Experts sound alarm on new Rohingya crackdown in Myanmar

FILE - Rohingya Muslim children refugees, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, wait squashed against each other to receive food handouts distributed to children and women by a Turkish aid agency, Oct. 21, 2017, at Thaingkhali refugee camp, Bangladesh. - Photo: AP file

COX'S BAZAR, (Bangladesh): The persecuted and stateless Rohingya minority is caught in a new violent crackdown in Myanmar, with children among those killed, two reports from influential expert groups warned Tuesday (Aug 27).

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh in 2017 during a crackdown by the military that is now the subject of a United Nations genocide court case.