Amnesty: Myanmar army ops target Rakhine state.

5,200 men, women, children displaced due to ongoing fighting by Jan. 28, according to human rights group citing UN figures.

11.02.2019

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal

LONDON

Myanmar security forces have shelled villages and blocked civilians from accessing food and humanitarian assistance in western Rakhine state since early 2019, a rights groups said Monday.

“Security forces have also used vague and repressive laws to detain civilians in the area,” according to the Amnesty International report based on fresh evidence on ongoing military operations.

After Exchange of Gunfire in Northern Rakhine Village, Myanmar Army Returns to Loot Homes

28.01.2019

A Myanmar family displaced by fighting between government troops and the Arakan Army take shelter at a displacement camp in Kyauktaw township, western Myanmar's Rakhine state, Dec 23, 2018.

AFP

Myanmar soldiers and rebel Arakan Army troops exchanged fire for four hours Monday morning near Ohn Chaung village in restive Rakhine state’s Rathedaung township, with soldiers returning with border guards later in the day to search and loot homes, residents said.

Armed Group Attacks Myanmar Border Guard Post in Rakhine State, Injuring Three

An armed assault on a Myanmar border guard station leaves a gaping hole in the wall of one building and a blown-out door on another structure in Maungdaw township, western Myanmar's Rakhine state, near the border with Bangladesh, Jan. 24, 2019.

Photo courtesy of Myanmar's Ministry of Information

UPDATED at 10:48 A.M. EST on 2019-01-25

Members of an unidentified armed group on the Bangladesh side of the border separating the country from Myanmar injured three people in a shooting on Thursday at a border guard outpost in conflict-ridden Rakhine state, a spokesman for the military’s Western Command and a township official said.

UN Special Rapporteur expresses alarm at escalating conflict in Myanmar.

By agency reporter

JANUARY 22, 2019

The UN’s human rights expert on Myanmar has expressed alarm at the escalating violence in northern and central Rakhine State and Chin State, and called on all sides to exercise restraints in use of force and to ensure the protection of civilians.

Since November 2018 the Myanmar military, known as the Tatmadaw, and Arakan Army (AA), an ethnic armed organisation, have been engaged in heavy fighting, resulting in deaths and injuries to civilians. At least 5,000 people have been displaced from their homes.

ARSA terrorists ambush police vehicle

 

 

 

 

 

By Mizzima,21 January 2019

 Map: MOI

 A vehicle carrying border guard police was ambushed by ARSA terrorists in Maungtaw, Rakhine State, on 16 January, and six police were injured in the attack, State media reported.

Rohingya Refugee Robbed, Arrested and Charged in Bangladesh

Aadil Mohammad Jan 15, 2019 Rohingya Today

Cox's Bazaar — A Rohingya refugee was robbed by policemen in Bangladesh's camps on 1 January 2019, and later arrested and detained under 'Tax Evasion' charges, according to reliable reports.