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Tag: Rakhine Government

October 15, 2019

Arakan Army Shows Off Video of...

Ethnic Rakhines comprise the majority of soldiers who serve in the Myanmar Army in Rakhine state, where the AA has been engaged in heightened armed conflict this year with government forces in a quest for greater autonomy in the region

May 12, 2019

Family Members of Three Rakhine Villagers...

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupert Colville released a statement about a similar incident of deaths-in-detention in Rathedaung township’s Kyauk Tan village. The statement said that the Kyauk Tan incident was not isolated, citing the Mrauk-U incident and claiming that the three detainees had been shot

April 12, 2019

Myanmar’s Rakhine Government Bans Donations to...

Myanmar villagers told RFA’s Myanmar Service on Thursday that a military column had entered the village and apprehended 27 locals the troops believed to be connected to the AA, but that they had no ties to the ethnic army fighting for autonomy in Rakhine state

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