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Arakan Army Takes Key Town in Western Myanmar, While Denying Rohingya Attacks
6 months ago

Arakan Army Takes Key Town in Western Myanmar, While Denying Rohingya Attacks

The Diplomat  

The Arakan Army claimed on May 19 that it had seized control of a strategic town in western Myanmar after weeks of fighting, amid reports of arson attacks and mass displacement of Rohingya communities in the area. In the statement, Turk said that he was "deeply alarmed by reports of renewed violence and property destruction in Buthidaung township.” He added, …

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Fresh attacks against Rohingya in Myanmar, UN decries beheadings, violence
6 months, 1 week ago

Fresh attacks against Rohingya in Myanmar, UN decries beheadings, violence

ABC  

In short: A powerful ethnic armed group has asked residents to leave a town ahead of their planned offensive in Myanmar. Rohingya activists fear civilians could be targeted and thousands forced to leave their homes after a rebel group announced plans to attack Maungdaw, a town home to a large Muslim minority population in Myanmar's western Rakhine state. The UN …

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UN human rights office decries beheadings, other violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
7 months ago

UN human rights office decries beheadings, other violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office warned Friday of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine, pointing to new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the military and an ethnic armed group fighting it. Throssell denounced signs of new attacks on Rohingya civilians by Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army, the …

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‘Nowhere to go’: Rohingya face arson attacks in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
7 months ago

‘Nowhere to go’: Rohingya face arson attacks in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

Al Jazeera  

Rohingya, targeted by the Myanmar military in 2017, are caught in the middle as the Arakan Army and military battle in the western state. Fighting between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army has escalated in the western state of Rakhine in recent days, putting thousands of mostly Muslim Rohingya who live in the area at increased risk. “What we’re …

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UN ‘alarmed’ by reports of civilian casualties in Myanmar air attacks
9 months ago

UN ‘alarmed’ by reports of civilian casualties in Myanmar air attacks

Al Jazeera  

Continuing air raids in the restive country’s Rakhine state are reported to have killed dozens. Antonio Guterres called for calm late on Monday following reports that continuing air attacks on villages in the restive country’s Rakhine state have killed dozens. Clashes have rocked the western state since the Arakan Army attacked security forces in November, ending a ceasefire that had …

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The Rohingya: A Forgotten and Friendless People
11 months, 2 weeks ago

The Rohingya: A Forgotten and Friendless People

The Diplomat  

In the middle of November, boats began washing up on the beaches of Aceh in western Indonesia. “Six years after most of them fled Myanmar’s Rakhine State,” the ICG report stated, “the almost one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are no closer to returning home.” At the same time conditions in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar are deteriorating as …

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Myanmar ethnic alliance fighters attack border outposts as civilians flee
1 year, 1 month ago

Myanmar ethnic alliance fighters attack border outposts as civilians flee

Al Jazeera  

Arakan Army says it seized military posts in western Rakhine state as people in neighbouring Chin state flee to India. An ethnic armed group has carried out attacks on border guard outposts in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, and fighting has erupted in neighbouring Chin state, sending thousands of people across the border into India. Myanmar’s generals are facing their biggest …

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Coup, cyclone and a new bond between Myanmar’s Rohingya and Rakhine
1 year, 4 months ago

Coup, cyclone and a new bond between Myanmar’s Rohingya and Rakhine

Al Jazeera  

The military’s attacks against people of all backgrounds have sparked a countrywide awakening to Rohingyas’ plight and an unprecedented coming together. I also learned about some of the reasons the Rakhine and the Rohingya had grown apart, including unfounded military propaganda portraying the Rohingya as “illegal immigrants” from Bangladesh who threatened to overtake the country’s majority Buddhist population and establish …

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Fighting in Maungdaw: A Strategic Turning Point in Western Myanmar?
2 years, 2 months ago

Fighting in Maungdaw: A Strategic Turning Point in Western Myanmar?

The Diplomat  

On the morning of September 16, around two months after intensive clashes resumed between the Arakan Army and the Myanmar military in northern Rakhine State, Brigadier General Dr. Nyo Twan Awng, the AA’s deputy commander in chief, shared a message to the Rakhine people through his social media accounts. Twelve days later, the AA launched a retaliatory attack against junta …

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India condemns Myanmar violence, expresses concern at UNSC meeting
3 years, 8 months ago

India condemns Myanmar violence, expresses concern at UNSC meeting

India Today  

India condemned the ongoing violence in Myanmar that has caused hundreds of deaths over the past months ever since the military coup toppled the elected government in February. Speaking at the Arria Formula UNSC meeting on Myanmar in New York, Deputy Permanent Representative of India at the United Nations Nagaraj Naidu said, “India condemns the use of violence in Myanmar …

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