

Minority report: the Rohingya, five years on
Sep 16, 2022
Charlie McCann, Southeast Asia correspondent for the Economist, shares insights into the ongoing struggles of the Rohingya people, five years after their expulsion from Myanmar. He highlights the dire living conditions and systemic discrimination faced by refugees. Jeremy Page, Asia diplomatic editor, discusses new railway routes in Central Asia, emphasizing their potential to shift trade dynamics away from Russia and boost economies in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The conversation underscores urgent calls for international attention on both crises.
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Rohingya Woman's Testimony
- A Rohingya woman in a Bangladesh refugee camp describes the Burmese army killing her husband.
- She recounts children being taken from mothers and killed, with the world ignoring their pleas.
Rohingya Population Decline
- The Burmese army is slowly eliminating the Rohingya population.
- Myanmar had 1.3 million Rohingyas before 2017, but now has closer to 600,000.
2012 Rohingya Attacks
- In 2012, mobs and the Burmese army destroyed Rohingya villages, killing hundreds.
- The army forced about 140,000 Rohingya into camps, where they remain.