Image 3: The Image depicts a wounded Rohingya boy in the aftermath of the AA attack on his village in 2024. (Image Credits: Rohingya Human Rights Initiative). For instance, Nur Hakim (Name Changed) testifies that the persecution of the Rohingya is driven by religious and ethnic discrimination. As a Buddhist nationalist movement, the AA seeks to remove all Rohingya Muslims from Rakhine State and seize their land. The ultimate objective of the group appears to be the establishment of an autonomous Rakhine State exclusively for the Rakhine ethnic Buddhist group. Maung Maung Tin also echoes these claims, stating that their actions are premeditated and part of a larger strategy to eliminate the Rohingya and consolidate power over Rakhine State. His account suggests that ethnic cleansing is not merely an incidental outcome of the conflict but an intentional goal of the AA’s campaign. While the Myanmar military junta’s genocidal campaign against the Rohingya is well documented, this testimony sheds light on the AA’s equally severe role in targeting Rohingya civilians. Yahaya, another survivor, explicitly testifies that the violence against the Rohingya 31