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Rohingya refugees protest in Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh on 25 August 2018. REUTERS / Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Thousands of Rohingyas marched in the alleys of the camps where they found refuge this Saturday, August 25 in Bangladesh. A rally a year to the day after the beginning of the repression of the Burmese army against this Muslim minority victim of "ethnic cleansing" according to the United Nations. 6,700 people reportedly died in the violence according to Médecins sans frontières and the Rohingyas continue to demand justice for the crimes they have suffered.
With our special correspondent in Bangladesh, Eliza Hunt
" We are Rohingyas, we are human beings, the only thing we need is our rights, " sings Ferdouz, a 10-year-old refugee boy in Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh. " I miss my country a lot, I was happy there," he says. But the army killed our fathers, raped our mothers ... We need justice before coming back . "
The Burmese authorities have consistently denied accusations of violence against Rohingya civilians. A United Nations fact-finding mission has never been authorized in the west of the country. Yet according to Mayyu Ali, a 26-year-old refugee, it is the international community that must come justice.
Rohingyas appeal to the international community
" The only way to silence the denials of the Burmese government is that the international community is increasing its pressure again and again," says the young man. I feel sad when I see that fact-finding missions can not come to the country. The truth is still in the darkness, "he laments.
International pressure is expected to intensify in the coming days. The UN Security Council meets to discuss the Rohingya crisis on Tuesday (August 28th).