Rohingya genocide

Rohingya genocide
Destroyed village in Rakhine State, September 2017
Date9 October 2016 (2016-10-09) – January 2017
25 August 2017 (2017-08-25) – present
LocationRakhine State, Myanmar
Type
ThemeMilitary crackdown on Rohingya by Myanmar's armed forces and police
Cause
  • Attacks on Burmese border police posts by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army
  • Historic mistreatment of the Rohingya by the government
  • Existing tensions between Buddhist and Muslim communities
MotiveAnti-Rohingya sentiment, Islamophobia, Ultranationalism, Ethnic cleansing, Religious persecution
Outcome
  • Destruction of many villages
  • Tens of thousands of people killed and raped
  • 25,000+ killed by 2018[1]
  • 700,000+ refugees fled abroad

The Rohingya genocide is a series of ongoing crimes by the Myanmar military of the Muslim Rohingya people. The genocide has commited in two phases[2][3] to date: the first was a military crackdown that happened from October 2016 to January 2017, and the second has been happening since August 2017.[4] The crisis forced over a million Rohingya to flee to other countries. Most fled to Bangladesh.[5][6][7] Others escaped to India, Thailand, Malaysia, and other parts of South and Southeast Asia.

References

  1. ↑ "Myanmar's military accused of genocide in damning UN report | Myanmar | The Guardian".
  2. ↑ "World Court Rules Against Myanmar on Rohingya". Human Rights Watch. 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  3. ↑ "Myanmar's Rohingya Crisis Enters a Dangerous New Phase". Crisis Group. 2017-12-07. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  4. ↑ Katie Hunt. "Rohingya crisis: How we got here". CNN. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  5. ↑ Sengupta, Somini and Henry Fountain: "The Biggest Refugee Camp Braces for Rain: 'This Is Going to Be a Catastrophe'; More than half a million Rohingya refugees face looming disaster from floods and landslides...," March 14, 2018, New York Times, retrieved May 26, 2020
  6. ↑ The 2010 – 2020 UN News Decade in Review, part three, December 27, 2019, UN News, United Nations, retrieved May 26, 2020
  7. ↑ "Coronavirus: Two Rohingya test positive in refugee camp. Two Rohingya refugees have tested positive for coronavirus in the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh, officials say." May 14, 2020, BBC News, retrieved May 26, 2020