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Reports of arson attacks and the mass displacement of Rohingya civilians in western Myanmar are being used as rhetorical weapons in the country's civil war.

The U.N.'s human rights office says that tens of thousands have been forcibly displaced in what one expert described as a "hate-driven unnatural disaster."

The Arakan Army claims that it has overrun the 15th Military Operations Command headquarters in northern Rakhine State.

After years of conflict and ethnic cleansing, recent military gains by the Arakan Army have opened up fresh possibilities for the region's future.

Five boats carrying nearly 900 people have reached western Indonesia over the past week, UNHCR officials say.

The charges relate to the discovery of more than 100 bodies in mass graves in the Thailand-Malaysia border region in 2015.

"There are tens of thousands to whom he represented hope in a better future, and who will be mourning him today."

The tragedy is a reminder of the unresolved Rohingya refugee crisis that has been largely eclipsed by the country's post-coup conflict.

Lawyers filed a class-action lawsuit in California saying Facebook's arrival in Myanmar helped spread hate speech, misinformation, and incitement to violence.

The online platform continues to be used to fuel hate, foment division and incite offline violence.

“We will never be free until all of us are free.”