{"id":404,"date":"2017-01-12T16:50:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T16:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/?p=404"},"modified":"2017-01-12T17:00:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T17:00:03","slug":"22000-rohingya-flee-myanmar-to-bangladesh-in-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2017\/01\/12\/22000-rohingya-flee-myanmar-to-bangladesh-in-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"22,000 Rohingya ‘flee Myanmar to Bangladesh’ in a week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Al Jazeera:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

At least 65,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar – a third of them over the past week – since the army launched a crackdown in the north of Rakhine state three months ago, according to the UN.<\/p>\n

The announcement on Monday came the same day as Yanghee Lee,\u00a0the UN’s human rights envoy for Myanmar, began a 12-day visit to probe violence in the country’s borderlands.<\/p>\n

“Over the past week, 22,000 new arrivals were reported to have crossed the border from Rakhine state,” the UN’s relief agency said in its weekly report.<\/p>\n

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“As of 5 January, an estimated 65,000 people are residing in registered camps, makeshift settlements and host communities in Cox’s Bazaar” in southern Bangladesh, said the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.<\/p>\n

The exodus of Rohingya from northern Rakhine began after Myanmar’s army launched clearance operations while searching for fighters behind deadly raids on police border posts in October.<\/p>\n

Human rights groups say the military campaign has been marred by abuses so severe they could amount to crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n

In Bangladesh, escapees from the persecuted Muslim minority have given harrowing accounts of security forces committing mass rape, murder and arson.<\/p>\n

The stories have cast a pall over the young government of Aung San Suu Kyi, with mainly Muslim Malaysia being especially critical.<\/p>\n

Myanmar’s government has said the claims of abuse are fabricated and launched a special commission to investigate the allegations.<\/p>\n

Last week, it presented its interim report, denying accusations of “genocide and religious persecution” and saying there was insufficient evidence that troops had been committing rape.<\/p>\n

The report came days after a video emerged showing police beating Rohingya civilians, something the government said was an isolated incident after the officers were arrested.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the UN’s Lee began her own investigation with a visit to Kachin state, where thousands have been displaced by fighting between ethnic rebels and the army.<\/p>\n

Lee, who has faced threats and demonstrations on previous visits over her comments on Myanmar’s treatment of the Rohingya, is due to visit Rakhine before leaving on January 20.<\/p>\n

Hardline Buddhist monk Wirathu caused outrage when he called her a “whore in our country” for criticising controversial legislation considered discriminatory to women and minorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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