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How Does The #Myanmar #Coup affect #Rohingya? [An Explainer Thread]
Approximately 600,000 #Rohingya remain in #Burma - more than a quarter reside in concentration-like IDP camps and the majority of the rest live in daily fear of new and ongoing violence against them.
Approximately 600,000 #Rohingya remain in #Burma - more than a quarter reside in concentration-like IDP camps and the majority of the rest live in daily fear of new and ongoing violence against them.
How Does The #Myanmar #Coup affect #Rohingya?
The #military #coup could see the #Rohingya facing the backlash once again as it is the same military and leaders that were responsible for #genocide in 2017.
Also they will continue to be excluded from future democratic processes
The #military #coup could see the #Rohingya facing the backlash once again as it is the same military and leaders that were responsible for #genocide in 2017.
Also they will continue to be excluded from future democratic processes
How Does The #Myanmar #Coup affect #Rohingya?
For the #Rohingya now in #Bangladesh - more than 1million, any potential #repatriation will be halted. The #Burma #military have no intention of accepting back the #Rohingya
For the #Rohingya now in #Bangladesh - more than 1million, any potential #repatriation will be halted. The #Burma #military have no intention of accepting back the #Rohingya
#Bangladesh #Dhakar #BhasanChar #Reufgees
In Bangladesh, a further 1,778 Rohingya refugees have been brought to Bhasan Char, an island in the Bay of Bengal. According to Naval Commander Mozammel Haque, this is the third group to have been transferred.
In Bangladesh, a further 1,778 Rohingya refugees have been brought to Bhasan Char, an island in the Bay of Bengal. According to Naval Commander Mozammel Haque, this is the third group to have been transferred.
A fourth group was taken there on Friday. According to a responsible official, there are already more than 5,000 Rohingya refugees on the island.
The government plans to send a total of 100,000 members of the Muslim minority from overcrowded refugee camps on the mainland to the island. There is criticism from several aid organizations: The island is exposed to violent storms and floods during the monsoon season.
1. After 2 years of my monthly History Threads on Myanmar (Burma) issues (plus Andamans, Malaysia’s Bateks) this anniversary History Thread is about 1990s Burma borderlands as described in my 2nd book “Down the Rat Hole: Adventures Underground on Burma’s Frontiers” published 2005 
2. Banned from Thailand in 1988 (described in my 1st book “Burmese Looking Glass”) I went to Burma’s other borders: Bangladesh, China, India, Laos. My purpose was to meet with, interview dissidents, fighters, traders, even children. And to investigate resource extraction issues.
3. My 1st visit to Bangladesh/Burma (Arakan) border was in 1991. I interviewed ABSDF students, Rakhine and other political dissidents incl. Communists and monks who sought refuge near Cox’s Bazaar & Teknaf. I met, interviewed the first Rohingya families who fled in ’91-92 exodus.
