Gunfire from Myanmar echoes once again in Saint Martin's

DhakaTribune
Tribune Desk
Publish : 18 Dec 2024,

Residents reported intermittent gunfire from Wednesday morning until 1pm, with sporadic sounds continuing afterward

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After the capture of Myanmar's Maungdaw city in Rakhine by the rebel group Arakan Army (AA), loud explosions were once again heard from the border areas, including Shapuree Dwip and Saint Martin's Island in Teknaf upazila, Cox's Bazar.

Residents reported intermittent gunfire from Wednesday morning until 1pm, with sporadic sounds continuing afterward.

Burma’s Displaced People in India and Bangladesh

Geneva, 5th April 2004

Paper presented by Chris Lewa

Burma’s borders with India and Bangladesh have received much less international attention than the Thailand-Burma border. A major reason is the difficult access to refugees in these border areas due to policies of the host governments. Nevertheless, outflows from Burma to India and Bangladesh are no less significant. More than 50,000, mostly Chin, have fled to India while up to 200,000 Rohingya are found in Bangladesh in and outside refugee camps.

An essential difference appears when comparing the overall situation along the eastern and western borders of Burma. In Chin and Arakan States, bordering India and Bangladesh respectively, there is little ethnic armed resistance and the military regime does not resort to ruthless counter-insurgency tactics to assert control, as is the case along the Thai-Burma border. Therefore, the worst forms of human rights violations such as massive forced relocation, torture, summary executions, are less frequent, but this does not mean that the situation is noticeably better. Over the last decade, the Burma Army’s presence has rapidly expanded along the western border. The establishment of new battalions has resulted in two significant consequences:

ကြေးမုံ သတင်းစာ ( ၂၀၀၄ ခု ဇန္နဝါရီလ ၄ ရက် မှ ၂၀၀၄ ခု ဒီဇင်္ဘာလ ၃၁ ရက် နေ့ထိ )

"The Mirror" ("Kyemon") 2004