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Independent reporting on Rohingya displacement, camps, and power structures. Published by Shafiur Rahman. Newsletter: https://www.rohingyarefugee.news
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All major political forces in Bangladesh – past, present and emerging – have used the promise of Rohingya repatriation not as the fulfilment of a humanitarian obligation but as political performance for their own benefit.
Read the full piece here : https://ow.ly/nloi50Yea35
Read the full piece here : https://ow.ly/nloi50Yea35
February 12, 2026 at 5:35 AM
All major political forces in Bangladesh – past, present and emerging – have used the promise of Rohingya repatriation not as the fulfilment of a humanitarian obligation but as political performance for their own benefit.
Read the full piece here : https://ow.ly/nloi50Yea35
Read the full piece here : https://ow.ly/nloi50Yea35
Ukhiya–Teknaf sits on the Myanmar border & hosts 1.1 million Rohingya refugees.
In the election campaign, candidates talked about “dignified repatriation” but also about confinement and compensation for locals.
That shows how refugees are being framed.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/ukhia-tekn...
In the election campaign, candidates talked about “dignified repatriation” but also about confinement and compensation for locals.
That shows how refugees are being framed.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/ukhia-tekn...
What the Candidates in Ukhiya-Teknaf Are Saying about the Rohingya
Ukhia–Teknaf, formally Cox’s Bazar-4, is one of the most politically and strategically sensitive constituencies in Bangladesh.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Ukhiya–Teknaf sits on the Myanmar border & hosts 1.1 million Rohingya refugees.
In the election campaign, candidates talked about “dignified repatriation” but also about confinement and compensation for locals.
That shows how refugees are being framed.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/ukhia-tekn...
In the election campaign, candidates talked about “dignified repatriation” but also about confinement and compensation for locals.
That shows how refugees are being framed.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/ukhia-tekn...
New piece in Himal Southasian: I examine how Bangladesh’s election shapes the politics of Rohingya repatriation and why “return” has become more performance than solution.
Across parties, the camps are treated as a governance problem rather than a human one.
Read: www.himalmag.com/politics/ban...
Across parties, the camps are treated as a governance problem rather than a human one.
Read: www.himalmag.com/politics/ban...
The Rohingya are perennial pawns in Bangladesh’s politics
The Jamaat has described the Arakan Army’s brief cross‑border presence and cultural engagement with local tribes as grave violations of Bangladesh’s sovereignty
www.himalmag.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:34 PM
New piece in Himal Southasian: I examine how Bangladesh’s election shapes the politics of Rohingya repatriation and why “return” has become more performance than solution.
Across parties, the camps are treated as a governance problem rather than a human one.
Read: www.himalmag.com/politics/ban...
Across parties, the camps are treated as a governance problem rather than a human one.
Read: www.himalmag.com/politics/ban...
This investigation by Myanmar Now presents a detailed and troubling case that suggests Frontier Myanmar, and its predecessor the Myanmar Times, have deep-rooted connections to Myanmar’s military intelligence (MI) apparatus.
myanmar-now.org/en/news/the-...
myanmar-now.org/en/news/the-...
The shadowy past—and present—of the Myanmar Times and Frontier
The shadowy past—and present—of the Myanmar Times and Frontier A Myanmar Now investigation exposes the role of Myanmar’s dreaded military intelligence apparatus in the creation of two of the country’s...
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February 10, 2026 at 4:56 PM
This investigation by Myanmar Now presents a detailed and troubling case that suggests Frontier Myanmar, and its predecessor the Myanmar Times, have deep-rooted connections to Myanmar’s military intelligence (MI) apparatus.
myanmar-now.org/en/news/the-...
myanmar-now.org/en/news/the-...
New analysis: Bangladesh’s Elections and the Rohingya in Army Trucks
This week: roundups, family separations, camps sealed and silence from major Rohingya organisations. I examine what this says about power, containment and deference.
Read here: x.com/shafiur/stat...
This week: roundups, family separations, camps sealed and silence from major Rohingya organisations. I examine what this says about power, containment and deference.
Read here: x.com/shafiur/stat...
February 10, 2026 at 9:48 AM
New analysis: Bangladesh’s Elections and the Rohingya in Army Trucks
This week: roundups, family separations, camps sealed and silence from major Rohingya organisations. I examine what this says about power, containment and deference.
Read here: x.com/shafiur/stat...
This week: roundups, family separations, camps sealed and silence from major Rohingya organisations. I examine what this says about power, containment and deference.
Read here: x.com/shafiur/stat...
New piece in DVB English on why Bangladesh’s election is unlikely to shift Rohingya policy.
