Probal Rashid: Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

Approximately 70,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh since October 9, 2016 after the Burmese military launched clearance operations. The U.N. human rights office said in their report that Myanmar's security forces have committed mass killings, torture and gang rapes of Rohingyas, as well as burned their villages....

Will Baxter: Rohingya

Viewed as outsiders in both Bangladesh and Myanmar, ethnic Rohingya Muslims have faced persecution for decades. Anti-Rohingya sentiment in Myanmar has swelled due to a movement led by radical Buddhist monks, and now more than 100,000 Rohingya are confined in squalid prison camps in western Rakhine state. Despite evidence that...