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US accuses Myanmar's junta of genocide against Rohingya minority

Rohingya Muslim children who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh

Rohingya Muslim children who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, wait squashed against each other to receive food handouts distributed to children and women by a Turkish aid agency at Thaingkhali refugee camp, Bangladesh Source: AAP / Dar Yasin/AP

More than 730,000 Rohingya people have fled the western Rakhine State since the military staged a brutal crackdown in 2017.


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By Cassandra Bain

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Source: SBS News


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More than 730,000 Rohingya people have fled the western Rakhine State since the military staged a brutal crackdown in 2017.



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