Currently, in Myanmar, genocide is being committed against minorities. Over 688,000 have fled the “ethnic cleansing” of the Rohingya group, made up of mostly Muslims. This leaves only 1/3 of the Rohingya group to remain in the country while the rest have fled to neighboring Bangladesh. The “ethnic cleansing” consists of killing or displacing members of the ethnic group. The atrocities committed by the Myanmarese government on the Rohingya are unspeakable, including “executions, gang rapes and burnings of villages...These were rapes of a most extreme and brutal nature, ... Many were literally gang-raped to death.” Ethnic cleansing is considered a crime against humanity, making the actions of the Myanmarese government violations of human rights.
