"The government could have stopped this" : sectarian violence and ensuing abuses in Burma's Arakan State / [Matthew F. Smith and Tirana Hassan].
"This report describes how the Burmese authorities failed to take adequate measures to stem rising tensions and the outbreak of sectarian violence in Arakan State. Though the army eventually contained the mob violence in the state capital, Sittwe, both Arakan and Rohingya witnesses told Human Rights...
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| Language: | English |
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[New York, N.Y.] :
Human Rights Watch,
[2012], ©2012.
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| Physical Description: | 56 pages : illustrations, color map ; 27 cm Also issued online. |
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Sectarian violence and ensuing abuses in Burma's Arakan State.
Burma : "the government could have stopped this" [Spine title] |
| Format: | Book |
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"This report describes how the Burmese authorities failed to take adequate measures to stem rising tensions and the outbreak of sectarian violence in Arakan State. Though the army eventually contained the mob violence in the state capital, Sittwe, both Arakan and Rohingya witnesses told Human Rights Watch that government forces stood by while members from each community attacked the other, razing villages and committing an unknown number of killings. The report is based on 57 interviews conducted in June and July 2012 with affected Arakan, Rohingya, and others in Burma and in Bangladesh, where Rohingya have sought refuge from the violence and abuses."--Publisher's website. |
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| Note: | "August 2012"--Table of contents page. "This report was researched and written by Matthew F. Smith, consultant to Human Rights Watch, and Tirana Hassan, Emergencies researcher."--P. 55. |
| Call Number: | HN670.7.V5 S65 2012 |
| ISBN: | 1564329224 9781564329226 |
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Also issued online. |