Burma: new warnings of Rohingya 'genocide'
Twenty-eight non-governmental organizations representing Burma's Rohingya Muslim minority issued a joint statement May 22 warning of the risk of a new "genocide" and urging the international community to take action. The NGOs, including the Free Rohingya Coalition and Burmese Rohingya Organization UK (BROUK), said that this time the threat comes from the Arakan Army, a predominantly Buddhist ethnic armed group that is waging an insurgency against the ruling junta. According to the statement, the Arakan Army has ordered Rohingya residents to evacuate the town of Buthidaung, Rakhine state, where many internally displaced during the 2017 genocide carried out by the Burmese armed forces have taken refuge. The evacuation order is being backed up by a campaign of threats, violence, and arson. (Anadolu Agency, TNH)
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