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Rohingya Refugees Mark 5th ‘Genocide Remembrance Day’ In Bangladesh Camps

"All we want is a safe and dignified return to our homeland," said leader Sayed Ullah.Kutupalong, Bangladesh: Thousands of Rohingya refugees held "Genocide Remembrance Day" rallies on Thursday across a huge network of camps in Bangladesh, marking five years since fleeing a military offensive in Myanmar.In August 2017 around 750,000 of the mostly Muslim minority streamed over the border with mainly Buddhist Myanmar to escape the onslaught, which is now the subject of a landmark genocide case at the UN's top court.Today there are nearly a million Rohingya, half of them under 18, in rickety huts in camps where the mud lanes regularly become rivers of sewage during monsoon rains.On Thursday thousands staged rallies in many of the camps, holding banners, shouting slogans and demanding a safe...