Showing posts with label escalating conflict. Show all posts
Showing posts with label escalating conflict. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Rohingya trapped in the middle of Myanmar’s escalating conflict

The New Humanitarian
Analysis

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.