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Rohingya-Flüchtlinge aus Myanmar: Rohingya-Sprecher ermordet
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Rohingya people are numbered around one million in Myanmar at the start of 2017 are one of the many ethnic minorities in the country. Rohingya represent the largest faith percentage in Myanmar with the majority living in Rakhine state.
They have their own language and culture and say they are descendants of Arab traders and other groups who have been in the region for generations. The government of Myanmar denies the Rohingya citizenship and even excluded them from the 2014 census refusing to recognize them. The latest exodus began on 25 August 2017 after Rohingya Arsa militants launched deadly attacks on more than 30 police posts. At least 6,700 Rohingya adults including at least 730 children under the age of five were killed in the month after the violence broke out, according to Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).
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In August 2017, a deadly crackdown by Myanmar s army on Rohingya Muslims sent hundreds of thousands fleeing across the border into Bangladesh.
They risked everything to escape by sea or on foot a military offensive which the United Nations later described as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing .
In January 2020, the UN s top court ordered the Buddhist-majority country to take measures to protect members of its Rohingya community from genocide.
But the army in Myanmar (formerly Burma) has said it was fighting Rohingya militants and denies targeting civilians. The country s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, once a human rights icon, has repeatedly denied allegations of genocide.