Dhaka, July 23 -- In the shadow of Myanmar's civil war, a slower, quieter but no less brutal campaign is taking place. It has claimed the lives of at least 25 Rohingya through starvation and another seven from lack of medical care in just the past few weeks.

The Washington Post and a devastating new report by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK reveal a chilling reality: the military regime is now deliberately using starvation as a weapon of genocide against the Rohingya in Rakhine State.

This marks a new and horrifying phase in a long campaign of extermination. Having razed villages, murdered families, raped women and driven hundreds of thousands into exile in 2017, the military now targets those who remain, approximately 600,000 Rohi...