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Saturday, 18 November 2017

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Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

A Rohingya Muslim child, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, plays in front of her makeshift tent at Jamtoli refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. A key U.N. committee overwhelmingly approved a resolution Thursday calling on Myanmar's authorities to end military operations against Rohingya Muslims, ensure their voluntary return from Bangladesh and grant them "full citizenship rights.": photo by A.M. Ahad/AP, 17 November 2017

This horror continues without abate. 

In Burma, the word Rohingya is not meant to exist, there is instead the word "Bengali" (="nigger").

In that word is concentrated all the mindfulness of the planet at this historical moment.

It's been a long time since the dehumanization and elimination of a human genetic strain engaged humans of another strain in such prolonged, dedicated activity.

 
#Myanmar @CarrefourFrance offers you lovely vacation with smoke and heat of burned #Rohingya lives and villages and 600,000 expelled, your privacy safe. #CarrefourStopGenocideInBurma: image via Al Kanz @Alkanz, 18 November 2017



A list of #Rohingya  killed by #Myanmar Army on 27th August 2017 in #MaungNu hamlet of #ChinThaMa VT and #PhaungTawPyin VT in #Buthidaung Township. This was made by some villagers. Actual death toll in these two villages is much higher than in the list.: image via Ro Nay San Lwin @nslwin, 18 November 2017
 
More #Rohingya  fled from #Rathedaung Township today (Nov 17th). In Rathedaung there were 24 Rohingya villages. 19 entire villages burnt to the ground by #Myanmar Army since August 25th: image via Ro Nay San Lwin @nslwin, 18 November 2017


  More #Rohingya fled from #Rathedaung Township today (Nov 17th). In Rathedaung there were 24 Rohingya villages. 19 entire villages burnt to the ground by #Myanmar Army since August 25th: image via Ro Nay San Lwin @nslwin, 18 November 2017
 
More #Rohingya  fled from #Rathedaung Township today (Nov 17th). In Rathedaung there were 24 Rohingya villages. 19 entire villages burnt to the ground by #Myanmar Army since August 25th: image via Ro Nay San Lwin @nslwin, 18 November 2017


Interpellé depuis le 1er novembre sur son offre de séjours en Birmanie pendant que femmes, hommes, enfants #rohingya sont violées, brûlés, torturés, tués, @CarrefourFrance n’a JAMAIS répondu aux dizaines de tweets reçus. #CarrefourStopGenocideInBurma: image via Al Kanz @Alkanz, 18 November 2017


Interpellé depuis le 1er novembre sur son offre de séjours en Birmanie pendant que femmes, hommes, enfants #rohingya  sont violées, brûlés, torturés, tués, @CarrefourFrance n’a JAMAIS répondu aux dizaines de tweets reçus. #CarrefourStopGenocideInBurma: image via Al Kanz @Alkanz, 18 November 2017


Interpellé depuis le 1er novembre sur son offre de séjours en Birmanie pendant que femmes, hommes, enfants #rohingya  sont violées, brûlés, torturés, tués, @CarrefourFrance n’a JAMAIS répondu aux dizaines de tweets reçus. #CarrefourStopGenocideInBurma: image via Al Kanz @Alkanz, 18 November 2017


Interpellé depuis le 1er novembre sur son offre de séjours en Birmanie pendant que femmes, hommes, enfants #rohingya  sont violées, brûlés, torturés, tués, @CarrefourFrance n’a JAMAIS répondu aux dizaines de tweets reçus. #CarrefourStopGenocideInBurma: image via Al Kanz @Alkanz, 18 November 2017

 

Human Rights Watch have accused Burmese security forces of committing widespread rape against women and girls as part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing during the past three months against Rohingya Muslims in the country's Rakhine state Photo Getty: image via The Independent, 16 November 2017
 

Mohamed, 6, and his brother Akhter, 4, were badly burned when Myanmar's armed forces fired rockets at their village, says their uncle, adding that two siblings, aged 7 and 10 months, died in the attack: image via IBTimes UK @IBTimesUK, 17 November 2017
 