The argument: “repatriation” functions as governance rather than protection, keeping people permanently temporary while deferring rights.
Read here: english.dvb.no/how-banglade...
#Myanmar #refugees
The argument: “repatriation” functions as governance rather than protection, keeping people permanently temporary while deferring rights.
Read here: english.dvb.no/how-banglade...
#Myanmar #refugees
How Bangladesh’s election won’t solve the Rohingya refugee crisis - DVB
Guest contributor Shafiur Rahman Bangladesh’s election is being fought over jobs, wages, the cost of living, democracy, and the future of the state after years of authoritarian decay. Yet the country’...
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February 8, 2026 at 8:15 AM
New piece in DVB English on why Bangladesh’s election is unlikely to shift Rohingya policy.
The argument: “repatriation” functions as governance rather than protection, keeping people permanently temporary while deferring rights.
Read here: english.dvb.no/how-banglade...
#Myanmar #refugees
The argument: “repatriation” functions as governance rather than protection, keeping people permanently temporary while deferring rights.
Read here: english.dvb.no/how-banglade...
#Myanmar #refugees
TEKNAF: While Rohingya camps were being sealed ahead of Bangladesh’s election, a BNP campaign truck entered Ali Khali Camp 25.
Shots were fired from the vehicle, leaving several people, including children, wounded.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/elections-...
Shots were fired from the vehicle, leaving several people, including children, wounded.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/elections-...
Elections, Violence and the Punishment of the Rohingya
Rohingya and host-community children shot during BNP electioneering
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February 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
TEKNAF: While Rohingya camps were being sealed ahead of Bangladesh’s election, a BNP campaign truck entered Ali Khali Camp 25.
Shots were fired from the vehicle, leaving several people, including children, wounded.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/elections-...
Shots were fired from the vehicle, leaving several people, including children, wounded.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/elections-...
New piece in THROAT on how the Rohingya have been seen and mis-seen since 2017. I look at the visual grammar of “refugee-ness,” how images shape public perception and policy, and why Rohingya photographers matter.
www.throat.art/feature/agai...
www.throat.art/feature/agai...
Against Refugee-ness
The crisis I observed was not the crisis being represented. Refugee-ness is a visual grammar: unwritten rules insisting refugees look a certain way to be recognized. It edits people into narrow roles:...
www.throat.art
February 4, 2026 at 3:19 PM
New piece in THROAT on how the Rohingya have been seen and mis-seen since 2017. I look at the visual grammar of “refugee-ness,” how images shape public perception and policy, and why Rohingya photographers matter.
www.throat.art/feature/agai...
www.throat.art/feature/agai...
PUBLISHED TODAY: "Human Rights in Bangladesh."
Odhikar’s new report ignores Bangladesh’s treatment of the Rohingya, the country’s most serious, long-running human rights issue.
No scrutiny of camp governance or repatriation policy.
odhikar.org/bangladesh-a...
Odhikar’s new report ignores Bangladesh’s treatment of the Rohingya, the country’s most serious, long-running human rights issue.
No scrutiny of camp governance or repatriation policy.
odhikar.org/bangladesh-a...
February 4, 2026 at 11:03 AM
PUBLISHED TODAY: "Human Rights in Bangladesh."
Odhikar’s new report ignores Bangladesh’s treatment of the Rohingya, the country’s most serious, long-running human rights issue.
No scrutiny of camp governance or repatriation policy.
odhikar.org/bangladesh-a...
Odhikar’s new report ignores Bangladesh’s treatment of the Rohingya, the country’s most serious, long-running human rights issue.
No scrutiny of camp governance or repatriation policy.
odhikar.org/bangladesh-a...
Jamaat staged a big rally in Cox’s Bazar yesterday. Its leader, Shafiqur Rahman, introd local candidate Noor Ahmed Anwari. There was no discussion of the Rohingya, despite more than 1m Ro being confined in the area & the issue being framed as one of Bangladesh’s top security & funding concerns.
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February 3, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Jamaat staged a big rally in Cox’s Bazar yesterday. Its leader, Shafiqur Rahman, introd local candidate Noor Ahmed Anwari. There was no discussion of the Rohingya, despite more than 1m Ro being confined in the area & the issue being framed as one of Bangladesh’s top security & funding concerns.
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Humanitarianism:
Ukhiya News absolutely nails Bangladesh’s Rohingya strategy in one image.
$1 million announced.
RIGHTS: Zero
FUTURE: Unresolved
PROTECTION: Outsourced to agencies without power.
UNHCR’s Ivo Freijsen thanks donors for scraps.
Bangladesh gets PR wins.
Rohingya get ration cuts.
