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The Rohingya conflict is an ongoing conflict in the northern part of Rakhine State, Myanmar (formerly known as Arakan, Burma), [37] characterised by sectarian violence between the Rohingya Muslim and Rakhine Buddhist communities, a military crackdown on Rohingya civilians by Myanmar's security forces, [38] [39] [40] and militant attacks by Rohingya insurgents in Buthidaung, Maungdaw, and ...
The yellow-green striped section show the approximate location of the Rohingya in Myanmar Rohingya people in Rakhine State. Those who identify as Rohingyas typically reside in the northernmost townships of Arakan bordering Bangladesh where they form 80–98% of the population.
Buthidaung (Burmese: ဘူးသီးတောင်မြို့; MLCTS: bu:si:taung mrui., pronounced [búðídàʊɰ̃ mjo̰]) is a town in Rakhine State, in the westernmost part of Myanmar (Burma). It is the administrative seat of the Buthidaung Township.
The attack at around 10 p.m. on May 17 was the latest of many bouts of violence against the Rohingya, Myanmar’s largely Muslim ethnic minority group, which suffered what the U.N. called ...
The initial investigations focused on violence against the Rohingya in Rakhine State in 2016 and 2017 and the movements of Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh that followed the violence. [2] Evidence considered in the investigation included witness reports, "documentary evidence and authenticated scientific, photographic and video materials".
A drone attack on Rohingya fleeing Myanmar killed many dozens of people, including families with children, several witnesses said, describing survivors wandering between piles of bodies to ...
Buthidaung Township (Burmese: ဘူးသီးတောင်မြို့နယ် [búðídàʊɰ̃ mjo̰nɛ̀]) is a township of Maungdaw District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar (Burma). The principal town and administrative seat is Buthidaung. The ratio of Rohingya to Rakhine nationals in Maungtaw and Buthidaung had become 94:6 in 2012 ...
Tens of thousands of Muslim-minority Rohingya, who were feared to be trapped amid fighting in western Myanmar, had nowhere to flee, the United Nations human rights chief said on Tuesday. The ...