 Rohingya refugee Imam Hossain, 42, sleeps on the ground at Kutupalang refugee camp, near Cox's Bazar in #Bangladesh, October 14, 2017. Pic: @Reuters / Jorge Silva: image via Ro Nay San Lwin @nslwin, 17 November 2017


Rohingya refugee Mohamed Jabair, 21, poses for a photograph to show burns on his body, which he said he sustained when his house was set on fire in #Myanmar, at Kutupalang refugee camp, near Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, October 17, 2017. Pic: @Reuters / Jorge Silva: image via Ro Nay San Lwin @nslwin, 17 November 2017


Where the Rohingya once lived: Aerial views of Rohingya villages torched during violence against the ethnic Muslim community in Myanmar's Rakhine state: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 14 November 2017  



#Myanmar #Bangladesh "Myanmar Rohingya exodus leaves ghostland behind" @exiter: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 16 November 2017



#Myanmar #Bangladesh "Myanmar Rohingya exodus leaves ghostland behind" @exiter: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 16 November 2017

 

#Myanmar #Bangladesh "Myanmar Rohingya exodus leaves ghostland behind" @exiter: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 16 November 2017

Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

A Rohingya Muslim woman, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, holds the hands of her grandchildren at Balukhali refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that the U.S. is deeply concerned by "credible reports" of atrocities committed by Myanmar's security forces and called for an independent investigation into a humanitarian crisis in which hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh.: photo by A.M. Ahad/AP, 15 November 2017

Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

A Rohingya Muslim woman, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, holds the hands of her grandchildren at Balukhali refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that the U.S. is deeply concerned by "credible reports" of atrocities committed by Myanmar's security forces and called for an independent investigation into a humanitarian crisis in which hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh.: photo by A.M. Ahad/AP, 15 November 2017

Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, wait in queues to receive aid at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that the U.S. is deeply concerned by "credible reports" of atrocities committed by Myanmar's security forces and called for an independent investigation into a humanitarian crisis in which hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh.: photo by A.M. Ahad/AP, 15 November 2017
 
Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, wait in queues to receive aid at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that the U.S. is deeply concerned by "credible reports" of atrocities committed by Myanmar's security forces and called for an independent investigation into a humanitarian crisis in which hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh.: photo by A.M. Ahad/AP, 15 November 2017

Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

A view of the Thaingkhali refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed alarm over the plight of Rohingya Muslims in remarks before Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders from a Southeast Asian bloc that has refused to criticize her government over the crisis.: photo by A.M. Ahad/AP, 14 November 2017

Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

A view of the Thaingkhali refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed alarm over the plight of Rohingya Muslims in remarks before Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders from a Southeast Asian bloc that has refused to criticize her government over the crisis.: photo by A.M. Ahad/AP, 14 November 2017

Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

A view of the Hakim Para camp of Rohingya refugees in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. More than 600,000 members of the Muslim minority have fled to Bangladesh since August, when Rohingya insurgents attacked Myanmar police and paramilitary posts, and security forces responded with a scorched-earth campaign against Rohingya villages.: photo by A.M. Ahad/AP, 13 November 2017

Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

A view of the Hakim Para camp of Rohingya refugees in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. More than 600,000 members of the Muslim minority have fled to Bangladesh since August, when Rohingya insurgents attacked Myanmar police and paramilitary posts, and security forces responded with a scorched-earth campaign against Rohingya villages.: photo by A.M. Ahad/AP, 13 November 2017

Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

A Rohingya Muslim sits with her baby in a makeshift tent at the Hakim Para refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. A Philippine official says Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has assured other Southeast Asian nations that her government is implementing the recommendations of a commission led by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the situation in Rakhine state, where more than half a million Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighboring Bangladesh.: photo by A.M. Ahad/AP, 13 November 2017

Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

A Rohingya Muslim sits with her baby in a makeshift tent at the Hakim Para refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. A Philippine official says Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has assured other Southeast Asian nations that her government is implementing the recommendations of a commission led by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the situation in Rakhine state, where more than half a million Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighboring Bangladesh.: photo by A.M. Ahad/AP, 13 November 2017

Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

A Rohingya Muslim child looks to the camera, as he carries bamboo and walks towards at the Hakim Para refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. A Philippine official says Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has assured other Southeast Asian nations that her government is implementing the recommendations of a commission led by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the situation in Rakhine state, where more than half a million Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighboring Bangladesh.: photo by A.M. Ahad/AP, 13 November 2017

Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

A Rohingya Muslim child looks to the camera, as he carries bamboo and walks towards at the Hakim Para refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. A Philippine official says Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has assured other Southeast Asian nations that her government is implementing the recommendations of a commission led by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the situation in Rakhine state, where more than half a million Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighboring Bangladesh.: photo by A.M. Ahad/AP, 13 November 2017

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In this Nov. 4, 2017 photo, Rohingya Muslim Abdul Karim, 19, uses a yellow plastic oil container as a flotation device as he swims the Naf river while crossing the Myanmar-Bangladesh border in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh. Rohingya Muslims escaping the violence in their homeland of Myanmar are now so desperate that some are swimming to safety in neighboring Bangladesh, even if they have never been in the water before.: photo by Bernat Armangue/AP, 4 November 2017

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A Rohingya Muslim girl cries as she waits squashed against other children to receive food handouts distributed to children and women by a Turkish aid agency at Thaingkhali refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed alarm over the plight of Rohingya Muslims in remarks before Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders from a Southeast Asian bloc that has refused to criticize her government over the crisis.: photo by A.M. Ahad/AP, 14 November 2017

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Rohingya Muslims use a makeshift raft made with plastic containers to cross the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh, near Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh.: photo by A.M. Ahad/AP, 12 November 2017 



A Rohingya boy gets a haircut at Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh Photo @NaveshChitrakar: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 15 November 2017
 

Light from a flashlight falls on the face of a Rohingya Muslim girl sitting on a raft made with plastic containers on which a group crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, Nov. 10, 2017.: photo by A.M. Ahad/AP, 10 November 2017

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - SEPTEMBER 20: A Rohingya refugee boy desperate for aid cries as he climbs on a truck distributing aid for a local NGO near the Balukali refugee camp on September 20, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than half a million Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population is expected to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims said to be making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown.

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - SEPTEMBER 20: A Rohingya refugee boy desperate for aid cries as he climbs on a truck distributing aid for a local NGO near the Balukali refugee camp on September 20, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 20 September 2017

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 02: Rohingya refugees carry their belongings as they walk on the Bangladesh side of the Naf River after fleeing Myanmar, on October 2, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than half a million Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population is expected to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims said to be making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown.

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 02: Rohingya refugees carry their belongings as they walk on the Bangladesh side of the Naf River after fleeing Myanmar, on October 2, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 27 October 2017

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - SEPTEMBER 26: A Rohingya refugee family reacts as they disembark from a boat after arriving on the Bangladesh side of the Naf River at night from Myanmar on September 26, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than half a million Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population is expected to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims said to be making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown.

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - SEPTEMBER 26: A Rohingya refugee family reacts as they disembark from a boat after arriving on the Bangladesh side of the Naf River at night from Myanmar on September 26, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 26 September 2017

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 01: Rohingya refugee children are carried from a boat at a beach on the Bangladesh side of the Naf River at Shah Porir Dwip after fleeing their village in Myanmar, on October 1, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than half a million Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population is expected to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims said to be making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown.

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 01: Rohingya refugee children are carried from a boat at a beach on the Bangladesh side of the Naf River at Shah Porir Dwip after fleeing their village in Myanmar, on October 1, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 1 October 2017

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - SEPTEMBER 22: An elderly Rohingya refugees woman sits outside her shelter in the sprawling Balukali refugee camp on September 22, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than half a million Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population is expected to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims said to be making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown.

