Junta forces Rohingyas to protest ethnic rebels in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

RFA
By RFA Burmese
2024.04.22 

Those who refuse to denounce the Arakan Army are made to pay fines.

Rohingyas from Bu May and Bar Sar Ra villages of Sittwe township, Rakhine state, protest March 23, 2024. Myanmar Military

 

Junta authorities in western Myanmar forced hundreds of Rohingya Muslims to protest an ethnic rebel offensive that has the military on the ropes in Rakhine state – and fining them if they didn’t participate, residents said Monday. 

Thousands of Burma nationals seek refuge in Thailand; New Zealand unable to block invitation to regime

DVB
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM,English Editor
April 17, 2024

A Karen soldier burned the Burma flag and hoisted the Karen National Union flag after it repelled a regime attack on Myawaddy Sunday. (Credit: Reuters)

Thousands of Burma nationals seek refuge in Thailand

Rental rates in Mae Sot, Thailand have risen as thousands of Burma nationals have arrived in the town to escape fighting in Karen State. Myawaddy residents have fled to Mae Sot in fear of attacks by the military after the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) seized control of the town on April 11.

Rohingya Muslims forcibly conscripted in Myanmar, deployed as human shields

ABNA
Tuesday,16 April 2024

The military in Myanmar military has forcibly recruited over a thousand Rohingya Muslim men and boys while the religious minority members are denied citizenship, a report said.

AhlulBayt News Agency: The military in Myanmar military has forcibly recruited over a thousand Rohingya Muslim men and boys while the religious minority members are denied citizenship, a report said.

Dozens of Rohingya killed in 5 months of renewed fighting in western Myanmar

RFA
By RFA Burmese
2024.04.01

The attacks have left an already traumatized community in constant fear for their lives.

Residents of Thada village, Minbya township, Myanmar, mourn villagers killed during an overnight airstrike by the military junta, March 18, 2024. ,AA Info Desk

Junta airstrikes and artillery bombardments in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state have killed 79 Rohingya Muslims and injured 127 more since ethnic Arakan Army rebels ended a ceasefire with the military in November, according to data compiled by RFA Burmese.

India says new law saves persecuted refugees. Rohingya ask ‘Why not us?’

Aljazeera
By Gurvinder Singh
Published On 27 Mar 2024

 As New Delhi claims to help persecuted minorities in South Asia through the law, the mainly Muslim refugees from Myanmar face deportation.

Rohingya live in India under constant threat of crackdown and deportation [Handout via Al Jazeera]

Kolkata, India – Muhammad Hamin has been unable to sleep at night since March 8 when the government of the northeast Indian state of Manipur ordered the deportation of Rohingya refugees.

3 Rohingya leaders visited Rohingya camps in Bangladesh

Rohingya Refugee Camp
Bangladesh
Mar 11, 2024

Mr. Reza Uddin,Mr. Nay San Lwin and Mr.Tun Khin, Rohingya activists who are unwaveringly dedicated to justice and humanity, warmly greet all of us  during the holy month of Ramadan. 

Do Rohingyas Have a Place in Myanmar’s Revolution?

BFM
Ro Nay San Lwin, Rohingya Activist
20-Mar-24

There is a revolution ongoing in Myanmar. The people of Myanmar of various political ideologies and regions are engaging in civil disobedience and have also taken up arms against the military junta. There’s been talk about forging a new constitution and building a new Myanmar beyond and free from the junta.

Rohingya allegedly forced to protest against Arakan Army; Airstrike kills at least six in Mrauk-U

DVB
By English Editor
March 22, 2024

A protest was staged against the Arakan Army (AA) in Buthidaung Township of Arakan State on March 19 (Credit: CJ)

 

Rohingya allegedly forced to protest against Arakan Army

A group of Rohingya in Buthidaung Township of northern Arakan State staged a protest against the Arakan Army (AA) on Tuesday. They reportedly arrived in the town in 10 separate vehicles carrying signs in Burmese that stated: “We don’t want war” and “No AA.”

How is renewed violence in Myanmar affecting the Rohingya?

Aljazeera
By Sarah Shamim
Published On 22 Mar 202

A recent surge in violence by armed groups in Myanmar is causing upheaval and displacement among Rohingya once again.

People rest in a monastery used as a temporary shelter for internally displaced people (IDPs) at a village in Pauktaw township in Myanmar's western Rakhine state [File: AFP]

 

The Rohingya are yet again bearing the brunt of renewed fighting and military air strikes in Myanmar, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warned this week.

Over 20 Rohingya Villagers Killed as Myamar Junta Warplane Attacks Village in Rakhine

The Irrawaddy

March 19, 2024

Houses hit by a junta bombing raid in Thardar Village, Minbya Township / APM

Twenty-three Rohingya residents were killed and 33 injured in an unprovoked bombing raid by the military regime on Monday in Minbya Township in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State, according to residents. A junta warplane dropped two bombs early Monday morning on Thardar Village, residents said. A faith leader and his wife, and a number of children, were among the 23 victims killed.

