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  2. Rohingya people - Wikipedia

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    This usage of the term ‘Rohingya’ is important in the sense that today Myanmar denies to accept this category altogether and calls them ’Bengali’. During the same time a separate administrative zone May Yu was established comprising most of the present North Rakhine State, which had Rohingya as its majority ethnic group.

  3. Rohingya genocide - Wikipedia

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    After a two-year investigation into the situation of the Rohingya ethnic minority, the human rights organization Amnesty International released a report which stated that the restricted area which the Rohingya people live in is "an open-air prison" where they are living under a "vicious system of institutionalized discrimination and segregation ...

  4. Rohingya conflict - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. In world's largest refugee camps, Rohingya mobilise to fight ...

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    The Rohingya, a mainly Muslim group that is the world's largest stateless population, started fleeing in droves to Bangladesh i ... But the Arakan Army is backed by the majority Buddhist ethnic ...

  6. UN rights chief raises alarm about Myanmar's Rohingya ... - AOL

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    The U.N.’s human rights chief joined a chorus of concern Friday for members of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority after many were reported killed in recent fighting between the military ...

  7. As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in ... - AOL

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    Members of the state’s Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority, targets of deadly army-directed violence in 2017, appear to have been the main victims of fighting in the town of Buthidaung, where the ...

  8. Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present) - Wikipedia

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    The Rohingya people are an ethnic minority that mainly live in the northern region of Rakhine State, Myanmar, and have been described as one of the world's most persecuted minorities. [53] [54] [55] They describe themselves as descendants of Arab traders and other groups who settled in the region many generations ago.

  9. Myanmar's Rohingya in the crosshairs as fighting ... - AOL

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    (Reuters) - Myanmar's Muslim-minority Rohingya community is once again under threat of attacks and displacement as fighting between a powerful ethnic army and the country's ruling junta escalates ...