Photo: Frontier Myanmar Arakan Now | 21 April 2026 The Arakan Army (AA) has permitted a group of forcibly conscripted Rohingya youths  to visit their families for 10 days, beginning on 18 April 2026, according to local sources. The temporary leave applies to boys and girls held at the AA's Ywet Nyo Daung camp in Buthidaung Township, where they have reportedly undergone weeks of military training after being taken. Arakan Now interviewed one of the conscripted boys. His identi

Photo: Collected Arakan Now, 20 April 2026 Rohingya youths on social media are calling for justice after the death of a young refugee, Mohammed Ullah, who went missing when a boat capsized in the Andaman Sea. Posts shared widely online say Ullah left the refugee camp after receiving threats linked to his social media activity. A WhatsApp audio call recording, circulated among Rohingya users, appears to show a man threatening Ullah. In the recording, the caller says he was tol

Photo: BBC Bangla Arakan Now | 20 April 2026 Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has directed authorities to expedite the issuance of Bangladeshi passports to Rohingyas living in Saudi Arabia who possess valid Bangladeshi documents. He gave the instruction during a courtesy meeting with Saudi Ambassador to Dhaka, Abdullah Jafar H. bin Abia, at the Secretariat on Monday, according to a statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs, as reported by BBC Bangla. The statement said the me

Photo: Collected Arakan Now | 20 April 2026 The Arakan Army released 47 Rohingya abductees and 16 other ethnic individuals from Buthidaung Prison on 17 April 2026, according to local residents. Arakan Now interviewed one of the abductees (whose name, date of abduction, and other details are being withheld for security reasons) who was among those released. He told Arakan Now that on 10 April, they were transferred to Nyaung Chaung, an Arakan Army post, prior to their release.