Rohingya constitute four percent of Myanmar’s population and were rendered stateless at home.

Evidence

The numbers reveal the true scale of the genocidal horror. As of 2015, the population of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar was 1 to 1.3 million. Following the massacres and mass displacement, the figure is estimated to be 150,000 to 200,000. A staggering decline that reflects the decimation of a proud people, a people buried beneath the news headlines and lost at sea. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 678 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: The Rohingya are indigenous to Myanmar despite government claims they are immigrants — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 131; A 1982 citizenship law legally excluded and delegitimized Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 132; The ICJ unanimously ordered Myanmar to prevent genocide against the Rohingya — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 155 (+3 more)

Related

• Rohingya population in Myanmar fell from over a million to under 200,000. (similarity 0.95)
• Myanmar state forces and civilian mobs committed systematic atrocities against Rohingya. (similarity 0.93)
• The Rohingya are indigenous to Myanmar despite government claims they are immigrants (similarity 0.90)
• Ethno-religious markers and a citizenship law rendered the Rohingya stateless at home in Myanmar (similarity 0.88)
• One million Rohingya were displaced into perpetual exile by Myanmar’s crackdown (similarity 0.87)
• A 1982 citizenship law legally excluded and delegitimized Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims (similarity 0.86)
• Burmese forces displaced a million Rohingya starting in 2017 (similarity 0.85)
• Myanmar killed about 30,000 Rohingya and displaced nearly a million from 2017. (similarity 0.85)
• Rohingya met citizenship criteria yet were excluded as a class (similarity 0.83)
• Rohingya genocide killed roughly 30,000 people and displaced nearly one million (similarity 0.83)
• Myanmar erases Rohingya presence by building military bases over their villages. (similarity 0.83)
• Myanmar’s 1982 Citizenship Law legally stripped Rohingya Muslims of citizenship. (similarity 0.82)
• The ICJ unanimously ordered Myanmar to prevent genocide against the Rohingya (similarity 0.81)
• Burmese military clearance operations killed 30,000 Rohingya and displaced nearly 1 million. (similarity 0.81)
• Myanmar’s 2016 ethnic cleansing used citizenship status to justify violence (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Rohingya population in Myanmar fell from over a million to under 200,000. #corroborates (0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 678