Again Unrest in Rakhine State leaves 100 dead as Rohingya Muslims flee into Bangladesh

Myanmar law enforcement agency are shooting ‘indiscriminately’ at the Rohingya Muslim Minority Group, Thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar are trying to cross the border with Bangladesh, almost 3,000 Rohingya have managed to enter the country and find refuge in camps and villages since last todays.

The Rohingya are a Muslim minority group in Rakhine State, which occupies the western coast of Myanmar. Rakhine State, formerly known as Arakan, is located on the western coast of Myanmar. It borders Bangladesh to the northwest, the Bay of Bengal bounds it to the west, and a mountain range to the east divides Rakhine from the rest of Myanmar. Almost one million Rohingya live in Rakhine State, primarily in the northern townships. Rohingya is account for most of the population in the three northernmost townships, Maungdaw, Buthidaung, and Rathedaung.

Since the government passed the 1982 Citizenship Act, Rohingya have been denied equal access to citizenship. The Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine State have also been subjected to grave human rights abuses at the hands of the Myanmar authorities, security forces, police, and local Rakhines (the Buddhist majority population in Rakhine State). These actors have perpetrated violence against Rohingya, claiming thousands of civilian people have been killed. Lots of Rohingya have been the victims of torture, arbitrary detention, rape, and other forms of serious physical and mental harm.

In October 2016, last Attacks on police posts sparked a wave of deadly “clearance operations” by Myanmar’s army and forced some 87,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh. We do fear a similar crackdown may take place following last’s attacks on August 2017. Human Rights Support Society (HRSS) attempt to detect the whole human rights violation of last attack on rohingya Muslim minority group following two days of violence in August’17. According to HRSS’s collected data are given to disclose through diagram.

On August 2017, sectarian violence between the Rohingya Muslims and the Myanmar security forces killed more than 100 rohingya muslim people including 12 security forces, Bullet hit almost 25, “Around 3,000 Rohingyas including women and children, reportedly crossed the Naf River got into Bangladesh through different points (Naikhyangchhari, Teknaf and Ukhia borders) from Myanmar (Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Rathedaung),”. BGB said it sent back 146 Rohingyas hours after they entered the country. The scale of these atrocities has increased precipitously since 2012. In the wake of the conflicts in 2012, the majority of Myanmar’s Rohingya have been confined to villages in northern Rakhine State or internally displaced persons camps.