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handle is hein.crs/govdbxc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Researh Sevice Burmese Soldiers Confess to Slaughtering Rohingya Civilians September 16, 2020 Two former Burmese soldiers have confessed on video to indiscriminately killing Rohingya civilians in 2017 under the direct orders of their commanding officers. The soldiers' accounts are consistent with descriptions provided by Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The confessions emerge at a time of growing pressure on the United States and other governments to state officially that the Burmese military's assault on Rohingya villages in Burma's Rakhine State in August 2017 constitutes an act of genocide, crimes against humanity, or war crimes under international law. In November 2017, then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson referred to the attacks as ethnic cleansing, a concept that is not recognized as a crime under international law. Since then, the Trump Administration has not changed that characterization despite some congressional pressure for a determination on the issue of genocide. The Soldiers' Confessions The two former privates say they were ordered to kill everyone in the Rohingya villages they encountered. They estimate that their units killed at least 150 people and destroyed several villages. The soldiers reportedly identified 17 other soldiers, including 6 senior commanders, who allegedly committed atrocities. The two soldiers fled Burma in August and are reportedly under the care of the Dutch government. Other Evidence of Possible Atrocities Other investigations have uncovered evidence that suggests Burma's military committed acts that could be considered genocide, crimes against humanity, or war crimes specifically during its 2017 clearance operations in Rakhine State and elsewhere in Burma at various times during the nation's 70-year-old civil war. The U.N. Human Rights Council's Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar has determined that there is a serious risk that genocidal actions may occur or recur and that Myanmar is failing in its obligation to prevent genocide, to investigate genocide, and to enact effective Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11504 CRS NStGHT Prepaimed for Mernbei-s and Com mittees o.i C- --q s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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