Saudis Giving Bangladesh A Cause For Worry – Analysis

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By Syed Badrul Ahsan
October 3, 2020

In these past many months since the coronavirus pandemic broke out, as many as 140,000 Bangladeshi expatriate workers, mostly from the Middle East, have returned home. And now that conditions have eased a little, they are ready to return to their workplaces, especially in Saudi Arabia. But that does not appear to be easy, given that most of these workers have yet to come by air tickets to fly back to Riyadh. Compounding matters for them has been the inability of the Saudia airlines office in Dhaka as well as Biman Bangladesh Airlines to facilitate their departure for their places of work.

An Analysis of the military justice system in Burma and potential implementation of the ICJ's decision on provisional measures.

ICJ’s Judgement On The Rohingya And Its Challenges – Analysis

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February 11, 2020
 Observer Research Foundation
By Sreeparna Banerjee and Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury

A Rohingya youth sleeps on the street in Burma. Photo Source: Queen Mary, University of London.

 Political will is extremely crucial since ICJ has no jurisdiction or legal apparatus over individual nations.

In a historic judgement, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 23 January ordered Myanmar to implement vital measures to protect its Rohingya population from any further atrocities. This ruling has been hailed as an “accomplishment of international justice.” This lawsuit was brought by Gambia, a small African Muslim state backed by the 57 nation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in November at the United Nations’ highest body for disputes between states. It accused Myanmar of genocide against Rohingya in violation of a 1948 Genocide Convention.

Bangladesh-Myanmar: Failed Repatriation – Analysis

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October 8, 2019
By S. Binodkumar Singh*

 

Rohingya's in Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Bangladesh. Photo taken by John Owens/VOA, Wikipedia Commons. 

Following two failed attempts to repatriate the Rohingyas, Bangladesh officials stated, on October 3, 2019, that Bangladesh would not make a third, to begin the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas sheltered in the Cox’s Bazar District, along the Bangladesh-Myanmar International Border. An unnamed Foreign Ministry official stated, “We are not going to make any attempt before being sure that the repatriation will actually happen. Even if the repatriation starts in a small scale, that will be a good thing.”

Why Don’t Activists Care About The Kashmiris As Much As The Rohingyas?

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Analysis and Policy, Asia

Written by Andrew Korybko

2019-08-13

 

It’s certainly peculiar that the international activist community cares more for the Rohingyas than the Kashmiris despite both of these people being Muslim minorities that are facing a similar threat of ethnic cleansing, which suggests that there must be more behind their double standards than initially meets the eye.

Rohingya Crisis: Concerns Of Bangladesh – Analysis

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August 11, 2019  

By Dr. S. Chandrasekharan

Rohingya refugees. Photo Credit: Tasnim News Agency

The latest ISCG Report on Rohingya crisis mentions that there are 911,566 Rohingya Refugess in Cox Bazaar alone.

Of the refugees 73 percent are living in spontaneous settlements, 13 percent in Makeshift settlements, 9 percent in host communities and only 5 percent in formal refugee camps. They are confined to two narrow strips of districts of Teknaf and Ukhia. Many more have moved away from Bangladesh to India some as far away as Tamil Nadu!

‘We Are United Because We Are All Under Threat’: AA Chief

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Analysis

By Aung Zaw
6 June 2019

Arakan Army (AA) soldiers at their Kachin State headquarters in April 2019. / The Irrawaddy

PANGHSANG, Wa Self-Administered Region—With almost daily fighting taking place between the Myanmar Army and the Arakan Army (AA), the casualties on both sides are higher than we have seen on the news.

News analysis: Is the UN doing enough for Rohingyas?

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Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan 
Published at  April 30th, 2019

A group of Rohingya refugee people filling jars with water Dhaka Tribune

Several delegates have visited the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar since the crisis began in August 2017, with no visible outcome

The United Nations keeps on failing the Rohingyas, one of the most persecuted communities in the world, by not taking any concrete measures to compel Myanmar to take its people back to their homeland in Rakhine.

Myanmar: Is Suu Kyi Becoming Isolated? – Analysis

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April 26, 2019
By SAAG, By S. Chandrasekharan

Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo by Claude TRUONG-NGOC, Wikipedia Commons.

When Suu Kyi came to power with an overwhelming majority in the elections of 2015, People’s expectations were rather high. Barring the Rakhine State, where the NLD had a poor showing, her party had performed very well even in areas dominated by Ethnic Armed Organizations. The belief was that she would bring back the “Panglong Spirit” of her late Father which in essence involved reconciliation between the majority Bamar and the non Bamar ethnic organisations who were 40 percent of the population but holding approximately 60 percent of the land.

Myanmar: Full Scale Civil War In Rakhine State – Analysis

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April 14, 2019 SAAG 0 Comments

By SAAG, By S.Chandrasekharan

A burnt down house in a Rohingya village in northern Rakhine State. File photo by Moe Zaw (VOA), Wikipedia Commons.

The situation in the ethnic front is rather grim, with a full scale civil war going on in Rakhine state where the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army are engaged in heavy fighting resulting in the civil administration coming to a stand still within two months of the ongoing conflict.

Decoding The Arakan Army: Insurgent Strategies And Tactics – Analysis.

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March 30, 2019
By IPCS 
By Angshuman Choudhury*

Emblem of Arakan Army. Source: Wikipedia Commons.

Over the past four months, the Arakan Army (AA)—a Rakhine Ethnic Armed Organisation (EAO)—has emerged as a formidable insurgent actor in western Myanmar, particularly Chin and Rakhine states. The AA’s insurgency is based on a mix of conventional and subversive tactics, aimed at gaining strategic dominance in the short term and political-territorial control in the medium-to-long term. Much of its future strategies and operational design will depend on its relationship with the local population and the frequency and degree of the military’s response.

ANALYSIS - Conference calls for action to end Rohingya genocide

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16-02-2019

Victims demand that ‘Never again!’ must be more than an empty slogan

LONDON

On Feb. 8 and 9 at Barnard College in New York City, the Free Rohingya Coalition held an extremely productive conference, drawing an audience of 200 researchers, activists and renowned academics from around 12 countries.