40 Rohingya Villages Burnt in Oct-Nov: HRW
With this fresh count, the total number of violence-raged villages in that country stands at 354 since August 25 when the law enforcers’ started persecuting its own people mostly Rohingya Muslim population.
Human Rights Watch identified 40 villages with building destruction occurring in October and November, increasing the total to 354 villages that have been partially or completely destroyed since August 25, 2017.
During this period, thousands more Rohingya refugees fled Myanmar and arrived in Bangladesh, says a press release by the HRW.
Since late August, the Myanmar military has committed widespread killings, rapes, arbitrary arrests, and mass arson in hundreds of predominantly Rohingya villages in northern Rakhine State, forcing more than 655,000 Rohingya to flee to neighboring Bangladesh. The HRW has found that this campaign of ethnic cleansing amounts to crimes against humanity.
Attacks by a militant group on 30 security force outposts and an army base that killed 11 security personnel set off the Myanmar military “clearance operations” against the Rohingya Muslims.
Source: The Daily Star
