A call for an independent investigation of human rights violations – The Buddhist extremist movement must be banned
The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) Press Release January 21, 2014 Eyewitnesses report ongoing violence against the Muslim minority in Burma: The Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) calls for an independent investigation of the alleged human rights crimes committed against members of the Muslim Rohingya minority in Burma. Eyewitnesses reported to the human rights organization about an incident during which 60 Rohingya were killed when Burmese security forces and Buddhist extremists attacked the village of Du Chee Yar Tan in Maungdaw district (Arakan State) on January 14, 2014. Most of the 4,000 inhabitants managed to escape. Burma's authorities deny the attack against the minority group – but are also trying to keep international observers and members of the Rohingya people away from the village. "If Burma's authorities are really trying to stop the circle of violence, they should allow human rights activists, foreign diplomats and United Nation...