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THE WEEK IN RIGHTS | SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 |
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| Violence is sweeping Burma, also known as Myanmar. The crisis has prompted the United Nations Secretary General to warn of ethnic cleansing.
New satellite data obtained and analyzed by Human Rights Watch show widespread burnings in northern parts of Burma’s Rakhine state, home to much of the country's ethnic Rohingya population. The numbers underlying the crisis are staggering. Hungry and weak, about 146,000 ethnic Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh in the span of 11 days.
The tragedy facing the Rohingya is multifaceted, and will require tremendous resolve to remedy. It demands the world’s attention, and fast. |
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