Rohingya, Geopolitics and Myanmar: An Uncertain Future

The Daily Star

Shamsher M. Chowdhury, BB
Mon Nov 14, 2022 

Remains of a Rohingya village in Rakhine, Myanmar, after the security forces razed it to the ground during the 2017 crackdown. FILE PHOTO: REUTERS

That the Rohingya community (mostly Muslims) has been subjected to the most acute form of societal scorn and institutionalised discrimination in their own country for decades is all too well-known. The situation started getting bad in the late 1970s, when more than 200,000 Rohingyas were driven out of their homeland in Myanmar's Rakhine (originally Arakan) state by the country's military government, and were forced to take shelter across the border in Bangladesh. Their eventual return was ensured through negotiations between the two countries.

Bangladesh seeks OIC’s help to continue Rohingya genocide case

Dhaka Tribune

UNB
November 10, 2022


‘The solution to the Rohingya problem through the ICJ is a long-term process’
 

Rohingyas walk on a road at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune

Bangladesh Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Permanent Representative to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Mohammad Javed Patwari has sought the help of OIC member states to continue the Rohingya genocide case lodged by Gambia at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Javed sought the help at the ad-hoc meeting of OIC ministers on Myanmar's accountability for violating human rights of Rohingyas, held in Jeddah on Thursday.

Bangladesh urges EU to take steps to repatriate displaced Rohingya

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SM Najmus Sakib, Md. Kamruzzaman
DHAKA, Bangladesh
10.11.2022

Premier Hasina informs visiting EU delegation that number of refugees increases every day as new children are born, making issue difficult to handle

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the European Union (EU) to take steps to repatriate displaced Rohingya who are currently taking shelter in the country's southeast coastal district of Cox's Bazar.

Over 1.2 million persecuted Rohingya are currently housed in Bangladesh on a large hilly forest site in Cox's Bazar, after fleeing a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar in August 2017.

She emphasized the Rohingya repatriation at a meeting with a five-member EU team led by Commissioner for Home Affairs YIva Johansson at her Dhaka office.

Bangladesh launches a campaign of raids in the Rohingya refugee camps against the elements "criminal"

East Post 

2022-10-31

Elite Bangladesh police forces have launched a crackdown on criminals and suspected insurgents in Rohingya refugee camps, following an upsurge in attacks on camp officials, police officials said Sunday.

The “armed police battalion” in charge of security in 34 camps housing about one million Rohingya refugees said it had arrested at least 56 people since Friday night.

About 740,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh to escape a military campaign against them in Myanmar in 2017, joining more than 200,000 Rohingya who were previously in camps in Cox’s Bazar, southeastern Bangladesh.

Dhaka seeks proactive role from Thailand, Asean to repatriate Rohingya

Dhaka Tribune

UNB
October 30, 2022

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen with Permanent Secretary-designate of Thailand Sarun Charoensuwan UNB

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Sunday sought a pro-active role from Thailand in particular, and from the Asean in general, for ensuring an expeditious and sustainable repatriation of the Rohingya people to their homeland in Myanmar.

Momen also requested participation of the Thai foreign minister and deputy prime minister at the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Ministerial meeting in Dhaka next month.

Bangladesh seeks proactive role from Thailand, ASEAN

NEWAGE

United News of Bangladesh .
Dhaka | Published: Oct 31,2022

Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Sunday sought a pro-active role from Thailand in particular, and from the ASEAN in general, for ensuring an expeditious and sustainable repatriation of the Rohingya people to their homeland in Myanmar.

Momen also requested participation of the Thai foreign minister and deputy prime minister at the Indian Ocean Rim Association Ministerial meeting in Dhaka next month.

The issues were discussed when visiting permanent secretary-designate of Thailand Sarun Charoensuwan met Momen at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday.

During the meeting, they exchanged warm greetings on the occasion of the 50 years of diplomatic ties between Bangladesh and Thailand, which is being celebrated on both sides with fervour and enthusiasm.

APBn conducts drives in Rohingya camps after murders

The Business Post
AFP . Cox's Bazar
30 Oct 2022  

This handout photograph taken on October 28, 2022, and released by Bangladesh Armed Police Battalion (APBN) shows detained Rohingya refugees sit next to security personal after crackdown in Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhia 28, 2022 — AFP 

 

The Armed Police Battalion (APBn) has launched a crackdown against suspected criminals and insurgents after a rise in attacks on Rohingya community leaders in refugee camps, officers said Sunday.