Rohingya trapped in the middle of Myanmar’s escalating conflict

The New Humanitarian
Analysis, San Thai Shin
19 March 2024 

‘They have oppressed us throughout history, and it has been a decade that they've detained us, like in this internment camp.’ 

Soldiers take part in a military parade in Myanmar's capital, Naypyitaw, on 27 March 2019. A junta seized power on 1 February 2021, but opposition armed groups have enjoyed a string of recent battleground gains. 

 

Editor’s note: San Thai Shin is the Burmese name for a Rohingya person living in Bangladesh's refugee camps. He is a researcher and a columnist, and prefers to write under his Burmese name in order to speak and report freely. 

‘Piles of corpses’ left after Myanmar junta attacks village

RFA
By RFA Burmese
2024.03.18 

An aerial attack left 20 people dead and 33 injured in a township under Arakan Army control.

A junta aerial bombardment killed and injured dozens in western Myanmar, residents told Radio Free Asia.

Most residents in Thar Dar, a predominantly Rohingya village in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, were sleeping when a fighter jet dropped a bomb around 1 a.m. Friday, a resident said.

The Rohingya in the shadow of the Arakan army

Dhaka Tribune
Shafiur Rahman
Publish : 02 Mar 2024, 

“Instead of getting killed at the frontline by taking up arms for the junta, we would rather fight them and join the Arakan Army (AA).”

Will Myanmar’s Militias Relinquish Control After Victory?

zenith
Analysis
by Philipp Peksaglam
04.03.2024
Politics

Paul Vrieze / Voice of America

Myanmar’s junta has been on the back foot for quite some time now. The militias waging a civil war against the central government are gaining ground and start to plan the post-war order. Yet one ethnic minority remains marginalized.

Myanmar’s generals do not have much to celebrate these days. February 1st did present an occasion for any Putschists in a particularly festive mood: the three-year anniversary of the military coup. The 2021 takeover of the elected government of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi permanently ended the generals’ brief flirt with democratic governance. Ever since, the conflict between the Tatmadaw, as the military is known, and regional ethnic insurgents dominates life in Myanmar.

Rohingyas being forcibly recruited by Myanmar military: report

The Daily Star
Agencies
Mon Feb 26, 2024 

Rohingyas offered citizenship cards, $41 monthly salary if they join the military

 

Photo: Collected

Myanmar's military is forcibly recruiting Rohingya men from villages and camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Rakhine State and it is feared that they will be used as human shields, said a report.

How is Myanmar's civil war impacting Bangladesh?

CLICK ITTEFAQ
DW
Publish : 23 Feb 2024,

Bangladesh is closely watching the fighting in Myanmar's neighboring Rakhine state

Fighting between Myanmar's junta and the Arakan Army (AA) rebel group in western Myanmar's Rakhine state has intensified. Casualties have also been recorded in Bangladesh, with two people killed by an errant mortar round this month and several injured by gunshots from across the border. Rebel fighters have recently taken control of the Myanmar border region, and are seeking to oust junta forces from elsewhere in the state.

Rohingya Men in Myanmar Are Being Forcibly Recruited by The Junta’s Military

The Irrawaddy
Hein Htoo Zan
February 23, 2024

A IDP camp for Rohingya people near Rakhine State’s capital Sittwe. / The Irrawaddy

 

Myanmar’s military is forcibly recruiting Rohingya men from villages and camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Rakhine State and it is feared they will be used as human shields, activists and residents of the state warn.

Why Rohingya refugees choose Indonesia as a safe haven

Dhaka Tribune
Deutsche Welle
Publish : 02 Dec 2023

Rohingya Muslims walk through waters after they are temporarily allowed by locals to land in Ulee Madon beach, in Indonesia on November 16, 2023. Photo: Reuters

An increasing number of Rohingya refugees are leaving the crowded camps of Cox’s Bazar, making the 1,800-kilometer sea crossing south to Indonesia in rickety boats.

Indonesian police and fishermen said last week they have begun patrolling parts of Aceh province, on the northwestern tip of Sumatra, to prevent the landing of refugee boats. Over 1,000 Rohingya have arrived last month, the largest number since 2015.

Refugees escape Cox's Bazar

DW
December 3'2023

However, life has remained difficult for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, as they lack food, security, education, and work opportunities in the crowded camps.

A report by Human Rights Watch published this year said criminal gangs and affiliates of Islamist armed groups were causing fear at night in the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.

A 19-year-old Rohingya refugee who recently arrived in Aceh province with her family told the AFP news agency that criminals in Cox's Bazar threatened her and her family every day, and she paid over $1,800 (€1,640) for the boat journey to Indonesia.

Gang violence in Rohingya refugee camp drives families out

The World
Stephen Snyder
Dec. 1, 2023 · 

Escalating brutality in the refugee camps in and around Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, is driving some Rohingya families to flee. Host Carol Hills speaks with Nay San Lwin, co-founder of the Free Rohingya Coalition, about conditions in the refugee camps and the growing frustration among the million Rohingya there who remain stateless, unable to return to their native Myanmar nor find a permanent home.
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