THIS month marks the third anniversary of the fleeing of more than 730,000 Rohingya from Myanmar's Rakhine State to Bangladesh after a military-led crackdown in response to an attack by Muslim militants on Myanmar security posts.
Here is a timeline of events in the crisis:
Aug. 25, 2017 - Muslim insurgents of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attack 30 police posts and an army base in the north of Rakhine State.
Aug. 26, 2017 - As fighting spreads between the army and ARSA, thousands of Rohingya flee to Bangladesh.
Sept. 2, 2017 - More than 2,600 houses are razed in Rohingya-majority areas in the week following the Aug. 25 attack, the government says.
Sept. 11, 2017 - The U.N. human rights high commissioner calls the military operation “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing”.
Sept. 19, 2017 - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi vows to punish the perpetrators of rights violations but does not address U.N. accusations of ethnic cleansing.
Oct. 12, 2017 - Rohingya Muslims are not natives of Myanmar, says the army commander-in-chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, during a meeting with U.S. ambassador Scot Marciel.
Nov. 2, 2017 - Suu Kyi urges people “not to quarrel” on her first visit to Rakhine since the crackdown.
Nov. 27-Dec. 2, 2017 - Pope Francis visits Myanmar and Bangladesh, avoiding the word “Rohingya”, which is rejected by Myanmar, until meeting refugees in Bangladesh.
Dec. 21, 2017 - The United States imposes sanctions on 13 “serious human rights abusers and corrupt actors” including the general who oversaw the crackdown against the Rohingya.
Jan. 10, 2018 - The military says its soldiers murdered 10 captured Muslims in Inn Din village in Rakhine during insurgent attacks.
Feb. 23, 2018 - Myanmar has bulldozed at least 55 Rohingya villages that were emptied during the violence, Human Rights Watch says.
March 12, 2018 - Myanmar’s military is building bases where Rohingya homes and mosques once stood, Amnesty International says.
April 11, 2018 - Seven Myanmar soldiers are sentenced to 10 years of hard labor for the Inn Din massacre.
Sept. 13, 2018 - Suu Kyi says in hindsight her government could have handled the situation in Rakhine better.
Nov. 15, 2018 - A Rohingya refugee repatriation effort stalls amid protests in camps.
Jan. 4, 2019 - Rakhine nationalist Arakan Army insurgents kill 13 policemen as Myanmar marks Independence Day, setting off more conflict.
March 18, 2019 - Myanmar’s army says it has set up a military court to investigate its conduct during the 2017 crackdown.
May 27, 2019 - A military spokesman says Myanmar has granted early release to seven soldiers jailed for the Inn Din killings.
June 22, 2019 - Authorities order telecoms companies to shut internet services in the conflict-torn west, an operator says, where government troops are fighting Arakan Army rebels.
Aug. 20, 2019 - The U.N. refugee agency and Bangladesh authorities launch a new repatriation bid, but it fails after no refugees agree to return.
Nov. 11, 2019 – Mostly Muslim Gambia files a genocide case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Nov. 14, 2019 – The International Criminal Court approves a prosecution request to investigate crimes against humanity against the Rohingya in a separate case.
Nov. 26, 2019 – Myanmar begins a military investigation into killings of Rohingya at Gu Dar Pyin village during the 2017 crackdown. The army later announces soldiers have been punished.
Dec. 11, 2019 - Suu Kyi appears at the ICJ in the Hague and rejects accusations of genocide against the Rohingya as “incomplete and misleading”.
Jan. 20, 2020 - Government-appointed panel investigating allegations of abuse say they had found no evidence of genocide but war crimes were possible.
Jan. 23, 2020 – The ICJ orders Myanmar to take urgent measures to protect the Rohingya remaining inside Myanmar.
Jan. 25, 2020 – Two Rohingya women are killed and seven people wounded when shells hit a village. The army rejects accusations it was responsible from a lawmaker, a villager and Arakan Army rebels.
Feb. 21, 2020 – Myanmar’s army says it will court-martial soldiers over abuses against Rohingya in two more villages during the 2017 crackdown.
April 16, 2020 - Bangladesh rescues 396 Rohingya from a boat adrift for weeks after failing to land in Malaysia. At least 32 die on board. Several other boats adrift for months before landing in Indonesia and Malaysia.
April 29, 2020 - The U.N. envoy to Myanmar says it is committing war crimes in Rakhine after civilians are hit with air and artillery strikes in the conflict against insurgents. Myanmar says the allegations are "biased".
May 25, 2020 - Myanmar files a report on its adherence to measures to protect the Rohingya to the ICJ. Details are not published.
Reuters
Fri Aug 21 2020
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