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Dil Kayas

@dilkayas2

A Rohingya photographer with Fortify Rights media fellow and Dohadebets.

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We’re grateful #Bangladesh authorities took action to arrest Ata Ullah, head of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army. We’re encouraging Dhaka to coordinate with the ICC to prosecute him for war crimes in #Myanmar and #Bangladesh. ⁦⁦Fortify Rights⁩ fortifyrights.org/bgd-inv-2025-0…

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Timely op-ed by my colleague Lay Sheng Fortify Rights calls on #Malaysia to ratify the Rome Statute and join the Int’l Criminal Court. Time to “walk the talk.” “Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim now has an opportunity to seize this moment...” eastasiaforum.org/2025/03/31/mal…

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India 🇮🇳 / Myanmar 🇲🇲 India must immediately halt forced returns of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, says Lay Sheng of Fortify Rights. fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025-0…

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India 🇮🇳 / Myanmar 🇲🇲 “The Indian government is handing Rohingya refugees to the same forces in Myanmar responsible for the genocide against them,” says Lay Sheng of Fortify Rights. Fortify Rights spoke to seven people about the forced returns. aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacifi…

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Myanmar 🇲🇲 “Delivering aid while junta aircraft continue to bomb communities ignores the core of the crisis. They need long-term recovery from both the earthquake and the junta’s atrocity crimes,” writes Seng of Fortify Rights. thediplomat.com/2025/05/asean-…

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#Rohingya refugees in India, face arbitrary detention and escalating threat of forced returns to #Myanmar where persecution awaits. “Forcibly returning Rohingya is unlawful and must stop. India should change course and protect refugees,” said John Quinley III, Director at

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#Rohingya refugees brace for the worst as India’s Supreme Court declined to halt forced deportations to #Myanmar where they may face persecution. “The Rohingyas are refugees who have fled genocide and persecution … It is not safe for them to return to Myanmar,” said

#Rohingya refugees brace for the worst as India’s Supreme Court declined to halt forced deportations to #Myanmar where they may face persecution.

“The Rohingyas are refugees who have fled genocide and persecution … It is not safe for them to return to Myanmar,” said
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“A responsible political ethic protects the persecuted — it does not forcibly expel vulnerable communities.” Fortify Rights’s John Quinley III speaks to Tarushi Aswani TRT World on India’s cruel and inhumane treatment of #Rohingya refugees. trt.global/world/article/…

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In honor of #WorldRefugeeDay, Fortify Rights’s documentary "𝐄𝐱𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐬", will screen in Mae Sot and Chiang Rai as part of the Myanmar Film Tour 2025 by SEM. The film follows Omal Khair, Azimul Hasson and Dil Kayas as they learn to document their lives through a camera's lens —

In honor of #WorldRefugeeDay, <a href="/FortifyRights/">Fortify Rights</a>’s documentary "𝐄𝐱𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐬", will screen in Mae Sot and Chiang Rai as part of the Myanmar Film Tour 2025 by SEM.

The film follows <a href="/OmalKha/">Omal Khair</a>, <a href="/AzimulHasson/">Azimul Hasson</a> and <a href="/Dilkayas2/">Dil Kayas</a> as they learn to document their lives through a camera's lens —
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Art can be a powerful force for revolution and positive social change but is often overlooked. Watch this short film from Fortify Rights profiling the inspiring Ma Hnin and A New Burma.

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“It is time for Indian government to stop treating Rohingya refugees as pawns in its domestic anti-Muslim campaign.” In this op-ed, John Quinley III from Fortify Rights shares how Mohammad Arfat, a #Rohingya refugee and human rights defender, faced indefinite detention in #India and

“It is time for Indian government to stop treating Rohingya refugees as pawns in its domestic anti-Muslim campaign.”

