Rights group urges Arakan Army to release 54 civilians

MYANMAR TIMES

Nyan Lynn Aung  

01 May 2019

A human rights group in Chin State has called on the Arakan Army (AA) to release 54 ethnic Khumi people it seized more than three months ago.

The Khumi Affairs Coordination Council said the civilians were arrested by AA fighters at Kangtlang village in Paletwa township in Chin on February 2 and taken to the armed ethnic group’s base in Bangladesh in February.

It said the captives were forced to work at the camp and were not properly fed. It added that the families of the civilians were afraid for their health.

Amnesty International UK Press releases; Myanmar: Fresh evidence of new violations during military operations in Rakhine State.

Amnesty International UK

Press releases
11 Feb 2019

Military blocking access to food and indiscriminately shelling villagesArmy units responsible for past atrocities involved in operations

More than 5,000 civilians displaced since December

“The Myanmar military have operated from the same brutal playbook for decades” – Tirana Hassan

Myanmar's security forces have shelled villages and blocked civilians from accessing food and humanitarian assistance in Rakhine State in recent weeks, Amnesty International said today.

Eight Buddhist families return to Myanmar from Bangladesh border.

bdnews24.com
Bandarban Correspondent
Published: 11 Feb 2019

          Eight of the 38 Buddhist families from Myanmar, who took refuge at the border with Bangladesh a week ago, have returned home

The 28 people returned on Sunday and the others also said they would return gradually, Colonel Zahirul Haque, commander of Border Guard Bangladesh or BGB in Bandarban, told bdnews24.com.

Myanmar villagers flee to Bangladesh amid Rakhine violence.

Al Jazeera.
8th February 2019

Fighting between Myanmar's military and the Arakan Army has displaced more than 5,000 people since December.

Myanmar border police stand guard in Buthidaung, Rakhine [File: Reuters]

Scores of ethnic-minority villagers have crossed from western Myanmar into Bangladesh in recent days amid fighting between the Myanmar military and ethnic Rakhine rebels, according to Bangladesh border guards and an activist.