Rohingya Flee Myanmar Amid Escalating Violence and Global Outcry
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Escalating violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State has forced 45,000 Rohingya to flee amid allegations of beheadings, killings, and property burnings. The UN urges Bangladesh and other countries to provide protection to the refugees, but Bangladesh is reluctant due to already hosting over a million Rohingya. The conflict involves the Arakan Army and the military, with both sides accused of atrocities against the Rohingya.
- Some 45,000 Rohingya flee amid allegations of beheading, burning in Myanmar Al Jazeera English
- UN warns of rise in violence in Myanmar's Rakhine, US and EU express alarm Reuters
- As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in western Myanmar, Muslim Rohingyas flee again The Associated Press
- ‘The entire town is burning.’ Fires rage as Rohingya caught up on the front lines of Myanmar’s civil war CNN
- Myanmar violence draws global condemnation Voice of America - VOA News
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