John Quinley III, Author at Asia Times

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 9, 2017 Rohingya refugees walk after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang.Myanmar is continuing its "ethnic cleansing" of the Rohingya with a "campaign of terror and forced starvation" in Rakhine state, a UN human rights envoy said on March 6, 2018, six months after a military crackdown sparked a mass exodus of the Muslim minority. / AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR

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The Rohingya are more than victims

by John Quinley III August 27, 2018

“The Myanmar military has been trying to destroy our community for decades,” said “Mohammed Hussein” a 52-year-old Rohingya refugee from Maungdaw Township now living in a sprawling refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. “We are calling for justice.” August 25 marked one year since Myanmar soldiers, police, and local non-Rohingya citizens murdered thousands of Rohingya […]