The Rohingya Crisis : Is this Ethnic Cleansing? November 2017

Serapio, Michael (host). Ayed, Nahlah (journalist). D'Souza, Steven (journalist). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Added Author). Host: Serapio, Michael ; Journalist: Ayed, Nahlah ; Journalist: D'Souza, Steven. (Cast).

Summary: The Rohingya people have been described as the most persecuted minority in the world. They are an ethnic group of about one million who have lived for centuries in Myanmar – formerly Burma. They are not considered citizens and many are of the Muslim faith. In the summer of 2017 hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled their homes, headed for Bangladesh. This came after the Myanmar military began a crackdown on what they called insurgents. Refugees claim their villages were burned to the ground, many of the men were killed and the women and girls raped. With nearly 900,000 stateless refugees displaced, what happens now?

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Physical Description: 1 streaming video (17 min 23 sec)
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Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2017

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General Note:	From the Curio.ca channel: News in Review \| Current Edition.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to Curio.ca channel subscribers
Participant or Performer Note:	Host: Serapio, Michael ; Journalist: Ayed, Nahlah ; Journalist: D'Souza, Steven.
System Details Note:	Available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://curio.ca/en/video/the-rohingya-crisis-is-this-ethnic-cleansing-15854/
Language Note:	In English. Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Source of description from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation