Shafiur Rahman
Documentary Maker and Journalist at Freelance
Journalist & Doc filmmaker. Refugees. RTs ≠ endorsement. Vice-Chair, National Union of Journalists, Cambridge Branch, UK | E: [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
rohingyarefugee.news | Shafiur Rahman
Bangladesh’s new High-Level Conference on Rohingya is pencilled in for 30 September 2025, New York. A week ago, the High Representative on Rohingya Affairs and now also the National Security Adviser, Khalilur Rahman, swept into the camps to rally the refugees. But only seven days earlier – in the very same neighbourhood – Myanmar-linked strongman Dil Mohammed was holding court in his freshly painted office.
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3 weeks ago |
rohingyarefugee.news | Shafiur Rahman
Yesterday, a short, emotional video was screened in Doha, Qatar, at a high-level roundtable on Rohingya refugees. It features a young Rohingya girl, Marzida, born in the camps of Bangladesh, addressing Professor Muhammad Yunus and Sheikha Hind (Qatar Foundation’s powerhouse philanthropist) directly. In English, she recounts the stories her mother has told her of their homeland — of life in Arakan before they fled, of persecution, of longing.
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1 month ago |
failedarchitecture.com | Shafiur Rahman
This article is part of the FA special series Everywhere Walls, Borders, Prisons. The Rohingya people have faced waves of persecution and displacement from Myanmar since at least 1978, when the military launched Operation Dragon King to root out so-called “foreigners” from Rakhine State. Since then, repeated campaigns of violence have forced hundreds of thousands to flee across the border into Bangladesh, only to be met with further marginalisation.
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1 month ago |
rohingyarefugee.news | Shafiur Rahman
In this episode, Shafiur Rahman speaks to Dr Ambia Parveen, Vice Chair of the European Rohingya Council, about the recent announcement by Bangladeshi and Myanmar authorities claiming that 180,000 Rohingya refugees have been cleared for return. Dr Parveen offers a sharply critical assessment of this move, calling it “political drama” rather than a serious step toward repatriation.
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1 month ago |
himalmag.com | Shafiur Rahman
Shafiur Rahman is a journalist and documentary maker. He writes the Rohingya Refugee News newsletter.
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