Rohingya Muslims Face Threat Of Genocide
Rohingya Muslims Face Threat Of Genocide
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The Burmese government has faced allegations of state-sponsored persecution of its Rohingya Muslim minority as many have been forced to flee military operations that the government claims are aimed at counter-terrorism efforts.
The UN says it has received reports of rapes, killings and other abuses.
We discuss the risk of genocide facing the Rohingya with Azeem Ibrahim, senior fellow at the Centre for Global Policy and author of The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar’s Hidden Genocide.