Rakhine State: Rohingya and Police Posts

rakhine state: More than 630,000 Rohingya have fled from Myanmar into Bangladesh since Aug. 25, when Myanmar's army began what it called clearance operations following an attack on police posts by a group of Rohingya insurgents, according to CBC. Refugees arriving in Bangladesh said their homes were set on fire by soldiers and Buddhist mobs, and some reported being shot at by security forces. The New York-based rights group said buildings were destroyed in 40 villages in northern Rakhine state in October and November, increasing the total to 354 villages that have been partially or completely destroyed since Aug. 25. In late November, Myanmar and Bangladesh signed an agreement covering the return of Rohingya who fled across their mutual border to escape the violence in Rakhine. This combination of satellite images show four villages in Maungdaw township, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar, on Nov. 25 top and Dec. 2 bottom . Satellite imagery shows that Rohingya villages in Myanmar continued to be destroyed even as Myanmar and Bangladesh signed an agreement last month to return refugees from the ethnic Muslim minority who had fled their country amid violence, Human Rights Watch said Monday. Satellite imagery confirms that dozens of buildings were burned the same week the agreement was signed, Human Right Watch said in a statement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.