Twenty-eight non-governmental organizations representing Burma's Rohingya [6] Muslim minority issued a joint statement [7] 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 [8] and Burmese Rohingya Organization UK (BROUK [9]), said that this time the threat comes from the Arakan Army [10], a predominantly Buddhist ethnic armed group that is waging an insurgency [11] against the ruling junta. According to the statement, the Arakan Army has ordered Rohingya residents to evacuate the town of Buthidaung [12], 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 [14], TNH [15])
