A/HRC/39/CRP.2 Although Hitler and Eichmann were the greatest enemies of the Jews, they were probably heroes to the Germans. America had to drop nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Why? If inhumane acts are sometimes permitted to maintain a race, a country and the sovereignty... our endeavours to maintain the Rakhine race and the sovereignty and longevity of the Union of Myanmar cannot be labelled as inhumane.1533 714. In July 2012, a group of monks published a statement calling on the ethnic Rakhine to implement a “great plan of staying away from bad Bengali (Kalar)” to prevent a “Rakhine ethnic cleaning programme”. The statement called on ethnic Rakhine not to employ Rohingya and not to trade with them. In October, a conference of monks concluded that there was a need to “expose sympathisers of Bengali Kalars as national traitors along with photos and to spread the information to every township”.1534 715. In August 2012, a blog called “Terrorist 2012” published a poem called “To Thida Htwe, record written in blood, oath declared in blood”.1535 In 2016, the MaBaTha released a video re-enacting the murder of Ma Thida Htwe and including a background song with similar lyrics. The video was widely circulated on CDs and other formats.1536 716. Specific efforts were also made to sow fear and hatred against the Rohingya among new recruits to the Tatmadaw. In October 2012, soldiers reportedly received specific training at the Naypyidaw Divisional Military Headquarters on the “expansion of Islam” and the “extinction of Buddhism”. A presentation titled “Fear of extinction of the race” echoed some of the main anti-Muslim themes of the book published 30 years before. It concluded with the need to “protect our race and religion as much as possible”. 1537 (b) Inciting negative sentiments against the international community 717. Following the 2012 violence, the operating conditions for international organizations in Rakhine State deteriorated severely. Humanitarian organizations assisting Rohingya communities faced extreme hostility or even violence. This took place regardless of whether they also assisted ethnic Rakhine. Rumours were spread that the Rohingya were being unfairly prioritised for humanitarian assistance over the ethnic Rakhine. This translated into hostility against international organizations.1538 This hostility was already prevalent in northern Rakhine State prior to the 2012 violence but afterwards, with the support given to displacement camps and sites in central Rakhine, it became more apparent in central Rakhine also. Again, it was fuelled by nationalist groups, political parties and monks. For example, the Group of Wunthanu Ethnic People circulated a letter accusing the United Nations and international organizations of “watering poisonous plants”, using a recurrent analogy.1539 The letter labelled nine leading international organizations as “traitors” for assisting the Rohingya. The group also warned landlords against renting properties to organizations assisting the Rohingya.1540 718. This narrative was also spread by some government officials. In late February 2014, an international organization, one of the main health care providers in northern Rakhine State, was ordered to cease operations throughout Myanmar, shortly after releasing a statement on reported killings in Du Chee Yar Tan, Maungdaw Township.1541 The Presidential 1533 1534 1535 1536 1537 1538 1539 1540 1541 170 RNDP, Toe Thet Yay Journal, vol. 2(12) (November 2012). K-112. http://terrorist2012.blogspot.com/2012/08/blog-post.html. Facebook posts with the video have since been deleted. A copy is on file with the Mission (V-234). K-106.3. A/69/398. Analogy originally used in the book Fear of extinction of the race in the 1980s. See this chapter, section C.5: Spreading hate. On file with the Mission (K-112). In January 2014, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a press release calling on the Government to investigate credible reports that more than 40 Rohingya had been killed in Du Chee Yar Tan between 9 and 13 January 2014. The Government strongly denied these allegations.