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Credible reports indicate that the Arakan Army committed crimes against the Rohingya in Buthidaung in May – but the group has managed to silence many of its critics among the resistance and civil society organisations. By FRONTIER Ko Maung Maung hid in his uncle’s house, watching from the window as Buthidaung town went up in […]
In the first week of August, as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Bangladesh ending her 15 years in power, we had just completed a draft report on the state of civil society, ready to submit to a funding partner. Our interviews and discussions painted a bleak picture. Against the backdrop of the demise of democratic […]