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Rohingya Power Struggles Before the UN Conference

Rohingya Power Struggles Before the UN Conference

Rohingya activists warn of “a repeated cycle: fragmentation, new group names, personal ambitions replacing real strategy.” Meanwhile, the Rohingya...

23.07.2025 4

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Shafiur Rahman

UNHCR Defends Biometric Enrollment Push for Rohingya Refugees

Despite UNHCR’s insistence that biometric enrollment is necessary to uphold program integrity, critics say the policy effectively punishes people...

13.06.2025 5

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Shafiur Rahman

No Fingerprint, No Food: How the UN Is Failing the Rohingya

Some 400 families in refugee camps in Bangladesh have been barred from receiving aid after refusing to provide biometric data for registration.

07.06.2025 10

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Shafiur Rahman

The NUG’s Troubling Response to Aung San Suu Kyi Arrest Warrant in Rohingya Genocide Case

An Argentine court considers Aung San Suu Kyi complicit in the Rohingya genocide of 2017. The NUG rejects that – and, worryingly, so do some...

20.02.2025 3

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Shafiur Rahman

Drones, Desperation, and Displacement: Rohingya Flee Violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

As the violent clashes between the Arakan Army and the Myanmar military intensify, thousands of Rohingya and other ethnic minorities are fleeing...

17.12.2024 10

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Shafiur Rahman

International Spotlight on Bangladesh as Rohingya Leader’s Case Heads to the UN

The case of Dil Mohammed, a prominent Rohingya spokesperson currently detained by Bangladeshi authorities, will be examined by the United Nations...

20.11.2024 3

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Shafiur Rahman