Archbishop fears ‘far worst things are going on’ in Myanmar than we know about

The Archbishop of Canterbury fears ‘far worst things are going on’ in Myanmar than what we already know about.

Over 700,000 Rohingya have fled the Rakhine state, with refugees claiming Myanmar troops were taking part in “house by house” killings, according to reports by the BBC.

‘Starting wars is much easier than stopping them’

Archbishop Welby described the ongoing problem: “There is a lot of work going on with the enormous number of refugees.

“I think that we are going to find out there is far worst things going on than we know.”

Welby also stated his belief that the problem shouldn’t be solved with troop deployment.

“The UN does not have the right to invade [Myanmar]. It can’t send troops in.

“Starting wars is usually much easier than stopping them.”

Medecins Sans Frontieres estimate that at least 6,700 Rohingya, including at least 730 children under the age of five, were killed in the first month of violence, according to reports by the BBC.

The Guardian are reporting that two Reuters journalists are being charged with violating Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act after publishing what they claim to be evidence of an execution of 10 Rohingya men.

The online article stated that the two journalists published a photograph showing ten men kneeling with their hands restrained behind their backs, with plain clothed armed men standing around them. A second photograph of the ten men showed them dead in a shallow grave.

The Independent reported  the journalists say the Myanmar police gave them the photographs alongside documents stating that the men were shot by the army, with two of the men being hacked to death by Buddhist villagers.

The Myanmar military has denied their security personnel committed “extrajudicial killings”, and claim that the conflict is a result of the Rohingya militant group Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) committing “genocide and ethnic cleansing on a minority of ethnic people in Buthidaung-Maungtaw region”, according to the Guardian.

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