Rohingyas victims of ethnic cleansing, genocide: Holocaust museum

Hossen Sohel of DOT
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum today said that there is compelling evidence that the Burmese military committed ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, and genocide against the Rohingyas, reports The Daily Star.
“Our analysis concludes there is compelling evidence that Burmese authorities have intentionally sought to destroy the Rohingyas people because of their ethnic and religious identity,” said Naomi Kikoler, deputy director of the Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide.
“The Rohingyas victims we work with feel abandoned. The world has turned a blind eye to their persecution — just as it did for victims of the Holocaust,” she said.
The Museum came to the conclusion based on a careful analysis in consultation with an advisory group of atrocity experts, its own original research in 2017 and recent reports of the Department of State and the UN Fact Finding Mission, says a press release.
“The Burmese military’s campaign against the Rohingyas, especially the attacks of August 2017, have been deliberate, systematic, and widespread,” said Lee Feinstein, a member of the Museum’s governing Council and the Chairman of its Committee on Conscience, which advises the genocide prevention work of the Museum.
“For the sake of the remnant community of Rohingyas still in Burma and those threatened with being returned, we hope this announcement prods action.”
For decades, the Burmese government has persecuted the Rohingyas, stripping them of citizenship and subjecting them to waves of mass violence. In March 2015, the Museum issued a report warning that preconditions of genocide against the Rohingyas were clearly evident. Other organizations also issued warnings that went unheeded. The Burmese government has consistently denied any wrongdoing.