Myanmar arrests 46 Rohingya trying to leave Rakhine State

November 1, 2022

NEWS DESK 28 Rohingya men, 18 Rohingya women and the two guides accompanying them were arrested near Daung Chaung Village Tract on the Gwa-Nga Thaing Chaung highway, according to a source close to Myanmar junta police, Mizzima reports. “The Rohingya were apprehended by the Junta army while sleeping somewhere in the vicinity of Daung Chaung […]Continue Reading

41 arrested during drives in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps

October 29, 2022

NEWS DESK Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested 41 Rohingyas, including six accused in murder cases, during a combing operation in Rohingya camps of Cox’s Bazar. Of the arrestees, 28 were later jailed for different terms by mobile courts for various offences, said Faruk Ahmed, assistant superintendent (media) of APBn-8 in Cox’s Bazar. The six murder […]Continue Reading

ANALYSIS: Rohingya look on Arakan Army as saviours in fight with Myanmar’s junta

October 26, 2022

NEWS DESK Civilian casualties have been reported in renewed fighting between Myanmar’s junta troops and the Arakan Army (AA) in Rakhine State. Fierce fighting has taken place in Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Rathedaung townships, known as Mayu region in western Rakhine and neighboring Paletwa Township in Chin State since early August. More than 10,000 people have […]Continue Reading

Death toll from air raids in Myanmar’s Kachin reported to hit 80

October 25, 2022

NEWS DESK The death toll from a Myanmar military air raid in northern Kachin state has risen to 80, according to reports, as human rights groups accused the ruling generals of violating the laws of war and called on the international community to impose a ban on the sale of arms and aviation fuel to […]Continue Reading

Anti-militancy drive in CHT: KNF’s Nathan Bawm among 68 sued

October 23, 2022

DESK REPORT The Rapid Action Battalion, or RAB, has filed a case against 68 people, including Kuki-Chin National Front, or KNF, chief Nathan Bawm, with the Bilaichhari Police Station in Rangamati. The RAB arrested three members of the armed separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) and seven members of the new militant group Jamaat-ul-Ansar Fil […]Continue Reading

KNF trains militants in exchange for Tk 3 lakh a month: RAB

October 21, 2022

NEWS DESK The Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), a separatist organisation in the Chattogram Hill Tracts, made a deal with the militant group “Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya to provide housing and training in exchange for money. They gave the militants combat training in exchange for a Tk 3 lakh monthly fee and expenditure for food, […]Continue Reading

JSS killed more than 1000 Bengali families: KNF

October 19, 2022

STAFF REPORTER Claiming that Jana Sanghati Samiti, or JSS, terrorists have always been against Islam, the Kuki-Chin National Front, or KNF, has sent out a video message explaining their position on the recent joint forces operation in Bandarban. “The KNF has never been against the government. We have chosen the path of compromise by showing […]Continue Reading

What RAB says about joint forces’ operation in hill tracts

October 19, 2022

DESK REPORT The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) dismisses as rumours videos purporting to be from various separatist organisations undergoing armed training in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) that have come to their attention via social media. The RAB believes that these videos were not recorded in the hill tracts. RAB’s Legal and Media Wing Director […]Continue Reading

Four held on charges of killing two Rohingya leaders in Cox’s Bazar camp

October 18, 2022

PALANGKHALI CORRESPONDENT, COX’S BAZAR The Armed Police Battalion, or APBn, has arrested four people who are accused of killing two Rohingya community leaders at a Rohingya camp in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar. The arrestees were identified as Samsu Alam, 52, son of the late Kala Miah of Camp-13; Rashid Ahmed, 53, son of the […]Continue Reading

Two Rohingya leaders killed in Cox’s Bazar camp

October 15, 2022

NEWS DESK Two Rohingya community leaders, known as Majhi, were killed in an attack by miscreants at the Ukhia refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of 8 Armed Police Battalion (APBn) Md Farooq Ahmed said that the incident took place in Block A-18 of Tanzimarkhola Rohingya Refugee Camp No 19 of […]Continue Reading