Army's rape of Rohingya women sweeping, methodical: AP

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Source: Al Jazeera

The rape of Rohingya women by Myanmar's security forces has been sweeping and methodical, the Associated Press news agency found in interviews with 29 women and girls who fled to neighbouring Bangladesh.

The sexual assault survivors from several refugee camps were interviewed separately and extensively.

The women gave AP their names, but agreed to be publicly identified only by their first initial, citing fears they or their families would be killed by Myanmar's military.

They ranged in age from 13 years old to 35, came from a wide swath of villages in Myanmar's Rakhine state and described assaults between October 2016 and mid-September.



Read more: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/rape-rohingya-women-sweeping-methodical-ap-171211063236832.html

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1. Al-Jazeera tells the truth

I remember when Jon Stewart was trying to get medical benefits for first responders. Although the GOP claimed to be the party that supported American service people, the Daily Show could find only one other news agency that was covering the story of coverage for first responders: Al Jazeera. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2010/12/no_joke.html

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2. The report is actually from the Associated Press

But there's was a video - Al Jazeera has a good summary of the content contained therein.

[IronLionZion]

7. AP is more of a cooperative

lots of news agencies around the world publish their stories. Many American newspapers have access to AP but choose not to publish certain stories because they have other priorities.

[duhneece]

3. Again, women's bodies are the 'prize' of war...

...in this case, the war is the genocide of the Rohingya.
That song, "When Will This Ever End?" keeps going through my head.

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4. And children, sadly

So depressing.

[duhneece]

9. The most vulnerable always suffer during upheavals

Women, children, our elders (like me!), the disabled...

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5. Where are Gillibrand et al on this?

Or is their fight against sexual assault only for American women?

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6. She co-sponsored Senate resolution 250

S.Res.250 - A resolution condemning horrific acts of violence against Burma's Rohingya population and calling on Aung San Suu Kyi to play an active role in ending this humanitarian tragedy.

Introduced in Senate (09/07/2017)

Condemns: (1) the violence and displacement inflicted on Burma's Rohingya civilians, and (2) the attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army militant group.

Calls for an immediate halt to all hostilities by Burmese authorities.

Urges the government of Burma to allow access to the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar and delivery of field work and humanitarian aid.

Calls on the government of Burma to implement the August 2017 recommendations of its Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, including: (1) ending restrictions on Rohingya movement, and (2) providing the Rohingya with citizenship.

Encourages Aung San Suu Kyi to: (1) live up to her inspiring words upon receiving the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize with respect to ethnic reconciliation in Burma, and (2) address Rohingya repression.

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8. I am not surprised

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10. You got served. nt