Genocide by Attrition
Methodology
This report draws on historical research from past genocides, testimony from
Rohingya genocide survivors, Myanmar junta documents, and media analysis
of junta-backed news outlets.
The historical research conducted for this report informs the case study
analysis of the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, and the ongoing atrocities
affecting the Rohingya in Myanmar.
Fortify Rights also interviewed 23 Rohingya in Myanmar, Bangladesh, and among
the diaspora between February 2021 and April 2022 as well as five international
aid workers and researchers. Fortify Rights conducted most interviews in the
Rohingya language and, in some cases, with English interpretation. No one
interviewed for this report received compensation and all were informed of the
purpose of the interview, its voluntary nature, and how the information might
be used. All those interviewed provided informed consent prior to the interview.
The name, location, and other identifying details of those interviewed are
withheld or changed in this report for security reasons.
Fortify Rights obtained and analyzed five internal documents from the juntabacked Ministry of Social Welfare Relief and Resettlement, the Ministry of
Immigration and Population in Ponnagyun Township in Rakhine State, the
Maungdaw Township Planning Administration Office in Rakhine State, and
the General Administration Department in Sittwe and Buthidaung townships,
Rakhine State. These documents relate to the citizenship-verification process
and are dated after the attempted military coup d’état on February 1, 2021.
Fortify Rights also reviewed and analyzed English-and Myanmar-language
junta-backed news media reports between February 2021 to March 2022.
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