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - SEPTEMBER 22: An elderly Rohingya refugees woman sits outside her shelter in the sprawling Balukali refugee camp on September 22, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 22 September 2017

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 02: Rohingya refugees Minara Hassan and her husband Ekramul lay exhausted on the ground on Bangladesh side of the Naf River after fleeing their home in Maungdaw, Myanmar, on October 2, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than half a million Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population is expected to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims said to be making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown. 

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 02: Rohingya refugees Minara Hassan and her husband Ekramul lay exhausted on the ground on Bangladesh side of the Naf River after fleeing their home in Maungdaw, Myanmar, on October 2, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 2 October 2017

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 01: A Rohingya refugee woman sits exhausted after collapsing on a beach on the Bangladesh side of the Naf River at Shah Porir Dwip after fleeing her village in Myanmar, on October 1, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than half a million Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population is expected to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims said to be making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown.

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 01: A Rohingya refugee woman sits exhausted after collapsing on a beach on the Bangladesh side of the Naf River at Shah Porir Dwip after fleeing her village in Myanmar, on October 1, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 1 October 2017

 COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - SEPTEMBER 27: A Rohingya refugee woman holds her child as she stands outside her shelter at the sprawling Balukali refugee camp on September 27, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than half a million Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population is expected to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims said to be making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown.

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - SEPTEMBER 27: A Rohingya refugee woman holds her child as she stands outside her shelter at the sprawling Balukali refugee camp on September 27, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 25 September 2017

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - SEPTEMBER 25: Rohingya refugees pray at the site where they are building a new mosque at the sprawling Balukali refugee camp on September 25, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than half a million Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population is expected to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims said to be making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown.

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - SEPTEMBER 25: Rohingya refugees pray at the site where they are building a new mosque at the sprawling Balukali refugee camp on September 25, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 25 September 2017

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - SEPTEMBER 20: Rohingya refugees desperate for aid crowd as food is distributed by a local NGO near the Balukali refugee camp on September 20, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than half a million Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population is expected to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims said to be making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown.

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - SEPTEMBER 20: Rohingya refugees desperate for aid crowd as food is distributed by a local NGO near the Balukali refugee camp on September 20, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 20 September 2017

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - SEPTEMBER 24: Rohingya refugees carry their belongings as they walk after crossing the border on the Bangladesh side of the Naf River while fleeing Myanmar, on September 24, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than half a million Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population is expected to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims said to be making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown.

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - SEPTEMBER 24: Rohingya refugees carry their belongings as they walk after crossing the border on the Bangladesh side of the Naf River while fleeing Myanmar, on September 24, 2017 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 24 September 2017

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 24: A Rohingya Muslim refugee boy waits with others to receive food aid from a local NGO on October 24, 2017 at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than 600,000 Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population continues to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown. During a recent visit to Myanmar, U.S Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for a 'credible' probe into human rights violations against the Rohingya but said he would advise against full sanctions on the country.

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 24: A Rohingya Muslim refugee boy waits with others to receive food aid from a local NGO on October 24, 2017 at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 24 October 2017

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 25: A young Rohingya Muslim refugee boy suffering from malnutrition is weighed at a field clinic by the NGO Action Against Hunger (ACF) on October 25, 2017 at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than 600,000 Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population continues to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown.

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 25: A young Rohingya Muslim refugee boy suffering from malnutrition is weighed at a field clinic by the NGO Action Against Hunger (ACF) on October 25, 2017 at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 25 October 2017

 COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 27: Rohingya Muslim refugee men carry food aid across makeshift bamboo bridges on October 27, 2017 at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than 600,000 Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population continues to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown. During a recent visit to Myanmar, U.S Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for a 'credible' probe into human rights violations against the Rohingya but said he would advise against full sanctions on the country.