Ukhiya News absolutely nails Bangladesh’s Rohingya strategy in one image.
$1 million announced.
RIGHTS: Zero
FUTURE: Unresolved
PROTECTION: Outsourced to agencies without power.
UNHCR’s Ivo Freijsen thanks donors for scraps.
Bangladesh gets PR wins.
Rohingya get ration cuts.
February 2, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Humanitarianism:
Ukhiya News absolutely nails Bangladesh’s Rohingya strategy in one image.
$1 million announced.
RIGHTS: Zero
FUTURE: Unresolved
PROTECTION: Outsourced to agencies without power.
UNHCR’s Ivo Freijsen thanks donors for scraps.
Bangladesh gets PR wins.
Rohingya get ration cuts.
Ukhiya News absolutely nails Bangladesh’s Rohingya strategy in one image.
$1 million announced.
RIGHTS: Zero
FUTURE: Unresolved
PROTECTION: Outsourced to agencies without power.
UNHCR’s Ivo Freijsen thanks donors for scraps.
Bangladesh gets PR wins.
Rohingya get ration cuts.
NCP Manifesto, Bangladesh
Point 35 of the 36-point manifesto:
“Through bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, the Rohingya crisis will be resolved on humanitarian grounds, and by joining ASEAN, relations with Southeast Asian countries will be improved.”
Read More:
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“Through bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, the Rohingya crisis will be resolved on humanitarian grounds, and by joining ASEAN, relations with Southeast Asian countries will be improved.”
Read More:
whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
February 1, 2026 at 8:14 PM
NCP Manifesto, Bangladesh
Point 35 of the 36-point manifesto:
“Through bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, the Rohingya crisis will be resolved on humanitarian grounds, and by joining ASEAN, relations with Southeast Asian countries will be improved.”
Read More:
whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
“Through bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, the Rohingya crisis will be resolved on humanitarian grounds, and by joining ASEAN, relations with Southeast Asian countries will be improved.”
Read More:
whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
A Rakhine Reconstruction Plan?
Post-election Rohingya strategy.
A Special Commission?
More military presence at the border?
All discussed in this plush hotel.
👉 Read more on Rohingya Refugee News WhatsApp channel.
whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
Post-election Rohingya strategy.
A Special Commission?
More military presence at the border?
All discussed in this plush hotel.
👉 Read more on Rohingya Refugee News WhatsApp channel.
whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
January 31, 2026 at 10:18 AM
A Rakhine Reconstruction Plan?
Post-election Rohingya strategy.
A Special Commission?
More military presence at the border?
All discussed in this plush hotel.
👉 Read more on Rohingya Refugee News WhatsApp channel.
whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
Post-election Rohingya strategy.
A Special Commission?
More military presence at the border?
All discussed in this plush hotel.
👉 Read more on Rohingya Refugee News WhatsApp channel.
whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
Repatriation has become a tool to deny rights, block inclusion, and keep people permanently temporary.
My new op-ed for Frontier Myanmar:
www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/rohingya-...
My new op-ed for Frontier Myanmar:
www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/rohingya-...
Rohingya repatriation as a governance tool in Bangladesh
Dhaka’s insistence on sending hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar is an instrument used to deny them rights, legal employment and integration.
www.frontiermyanmar.net
January 27, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Repatriation has become a tool to deny rights, block inclusion, and keep people permanently temporary.
My new op-ed for Frontier Myanmar:
www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/rohingya-...
My new op-ed for Frontier Myanmar:
www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/rohingya-...
A fully clothed hijabi was digitally undressed by the same men who police “modesty.”
Yasmin Ullah writes on AI-enabled sexual violence targeting Rohingya women activists and what it reveals about power, fear & impunity.
english.dvb.no/ai-misogyny-...
Yasmin Ullah writes on AI-enabled sexual violence targeting Rohingya women activists and what it reveals about power, fear & impunity.
english.dvb.no/ai-misogyny-...
AI, misogyny, and the war on Rohingya women’s visibility - DVB
Guest contributor Yasmin Ullah There is a particular cruelty reserved for women who refuse to disappear. I have seen it unfold in many forms over the past five years, but today it wears a new mask, on...
english.dvb.no
January 25, 2026 at 12:57 PM
A fully clothed hijabi was digitally undressed by the same men who police “modesty.”
Yasmin Ullah writes on AI-enabled sexual violence targeting Rohingya women activists and what it reveals about power, fear & impunity.
english.dvb.no/ai-misogyny-...
Yasmin Ullah writes on AI-enabled sexual violence targeting Rohingya women activists and what it reveals about power, fear & impunity.
english.dvb.no/ai-misogyny-...
