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Bangladeshis are being abducted and killed by the Arakan Army, the de facto authority in areas along the border. But Dhaka can’t use official channels to talk to a non-state actor.
Bangladeshi fishermen prepare to set off to catch fish in the Naf River in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. January 11, 2022.
On February 7, nine-year-old Huzaifa Sultana died in a Dhaka hospital, 27 days after a stray bullet fired from across the Myanmar border struck her in the head. Huzaifa had gone with her grandfather to buy snacks from a nearby shop and it was while she was returning home that she was hit.
On March 28, 13 Bangladeshi fishermen from Teknaf were reportedly detained by the Arakan Army (AA) while fishing in the Naf River, which forms the international border between southwestern Bangladesh and Myanmar. Then, on May 24, three Bangladeshis were killed in a landmine explosion near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border at Naikhongchhari.
