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Tag: Rohingyas

Tun Myat Naing, commander-in-chief of the Arakan Army (AA), attends a meeting of leaders of Myanmar's ethnic armed groups at the United Wa State Army (UWSA) headquarters in Pansang in Myanmar's northern Shan State, May 6, 2015. Rebel leaders in Myanmar on Wednesday urged the government to amend the military-drafted constitution to give more autonomy to ethnic minorities, a step they said would make it easier to sign a national ceasefire agreement.    REUTERS/Stringer - RTX1BTVZ
Posted inExclusive Interview

Rebel yell: Arakan Army leader speaks to Asia Times

by Bertil Lintner January 18, 2022January 25, 2022

CHIANG MAI – At just 43, Major General Twan Mrat Naing may be the youngest and most successful rebel commanders in Myanmar. The force he leads, the Arakan Army (AA), has grown from a handful of recruits when it was first established in April 2009 into one of the war-torn nation’s most powerful and potent […]

Posted inBangladesh, South Asia

Desperate Rohingya drown enroute to Malaysia

by Faisal Mahmud February 12, 2020February 18, 2020
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi (L) and European Commission foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini after a meeting at the European Commission in Brussels on May 2, 2017. Photo: AFP/Emmanuel Dunand
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, European Union, Myanmar, South Asia, World

European businesses lose confidence in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner December 13, 2018February 18, 2020
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, left, has been accused of being autocratic, while Zhaleda Zia, right, remains in jail for corruption. Photos: AFP & Reuters
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Bangladesh polls pose a challenge to regional stability

by Manoj Joshi April 17, 2018April 17, 2018
The Rohingya are denied citizenship in Buddhist-majority Myanmar and regarded as illegal immigrants. Photo: NDTV
Posted inAT Finance, India, Myanmar, South Asia

Home minister lashes out at Rohingya refugee supporters

by Asia Times staff September 21, 2017February 18, 2020
Briton Samiun Rahman has been accused of recruiting fighters for al-Qaeda. Photo: India Today
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, Syria

British al-Qaeda suspect ‘recruited refugees for jihad’

by Asia Times staff September 20, 2017February 18, 2020
Rohingya refugees stretch out their hands for food near Balukhali in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Sept. 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters/ Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Bangladesh raises Rohingyas with India, seeks intervention

by Saikat Datta September 11, 2017February 18, 2020

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