By Prashanth Parameswaran
A recent report suggests that the Rohingya could become the target of further mass atrocities.
A recent report by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum concludes that conditions are ripe for genocide in Myanmar.
Staff from the museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide traveled to Myanmar, also known as Burma, in March to investigate threats facing the Rohingya, a Muslim minority group which has been subject to massive discrimination. They concluded that the population was at grave risk of additional mass atrocities and even genocide.
“We left Burma [Myanmar] deeply concerned that so many preconditions for genocide are already in place. With a recent history of mass atrocities and within a pervasive climate of hatred and fear, the Rohingya may once again become the target of mass atrocities, including genocide,” the group said.
The starkest early warning signs of future mass atrocities, the group said, included various acts targeting the Rohingya such as physical violence against individuals, homes and businesses; physical segregation from other ethnic groups; rampant and unchecked hate speech; destruction of mosques; and sexual violence.
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