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Friday, September 11, 2020

Myanmar Erases Names of Rohingya Villages, and UN Map Makers Follow Suit

HAARETZ
Reuters
Published on 11.09.2020

Myanmar military faces charges of genocide for chasing 730,000 Rohingya out of the country in 2017 in what the United Nations described as 'a textbook example of ethnic cleansing'


Rohingya refugees walk through a shallow canal after crossing the Naf River in Palongkhali, as they flee violence in Myanmar to reach Bangladesh, October 16, 2017.Credit: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP


 Three years ago, Myanmar's military burned the Rohingya village of Kan Kya to the ground and bulldozed over its remains. Last year, the government erased its name from official maps, according to the United Nations.