The Rohingya people stateless Indo-Aryan ethnic group who predominantly follow Islam and reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar
Before the Rohingya genocide in 2017, when over 740,000 fled to Bangladesh, an estimated 1.4 million Rohingya lived in Myanmar
The Rohingya population is concentrated in the historical region of Arakan, an old coastal country in Southeast Asia
The first Arakanese state flourished in Dhanyawadi
Rohingya campaign groups and human rights organizations demand the right to "self-determination within Myanmar"
UN officials and Human Rights Watch have described Myanmar's persecution of the Rohingya as ethnic cleansing
2015 Rohingya refugee crisis and the military crackdown in 2016 and 2017, the Rohingya population in Myanmar was close to 1.4 million,chiefly in the northern Rakhine townships, which were 80–98% Rohingya