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concurs with the preliminary findings of the Ad Hoc Commission on the Depayin Massacre, presented on 25 June 2003. In its summary observations on the attack, the Ad Hoc Commission observed that the attack was clearly premeditated and well organised, as indicated by the following:
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at Depayin clearly amounts to a "widespread or systematic attack directed against civilian population, with a knowledge of the attack" (article 7.1 of the
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Before the motorcade arrived, local authorities threatened people living in nearby villages to stay indoors.
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Up to 5,000 persons were brought to a remote rural location for the purpose of attacking the NLD convoy.
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2003 mob violence against the National League for Democracy in Sagaing Division, Myanmar
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The authorities systematically searched for and arrested survivors of the attack.
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The attackers were all well-armed and located strategically at two killing sites.
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were killed by a government-sponsored mob. In an April 2012 interview,
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The Asian Legal Resource Centre is of the opinion that the
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Index

Tabayin
Sagaing Division
Myanmar
Coordinates
22°28′00″N 95°09′00″E / 22.46667°N 95.15000°E / 22.46667; 95.15000
MMT
National League for Democracy
convoy
Massacre
government
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Myanmar conflict
Communist (1948–1988)
China–Myanmar border (1960–1961)
Kachin
Karen
Karen–Mon
2009
2015
Rohingya
1978
1991–1992
2016–present
Shan
post-2021 coup
2023
Northeast India
Bombings and attacks

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