Rohingya ordered by Myanmar officer to ‘fight for our faith’

RFA
By Kyaw Lwin Oo, Sann Maw Aung and Khet
Mar 2024.04.09 

Conscription among the stateless Muslim minority long-targeted for their religion is violent and widespread. 

Rohingya Muslims ride in the back of a junta military vehicle, March 9, 2024.
(Image from citizen journalist video)

Just before midnight on Feb. 25, Ali opened his door to see junta soldiers pointing guns at him. Myanmar’s military had been making its way through Rakhine state, as part of a newly launched forced conscription campaign and the young Rohingya man was their latest victim.