We keep calling Rohingya camp fires “tragic.”
But tragedy implies surprise.
This piece argues they are structural. They are predictable, recurring, and tolerated.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/why-rohing...
But tragedy implies surprise.
This piece argues they are structural. They are predictable, recurring, and tolerated.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/why-rohing...
Fire Is Not an Accident or Why Rohingya Shelters Keep Burning
A response to the Norwegian Refugee Council's press release on the 20 January fire in Rohingya Camp 16.
www.rohingyarefugee.news
January 22, 2026 at 6:07 PM
We keep calling Rohingya camp fires “tragic.”
But tragedy implies surprise.
This piece argues they are structural. They are predictable, recurring, and tolerated.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/why-rohing...
But tragedy implies surprise.
This piece argues they are structural. They are predictable, recurring, and tolerated.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/why-rohing...
"By refusing to name the victims, Ko Ko Hlaing was confirming the very "hate campaign" that Philippe Sands and The Gambia argue was the foundation of the genocide." #Rohingya #Myanmar #ICJ
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/ko-ko-hlai...
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/ko-ko-hlai...
Ko Ko Hlaing’s Genocide Denial at the ICJ
Myanmar Junta’s Courtroom Stooge and his War on Words
www.rohingyarefugee.news
January 19, 2026 at 4:52 PM
"By refusing to name the victims, Ko Ko Hlaing was confirming the very "hate campaign" that Philippe Sands and The Gambia argue was the foundation of the genocide." #Rohingya #Myanmar #ICJ
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/ko-ko-hlai...
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/ko-ko-hlai...
Zero Point / “No Man’s Land” was attacked and burned on 18 Jan 2023. Community spokesman Dil Mohammed was abducted on 19 Jan and remains detained despite a UN WGAD opinion (published 21 Nov 2025) calling for his release and remedy.
Substack: www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/no-mans-la...
Substack: www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/no-mans-la...
January 18, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Zero Point / “No Man’s Land” was attacked and burned on 18 Jan 2023. Community spokesman Dil Mohammed was abducted on 19 Jan and remains detained despite a UN WGAD opinion (published 21 Nov 2025) calling for his release and remedy.
Substack: www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/no-mans-la...
Substack: www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/no-mans-la...
Myanmar’s ICJ defence may be shifting from “deportation” to “counterterrorism.”
Adil Haque calls the new line “preposterous” given the mass violence. Why the pivot? Possibly to avoid ICC exposure. I wrote a short note: www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/myanmars-i...
#ICJ #ICC #Rohingya #Myanmar
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Adil Haque calls the new line “preposterous” given the mass violence. Why the pivot? Possibly to avoid ICC exposure. I wrote a short note: www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/myanmars-i...
#ICJ #ICC #Rohingya #Myanmar
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Myanmar’s ICJ defence strategy shifts
The junta’s strategic gamble in The Hague
www.rohingyarefugee.news
January 15, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Myanmar’s ICJ defence may be shifting from “deportation” to “counterterrorism.”
Adil Haque calls the new line “preposterous” given the mass violence. Why the pivot? Possibly to avoid ICC exposure. I wrote a short note: www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/myanmars-i...
#ICJ #ICC #Rohingya #Myanmar
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Adil Haque calls the new line “preposterous” given the mass violence. Why the pivot? Possibly to avoid ICC exposure. I wrote a short note: www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/myanmars-i...
#ICJ #ICC #Rohingya #Myanmar
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ICJ:
Yesterday and this morning, lawyers for The Gambia, including Tafadzwa Pasipanodya, presented harrowing evidence of systematic violence. They described door-to-door rampages, the beheading of elderly men, and the public gang rape of women and girls, followed by killings.
Yesterday and this morning, lawyers for The Gambia, including Tafadzwa Pasipanodya, presented harrowing evidence of systematic violence. They described door-to-door rampages, the beheading of elderly men, and the public gang rape of women and girls, followed by killings.
January 14, 2026 at 12:31 PM
ICJ:
Yesterday and this morning, lawyers for The Gambia, including Tafadzwa Pasipanodya, presented harrowing evidence of systematic violence. They described door-to-door rampages, the beheading of elderly men, and the public gang rape of women and girls, followed by killings.
Yesterday and this morning, lawyers for The Gambia, including Tafadzwa Pasipanodya, presented harrowing evidence of systematic violence. They described door-to-door rampages, the beheading of elderly men, and the public gang rape of women and girls, followed by killings.
Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) has been instrumental in supporting Rohingya survivors, including men, women, and those from the Hijra/transgender community, in travelling to The Hague.
legalactionworldwide.org/accountabili...
legalactionworldwide.org/accountabili...
