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  • Shafiur Rahman - Wasted Lives or How Bangladesh Exploits the Rohingya
    09.04.2025

    Wasted Lives or How Bangladesh Exploits the Rohingya

    How Bangladesh treats Rohingya refugees as a surplus population for profit, control, and global leverage. Read my Himal article for a deeper look.

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  • Shafiur Rahman - The OIC’s Rohingya Double Game
    05.03.2025

    The OIC’s Rohingya Double Game

    How the OIC, despite supporting the Rohingya at the ICJ, engaged with figures tied to armed groups and Myanmar’s military in Bangladesh’s refugee camps.

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  • Shafiur Rahman - The Rohingya Exodus from Maungdaw in Northern Rakhine State
    09.02.2025

    The Rohingya Exodus from Maungdaw in Northern Rakhine State

    The Last Rohingya Enclave in Myanmar is Emptying

    Thousands of Rohingya have been forcibly displaced from Maungdaw by the Arakan Army, facing starvation, violence, and forced recruitment. Read about their struggle for survival and escape.

    Maungdaw Arakan Arakan Army Bangladesh Rohingya
  • Shafiur Rahman - Bangladesh’s Interim Government Shifts Stance on Myanmar
    15.12.2024

    Bangladesh’s Interim Government Shifts Stance on Myanmar

    A Realpolitik Recalibration of the Rohingya Crisis?

    Bangladesh's interim government signals a shift in its approach to Myanmar—embracing realpolitik and controversial strategies that may further jeopardise Rohingya welfare. Discover the implications in this analysis.

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  • Shafiur Rahman - The Mirage of Safe Zones in Rakhine State
    07.12.2024

    The Mirage of Safe Zones in Rakhine State

    Why History and Reality Make Safe Zones an Unsafe Solution

    Safe zones in Rakhine State are being promoted as a solution for the Rohingya crisis, but history and ground realities reveal their flaws. Read why these proposals risk worsening the crisis.

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  • Shafiur Rahman - BBC interview Tula Toli
    20.10.2017

    BBC interview Tula Toli

    My interview on BBC World News GMT.

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  • Shafiur Rahman - Rohingya exodus continues
    18.10.2017

    Rohingya exodus continues

    TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 2017: New figures released by the International Organisation for Migration on Tuesday showed that 582,000 Rohingya had fled Myanmar since August 25.

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  • Shafiur Rahman - Rohingya Testimony
    11.02.2017

    Rohingya Testimony

    Testimonies of rape and murder given to me by young Rohingya women who have fled Myanmar and are now in the makeshift refugee camps in southern Bangladesh.

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  • Shafiur Rahman - Rivery Gypsy school
    27.05.2016

    Rivery Gypsy school

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Shafiur Rahman

London based journalist & documentary film maker. Currently working on Rohingya and Myanmar issues. Clients include Le Iene, Mediaset, NHS London, Wall Street Journal, Rai 3 television, MarketWatch, DR TV, Danwatch.

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