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.