人權觀察指責緬甸的種族清洗行爲

A leading international rights group has accused Burma of war crimes and ethnic cleansing, citing evidence of mass graves and forced displacement.

New York-based Human Rights Watch released a 156-page report Monday accusing authorities and even Buddhist monks of planning an organized campaign of ethnic cleansing against the country's Rohingya Muslim minority. Hundreds of people have been killed and more than 125,000 others have been forced from their homes.

The report said the Burmese government, local officials, the army, navy and police encouraged ethnic Arakanese in western Burma to conduct coordinated attacks on Muslim neighborhoods and villages in October to terrorize and forcibly relocate the population.

HRW called on Burma to accept an independent international commission to investigate crimes against humanity and provide redress. The group also urged Burma's donors to demand that the government urgently stop abuses and promote the safe return of displaced Muslims.

The Associated Press quotes a Burmese government spokesman as saying HRW investigators do not "understand the situation on the ground,' rejecting the allegations against the security forces. He says government forces were sent to the area to stop the unrest that he says stalls "the democratic process."一個主要人權組織指責緬甸的戰爭罪行和種族清洗，並列舉了亂葬崗和驅離居民的證據。

總部設在紐約的人權觀察星期一發表了156頁的報告，指責緬甸當局和佛教僧侶計劃針對本國羅興亞族穆斯林少數羣體進行有組織的種族清洗。數百人被殺害，12萬5千多人被迫離開家園。

人權觀測的報告說，緬甸政府、地方官員、陸軍、海軍和警察去年10月鼓勵緬甸西部的阿拉坎族居民對鄰近的穆斯林社區和村莊進行有組織的襲擊，使其感到恐懼，並迫使他們遷移。

人權觀察敦促緬甸准許獨立的國際委員會調查反人類罪行，並提出解決辦法。人權觀察還敦促爲緬甸提供援助的國家要求緬甸政府立即停止侵權行爲，並努力讓流離失所的穆斯林安全返回家園。

美聯社援引緬甸政府一名發言人的話說，人權觀察調查人員“不理解當地的局勢”，並拒絕接受針對緬甸安全部隊的指稱。這位發言人說，政府軍奉命前往有關地區遏制動亂。他表示，這種動亂阻礙了民主進程。