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Eugene

(61,899 posts) Thu Dec 14, 2017, 10:46 AM Dec 2017

6,700 Rohingya Muslims killed in one month in Myanmar, MSF says

Source: The Guardian

6,700 Rohingya Muslims killed in one month in Myanmar, MSF says

At least 730 young children among people shot, burned or beaten to death in Rakhine state between August and September

Poppy McPherson in Bangkok
Thursday 14 December 2017 13.08 GMT

More than 6,700 Rohingya Muslims, including at least 730 children under the age of five, were killed in the first month of a crackdown that started in August in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state, according to Médecins Sans Frontières.

The figures released on Thursday by the humanitarian agency are believed to be a conservative estimate and far exceed Myanmar’s official death toll of 400.

“The numbers of deaths are likely to be an underestimation, as we have not surveyed all refugee settlements in Bangladesh and because the surveys don’t account for the families who never made it out of Myanmar,” said Dr Sidney Wong, MSF’s medical director.

The majority of the people killed (69%) were shot, while others were burned and beaten to death. “We heard reports of entire families who perished after they were locked inside their homes, while they were set alight,” said Wong.

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6,700 Rohingya Muslims killed in one month in Myanmar, MSF says (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2017 OP

where the hell is the UN? Mosby Dec 2017 #1

Bangladesh rejects Israeli aid offers for Rohingya refugees Mosby Dec 2017 #2

Mosby

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1. where the hell is the UN?

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Mon Dec 18, 2017, 11:15 PM

Dec 2017

Mosby

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2. Bangladesh rejects Israeli aid offers for Rohingya refugees

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Thu Dec 21, 2017, 07:18 PM

Dec 2017

The Israeli Foreign Ministry established clandestine contact with Bangladesh—a Muslim country without any diplomatic ties with Jerusalem—to offer a significant humanitarian aid package for the hundreds of thousands of Muslim refugees from the Rohingya minority who fled to the country for fear of the Myanmar (former Burma) military.

Bangladesh expressed gratitude to Israel for the offer, but informed it that it cannot accept aid due to the sensitivity involved and the political ramifications that could ensue.

The Israeli foreign Ministry is reportedly exploring other routes through which to provide humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya refugees, who are still languishing in Myanmar in camps run by the UN or other international organizations.

This year, the Myanmar army launched a vicious assault on the Rohingya minority living in the Buddhist country, and according to various reports, the army has slaughtered at least 10,000 people and ravaged the population by triggering the flight of up to 665,000 more who have sought refuge in neighboring Bangladesh.

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