Human rights groups have slammed an interim report released by the Maungtaw Region Investigation Commission this week that denies claims of genocide, religious persecution and rape in northern Rakhine State and puts the blame for the violence there almost exclusively on Rohingya insurgents.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) responded to the report, calling it “methodologically flawed” and “a classic example of pre-baked political conclusions”.
The commission drew criticism as soon as it was formed by the office of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. The commission is chaired by Myanmar Vice President Myint Swe – a former military general believed to have orchestrated the brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters in the 2007 Saffron Revolution. (Courtesy of yangon.coconuts.co)
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