Myanmar’s Proposed Rakhine Commission Latest Sham | Human Rights Watch

Myanmar’s Proposed Rakhine Commission Latest Sham | Human Rights Watch: On Thursday, Myanmar’s government announced it was launching an “independent commission of inquiry” to “investigate the violation of human rights and related issues following the terrorist attacks” by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA).  The ethnic Rohingya armed group, which first surfaced in October 2016, had attacked over two-dozen police outposts and a military camp in northern Rakhine State in August 2017.