Rohingya
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- Suu Kyi, on a visit to neighboring India, said she had declined to speak out on behalf of stateless Rohingya Muslims who live on both sides of the border as she wanted to promote reconciliation after recent bloodshed.
- Rohingya refugees
- Rohingya Muslims
- Rohingya girls
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New satellite imagery obtained by Human Rights Watch shows extensive destruction of homes and other property in the predominantly Rohingya Muslim areas of Pauktaw, Mrauk-U, and Myebon townships, all sites of violence and displacement in late October 2012.
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(Bangkok) -- Attacks and arson in late October by ethnic Arakanese against Rohingya Muslims in Burma's Arakan State were at times carried out with the support of state security forces and local government officials, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Another key challenge is the plight of the ethnic Rohingya minority.
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Do you know the facts about the Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar (also known as Burma)?
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Since democratic reforms have been implemented, Burma has experienced a wave of ethnic violence targeted at the Kachin and Rohingya people.
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After October's violence, there are now more than 110,000 internally displaced persons in Arakan State, nearly all Rohingya Muslims.
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Human Rights Watch on Saturday released satellite images showing "extensive destruction of homes and other property in a predominantly Rohingya Muslim area" of Kyaukpyu, where a major pipeline to transport Myanmar gas to China begins.
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"The Burmese government needs to get serious about addressing the root causes of the sectarian violence in Arakan State, including Rohingya statelessness," Adams said.
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We have been reporting on the violence being perpetrated against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, as well as the long history of persecution the minority group has faced in their land of origin since the recent conflagration in June.
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The Rohingya language is primarily spoken by the Rohingya people who live in Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rohingya One common idea is that the name comes from the coastal region Rohang and the ending -ya, which is like the English '-ian' and means 'from'. So Rohingya means 'from Rohang', and that is why the word names both the people and the language they speak.