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Shafiur @rohingyarefugee.news · 20h

Yellow–blue wash straight from the Ukrainian flag - is it mimicking Ukraine’s flag to sell a “heroic resistance” narrative? The Irrawaddy isn't interviewing Twan Mrat Naing - it is giving him a profile and platforming him. Editorial/aesthetic sympathy instead of scrutiny. #ArakanArmy #Myanmar

Graphic from The Irrawaddy using Ukrainian-flag colours to cast the Arakan Army’s leader in a heroic resistance light. Here is the article:
https://www.irrawaddy.com/in-person/interview/the-revolution-will-bounce-back-aa-chief-2.html

Shafiur @rohingyarefugee.news · 2d

The creation of a "Rohingya leadership" in the refugee camps of Bangladesh.

thediplomat.com/2025/11/unit...

United Council of Rohang: Bangladesh’s Script for Rohingya Leadership

The refugee camp elections did not provide not self-representation but state-supervised choreography.

thediplomat.com

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Shafiur @rohingyarefugee.news · 3d

Rohingya refugees were told they had finally elected their own leaders.

But the vote lists, candidates -even who could take the oath - were cleared by Bangladesh’s RRRC

Read about the United Council of Rohang:

www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-e...

Bangladesh’s script for Rohingya leadership

When I last wrote in these pages about the Rohingya camp, the process had reached an important milestone. It was presented as a long-overdue step toward democratic participation -- the first time refu...

www.dhakatribune.com

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Shafiur @rohingyarefugee.news · 7d

I am not sure how i missed this. Trailer in the article. Anyone watched the whole film?

Two Rohingya siblings (4yo Shafi & 9yo Somira) risk everything, leaving a Bangladesh refugee camp for Malaysia to find family.

Lost Land by
@akio_fujimoto (on X)

variety.com/2025/film/fe...

Venice Entry ‘Lost Land’ Trailer Reveals Harrowing Rohingya Refugee Journey Through Children’s Eyes (EXCLUSIVE)

Exclusive trailer for Venice film 'Lost Land' follows Rohingya refugee siblings on perilous journey from Bangladesh to Malaysia.

variety.com

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Shafiur @rohingyarefugee.news · 9d

Arakan Army controls the route. BGB controls the return.

15 Rohingya reached St Martin’s in July. A month later, after being told to prepare for family pickup at Teknaf, they were pushed back across the water.
@lsesouthasia.bsky.social
: blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/20...

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LSE South Asia Centre @lsesouthasia.bsky.social · 9d

#Rohingyas are still crossing borders from #Myanmar to #Bangladesh in search of safety. Shafiur Rahman @rohingyarefugee.news & Ro Myint Kyawe Naing narrate the story of one journey, & the fate of 'surplus' lives.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/20...

@milkteaalliance.bsky.social @myanmar-now.bsky.social

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Shafiur @rohingyarefugee.news · 12d

“Arakan Army hate the Rohingyas the most.”

Bangladesh’s Principal Staff Officer Lt Gen S M Kamrul Hassan said this at a Dhaka seminar, calling the AA the most hostile among Myanmar’s 3 stakeholders - the junta, NUG, and AA - & accusing it of drug and arms-running, abductions & maritime insecurity.

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Shafiur @rohingyarefugee.news · 13d

AA chief invited UN Rapporteur Tom Andrews to Arakan to probe alleged #Rohingya killings. This is theatre/information warfare: Andrews can't legally enter without junta consent. The AA's "invitation" is a cynical ploy to look transparent.
www.dmediag.com/news/acius.h...

