Hatred, Genocide and Rohingya Refugees
Feb 05, 2018 | 0 comments
In May of 2017, The Elephant Story recognized the plight of the Rohingya ethnic minority in the Rakhine state of northwest Myanmar. Since that time, some 650,000 of the Rohingya, representing the lion’s share of Islam followers in a predominantly Buddhist country of 53 million people, have fled to Bangladesh. Further, an unknown number are buried in mass graves. Originally, we were critical of Buddhist monks who were inciting the unrest while the most direct blame now clearly rests with General Min Aung Hlaing. The general, who has led the campaign to eradicate these people, is shown below in all...