testimonials of Rohingya Victims
Compiled by Odhikar
January– November 2017
http://odhikar.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Final_FFR_Rohingya_English-_1-150.pdf
Crimes against Rohingya women
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sp8130?new_post=true
