A/HRC/39/CRP.2 Dear NLD and Htin Kyaw, you need to eradicate this Nga Ni. […] Mout Kalar and the President should not be together. We don’t want a Nga Ni. […] There is no time to sit and wait. This is the time to stand up and kick him out.2887 There is still time. Take action! […] If not the 135 will have to cry. […]Don’t let a dog in the parliament.2888 The Mission has seen multiple other posts with a similar message and threats towards U Ko Ni dating from between March and October 2016.2889 On 29 January 2017, U Ko Ni was assassinated at Yangon International Airport.2890 • Kway Kalar (“Muslim dog”): kway means dog. In Myanmar, “dog” is extremely insulting when used in relation to a person or population, as dogs are considered part of the lowest categories of animals. In October 2017, a Facebook post by one influential and active disseminator of hate messages against Rohingya stated: “Now that the Sarong-covered Government is in power [the NLD Government led by the State Counsellor], Pa Khote Khu’s history gets desecrated”. This was in response to an interfaith event held in the town of Pa Khote Khu. The user talked about how in the past, the local “Kway Kalar” never dared to raise their heads while walking outside in Pa Khote Khu, a town close to the so-called Muslim-free Kyauk Pa Daung city. “I want to see when they will hold this kind of interfaith event in Kyauk Pa Daung. I’ll be waiting”, the author declared in a profanity-filled text, using the term “Kway Kalar” nine times in a short paragraph.2891 The post was still active in July 2018, with over 200 reactions, 380 shares and 65 comments. Comments under the post used various expletives, accompanied by insulting pictures of dogs, criticizing the NLD government for organizing interfaith events and catering to the “Muslim dogs”. 2892 Highly publicized interfaith “praying ceremonies” conducted in every state and region in Myanmar in October and November 2017 have attracted similarly negative and derogatory online commentary. The term “Muslim dog” has also been used by the Myanmar security forces during the post-August 2017 “clearance operations”. • Ro-lein-nyar (“Ro-liars”/“Rohingya are liars”): in Myanmar language, the pronunciation of the word “Rohingya” sounds similar to that of “Ro-lein-nyar”, meaning “Ro-liar”. This play on words implies that all Rohingya are liars, and is part of a widespread narrative claiming that there are no Rohingya, only “Ro-lein-nya”. Often, the term is used in response to images and reports of abuses against the Rohingya. The term is also used when sharing or commenting on international media reports about the Rohingya to dispute the coverage. For example, on 11 February 2018 (two days after Reuters published its special report on the killing of 10 Rohingya in Inn Din), Shwewiki.com, a self-proclaimed “Media/News Company in Yangon” with over 1.3 million followers on Facebook, posted a link to an article titled, “The lies of the Ro-lein-nyars are exposed”.2893 It stated that the photos featured in the Reuters article were from “Boko Haram in Pakistan”, where the “Huti insurgents” were killing the soldiers.2894 The post called the Reuters article “fake news” promoting the “Roliars”. The article refers to several ASEAN leaders supposedly condemning this “fake news”. At the end, there is a “#Asia News Media Council Press Release” tag, claiming this is an official piece of news from a trusted source. The post had received over 4,000 reactions, 1,000 shares and 65 comments when last seen by the Mission. It has 2887 2888 2889 2890 2891 2892 2893 2894 V-024. V-025. V-027, V-028, V-029. The Republic of the Union of Myanmar – President Office, “Press release regarding assassination of U Ko Ni”, 30 January 2017. V-031. V-032, V-033, V-034. V-035. Boko Haram is operating in Nigeria, not Pakistan. ‘Huti’ presumably refers to the Hoothi who are active in Yemen, again not in Pakistan. 323