Amnesty decries burnings targeting Rohingya

LONDON - 15 September 2017: Amnesty International says it has turned up evidence of an "orchestrated campaign of systematic burnings" by Myanmar security forces targeting dozens of Rohingya villages over the last three weeks.

The advocacy group is releasing a new analysis of video, satellite photos, witness accounts and other data that found over 80 sites were torched in northern Rakhine State since an Aug. 25 militant attack on a border post, ABC News said.

The UN estimates that at least 370,000 people have fled to Bangladesh since then.

Top UN officials have previously expressed concerns about possible "ethnic cleansing" perpetrated against the Rohingya.

Myanmar authorities have curtailed access for journalists and rights advocates to Rakhine in recent months.