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The Rohingya genocide is a term applied to the persecution—including mass killings, mass rapes, village-burnings, deprivations, ethnic cleansing, and internments—of the Rohingya people of western Myanmar (particularly northern Rakhine state ). International reaction focused on pressuring Aung San Suu Kyi to condemn the atrocities and ...
Rohingya community leaders were supportive of the 8888 uprising for democracy. During the 1990 Burmese general election, the Rohingya-led National Democratic Party for Human Rights won four seats in the Burmese parliament. The four Rohingya MPs included Shamsul Anwarul Huq, Chit Lwin Ebrahim, Fazal Ahmed and Nur Ahmed.
The Rohingya conflict is an ongoing conflict in the northern part of Myanmar's Rakhine State (formerly known as Arakan), [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 Rathedaung ...
Rohingya Patriotic Front. The Rohingya Solidarity Organisation(RSO) is a Rohingyainsurgent group and political organisation. It was founded in 1982 following a large scale military operationconducted by the Tatmadaw(Myanmar Armed Forces). The group discontinued its armed rebellion in 1998 but rearmed itself following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
The Rohingya genocide is a series of ongoing persecutions and killings of the Muslim Rohingya people by the military of Myanmar. The genocide has consisted of two phases [ 2][ 3] to date: the first was a military crackdown that occurred from October 2016 to January 2017, and the second has been occurring since August 2017. [ 4]
Motive. Racism. xenophobia [1] (specifically anti-Rohingya sentiment) opposition to immigration. In December 2023, students from various universities in Aceh, Indonesia protested and rioted against Rohingya refugees. The protests took place at the Balee Meuseuraya Hall in Banda Aceh .
Conflict in Rakhine State. Part of the internal conflict in Myanmar and Rohingya conflict. Map of territorial gains made by the Arakan Army since 2023. Date. 9 October 2016 – present. (7 years, 9 months, 4 weeks and 1 day) Location. Rakhine State, [1] with spillovers in Chin State, [2] Magway Region [3] and Bangladesh. Status.
The Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar), commonly referred to as the Rohingya genocide case, [ 1][ 2] is a case which is currently being heard by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The case was brought forward by the Republic of The Gambia, on behalf of 57 ...