Top US general to be in Dhaka ahead of Arakan Army offensive in Rakhine State

NORTHEAST NEWS
byChandan Nandy
March 23, 2025

Deputy Commanding General of US Army Pacific, Lt Gen Joel Vowell will be in Dhaka for two days during which time he is expected to meet senior Bangladesh Army officers

The arrival of a top American general from the US Pacific Command in Dhaka on March 24 and his meetings with senior Bangladeshi Army officers is aimed at solidifying defensive measures along Bangladesh’s borders with Myanmar’s Rakhine State, where military moves against the military junta are expected to begin soon.

Lieutenant General Joel ‘JB’ Vowell, Deputy Commanding General for US Army Pacific (USARPAC)—located at Fort Shafter, Hawaii—will land at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport around 10 p.m. tomorrow.

 

Junta forces Rohingyas to protest ethnic rebels in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

RFA
By RFA Burmese
2024.04.22 

Those who refuse to denounce the Arakan Army are made to pay fines.

Rohingyas from Bu May and Bar Sar Ra villages of Sittwe township, Rakhine state, protest March 23, 2024. Myanmar Military

 

Junta authorities in western Myanmar forced hundreds of Rohingya Muslims to protest an ethnic rebel offensive that has the military on the ropes in Rakhine state – and fining them if they didn’t participate, residents said Monday. 

National Unity Government Policy Position on the Rohingya in Arakan State