Rohingya genocide
ethnic and religious persecution of the Rohingya people by the Government of Myanmar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Date | 9 October 2016 (2016-10-09) – January 2017 25 August 2017 (2017-08-25) – present |
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Location | Rakhine State, Myanmar |
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Theme | Military crackdown on Rohingya by Myanmar's armed forces and police |
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Motive | Anti-Rohingya sentiment, Islamophobia, Ultranationalism, Ethnic cleansing, Religious persecution |
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