In this op-ed, <a href="/john_hq3/">John Quinley III</a> from <a href="/FortifyRights/">Fortify Rights</a> shares how Mohammad Arfat, a #Rohingya refugee and human rights defender, faced indefinite detention in #India and
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In #TheForecast Ep. 5, Pavani Nagaraja Bhat and John Quinley III discuss arbitrary detention of #Rohingya refugees and India’s obligations to protect them. Listen now: youtu.be/aYPi_ahYQtY?si…

In #TheForecast Ep. 5, Pavani Nagaraja Bhat and <a href="/john_hq3/">John Quinley III</a> discuss arbitrary detention of #Rohingya refugees and India’s obligations to protect them.

Listen now: youtu.be/aYPi_ahYQtY?si…
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🎙EPISODE 9: | The Forecast: A Fortify Rights Podcast 𝐑𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐲𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡 After surviving genocide in Myanmar, #Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh now face abductions, killings, and

🎙EPISODE 9: | The Forecast: A <a href="/FortifyRights/">Fortify Rights</a> Podcast
𝐑𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐲𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡

After surviving genocide in Myanmar, #Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh now face abductions, killings, and
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မကြာသေးခင်က ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားပြုကော်မတီ (CRPH) မှ ပြဌာန်းလိုက်သော CDM ဥပဒေနှင့် ပတ်သက်၍ Fortify Rights မှ Seng က “CDM လှုပ်ရှားမှုမှာ ပါဝင်တဲ့သူတွေကို ဂုဏ်ပြုတာတွေ၊ အကာအကွယ်ပေးတာတွေ ချမှတ်ထားတဲ့ ဥပဒေက ကောင်းမွန်တဲ့အရာဖြစ်တယ်” ဟု Irrawaddy သို့ ပြောကြားခဲ့ပြီး၊ Non

မကြာသေးခင်က ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားပြုကော်မတီ (CRPH) မှ ပြဌာန်းလိုက်သော CDM ဥပဒေနှင့် ပတ်သက်၍ Fortify Rights မှ <a href="/sengchit/">Seng</a> က “CDM လှုပ်ရှားမှုမှာ ပါဝင်တဲ့သူတွေကို ဂုဏ်ပြုတာတွေ၊ အကာအကွယ်ပေးတာတွေ ချမှတ်ထားတဲ့ ဥပဒေက ကောင်းမွန်တဲ့အရာဖြစ်တယ်” ဟု Irrawaddy သို့ ပြောကြားခဲ့ပြီး၊ Non
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“We must look beyond the fences, not just with sympathy, but with concrete action.” Christos Christou of MSF International calls on the international community to ensure dignity, rights, and access to basic needs for #Rohingya refugees in #Bangladesh. dhakatribune.com/384296

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Bangladesh 🇧🇩 The interim govt directed authorities to install solar panels on roofs of govt buildings, including schools and hospitals, in a push to generate clean energy and curb reliance on costly fuel imports. reuters.com/business/energ…

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🇲🇲 NEW: A new investigation by Fortify Rights finds that the Arakan Army (AA) has committed serious violations of the laws of war against #Rohingya civilians in ad-hoc detention centers and villages under its control in #Rakhine State. The International Criminal Court should

🇲🇲 NEW: A new investigation by <a href="/FortifyRights/">Fortify Rights</a> finds that the Arakan Army (AA) has committed serious violations of the laws of war against #Rohingya civilians in ad-hoc detention centers and villages under its control in #Rakhine State. 

The International Criminal Court should
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#Myanmar 🇲🇲 Human Rights Watch finds that the Arakan Army has imposed severe restrictions and committed grave abuses against #Rohingya in #Rakhine State. “Life under the Arakan Army’s control was incredibly restrictive,” a Rohingya refugee said after fleeing to Bangladesh.

#Myanmar 🇲🇲

<a href="/hrw/">Human Rights Watch</a> finds that the Arakan Army has imposed severe restrictions and committed grave abuses against #Rohingya in #Rakhine State.

“Life under the Arakan Army’s control was incredibly restrictive,” a Rohingya refugee said after fleeing to Bangladesh.