Category: International

After enduring years of brutal oppression at the hands of the Myanmar military, the Rohingya Muslim population is once again under severe threat—this time from a different force: the Arakan Army (AA). Once seen by many as a revolutionary group fighting for the rights of ethnic Rakhine people, the AA is now accused of targeting […]

Karim Ullah, a Rohingya who fled Maungdaw town in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, described the dire situation: “Since the Arakan Army took control, I’ve been unable to work. There’s no medical care, and Arakan Army members raid my home, beating me on false pretexts.” He relocated his family to Bangladesh’s Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar. He […]

Rohingya refugees, who fled Myanmar to escape persecution and genocide, have called for their return to their homeland, describing their life in Bangladesh as that of “birds in a cage”. The Rohingya leaders stressed that returning home is the only solution to their suffering, but the growing influence of the Arakan Army insurgent group in […]

Amid escalating violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, Rohingyas are trespassing into Bangladesh every day, crossing the border allegedly to escape the brutality of Myanmar’s rebel group, the Arakan Army (AA). Rohingya sources said back in Rakhine State, they faced killings, enforced disappearances, torture and forced recruitment into the rebel group as human shields against junta forces and […]