Rohingya Life

Ziaur was born on 20 June 1993 at Mee Chang Zay, Buthidaung township of Arakan State, West Myanmar.  His family was denied the rights of citizenship in Myanmar and, instead, was subjected to human rights abuses with no recourse.  His father worked as a farmer to provide for the family. The father was forced by the Myanmar military to do various kinds of unqualified job, like carrying their stuff around, and then performing the duty as a village border control – all these he had to do at least thrice a week without a payment or even a simple meal provided.  There was a day his father refused to attend the services. Next day the military appeared at the house. The military beat and tortured the father which left him with forever crippled leg. Later, his family sought refuge in Bangladesh before another tragedy hit them. Forced into a desperate situation, Ziaur’s father abandoned the family when he was just two years old, making them dependent to the maternal grand...

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ADAM BEMMA Survivor: A Rohingya’s Journey is the title of Ziaur Rahman’s autobiography, to be published later this year. (Courtesy of Ziaur Rahman/File) The 2017 Rohingya humanitarian crisis caused by Myanmar is not only affecting Bangladesh, which has taken in 740,000 refugees, but it's also causing strife in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. Despite Myanmar’s alleged attempts at repatriation, Rohingya have stayed put in camps and cities fearing the security situation in their villages and towns of Rakhine state. More Rohingya are returning to the seas, retracing the migration route of the 2015 Rohingya refugee crisis from ports in Myanmar and Bangladesh across the Andaman Sea to the Strait of Malacca. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo mentioned the need to end the Rohingya refugee crisis and begin voluntary repatriation to Myanmar, at the recent 2019 ASEAN Summit in Bangkok. Survivor: A Rohingya’s Journey  is the title o...