Morocco sent on Monday an emergency humanitarian assistance to Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing their country Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh. According to a senior UN human rights official, Myanmar’s treatment of its Muslim Rohingya minority appears to be a “textbook example” of ethnic cleansing. The latest crackdown against the Muslim minority was triggered on 25 August when a Rohingya insurgent group attacked more than two dozen security sites and killed 12 people. We reiterate our condemnation of those attacks and the ensuing violence.”Scores of refugees in Bangladesh have given accounts of arson by Burmese security forces. Human Rights Watch said on Sunday that satellite analysis had shown evidence of fire damage in urban areas populated by Rohingya as well as in isolated villages.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 12, 2017 14:37 UTC