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'Hate-filled' narratives target minorities globally, says Amnesty International

Human rights group says Rohingya’s experience is emblematic of violent trend against vulnerable groups
A newly arrived Rohingya family rests in a transit camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Amnesty says the Rohingya’s treatment reflects a broader trend. Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP

The entrenched “apartheid” of the Rohingya people in Myanmar, which in 2017 erupted into a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign, is emblematic of a broader global trend of dog-whistling, violence, and discrimination against marginalised minorities, Amnesty International has said in its annual report.

Amnesty’s excoriating report paints a grim picture of the state of human rights globally, arguing that “hate-filled narratives by governments around the world”

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