Cyclone Nargis continues genocide in Burma

June 2, 2008 · By Charles Anthony

I am accusing the Burmese junta of ongoing genocide in the wake of cyclone Nargis. First, they deny immediate international aid which arrived at their doorstep, then they refuse to distribute the aid saying the local population does not need it. Now, they force survivors to go back to the ravaged region.

Burma is a heterogeneous population. The vast majority of the Burmese population is ethnically Burmese but about a quarter of the population is ethnic minorities — some of which have fought for autonomy. The cyclone hit the region of an ethnic minority that was previously targeted by the Burmese military. A little more political history of the Karen region tells me that these poor people are hopelessly doomed.

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