Human rights group Amnesty International has released satellite photos of the villages of Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine Province of Myanmar, which indicate that villages are planned to be burnt in a planned manner.

Amnesty says that there is evidence that the security forces are trying to get the minorities out of the country.

While Myanmar's army says that they are just fighting with extremists and citizens are not being targeted.

On August 25, 3,89,000 Rohingyas migrated to Bangladesh due to the violence that took place in the province of Rakhine Province. In Myanmar, they are being tortured for long as a non-permanent migrant.

Rohingya Muslims have been living in Myanmar for many generations, but they are not getting citizenship there.

According to the Government of Myanmar, at least 30% of villages in Rakhine province have now been vacant.

Myanmar has had to face the condemnation of international crisis on Rohingya crisis.

On Thursday, US Secretary of State Rex Tylson has said that it is a critical watch for Myanmar's democracy.

He said in London, "I believe that it is important that we support the behavior of the global community with the people of any caste."

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that Rohingya Muslims are facing destructive humanitarian crisis and attacks on villages can not be accepted.

The United Nations Security Council has urged to take immediate steps to end violence.

Amnesty has said that he has gathered new evidence through fire detection data, satellite imagery, photographs and videos, besides the eyewitness statements.

Amnesty official Tirana Hassan said, "The evidence can not be denied, Myanmar's security forces are conducting a planned campaign to set fire to the Rohingya Muslims out of Myanmar in Northern Rakhine Province. There will be no mistake in saying that this is a genocide."

Amnesty has said that security forces surround the villages, run firing on people fleeing, and burn their homes. Amnesty described it as an offense against humanity.

Human rights group claims that it has detected 80 major incidents of arson in the residential areas since August 25.

On August 25, the rebel Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army has set fire to many police stations, followed by violence there.

Amnesty says that he has proof of that Rohingya extremists are burning local villages in the Buddhist villages.

In the United Nations, the Myanmar envoy accused Rohingya Muslim extremists of violence.

Government spokesman Zau Hte has asked the displaced people to take shelter in temporary camps in Myanmar, but those who have fled to Bangladesh will not be allowed to return to Myanmar.

General Min Aung Hlang of the army in Myanmar said that the Rakhine Buddhists have been living here for many generations.

The government has admitted that 176 Rohingya villages have been vacant.

The government has strict control over Rakhine Province and the BBC's Jonathan Head was included in the journalists who had let the government keep it in a controlled tour. They saw the villages of Muslims burning up. They say that the police was not doing anything to stop the fire.

Nearly one million people of Rohingya community live in Myanmar, apart from Muslims there are many Hindus.

It is believed that the origins of Rohingya Muslims were in Bangladesh or West Bengal, but they have settled in Myanmar for many centuries.

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