Burma’s northern Rakhine state is on lockdown. In recent
weeks, violence has forced hundreds of thousands of minority Muslim Rohingyas
to flee to Bangladesh. FRANCE 24’s regional correspondent Clovis Casali was one
of the few journalists able to enter Rakhine state, where he met terrified
members of the Rohingya community. He brings us rare footage from on the
ground.
On August 25, Rohingya fighters from the Arakan Rohingya
Salvation Army (ARSA) attacked police stations, provoking an immediate and
deadly response from the Burmese army. Burma claims that its operations were simply
aimed at tracking down "terrorists", but NGOs and the UN consider it
to be pursuing an "ethnic cleansing" campaign. Some have even accused
Burma of genocide.
>> Read our article: "Burma's Suu Kyi makes
first visit to region hit by Rohingya violence" http://www.france24.com/en/20171102-burmas-suu-kyi-makes-first-visit-state-hit-rohingya-violence-rakhine-state
Watch: https://youtu.be/BHirQgJKUeQ
>> Watch our report on the Rohingya crisis:
"Monks with an ultra-nationalist agenda" https://youtu.be/2M131aAg83I
After weeks of negotiations with the authorities, our
regional correspondent, Clovis Casali, was authorised to follow the army on a
rare visit to an area devastated by the fighting.
In Rohingya villages, many are starving because access to
Rakhine state has been cut off. On the beaches, hundreds are desperately trying
to leave the country by crossing the Naf River. In this exclusive report,
FRANCE 24 takes you to meet the Muslim ethnic group considered one of the most
persecuted minorities in the world.
>> Watch our interview with the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights, urging Burma to stop the "ethnic
cleansing" of the Rohingya Muslim minority https://youtu.be/RWx6DDiLgI4
