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Having already admitted and repatriated hundreds of junta troops fleeing violence in Myanmar, Bangladeshi authorities refused to admit boats carrying nearly 70 members of the Border Guard Police from Rakhine State this week

More than a million residents of the affected area have been stranded by flash floods and heavy rains, according to Bangladeshi officials

The report comes as Myanmar internet users say they are facing growing difficulty using VPNs to access social media and banned websites

Police and camp residents and said both the killers and victims were members of rival militant groups known to abduct young refugees for forced recruitment into the Myanmar military

The victims’ families believe that the RSO, an armed group known for abducting young Rohingya men from the camps to fight against the Arakan Army, is responsible for the killings

Rohingya people, caught between the regime’s forced conscription and the Arakan Army’s rumoured retaliation against suspected junta collaborators, are desperately seeking ways to escape

Young Rohingya men and their relatives describe how local militias are forcing them across borders to fight for the same military that made them refugees

The new rule is the latest measure aimed at preventing young people from going abroad to avoid conscription

In a country that is among the world's worst for press freedom, many remain committed to speaking truth to power

Earning US$12 to $14 a day, divers tolerate and even embrace the dangers of retrieving wrecked vessels from the bottom of the Yangon River to sell off the scrap