Myanmar: The junta’s forced conscription of Rohingyas

the interpreter
Md. Himel Rahman
Published 2 Apr 2024 

The implications of this cynical act for people already oppressed could reverberate for neighbouring Bangladesh and across the region. 

 

Six years ago, a calculated “cleansing operation” conducted by the Myanmar Armed Forces and aided by local militias resulted in the expulsion of more than 750,000 Rohingyas from the northern Rakhine State in Myanmar. Now, the same Myanmar Armed Forces are forcibly conscripting the Rohingyas in order to fight against the Rakhine insurgents. This cynical exploitation carries implications for all involved – including neighbouring Bangladesh, host to most Rohingya refugees.

Myanmar Junta Continues to Suffer Defeats a Month Into Operation 1027

The Irrawaddy
November 27, 2023

Arakan Army forces take part in a military drill.

Monday marks one month since the Myanmar military regime was confronted with what has rapidly become the biggest challenge to its rule since the 2021 coup—a massive, coordinated resistance offensive dubbed Operation 1027 that has inflicted significant troop and territorial losses on the junta.

Myanmar Military Caught Off Guard by Ethnic Alliance’s Northern Offensive

The Irrawaddy
by Aung Zaw
October 30, 2023

MNDAA Major General Peng Deqi (centre right) commands operations against Myanmar's military near Lashio Township in Myanmar’s northern Shan State on Oct. 27, 2023. / AFP

 

Its title—“Operation 1027”, a reference to its Oct. 27 launch date—is reminiscent of the code names the communist insurgents once gave to their military operations against the Myanmar military.

Northern offensive brings ‘new energy’ to Myanmar’s anti-coup resistance

ALJAZEERA
By Emily Fishbein, Jaw Tu Hkawng and Zau Myet Awng
Published On 3 Nov 2023

Alliance of ethnic armed groups says it has taken a key border town and overrun dozens of military bases.

The Bamar People's Liberation Army has also joined the ethnic armed groups fighting the military in the north [Source: BPLA]

A week ago, one of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed alliances launched a coordinated attack on a dozen military outposts in northern Shan State, along the country’s eastern border with China.

စစ်ကောင်စီ တပ်စခန်း ၃၀ ကျော် သိမ်းပိုက်လိုက်ပြီဟု MNDAA ပြော

ဧရာဝတီ
28 October 2023

- ၁၀၂၇ စစ်ဆင်ရေး ဒုတိယမြောက်နေ့ ထပ်မံသိမ်းပိုက်နိုင်ခဲ့သည့် စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်စခန်း / The Kokang

ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်မြောက်ပိုင်း၊ ညီနောင်မဟာမိတ်သုံးဖွဲ့၏ ၁၀၂၇ စစ်ဆင်ရေး ဒုတိယမြောက်နေ့ဖြစ်သည့် ယနေ့တွင် စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်စခန်း ၃ ခုအား ထပ်မံတိုက်ခိုက်သိမ်းပိုက်နိုင်ခဲ့ပြီး ၂ ရက်အတွင်း စုစုပေါင်း စခန်း ၃၀ ကျော် သိမ်းပိုက်လိုက်ပြီဖြစ်ကြောင်း မြန်မာအမျိုးသားဒီမိုကရက်တစ် မဟာမိတ်တပ်မတော် (MNDAA) က ပြောသည်။