Everyone should be held accountable for the atrocities they commit. Respect for international law is not optional, and true justice cannot be selective .
“The brutal military government has treated the Rohingya like animals -- that’s what we are fighting against,” Ata Ullah Abu Ammar Jununi, commander-in-chief of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), recalled the military’s genocidal attacks in 2016 and 2017.
Rohingya refugee carries a food ration sack on his back from a distribution center in Cox's Bazar. (AP)
The arrest by Bangladeshi police of Ataullah Abu Ammar Jununi, the leader of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, on the outskirts of Dhaka last week marks a significant turning point in the ongoing conflict in Myanmar. Ataullah’s capture raises critical questions about the future of Rohingya militancy, the shifting dynamics in Rakhine State and the prospects for stability in the region.