THE NAF RIVER MASSACRE I want to bring back this story about Rohingya as victims of genocide—in the way we see genocide happening all over the world today. We’ve seen it in Palestine and are seeing it in many places elsewhere. People who had become trapped and helpless by those who want to destroy them. […]
Read More...CHILD LABOUR In the Bangladesh refugee camps, thousands of Rohingya children and boys continue to suffer from heartbreaking challenges every day. Many are forced into child labour, struggling to support their families just to survive. Like this young boy who walks deep into the forest to collect firewood, carrying heavy bundles on his shoulder to […]
Read More...In the photo: António Guterres, Secretary-general of the United Nations during his Ramadan visit in March 2025 said, “I have come to Bangladesh to express my solidarity with Rohingya refugees and the Bangladeshi communities hosting them.” FAITH AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT Jesus once said, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with […]
Read More...CAREGIVING . . . a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of […]
Read More...THE NAF RIVER MASSACRE The genocide in Myanmar did not end in 2017 when the largest influx of Rohingya refugees fled to Bangladesh. Only last year, in 2024, a second wave of genocide began. And it was only because the Rohingya was an ethnic minority, hated by those whose religion differed from theirs. Hated by […]
Read More...I’ve been getting to know the Rohingya people by following them closely on LinkedIn—reading about them and corresponding personally with many of the hundred and more who have connected with me over the past six months. And although inhumanity has allowed ugly chaos to develop in the world, I have come to see that Rohingya […]
Read More.... . . AND YET LIFE CONTINUES THE CHILDREN HEAR . . . BUT STILL THEY PLAY “When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.” (Psalm 56:3) Children listen. They hear their parents’ stories. But they know how to live for today, doing what children best know how to do. They play and […]
Read More...Photo by Nur Sadaque A MESSAGE FOR THE WORLD FROM A ROHINGYA REFUGEE Written by Khair Ullah, editor of Rohingytographer.org Being a Rohingya refugee means carrying endless pain and struggle. Our lives are full of humiliation, discrimination and suffering that never seems to end. We are denied the rights that every human deserves like the […]
Read More...Photo by Rohim Ullah Photo by Maung Myint Swe We Rohingya men, women, and children—the old and the young—are crying: “When will we have the comfort of a real home again—a home of our own? A place of safety. A place where we belong and can find security?” These are questions that face Rohingya every […]
Read More...Photo by Mohammed Imran And then there are the fires . . .not uncommon in Rohingya camps. “The earth suffers countless wounds, The Rohingya and the poor live in fear and pain.” (Ro Niyamot Ullah)
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