Ataullah, the leader of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), was arrested in Bangladesh and charged under antiterrorism laws, along with nine other ARSA members. This arrest follows coordinated attacks by ARSA in 2016 and 2017, which led to severe retaliatory violence from the Myanmar military, classified by the U.S. as genocide. Over a million Rohingya refugees now live in dire conditions in Bangladesh, with escalating violence within refugee camps further complicating their plight and radicalizing youth in the community.
The United States has labeled the expulsion of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh, which propelled the fastest outflow of refugees in recent history, a genocide.
Dozens of Rohingya villages were wiped from the map in what the Myanmar military called security operations, reflecting the severe impact of ARSA's insurgency.
Today, more than a million Rohingya are confined to a series of tent settlements in neighboring Bangladesh, highlighting the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
Gun battles in the camps between rival militant groups, including ARSA, have added yet another layer of trauma to Rohingya life and radicalized a generation.
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