A historic milestone for justice: Merits hearings begin in The Gambia v. Myanmar genocide case at the International Court of Justice – Legal Action Worldwide
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January 14, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) has been instrumental in supporting Rohingya survivors, including men, women, and those from the Hijra/transgender community, in travelling to The Hague.
legalactionworldwide.org/accountabili...
legalactionworldwide.org/accountabili...
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Anyone who was surprised by Zuckerberg's MAGA turn wasn't paying attention to how he allows Facebook to be used to incite genocide against the Rohingya people
Knife graphic wishing for “13 May” violence circulated in Malaysian Facebook spaces targeting Rohingya. It was up ~48 hours & had hundreds of comments before removal.
I’ve posted screenshots + translations showing the wider Facebook hate-speech ecosystem.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/malaysia-a...
I’ve posted screenshots + translations showing the wider Facebook hate-speech ecosystem.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/malaysia-a...
The Anti-Rohingya Turn in Malaysia’s Online Spaces
Content warning: This post contains racist and anti-refugee language (quoted for documentation), and references to incitement and violence.
www.rohingyarefugee.news
January 13, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Anyone who was surprised by Zuckerberg's MAGA turn wasn't paying attention to how he allows Facebook to be used to incite genocide against the Rohingya people
Reposted by Rohingya Refugee News (RRN)
There is a striking similarity between the language being used online against Rohingya in Malaysian online (mainly FB) spaces today & what was used against them in Myanmar in the time prior to the genocide.
Hateful, dehumanising, scapegoating & inciting violence against them.
Hateful, dehumanising, scapegoating & inciting violence against them.
Knife graphic wishing for “13 May” violence circulated in Malaysian Facebook spaces targeting Rohingya. It was up ~48 hours & had hundreds of comments before removal.
I’ve posted screenshots + translations showing the wider Facebook hate-speech ecosystem.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/malaysia-a...
I’ve posted screenshots + translations showing the wider Facebook hate-speech ecosystem.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/malaysia-a...
The Anti-Rohingya Turn in Malaysia’s Online Spaces
Content warning: This post contains racist and anti-refugee language (quoted for documentation), and references to incitement and violence.
www.rohingyarefugee.news
January 13, 2026 at 8:05 AM
There is a striking similarity between the language being used online against Rohingya in Malaysian online (mainly FB) spaces today & what was used against them in Myanmar in the time prior to the genocide.
Hateful, dehumanising, scapegoating & inciting violence against them.
Hateful, dehumanising, scapegoating & inciting violence against them.
Knife graphic wishing for “13 May” violence circulated in Malaysian Facebook spaces targeting Rohingya. It was up ~48 hours & had hundreds of comments before removal.
I’ve posted screenshots + translations showing the wider Facebook hate-speech ecosystem.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/malaysia-a...
I’ve posted screenshots + translations showing the wider Facebook hate-speech ecosystem.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/malaysia-a...
The Anti-Rohingya Turn in Malaysia’s Online Spaces
Content warning: This post contains racist and anti-refugee language (quoted for documentation), and references to incitement and violence.
www.rohingyarefugee.news
January 13, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Knife graphic wishing for “13 May” violence circulated in Malaysian Facebook spaces targeting Rohingya. It was up ~48 hours & had hundreds of comments before removal.
I’ve posted screenshots + translations showing the wider Facebook hate-speech ecosystem.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/malaysia-a...
I’ve posted screenshots + translations showing the wider Facebook hate-speech ecosystem.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/malaysia-a...
ICJ Rohingya genocide case is back in The Hague for the 2026 merits hearings.
Here is a clean link hub: the official schedule, UN Web TV archive, the NUG’s representation letters, and a couple of strong legal briefings. Bookmark it.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/iicj-rohin...
Here is a clean link hub: the official schedule, UN Web TV archive, the NUG’s representation letters, and a couple of strong legal briefings. Bookmark it.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/iicj-rohin...
ICJ Rohingya Genocide Hearings 2026: The Documents That Matter
Curated links for the ICJ Rohingya genocide case. The official hearings schedule, UN Web TV archive, NUG representation letters, and key legal briefings
www.rohingyarefugee.news
January 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
ICJ Rohingya genocide case is back in The Hague for the 2026 merits hearings.
Here is a clean link hub: the official schedule, UN Web TV archive, the NUG’s representation letters, and a couple of strong legal briefings. Bookmark it.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/iicj-rohin...
Here is a clean link hub: the official schedule, UN Web TV archive, the NUG’s representation letters, and a couple of strong legal briefings. Bookmark it.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/iicj-rohin...