According to the United Nations, the Rohingya are currently the most oppressed people in the world A section of this population has been living in Bangladesh as refugees for decades How are they in Bangladesh
These Rohingyas live in Rakhine State in Myanmar Most of them are Muslims After Myanmar became independent on January 4, 1948, the Rohingya were represented in parliament. They have also been seen in high positions in the government But since General Ne Win seized power in a military coup in 1972, the Rohingya have become exiles in their own country. The military government called them 'foreigners' and stripped them of their citizenship The process of evicting and eradicating them begins Ne Win led a two-decade-long military campaign to suppress them
Myanmar's military launched an operation in Rakhine State in 1986 called Nagaman (Dragon King). As a result of the torture of the army, the Muslim Rohingyas started fleeing from there At that time about two lakh Rohingyas fled to Bangladesh
Abu Siddique, chairman of the Ukhia Kutupalong unregistered Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, told Deutsche Welle: "Disaster has befallen us since Ne Win took power. After the revocation of citizenship, marriage was banned so that the number of Rohingyas could not increase The task of erasing our ethnic identity was constant We are Rohingya 7 But we have sometimes been given the name 'Kola Frog', sometimes Rohang and sometimes Rakhine We have been represented in parliament since Myanmar became independent. "
"We were fine until the time of Ansan's rule."
In 1978, military operations were launched against "foreign" nationals living illegally in Myanmar. But the main target was the expulsion of Muslim Rohingya Then, in 1991-92, Rohingya Muslims became victims of religious riots in Myanmar's Rakhine state. Then in 2012, Rohingyas became the victims of riots again The latest persecution of Rohingyas has been going on since October last year
Dudu Mia, chairman of the unregistered Leda camp in Cox's Bazar, came to Bangladesh in 2003 from Rakhine's Maungdaw district. He has lost 8 members of his family Dudu Mia told the Deutsche Welle: "We were fine until Angsan's rule. After that, our citizenship was taken away during Win We had 8 Myanmar citizenship cards Later it was taken away and a kind of white identity card was given And it mentions that we are Bangladeshi citizens. "
"We have been attacked at least six times since 1992," he said Hundreds of Rohingyas were killed every time At various times our land rights were taken away Evicted from their homes. "
Rezaur Rahman Lenin, a researcher on Rohingya and citizenship and a teacher at BRAC University, told Deutsche Welle: "The Rohingya have been living in the Arakan region of Myanmar for more than three hundred years. That Arakan is now known as Rakhine State Rohingyas were in that area during the British colony In 1982, Myanmar's military junta completely denied Rohingya citizenship through a controversial citizenship law.
Rezaur Rahman Lenin added, "The language and culture of the Rohingya seem to be different." There are 135 small ethnic groups in Myanmar But the Rohingya are not recognized.
Ruhingya language and culture seem different'
In this context, Dudu Mia said, "We are not recognized because we are Muslims." The Buddhists have taken control of them. "
In the 2015 election, Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader Aung San Suu Kyi came to power It was hoped that he would have sympathy for the Rohingya But the situation has not changed He also does not consider Rohingyas as citizens of Myanmar However, last year a 9-member Rakhine Commission or Coffee Annan Commission was formed They have been working for a year The Rohingyas are waiting to see what happens after their report
There are two registered camps for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh Kutupalong and Nayapara Camp 6 in Cox's Bazar There are 30,000 Rohingya refugees living in these two camps There are also a few more unregistered camps in Leda and Kutupalong areas Rohingya refugee leader Dudu Mia said, "There are now at least four lakh Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. At one time there were 4 million Rohingyas in Arakan, now there are 8 million Apart from Bangladesh, Rohingyas have been tortured, killed, raped and evicted and spread to many other parts of the world, including Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Pakistan and Australia.
On October 9, nine Myanmar policemen were killed in an attack on a Myanmar border post Seven attackers were also killed in the incident Myanmar's armed forces then attacked innocent Rohingyas Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands displaced since Myanmar's armed forces began attacking the Muslim Rohingya population in Rakhine State on October 9. Of these, about 60,000 Rohingya have fled to BangladesBangladesh
Forgotten Refugees: Rohingyas are taking refuge in Bangladesh
Escape from Myanmar
A Rohingya group has been accused of killing nine policemen in Myanmar in October Since then, there has been renewed repression of the country's Rohingya minority. As a result, more than 70,000 Rohingyas have crossed the border and taken refuge in Bangladesh Kutupalong is one of the camps where they
lliivyanmar has six allegations of "separatist and terrorist" activities against the Rohingya Myanmar blames Rohingyas for the October 9 attacks Meanwhile, there are reports of a new militant group called Aqamul Mujahideen (AMM) in Myanmar's Rakhine state. There are also various armed groups, including the Rohingya Solidarity Organization, the Arakan Rohingya National Alliance, and the Arakan Republican Army.
But the UN considers the years-long persecution of the Rohingya to be genocide. Rohingyas are being killed in Rakhine State Someone is fleeing to the forest Some are fleeing and drowning in the river And among those who are refugees in Bangladesh, the registered Rohingyas get some help, the rest are living inhumane lives.
Some of those who have come as victims of the latest torture are also being forced to
"Have we ever been called a 'cola frog'?"
Members of Kofi Annan Koshin, who recently visited Bangladesh, said, "Eighty percent of the women who came to Bangladesh after being tortured in Myanmar's Rakhine state have been raped in Myanmar."
The Bangladeshi government has repeatedly demanded the return of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. He wants to remove them from Cox's Bazar and keep them in Noakhali's Thangar Char until they are taken back. Rohingya refugee Abu Siddique said, "How much more will Bangladesh do for us? We want to go back to our own country, Myanmar. "
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