Arakan News Agency
Eyewitnesses from Arakan state reports horrific moments of crimes committed by the Myanmar army against the “Rohingya” Muslims in the state.
“Buddhists are committing persecution, burning our homes, raping our daughters and killing our children,” said a Rohingya Muslim, Rashida Bagum, 25, in a videotape recorded in the Bangladesh border region of Teknaf.
“For 4-5 days we have not been able to find any food,” she said. We got here with difficulty, and I lost one of my sons. ”
“If the attacks continue, we can not go back,” she said.
“The Buddhists have done a lot of injustice against us, they burned houses and threw bombs. That’s why I ran away from my area and came here,” says Ambiya Khatun, 55, in her testimony.
Khatun points out that the escape took several days, accompanied by many difficulties.
“We’ll be able to survive if we get aid, because we do not have anything here. If peace is established in our country we will return to it again. ”
Since 25th August, Myanmar’s army has committed serious human rights violations in the north of Arakan (south-west) province, using excessive force against Rohingya Muslims, according to media reports.
For its part, the European Rohingya Council announced last Monday that between two thousand and three thousand Muslims were killed in the attacks of the Myanmar army in Arakan (Rakhine) in just three days.
Since October, about 87,000 Rohingya people have arrived in Bangladesh, according to Ali Hussain, a senior local official in the Bangladeshi province of Cox’s Bazaar.
The attacks came two days after UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan handed over to the Myanmar government a final report on the fact-finding of violence against the Rohingya Muslims in Arakan.
