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Storms ahead for Rohingya refugees Dr. Azeem Ibrahim April 18, 2021 23:14 Rohingyas are seen on board a ship as they are moving to Bhasan Char island in Chattogram, Bangladesh. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/5w8jt With all attention focused on the events following the coup in Myanmar, where the death toll has already surpassed 1,000, Bangladesh is contending with the new reality of over one million Rohingya refugees becoming a permanent fixture within its borders. When the military decided to remove the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi and her NLD party, they not only ended the ...

People of Myanmar, including Rohingya, unite against common enemy Dr. Azeem Ibrahim Demonstrators protest against a military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar, February 22, 2021. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/6mkx3 The Tatmadaw, the military of Myanmar, which has dominated the country’s politics almost since independence, has finally achieved what no one believed was still possible: It has managed to unite all the people of Myanmar, across ethnic and religious divides… against itself. Just under five years ago, the Tatmadaw, with the explicit backing of the civilian government led by Aung...

Healthy prisoners are euthanised so their internal organs can be removed and sold on a lucrative multibillion-dollar black market. Women are raped, abused and beaten. Hundreds of thousands are forcibly sterilised to prevent pregnancies, in a bid to wipe out the future population. Many people enter these camps, dragged from their homes and rounded up by troops and forced into trucks, vanishing into a complex network of prisons. Few ever re-emerge. And Beijing staunchly disputes the horrifying allegations that have been outlined in a growing number of independent reports for several years n...

A month-and-a-half into the new military government in Myanmar and popular resistance to the regime is growing by the day. What is alarming is that the military seems to have been taken by surprise by the strength of popular feeling on this issue and has no clear plan as to how to respond. And, most worrying of all, it is not obvious how this situation can be de-escalated

| UPDATED: 14:52, Sat, Mar 13, 2021 Link copied Nicola Sturgeon has 'cynical approach' to Indyref2 says expert Sign up to receive our rundown of the day's top stories direct to your inbox SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Azeem Ibrahim, a director at the Washington-based Centre for Global Policy, said the UK ...