Rohingya

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The Rohingya are a stateless, predominantly Muslim, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from Rakhine State in Myanmar, considered one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. They are denied citizenship under Myanmar's 1982 nationality law and face severe restrictions on movement, education, and employment, with their legal conditions compared by some scholars and public figures to apartheid. The Rohingya maintain they are indigenous to the region with over a millennium of heritage, while the Myanmar government classifies them as colonial-era migrants from Bangladesh and refuses to recognize the term "Rohingya," preferring instead the term "Bengali." Beginning in 2017, the majority of the Rohingya population was displaced from Myanmar, with over 740,000 fleeing to Bangladesh and more than 100,000 confined to internally displaced persons camps within the country. The scale of the displacement prompted investigations by the International Criminal Court and proceedings before the International Court of Justice, with UN officials and human rights organizations calling for Rohingya rights to self-determination within Myanmar.
Rohingya
Accepted term: 09-Mar-2026