Why Rohingya refugees are protesting in Cox’s Bazar, 9 years after genocide
- On Monday, hundreds of Rohingya refugees gathered at Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh demanding justice and the right to return to their homes, on the ninth anniversary of the genocide perpetrated against them in Myanmar.
- Since then, more than one million stateless Rohingya have remained stranded in tightly packed camps in Bangladesh’s coastal district of Cox’s Bazar, where living conditions are steadily deteriorating as international aid declines.
- The presence of the Rohingya in Bangladesh has made the South Asian country home to one of the world’s largest refugee populations.
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- On Monday, hundreds of Rohingya refugees gathered at Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh demanding justice and the right to return to their homes, on the ninth anniversary of the genocide perpetrated against them in Myanmar.
- Since then, more than one million stateless Rohingya have remained stranded in tightly packed camps in Bangladesh’s coastal district of Cox’s Bazar, where living conditions are steadily deteriorating as international aid declines.
- The presence of the Rohingya in Bangladesh has made the South Asian country home to one of the world’s largest refugee populations.
Sources: Al Jazeera