2017 Rohingya military operations in Rakhine State

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The 2017 Rohingya military operations in Rakhine State were a large-scale campaign by Myanmar’s armed forces that led to mass killings, widespread human rights abuses, and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims into neighboring Bangladesh.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic cleansing campaign ⓘ
human rights crisis ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
allegedCrime crimes against humanity ⓘ
genocide ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
characterizedBy arbitrary arrests ⓘ
extrajudicial killings ⓘ
forced displacement ⓘ
mass killings ⓘ
sexual violence ⓘ
torture ⓘ
village burnings ⓘ
widespread rape ⓘ
condemnedBy Amnesty International ⓘ
Human Rights Watch ⓘ
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
describedAs textbook example of ethnic cleansing ⓘ
describedBy United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ
destinationOfRefugees Bangladesh ⓘ
Cox’s Bazar District ⓘ
ethnicGroupTargeted Rohingya ⓘ
hasCause ARSA attacks on Myanmar security posts on 2017-08-25 ⓘ
location Rakhine State ⓘ
northern Rakhine State ⓘ
linked to: Rakhine State
mainSubject Rohingya people ⓘ
linked to: Rohingya
numberOfRefugees over 700000 ⓘ
participant Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army ⓘ
Border Guard Police of Myanmar ⓘ
Myanmar Army ⓘ
Myanmar security forces ⓘ
Rohingya Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Rohingya

Rohingya civilians ⓘ
Tatmadaw ⓘ
partOf Rohingya conflict in Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: Rohingya conflict

persecution of Rohingya in Myanmar ⓘ
perpetrator Myanmar military ⓘ
Myanmar security forces ⓘ
Tatmadaw ⓘ
pointInTime 2017 ⓘ
religiousGroupTargeted Muslims ⓘ
result humanitarian crisis in Cox’s Bazar ⓘ
mass exodus of Rohingya to Bangladesh ⓘ
startTime 2017-08-25 ⓘ
subjectOf International Criminal Court preliminary examination on Myanmar/Bangladesh ⓘ
UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar report ⓘ
case The Gambia v. Myanmar at the International Court of Justice ⓘ

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Tatmadaw → notableEvent → 2017 Rohingya military operations in Rakhine State ⓘ
subject linked to: Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces)
Cox’s Bazar refugee camps → majorInfluxEvent → 2017 Rohingya refugee crisis ⓘ
linked to: 2017 Rohingya military operations in Rakhine State
Myanmar–Bangladesh border → hasMajorRefugeeInfluxEvent → 2017 Rohingya refugee crisis ⓘ
linked to: 2017 Rohingya military operations in Rakhine State