AA chief invites UN special rapporteur to investigate alleged Muslim massacre in Buthidaung Twsp

Arakan Army (AA) chief Maj-Gen Twan Mrat Naing has invited Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, to visit Arakan State in order to investigate allegations of ...

www.dmediag.com

Shafiur @rohingyarefugee.news · 16d

If the report is true, the Arakan Army's reconstruction efforts have serious political & humanitarian motivations and implications:
arakannow.com/aa-builds-85...
The AA, accused of massacring that village, is now rebuilding it & splitting surviving families into separate houses. Why? #Rohingya

AA Builds 85 Houses for Hoyasari Residents

Arakan Now | 19 October 2025On 2 May 2024, Htan Shauk Kan village als known as Hoyasari was burned down by the Arakan Army (AA), killing more than 600 residents — including children, women, and the el...

arakannow.com

Shafiur @rohingyarefugee.news · 20d

A video from Sittwe shows Rohingya girls - heads covered, hands on their hearts - singing the Arakan anthem before an audience of Rohingya men, some mirroring the gesture. It’s unprecedented. I have never seen anything like it. substack.com/profile/7095...

Shafiur Rahman (@shafiur)

A video from Sittwe shows Rohingya girls - heads covered, hands on their hearts - singing the Arakan anthem before an audience of Rohingya men, some mirroring the gesture. It’s unprecedented. I have n...

substack.com

Shafiur @rohingyarefugee.news · 24d

Throughout 2025, the Arakan Army has faced unprecedented scrutiny for abuses against civilians. In my new piece for @DVB_English , I break down the Arakan Army leader's extraordinary interview with The Irrawaddy.

english.dvb.no/what-the-ara...

Shafiur @rohingyarefugee.news · 27d

Free Shahidul. Bangladeshi photographer, writer & human rights advocate Shahidul Alam, was intercepted at sea by Israeli forces while en route to Gaza as part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. Free Shahidul. Free Gaza. Free Palestine.

#Gaza #FreedomFlotilla #FreeGaza #EndTheBlockade #Palestine

Portrait of Shahidul Alam with over printed words: Free Shahidul. Free Gaza. Free Palestine. Free the Flotilla.

Shafiur @rohingyarefugee.news · Oct 4

Do subscribe to my Substack for the latest analysis on Rohingya issues.

www.rohingyarefugee.news
#Rohingya #refugee #Bangladesh

Rohingya Refugee News | Shafiur Rahman | Substack

An insider's look at Rohingya refugees and Myanmar: delivering exclusive news, in-depth analysis, and expert insights from a dedicated journalist. Click to read Rohingya Refugee News, by Shafiur Rahma...

www.rohingyarefugee.news

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Shafiur @rohingyarefugee.news · Oct 1

Congrats!

Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · Oct 1

📣 Justice For Myanmar named 2025 Right Livelihood laureate

Award shines a light on Myanmar people’s struggle to dismantle the military cartel.

Press Release 👉🏽 buff.ly/glncPoQ

Right Livelihood Award announcement 👉🏽 buff.ly/0W9ftKU

#changemakers #RightLivelihood #Myanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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Shafiur @rohingyarefugee.news · Sep 30

Evidence of two #Myanmar army massacres lands in Istanbul: Pazigyi (157 civilians, 19 children) & Buthidaung (18 Rohingya killed, villages razed). NUG Myanmar & Myanmar Accountability Project urge Turkey to hold Myanmar’s junta to account.

onedrive.live.com/personal/9fa...

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Sign in to your OneDrive cloud storage and Office Online.

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Shafiur @rohingyarefugee.news · Sep 30

“Rohingya are aid-dependent.”

No. They are made vulnerable so they can be exploited as cheap labour and commodities in the aid economy.

Containment is deliberate policy. It is not accident.
www.himalmag.com/politics/ban...

How Bangladesh is exploiting the Rohingya refugee crisis

The village of Tula Toli was the site of one of the worst massacres of the Rohingya people that took place in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in 2017. On 30 August that

www.himalmag.com

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Shafiur @rohingyarefugee.news · Sep 30

Today the UN meets in New York on the #Rohingya. Don’t be fooled by the “burdened host” agenda. #Bangladesh does well from containment:

Political capital
Aid flows
Cheap, exploitable labour
Geostrategic leverage

Real issue is systematic exclusion.
www.against-inhumanity.org/2025/09/16/r...

