Rohingya

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The Rohingya are a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority from Myanmar’s Rakhine State, known globally for facing severe persecution and statelessness.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Rohingya canonical 5
Rohingya people 4
Rohingya Muslims 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim minority
ethnic group
2017ExodusScale hundreds of thousands fled to Bangladesh
2017ExodusTriggeredBy Myanmar military operations in Rakhine State
citizenshipStatusInMyanmar denied citizenship
culturalPractice distinct customs and dress
demographicConcentration Rakhine State
surface form: northern Rakhine State
disputedBy Myanmar authorities regarding their indigeneity
documentedBy human rights organizations
ethnicallyDistinctFrom Rakhine people
surface form: Rakhine Buddhists
excludedFrom Myanmar’s 1982 Citizenship Law list of national races
experienced large refugee outflows
faced arbitrary arrests
confiscation of property
extrajudicial killings
mass displacement
restrictions on access to education in Myanmar
restrictions on access to healthcare in Myanmar
restrictions on marriage in Myanmar
restrictions on movement in Myanmar
segregated camps for internally displaced persons in Myanmar
sexual violence
systematic discrimination
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
legalStatusInMyanmar considered illegal immigrants by Myanmar authorities
majorExodus 2017
majorityReligionOfCountryOfOrigin Theravada Buddhism in Myanmar
nativeTo Myanmar
Rakhine State
notRecognizedAs official ethnic group by Myanmar government
persecutedIn Myanmar
populationStatus stateless
primaryLanguage Rohingya language
recognizedBy United Nations as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world
region Southeast Asia
religion Islam
religiousPractice Sunni Islam
selfIdentification indigenous to Rakhine State
subjectOf The Gambia v. Myanmar
surface form: International Court of Justice case against Myanmar

crimes against humanity allegations
ethnic cleansing allegations
genocide allegations
tookRefugeIn People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh

Cox’s Bazar refugee camps
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Middle Eastern countries
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Thailand

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic world hasEthnicGroup Rohingya
Myanmar ethnicGroup Rohingya
Burmese American includesEthnicSubgroups Rohingya
this entity surface form: Rohingya Americans
Arakan hasEthnicGroup Rohingya
this entity surface form: Rohingya people
Rohingya language spokenBy Rohingya
this entity surface form: Rohingya people
Rohingya language hasAlternativeName Rohingya
this entity surface form: Rohinga
Maung Zarni advocatesFor Rohingya
this entity surface form: Rohingya people
Maung Maung Soe associatedWith Rohingya
this entity surface form: Rohingya conflict
Tatmadaw involvedIn Rohingya
this entity surface form: Rohingya conflict
Sittwe ethnicGroupPresent Rohingya
this entity surface form: Rohingya Muslims
western Myanmar ethnicGroup Rohingya
subject surface form: Western Myanmar
this entity surface form: Rohingya people
Rakhine State hasEthnicGroup Rohingya
this entity surface form: Rohingya Muslims
Cox’s Bazar refugee camps hosts Rohingya
this entity surface form: Rohingya refugees
United Nations fact-finding mission on Myanmar primaryVictimGroup Rohingya
this entity surface form: Rohingya Muslims