Three Myanmar military officers were found guilty by a court martial investigating atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in conflict-ridden Rakhine state.
Rights groups accused security forces of committing atrocities in various villages, including Gu Dar Pyin, where they alleged at least 5 shallow mass graves had been found.After initially denying the allegations, the military started court martial proceedings in September, admitting there had been"weakness in following instructions" in the village.
"Closed door trials shrouded in secrecy, and marred by a lack of independence in the military judiciary system, are not the way to end military impunity in Myanmar," said Amnesty's Ming Yu Hah. Civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi admitted at the International Court of Justice in December, however, that disproportionate force may have been used.UN investigators also found evidence of extrajudicial killings in other Rakhine villages, Maung Nu and Chut Pyin.
In 2018 the military sentenced members of the security forces to a decade in prison for the killing of 10 Rohingya in Inn Din village, but they were released after serving less than a year.
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