Rohingya Repatriation: Stop your propaganda

The Daily Star 
November 25, 2019
Diplomatic Correspondent

Dhaka asks Naypyidaw; urges conducive environment in Rakhine

A Rohingya refugee repairs the roof of his shelter at the Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bang-ladesh, March 5, 2019. Reuters File Photo
 

Dhaka has asked Naypyidaw to stop concocting campaigns against Bangladesh and focus on creating an environment in Rakhine conducive to sustained repatriation and reintegration of the Rohingyas.

Myanmar continues to spread fabricated information, misrepresented facts, and unsubstantiated claims to unjustifiably shift the onus of the Rohingya crisis on Bangladesh, said Bangladesh foreign ministry in a statement yesterday.

Bangladesh finds Myanmar’s claim regarding 29 Rohingya repatriation as propaganda

Dhaka Tribune
Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan
October 22nd, 2019

File photo: Rohingya people line up to be interviewed for the repatriation to Myanmar outside the office of the camp-in-charge in Shalbagan refugee camp, Cox's Bazar on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka Tribune

'We do not have any information on this. If a refugee wanted to be repatriated, they will have to follow the process maintained by RRRC, and UNHCR'

The claim by the Myanmar Embassy in Dhaka, on the repatriation of 29 Rohingyas from Bangladesh, is nothing but propaganda, said a top official involved in managing Rohingyas in Bangladesh.

Arsa: Myanmar’s new propaganda front to delay Rohingya repatriation

Dhaka Tribune
Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan
September 17th, 2019

File photo: Rohingya refugees stretch their hands to receive aid distributed by local organisations at Balukhali makeshift refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 14, 2017 Reuters

Myanmar claims Arsa is stopping Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar from returning home; Bangladesh says Arsa doesn’t exist in Rohingya refugee camps

The Myanmar government has adopted a new propaganda front in regard to the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) to further delay the repatriation of the Rohingyas currently sheltered in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, multiple sources have told Dhaka Tribune.

Minister: Bangladesh will counter Myanmar propaganda over Rohingyas

Dhaka Tribune 

June 23rd, 2019

Tribune Desk 

File photo of Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen Collected

The minister said Dhaka came to know that Myanmar wants to send a fact finding mission in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is preparing a “factsheet” to negate Myanmar propaganda over the Rohingya issue to downplay the intensity and camouflage Naypyidaw role in creating and prolonging the crisis.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen made the statement to the media at his ministry office on Sunday.

Women Are Increasingly Drawn to the Arakan Army’s Fight Against Myanmar’s Central Government.

RADIO FREE ASIA  
2019-04-18

Female Arakan Army recruits train with their male counterparts in northern Myanmar's Kachin state in an undated photo.

RFA video screenshot

The Arakan Army, which is battling the Myanmar military for autonomy in turbulent Rakhine state, has grown in both force strength and firepower since its formation in 2009 to the level that the rebel group can now launch successful offensives on police or military outposts. And its message is drawing as many young female recruits as men.