Absolutely.
On August 30, in a village called Min Gyi, soldiers essentially told villagers that they'd be safe. A large group of people gathered by the side of the Purma River, and shortly thereafter, soldiers opened fire. These types of mass killings we are documenting and have been documenting since August 25.
Before I run out of time here, I want to emphasize that these are not the extent of the crimes, unfortunately. The first attacks by Rohingya militants on October 9 also resulted in a very brutal display of force by Myanmar army and other state security officials. From October to December we were documenting mass rape and gang rape of women and girls. We've spoken to and interviewed a number of eyewitnesses, as well as women who survived rape and gang rape who wanted to share information about what they had endured. These types of crimes have been perpetrated with complete impunity.
In terms of recommendations, which I'd be more than happy to say a bit more about, we would strongly urge the Government of Canada to do everything in its power to ensure immediate, urgent action. We are recommending that the UN Security Council urgently convene an open session on the situation in Rakhine State. We're calling for the Security Council to impose a global arms embargo on the Myanmar military. We do feel the time is now to begin discussions about international justice and ways in which perpetrators can be held accountable.
The Government of Myanmar, including Aung San Suu Kyi, and the military have vehemently denied that human rights violations are taking place since August 25. This has of course been one of the more disturbing aspects about what's going on in Myanmar.