The police, tasked with security in 34 refugee camps which are home to nearly one million Rohingya refugees, said they have arrested at least 56 Rohingyas since Friday night.

Bangladesh cracks down on Rohingya camps after killings

GULF TIMES
AFP/Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
October 30 2022

Detained Rohingya refugees next to security personal after a crackdown at the Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh.

 

Elite Bangladeshi police have launched a crackdown against suspected criminals and insurgents after a rise in attacks on Rohingya community leaders in refugee camps, officers said yesterday.

The Armed Police Battalion, tasked with security in 34 refugees camps which are home to nearly 1mn Rohingya refugees, said they have arrested at least 56 Rohingya since Friday night.

Bangladesh cracks down on Rohingyas after murders

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AFP
Published October 31, 2022

This handout photograph taken on October 28 and released by Bangladesh Armed Police Battalion (APBN) shows detained Rohingya refugees sit next to security personal after crackdown in Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhia. — AFP 

COX’S BAZAR: Elite Bangladeshi police have launched a crackdown against suspected criminals and insurgents after a rise in attacks on Rohingya community leaders in refugee camps, officers said on Sunday.

The Armed Police Battalion, tasked with security in 34 refugees camps which are home to nearly one million Rohingya refugees, said they have arrested at least 56 Rohingyas since Friday night.

Beijing to ask Myanmar to put an end to Bangladesh border violence

The Daily Star

Star Digital Report
Mon Sep 26, 2022

Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming. Photo: Collected

Beijing will ask Myanmar to stop violation of Bangladesh's territorial sovereignty and speed up the tripartite mechanism for early Rohingya repatriation.

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming made the assurance during a meeting with acting foreign secretary Admiral (retd) Khurshed Alam at the foreign ministry today (September 26, 2022).

Talking to reporters after the meeting, Jiming said the recent incidents on the border are unfortunate.

He said they discussed ways for early repatriation of Rohingya refugees, recent incidents along Bangladesh-Myanmar border, and bilateral cooperation in other areas.

Myanmar border police regrets incidents in border areas: BGB

The Daily Star

Star Digital Report
Sun Oct 30, 2022

Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) at the flag meeting has expressed sincere regret for all the recent incidents that took place in the Bangladesh-Myanmar border areas.

Lieutenant Colonel Sheikh Khalid Mohammad Iftekhar, commanding officer of BGB-2 Battalion came up with the devolvement after the BGB-BGP flag meeting in Teknaf in Cox's Bazar today (October 30, 2022) over the recent tensions in border areas, reports our Cox's Bazar staff correspondent.

During the meeting, the two sides expressed their firm determination to perform their respective duties in a bid to maintain and peace and order, and the security of the people living in the border areas, Lt Col Iftekhar said at a press conference at the office of BGB-2 Battalion in Teknaf.

Military council delegation led by Lt Gen Phone Myat visits Dhaka, discusses with Bangladesh chief of the defense staff

Narinjara News

28 October 2022

A three-member Myanmar military council delegation led by lieutenant general Phone Myat met with the Bangladesh chief of the defense staff general SM Shafiuddin Ahmed at Bangladesh Army Headquarters on 26 October last.

Both the generals discussed various issues related to the development of military ties between the two neighbouring countries including the exchange of high-ranking military officers. Phone Myat urged the Bangladesh authority to cooperate in joint natural disaster managementand sharing of relevant information.

 

Myanmar Army delegation pays courtesy call on Bangladesh Army chief

The Daily Star

Star Digital Report
Fri Oct 28, 2022 

Photo: Courtesy/ISPR

A three-member delegation of Myanmar army met Bangladesh Army in Dhaka, in a new turn of development, when the two sides discussed working on regional peace and security and quick repatriation of the Rohingyas.

Bangladesh Army reminded the Myanmar Army of maintaining caution while conducting any campaign in the bordering areas.

