Rohingya Violence

A bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and also comprising justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra asked Centre and others to file a reply on the plea

A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar's military government in the country's western state of Rakhine claimed Saturday to have seized a town near the border with Bangladesh, marking the latest in a series of victories for foes of the country's military government. Members of the state's Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority, targets of deadly army-directed violence in 2017, appear to have been the main victims of fighting in the town of Buthidaung, where the Arakan Army claims to have chased out forces of the military government. There are contradictory accounts of who is to blame for the reported burning of the town, compelling its Rohingya residents to flee. The competing claims could not be verified independently, with access to the internet and mobile phone services in the area mostly cut off. Khaing Thukha, a spokesperson for the Arakan Army, told The Associated Press by text message from an undisclosed location that his group had seized Buthidaung after capturing all the .

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The recent spasm of violence began when Rohingya insurgents launched a series of attacks last August 25 on about 30 security outposts and other targets

HRW said satellite images revealed that the government has bulldozed dozens of Rohingya settlements

Myanmar officials have refused to comment on where the Reuters journalists were being detained or when they would be released.

There will be a ban on assembly of more than five persons and going outside from dusk to dawn between 6 pm and 6 am

International community has expressed concern over the exodus of Rohingyas Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh

Economic deprivation and tensions with Buddhist neighbours appear to be the main forces driving the recent exodus

Dozens of Rohingyas have already died trying to cross into Bangladesh

Myanmar rejects the accusations and has denounced rights abuses