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At least 30,000 Rohingya trapped in
Myanmar mountains without food

By Rebecca Wright and Ben

Westcott, CNN
Updated 0339 GMT (1139 HKT)
September 5, 2017
 (CNN) Tens of thousands of refugees are
trapped on the border into Bangladesh without
basic food and medicine amid operations by the
Myanmar military, which have already killed
hundreds.
Satellite photos released by Human Rights
Watch Saturday showed what they are desperate
to escape entire villages torched to the ground in
clashes between Myanmar's armed forces and
local militants.
More than 73,000 Rohingyas have now fled
across the border since August 25, the United
Nations said Sunday.
 But in northern Rakhine State there are
reports of at least another 30,000 Rohingyas
trapped in hilly terrain without basic supplies of
food, water or medicine, according to activists.
The Rohingya, a Muslim minority in
predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, are
considered some of the most persecuted people in
the world. Myanmar, also known as Burma,
considers them Bangladeshi and Bangladesh says
they're Burmese.
It is the second time in less than a year that a
military crackdown has led to a mass exodus.
Rohingya refugees travel on an open-back truck near
Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh, on
September 3.
Stranded
Unable to cross the Naf river into Bangladesh and
fearful to return to what's left of their homes, Rohingya
activists say the refugees are stranded between Maungdaw
and Rathedaung townships.

Videos provided to CNN by activists show dozens of

men, women and children stranded on a mountain,
surrounded by dense jungle, living in makeshift shelters
made of sticks and sheets.

"The human lives that are most vulnerable must be

rescued immediately without delay," executive director of
Burma Human Rights Network, Kyaw Win, said in a
statement.
The trapped refugees are just some of at least 100,000
Rohingyas who have been forced to flee their homes since
August 25, after armed forces began "clearance operations"
across Rakhine State.
Village burnt down
Human Rights Watch renewed its calls for the
Myanmar government to allow independent observers
into Rakhine State, after releasing troubling satellite
photos from inside the region.

"This new satellite imagery shows the total

destruction of a Muslim village, and prompts serious
concerns that the level of destruction in northern
Rakhine state may be far worse than originally
thought," Human Rights Watch deputy Asia director
Phil Robertson said in a statement.
Images obtained by Human Rights Watch which allegedly show
the complete destruction of the Rakhine State village of Chein
Khar Li.
 "This is only one of 17 sites that we've
located where burnings have taken place,"
Robertson said.

Myanmar's government has blamed the

most recent violence and property destruction on
Rohingya extremists.