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 27: Rohingya Muslim refugee men carry food aid across makeshift bamboo bridges on October 27, 2017 at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 27 October 2017

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 27: Rohingya refugees walk on makeshift bamboo bridges on October 27, 2017 at the Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than 600,000 Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population continues to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown. During a recent visit to Myanmar, U.S Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for a 'credible' probe into human rights violations against the Rohingya but said he would advise against full sanctions on the country.

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 27: Rohingya refugees walk on makeshift bamboo bridges on October 27, 2017 at the Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 27 October 2017

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 28: Rohingya refugee children stand on a new road being built on October 28, 2017 at the Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than 600,000 Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population continues to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown. During a recent visit to Myanmar, U.S Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for a 'credible' probe into human rights violations against the Rohingya but said he would advise against full sanctions on the country.

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 28: Rohingya refugee children stand on a new road being built on October 28, 2017 at the Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 28 October 2017

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 29: A newly arrived Rohingya refugee woman carries her child as she walks on a broken road after arriving at Shah Porir Dwip on October 29, 2017 near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than 600,000 Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population continues to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown.

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 29: A newly arrived Rohingya refugee woman carries her child as she walks on a broken road after arriving at Shah Porir Dwip on October 29, 2017 near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 2 November 2017

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - NOVEMBER 02: A Bangladeshi border guard from the BGB gestures as he controls a crowd of Rohingya Muslim refugees waiting to proceed to camps after crossing the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh near the Naf River on November 2, 2017 near Anjuman Para in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than 600,000 Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population continues to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown.

 COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - NOVEMBER 02: A Bangladeshi border guard from the BGB gestures as he controls a crowd of Rohingya Muslim refugees waiting to proceed to camps after crossing the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh near the Naf River.: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 2 November 2017

 COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - NOVEMBER 01: Rohingya Muslim refugees crowd a canal as they flee over the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh at the Naf River on November 1, 2017 near Anjuman Para in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than 600,000 Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population continues to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown.
  
COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - NOVEMBER 01: Rohingya Muslim refugees crowd a canal as they flee over the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh at the Naf River on November 1, 2017 near Anjuman Para in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 1 November 2017

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 30: A Rohingya Muslim refugee boy is held by his father after arriving by boat to Shah Porir Dwip on October 30, 2017 near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than 600,000 Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar's military that the United Nations has called 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. The refugee population continues to swell further, with thousands more Rohingya Muslims making the perilous journey on foot toward the border, or paying smugglers to take them across by water in wooden boats. Hundreds are known to have died trying to escape, and survivors arrive with horrifying accounts of villages burned, women raped, and scores killed in the 'clearance operations' by Myanmar's army and Buddhist mobs that were sparked by militant attacks on security posts in Rakhine state on August 25, 2017. What the Rohingya refugees flee to is a different kind of suffering in sprawling makeshift camps rife with fears of malnutrition, cholera, and other diseases. Aid organizations are struggling to keep pace with the scale of need and the staggering number of them - an estimated 60 percent - who are children arriving alone. Bangladesh, whose acceptance of the refugees has been praised by humanitarian officials for saving lives, has urged the creation of an internationally-recognized 'safe zone' where refugees can return, though Rohingya Muslims have long been persecuted in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. World leaders are still debating how to confront the country and its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who championed democracy, but now appears unable or unwilling to stop the army's brutal crackdown. During a recent visit to Myanmar, U.S Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for a 'credible' probe into human rights violations against the Rohingya but said he would advise against full sanctions on the country. 

COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - OCTOBER 30: A Rohingya Muslim refugee boy is held by his father after arriving by boat to Shah Porir Dwip on October 30, 2017 near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.: photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty, 20 October 2017



Read this amazing speech about the troubling situation of media in #Myanmar by @Lawiweng  - one of the country's very best reporters - at the Global Investigative Journalism conference in Johannesburg. "I was one of the writers that they tried to silence.": image via Poppy McPherson @poppymcp, 17 November 2017

India Kashmir

Kashmiri villagers watch from the window of a residential house as people carry body of Ashiq Ahmed Bhat, a local rebel during his funeral in Palhalan, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. A pair of gunbattles have left three rebels and an Indian army soldier dead in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, police said on Tuesday.: photo by Dar Yasin/AP, 14 November 2017

India Kashmir

Kashmiri villagers watch from the window of a residential house as people carry body of Ashiq Ahmed Bhat, a local rebel during his funeral in Palhalan, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. A pair of gunbattles have left three rebels and an Indian army soldier dead in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, police said on Tuesday.: photo by Dar Yasin/AP, 14 November 2017

India Kashmir

Kashmiri protesters run for cover amid tear gas smoke fired by Indian police men during a protest after the funeral of Kashmiri rebel Ashiq Ahmed Bhat, in Palhalan, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. A pair of gunbattles have left three rebels and an Indian army soldier dead in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, police said on Tuesday.: photo by Dar Yasin/AP, 14 November 2017

India Kashmir

Kashmiri protesters run for cover amid tear gas smoke fired by Indian police men during a protest after the funeral of Kashmiri rebel Ashiq Ahmed Bhat, in Palhalan, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. A pair of gunbattles have left three rebels and an Indian army soldier dead in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, police said on Tuesday.: photo by Dar Yasin/AP, 14 November 2017

India Kashmir Gunbattle

Kashmiri villagers watch the funeral procession of Ashiq Ahmed Bhat, a local rebel during his funeral in Palhalan, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. A pair of gunbattles have left three rebels and an Indian army soldier dead in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, police said on Tuesday.: photo by Dar Yasin/AP, 14 November 2017

India Kashmir Gunbattle

Kashmiri villagers watch the funeral procession of Ashiq Ahmed Bhat, a local rebel during his funeral in Palhalan, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. A pair of gunbattles have left three rebels and an Indian army soldier dead in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, police said on Tuesday.: photo by Dar Yasin/AP, 14 November 2017



A man rows his boat filled with straw on on a cold morning in Srinagar Photo Danish Ismail: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 16 November 2017

Palestinians Militants
A masked militant of Great Prophet Brigades, the military wing of the Al-Sabreen movement, wears camouflage with his rifle during a rally along the streets of Deir el-Balah refugee camp City, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 20, 2017.: photo by Adel Hana/AP, 20 October 2017

Palestinians Militants

A masked militant of Great Prophet Brigades, the military wing of the Al-Sabreen movement, wears camouflage with his rifle during a rally along the streets of Deir el-Balah refugee camp City, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. : photo by Adel Hana/AP, 20 October 2017



Palestinian children play football at a make-shift pitch near Israel's controversial separation barrier in the village of Beit Awa in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Photo @hazemjbader1: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 12 November 2017

 
  
Palestinian children play football at a make-shift pitch near Israel's controversial separation barrier in the village of Beit Awa in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Photo @hazemjbader1: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 12 November 2017

 

Palestinian children play football at a make-shift pitch near Israel's controversial separation barrier in the village of Beit Awa in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Photo @hazemjbader1: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 12 November 2017


 Sunrise at the Balukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhia district. Photo @Dibyangshus: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 16 November 2017
 

Sunset over a minaret in Gaza City. Photo @TomCOEX: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 14 November 2017

 Bangladesh Myanmar Attacks

A Rohingya Muslim child, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, plays in front of her makeshift tent at Jamtoli refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. A key U.N. committee overwhelmingly approved a resolution Thursday calling on Myanmar's authorities to end military operations against Rohingya Muslims, ensure their voluntary return from Bangladesh and grant them "full citizenship rights.": photo by A.M. Ahad/AP, 17 November 2017
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3 comments:

kent said...

TC,

May I post this on FB? Never without your permission, but this truly beyond the pale. k

18 November 2017 at 12:47
TC said...

okee dokee by us

18 November 2017 at 13:41
kent said...

Thanks, my friend. k

18 November 2017 at 17:13

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