Personal Stories
These members of the Rohingya community lived in the village of Maung Nu in Burma. It was one of hundreds of villages the Burmese military attacked in August 2017. On that day of violence, the Burmese military destroyed their homes, schools, and mosques. Up to 100 people were killed in Maung Nu.
They are among the more than 700,000 Rohingya who have fled Burma since 2017. These stories show what their lives were like before and how decades of persecution culminated in genocide.