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TIMELINE:

1977 - Then known as Burma, Myanmar launched Operation Dragon King (Naga Min) in Rakhine state. The Rohingya ethnic minority was declared "illegal" after
being stripped of their citizenship, thus began a cycle of forced displacement.
1977-78 - Operation Dragon King included mass arrests, persecution, and horrifying violence, driving approximately 200,000 Rohingya across the border to
Bangladesh, which opened refugee camps, where living conditions inside the camps were woefully inadequate.
1979- Most of the Rohingya
repatriated to Burma. Of those remaining in Bangladesh, some 10,000 people died, the majority being children usually of malnutrition after food rations were cut.
1989 - Burma was renamed Myanmar after a military crackdown that followed the reppression of a popular uprising.
The ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council increased its military presence in northern Rakhine state, and the Rohingya were reportedly subject to
compulsory labor, forced relocation, rape, summary executions, and torture. Some 250,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh.

1992 - The camps were shut to new arrivals in the spring and repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar began in the fall, despite protests by the
international community.
Over the following years, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya were sent back to Myanmar, and new refugees attempting the journey were denied entry to
Bangladesh.
2003 - Of the 20 camps built in Bangladesh in the early '90s, two remaining: Nayapara camp near Teknaf (above) and Kutupalong camp near Ukhia.
Living conditions remain dire—a study finds that 58% of children and 53% of adults were chronically malnourished.
2017 - On Aug, a shadowy Rohingya armed group, called the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), attacked police posts in Rakhine state, killing at least a
dozen officers.
The army says it killed 400 armed fighters in retaliation, but critics said most of the dead were civilians.
The violence led to the biggest-ever cycle of mass displacement.

MSF documents more than 6,700 violent deaths among the Rohingya.
Many world leaders allege 'ethnic cleansing'.
November 23: - Bangladesh and Myanmar on agreed to start
repatriating refugees but the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said that the conditions were not in place for their safe return and the process came to
immediate halt.
December 05: UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein warned of "possible genocide” and called for an international investigation.
2018 - On Aug 25, thousands of Rohingya refugees staged protests to mark the first anniversary of their exodus.
UN investigators called for the prosecution of Myanmar’s army chief and five other top military commanders for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war
crimes.
An attempt to repatriate 2,260 Rohingya failed as they refused to leave without guarantees for their safety.
2019 - On July 16: The US announced sanctions against

Myanmar’s army chief and three other top officers. About 3,500 Rohingya refugees were cleared to return home but no one turned up to make the journey on
Aug 22nd.
November 11: Gambia filed a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Myanmar of genocide.
Three days later, the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) approved a full investigation into the persecution of the Rohingya.
In the same week, a third case was filed by rights groups in Argentina under the principle of Universal Jurisdiction.
December 11: Aung San Suu Kyi led Myanmar’s defense at the ICJ, and refutef accusations of genocide.
She admited the army might have used excessive force.
2020 - January 23: The ICJ ordered Myanmar to take urgent steps to prevent alleged genocide and to report back within four months.

2021 - February 1: Myanmar military ceased power on and puts Suu Kyi under house arrest and later sentences her to 17 years in prison.
2022 - The US on March 21, 2022, officially declared the 2017 violence amounted to genocide, saying there was clear evidence of an attempt to “destroy” the
Rohingya.
July 22: The ICJ ruled that the case filed by Gambia could proceed.

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