Tanbirul Miraj Ripon

Bangladesh, Myanmar

Bangladesh Contributor at Freelance

A freelance journalist with @TheEconomist, @CNN, @Washingtonpost ++. Focusing on the Rakhine War, CHT, Chin, Armed groups, and climate change.

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Articles

‘Are we not eating tonight?’ Myanmar’s military junta accused of using hunger as a ‘weapon’ by blocking vital food aid | CNN

Aug 23, 2024 | cnn.com | Michael Mitsanas |Tanbirul Miraj Ripon |Helen Regan |Rebecca Wright

Khin Mar Cho worries for her 4-year-old son as she struggles to scrape together enough food to feed him in a makeshift displacement camp at a crowded monastery in western Myanmar. Soldiers had stormed their village of Byine Phyu, Rakhine state, and forced her and other family members out of their homes. They detained all the men and shot her brother and other neighbors, she said. Survivors like Khin Mar Cho fled to the monastery just outside the regional capital Sittwe.