Rohingya villagers from Pan Taw Pyin, Rakhine State
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2018-078-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2018
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 21.916221
Longitude: 95.955974
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Myanmar (Burma)
- From Region
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Type of rights defended
- Caste/Ethnic minorities' rights/Racism
- Religious freedom
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
Engagement with Security Council on mission
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Security Council
- Dates of engagement
- 1 May 2018
- Type of attempted engagement
- Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- unclear
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Rakhine State
- Reprisal information
forced into hiding after being targeted by Myanmar’s security agencies. Tatmadaw, including members of Military Security Affairs, reportedly requested local authorities to submit a list of all the villagers who had spoken with the delegation. While young villagers were interacting with the delegation, members of the military reportedly took video footage of the youth and then chased them and scolded them after the interviews. Villagers who participated in the meeting reportedly fear intimidation, harassment, and arrests. Furthermore, before the Security Council delegation visited Rakhine, authorities in Maungdaw township had reportedly warned the Rohingya in the surrounding villages against telling members of the Security Council anything adverse about the government or security forces.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Surveillance
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- Yes
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0