The Myanmar delegation led by Lt Gen Phone Myat, Command Bureau of Special Operation, made a courtesy call on Bangladesh Army Chief Gen SM Shafiuddin Ahmed at the Army Headquarters on October 26, according to a statement issued on ISPR website yesterday (October 27, 2022).

Looking forward to working closely: PM in greeting Rishi Sunak

The Daily Star

UNB, Dhaka
Tue Oct 25, 2022

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (October 25, 2022) greeted new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying she was looking forward to working closely with him in further strengthening "our long-standing political, economic, and strategic partnerships".

"I, on behalf of the Government and the people of Bangladesh, extend the heartiest congratulations to Your Excellency on your assumption of the Office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland," she said in a congratulatory letter.

World has left Bangladesh to shelter 1m Rohingya refugees alone, says minister

The Guardian

Kaamil Ahmed

Wed 26 Oct 2022 

Shahriar Alam criticises international community for doing ‘absolutely nothing’ to press Myanmar’s junta to guarantee a safe return

Rohingya refugees behind a barbed-wire fence in a temporary settlement in a ‘no man's land’ border zone between Myanmar and Bangladesh. Photograph: Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images

The world has done “absolutely nothing” to ensure safety in Myanmar for its persecuted Rohingya minority, said Bangladesh’s foreign minister, complaining that his country is sheltering more than 1 million refugees without support.

Foreign minister Shahriar Alam told the Guardian financial support for the Rohingya has decreased each year and there has been no real progress towards repatriation in the five years since more than 700,000 fled massacres by Myanmar’s military. That wave, in August 2017, joined approximately 300,000 people that had already fled Myanmar because of previous security crackdowns.

Two Rohingya men shot dead in Cox’s Bazar camp

Dhaka Tribune

Abdul Aziz, Cox's Bazar
October 27, 2022

File photo of a Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh Reuters

Two Rohingya man has been shot dead by a group of miscreants in the Kutupalong Rohingya camp of Ukhiya in Cox's Bazar.

The incident took place in the early hours of Thursday in the C block of Kutupalong camp no 17.

Bangladesh requests Libya to continue cooperation in Rohingya issue

THE LIBYA
OBSERVER
October 22, 2022

Upon assuming his charges in Bangladesh, Libya's Ambassador Abdulmutalib Suleiman paid a visit to the Bangladeshi Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen at his office on Thursday.

A statement by the Bangladeshi Foreign Minister on Facebook said that FM Abdul Momen highlighted the distinguished relationship binding the two countries and underlined the importance of continued cooperation in different sectors of mutual interest.

Myanmar military authority informed Beijing they are willing to take back Rohingyas after verification- Bangladesh Foreign Minister

News On AIR
ByAIR News
October 21, 2022

Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. A K Abdul Momen has said that Myanmar military authorities informed Beijing that they are willing to take back the displaced Rohingyas after verification, reports the official news agency BSS. Briefing the media about the outcome of the meeting with the Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming in Dhaka on Thursday, Dr. Momen said that Myanmar’s military government has conveyed that they would honour all the previous deals signed between Dhaka and Naypyidaw to commence Rohingya repatriation. However, Myanmar did not mention any specific date for the process to start. He said that China has assured Bangladesh that it will continue its efforts to resolve the Rohingya crisis.

Bangladesh urges UN to highlight Myanmar’s crimes against Rohingyas

Dhaka Tribune 

Tribune Desk
October 21, 2022

Facebook/Kazi Nabil Ahmed

Bangladesh has requested the United Nations (UN) Department of Global Communications (DGC) to play a strong role in raising awareness about Myanmar's brutal crimes against Rohingya.

Kazi Nabil, a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, highlighted Bangladesh’s position at the United Nations Conference Room 4 on Friday.

Speaking on the Rohingya issue, he said: "I request the United Nations DGC to play a strong role in raising awareness about the brutal crimes committed against the Rohingya in Myanmar.

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh face backlash as resentment among locals grows

South China Morning Post

October 21, 2022

Rohingya refugees face increasing backlash in Bangladesh, where many live in exile after fleeing persecution in Myanmar in 2017. Since then, public opinion has turned against the stateless Muslim people from Rakhine state in Myanmar’s northwest. During a speech at the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, 2022, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her country risked socio-political instability because of the prolonged presence of Rohingya refugees.

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