The death toll from the clashes has since risen to more than 100, mostly alleged Rohingya fighters. “Some militants won’t let the men go, they only let the women pass,” a Rohingya man in central Maungdaw Township told the NGO Fortify Rights. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Rohingya refugees crying at a makeshift shelter at the border village of Gumdhum. The group’s leader, a Rohingya named Ataullah Abu Ammar Jununi, who has appeared in videos, is described as extremely charismatic. For years, Rohingya have told human rights advocates and journalists that their lives, confined to villages and displacement camps, are not worth living.

Source: The Guardian September 02, 2017 23:57 UTC