"Since late August 2017 more than 680, 000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar in an attempt to escape the human rights violation and brutality of the military. The UN itself called the recent developments a ?textbook example of ethnic cleansing?. It is not the first time the Muslim minority is under attack in the predominantly Buddhist state of Myanmar, previous waves of assault and expulsion can be found throughout the last century. But the atrocities of the last months exceed the previous extent by far and underline the urgent need for the international community to act on behalf of the Rohingya. According to Doctors without Borders, alone in the first thirty days after the crackdown an estimate of 6, 700 Rohingya were killed in the formally parliamentary democracy. As basis of legitimacy for the, in our eyes, disproportionate military actions served an attack by Rohingya insurgents on security posts near Rathedaung township on 25th August 2017. Since that day, more than 350 villages, where mostly Rohingya lived, have been burned down, personal property was destroyed, womenwere raped, men abused and children killed, forcing the residents to flee to the neighboring countries like Bangladesh, India, Thailand or Malaysia to escape the military violence in their home country Myanmar..."