OIC Expresses Deep Concern over Violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

Organization of Islamic Cooperation
20-05-2024

The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expresses deep concern and alarm over recent reports of violence, forced displacement, and property destruction against the Rohingya Muslim community in Buthidaung Township in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.

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.