COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH: Refugees in Bangladesh held demonstrations and prayers on Saturday to mark the passing of a year since the outbreak of a war in western Myanmar's Rakhine state that drove loads of 1000's of Rohingya Muslims from their houses.
Across the border in Myanmar, the government said security patrols were larger in the war area forward of the anniversary for concern of further violence. Members of the mostly Buddhist Rakhine ethnic crew and Hindus from Rakhine state said they might dangle events to bear in mind the ones killed by Rohingya militants in assaults that prompted the disaster.
Thousands of refugees, from children to the elderly, marched, prayed and chanted slogans in events across the sprawling camps in southern Bangladesh. Many wore black ribbons to commemorate what they said used to be the start of the "Rohingya genocide".
"We prayed the morning prayers inside our house over the sound of bullets. We were so scared," said Aisha, 47, one in every of dozens of women at a meeting in the Kutupalong camp, recalling the outbreak of the war.
"Today marks 365 days since that day. So I want to say, we want justice."
After the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacked 30 Myanmar police posts and an army base in the early hours of August 25, 2017, Myanmar troops swept thru villages. Around 700,000 Rohingya have since fled, in step with United Nations businesses.
Rohingya who crossed the border reported killings, rapes and arson performed by security forces, in what the UN's best human rights respectable said gave the look to be a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing".
The government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has denied allegations of atrocities made by the refugees, announcing that security forces lawfully suppressed Muslim militants in Rakhine.
Government spokesman Zaw Htay advised Reuters on Friday that Myanmar didn't tolerate human rights abuses, and had set up a fee of inquiry that included two veteran global diplomats to appear into the Rakhine disaster.
International power on Myanmar has been growing, on the other hand. UN-mandated investigators are set to publish a document at the disaster on Monday and the United Nations Security Council will dangle a briefing on Myanmar on Tuesday.
In a observation forward of the anniversary, 132 sitting parliamentarians from five other international locations in Southeast Asia issued a observation calling for Myanmar officials to face trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The ICC is recently taking into account whether or not it has jurisdiction in the disaster. Bangladesh is a member of the courtroom, but Myanmar isn't.
FEARS OF MORE VIOLENCE
Myanmar had stepped up police patrols in northern Rakhine state fearing recent assaults by militants around the anniversary, government spokesman Zaw Htay said.
"We are very, very concerned about the possibility of terrorist attacks and we've already picked up security enforcement," said Zaw Htay.
ARSA said on Saturday it would "continue our struggle for our right to exist".
The crew had "come to existence only to defend, salvage and protect Rohingya people" from the Myanmar government and armed forces, it said in a observation attributed to its chief, Ata Ullah, and posted on a Twitter account previously used by it.
In the Rakhine state capital of Sittwe, the state's largest political celebration, the Arakan National Party, held a ceremony to commemorate security staff and Rakhine and Hindu other people they say had been killed by Rohingya insurgents in the assaults.
In Myanmar's main town, Yangon, every other crew said it used to be protecting a prayer ceremony at a Hindu temple in a while Saturday.
Myanmar's government said ARSA used to be chargeable for the deaths of non-Muslim villagers in addition to security staff closing year. The crew denies targeting civilians.
Across the border in Myanmar, the government said security patrols were larger in the war area forward of the anniversary for concern of further violence. Members of the mostly Buddhist Rakhine ethnic crew and Hindus from Rakhine state said they might dangle events to bear in mind the ones killed by Rohingya militants in assaults that prompted the disaster.
Thousands of refugees, from children to the elderly, marched, prayed and chanted slogans in events across the sprawling camps in southern Bangladesh. Many wore black ribbons to commemorate what they said used to be the start of the "Rohingya genocide".
"We prayed the morning prayers inside our house over the sound of bullets. We were so scared," said Aisha, 47, one in every of dozens of women at a meeting in the Kutupalong camp, recalling the outbreak of the war.
"Today marks 365 days since that day. So I want to say, we want justice."
After the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacked 30 Myanmar police posts and an army base in the early hours of August 25, 2017, Myanmar troops swept thru villages. Around 700,000 Rohingya have since fled, in step with United Nations businesses.
Rohingya who crossed the border reported killings, rapes and arson performed by security forces, in what the UN's best human rights respectable said gave the look to be a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing".
The government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has denied allegations of atrocities made by the refugees, announcing that security forces lawfully suppressed Muslim militants in Rakhine.
Government spokesman Zaw Htay advised Reuters on Friday that Myanmar didn't tolerate human rights abuses, and had set up a fee of inquiry that included two veteran global diplomats to appear into the Rakhine disaster.
International power on Myanmar has been growing, on the other hand. UN-mandated investigators are set to publish a document at the disaster on Monday and the United Nations Security Council will dangle a briefing on Myanmar on Tuesday.
In a observation forward of the anniversary, 132 sitting parliamentarians from five other international locations in Southeast Asia issued a observation calling for Myanmar officials to face trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The ICC is recently taking into account whether or not it has jurisdiction in the disaster. Bangladesh is a member of the courtroom, but Myanmar isn't.
FEARS OF MORE VIOLENCE
Myanmar had stepped up police patrols in northern Rakhine state fearing recent assaults by militants around the anniversary, government spokesman Zaw Htay said.
"We are very, very concerned about the possibility of terrorist attacks and we've already picked up security enforcement," said Zaw Htay.
ARSA said on Saturday it would "continue our struggle for our right to exist".
The crew had "come to existence only to defend, salvage and protect Rohingya people" from the Myanmar government and armed forces, it said in a observation attributed to its chief, Ata Ullah, and posted on a Twitter account previously used by it.
In the Rakhine state capital of Sittwe, the state's largest political celebration, the Arakan National Party, held a ceremony to commemorate security staff and Rakhine and Hindu other people they say had been killed by Rohingya insurgents in the assaults.
In Myanmar's main town, Yangon, every other crew said it used to be protecting a prayer ceremony at a Hindu temple in a while Saturday.
Myanmar's government said ARSA used to be chargeable for the deaths of non-Muslim villagers in addition to security staff closing year. The crew denies targeting civilians.
Anniversary of Rohingya crisis marked in Bangladesh camps, Myanmar
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