“The Architecture of Rohingya Exclusion”, by Shafiur Rahman - United Against Inhumanity

The humanitarian discussion around Rohingya refugees often portrays Bangladesh as a generous host burdened by circumstances beyond its control. This “burdened host” humanitarian storytelling is everyw...

www.against-inhumanity.org

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PARIAH PRESS 🍷 @pariahpress.bsky.social · Sep 29

Magnum photographers print sale for Palestinian artists...
gulfphotoplus.com/collections/...

#photography
#Palestine

Palestine Print Platform — Magnum

Gulf Photo Plus is a community organization and the leading photography center based in the UAE, serving the wider SWANA region. We cultivate visual practices through year-round workshops, art progra...

gulfphotoplus.com

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Shafiur @rohingyarefugee.news · Sep 29

#Myanmar’s army + BGP didn’t just kill & expel Rohingya in 2017, they tried their best to erase them.

New UN report shows homes, mosques + farms razed, BGP bases built on stolen land with corporate help.

Safe return? Not without restitution & justice. Link:

iimm.un.org/en/myanmar-m...

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Shafiur @rohingyarefugee.news · Sep 29

Calls for migrants to ‘learn English’ are a smokescreen. This isn’t about language at all. it’s about racism and exclusion. Stand with migrants.

MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · Sep 29

When they say ‘English to a high standard’, do they mean like in this graffiti that my children and I once had to walk past?

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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · Sep 15

A night of horror in Arakan State.

#Myanmar junta warplanes bombed a high school in Kyauktaw Township while students slept. At least 22 killed, mostly grade 11 & 12 students.

“I cried myself. I can’t begin to imagine the pain their parents are going through” 🎙️ School teacher. buff.ly/rMKcbmj

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Myanmar Internet Project @myanmarip.bsky.social · Sep 17

Based on leak data, according to the @interestigineri report, “Tiangou”, described as “Great Firewall in a Box”, was installed across 26 data centers in #Myanmar and supported live dashboards monitoring 81M simultaneous TCP connections. #KeepItOn

interestingengineering.com/culture/chin...

Leak shows China exported censorship tools to Myanmar and Pakistan

Over 500GB of internal files from China’s Great Firewall were leaked online, exposing its core censorship systems.

interestingengineering.com

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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · Sep 19

Pepsi, KFC and other corporate brands are hiring in #Myanmar. They can only do so by having made deals with the junta. I would never blame the youth for taking these positions for it’s been 4.5 years of dictatorship and austerity. I do blame everyone in the Global North profiting from this, though.

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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · Sep 21

I wish the Global North would look at #Myanmar less as an exemple of deterrence, than with the understanding that “we” are also responsible for Myanmar citizens’ suffering: we watch and we let it happen and then it’s politics as usual. But it shouldn’t be. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Look to Myanmar for a vision of a world where authoritarians have unfettered power | Simon Tisdall

The brutality and repression there highlight the failings of a dysfunctional world order. Unless we do better, this is the future, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

www.theguardian.com

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Shafiur @rohingyarefugee.news · Sep 29

New report ahead of the UN conference on Rohingya (30 Sept, NYC):

Displacement, Democracy & Development by @UAI_UK & @UNAUK explores alternative approaches to the refugee crisis - rooted in inclusion, rights & regional realism.

🔗 www.against-inhumanity.org/2025/09/25/r...

#Rohingya #Myanmar

New report: "An alternative approach to the Rohingya refugee situation", by UAI and UNA-UK - United Against Inhumanity

A new report from United Against Inhumanity (UAI) and the United Nations Association – UK (UNA-UK) presents the findings of a multi-stakeholder workshop convened 5 September 2025, entitled ‘Alternativ...

www.against-inhumanity.org

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