According to the Mission report of OHCHR (released on 11 October 2017 by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights), the Burmenese military  began a "systematic" process of driving hundreds of thousands of Rohingya from Myanmar in early August 2017.
The report noted that "prior to the incidents and crackdown of 25 August, a strategy was pursued to":
Arrest and arbitrarily detain male Rohingyas between the ages of 15–40 years;
Arrest and arbitrarily detain Rohingya opinion-makers, leaders and cultural and religious personalities;
Initiate acts to deprive Rohingya villagers of access to food, livelihoods and other means of conducting daily activities and life;
Commit repeated acts of humiliation and violence prior to, during and after 25 August, to drive out Rohingya villagers en masse through incitement to hatred, violence, and killings, including by declaring the Rohingyas as Bengalis and illegal settlers in Myanmar;
Instill deep and widespread fear and trauma – physical, emotional and psychological, in the Rohingya victims via acts of brutality, namely killings, disappearances, torture, and rape and other forms of sexual violence.
According to the Mission report of OHCHR (released on 11 October 2017 by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights), the Burmenese military  began a "systematic" process of driving hundreds of thousands of Rohingya from Myanmar in early August 2017. The report noted that "prior to the incidents and crackdown of 25 August, a strategy was pursued to":
Arrest and arbitrarily detain male Rohingyas between the ages of 15–40 years;
Arrest and arbitrarily detain Rohingya opinion-makers, leaders and cultural and religious personalities;
Initiate acts to deprive Rohingya villagers of access to food, livelihoods and other means of conducting daily activities and life;
Commit repeated acts of humiliation and violence prior to, during and after 25 August, to drive out Rohingya villagers en masse through incitement to hatred, violence, and killings, including by declaring the Rohingyas as Bengalis and illegal settlers in Myanmar;
Instill deep and widespread fear and trauma – physical, emotional and psychological, in the Rohingya victims via acts of brutality, namely killings, disappearances, torture, and rape and other forms of sexual violence.
Rohingya genocide