Rohingyas face prison-like conditions in Bangladesh camps: report

RFA
John Bechtel and Ahammad Foyez
2023.09.22
Washington and Dhaka

Rohingya say movement restrictions are ‘violently enforced’ by Bangladesh security personnel.

Rohingya refugees look on after a major fire which left thousands homeless in the Balukhali camp in the Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh, Sunday, March 5, 2023.
AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu

Nearly two-thirds of Rohingya respondents have reported that moving around in Bangladesh refugee camps is more difficult than what they encountered in Myanmar, the country they were forced to flee, a youth advocacy group said in a study released Friday.

Report: Rohingya Refugees Exposed to Violence in Bangladesh Camps

OCCRP
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Published: 17 July 2023
Written by Erika Di Benedetto

The Rohingya refugee community in Bangladesh is facing increasing violence and insecurity from criminal gangs and Islamist armed groups operating within the refugee camps, as Bangladeshi authorities fall short in their duty to provide adequate support and protection, claims a report published by Human Rights Watch.

Rohingyas learning photography to document life in Bangladesh’s camps

Eastern Eye
By: SwatiRana
18 June, 2021

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A GROUP of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is learning photography at a local media school to help them document conditions in the camps and even go on to become professional journalists.

Omar’s Film School was founded in February last year to train young Rohingya refugees and help them find careers in photojournalism.

“I want to be a professional photographer, so I am studying to learn,” said 22-year-old refugee Jamal Arakani. “With my photographs, I want to show the whole world how we live here.”