As the carnage unfolded on the streets here, one hashtag made its rounds on social media: #WeNeedR2PInMyanmar.
R2P refers to Responsibility to Protect, a principle adopted in the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, that justifies the international community taking collective action if a state fails to protect its own population from mass atrocities like war crimes and ethnic cleansing.
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