Sayedul Karim

We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Rohingya Consultative Council.This coalition serves as a unifying platform, bringing together Rohingya politicians, activists, organizations, women leaders, youth advocates, intellectuals, professionals&community based figures🌎

We, along with Swedish non-profit association SOMO, filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of Myanmar customers against Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor for the company’s role in serious human rights violations in Myanmar. justiceinitiative.org/newsroom/myanm…

၂၀၂၄ ခုနှစ်၊ မေလ ၂ ရက်နေ့၌ ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်၊ ဘူးသီးတောင်မြို့နယ်ရှိ ထန်းရှောက်ခံရွာဟု သိကြသည့် ဟော်ညာစီးရီးရွာရှိ ရိုဟင်ဂျာ အရပ်သား အများအပြားကို ရက္ခိုင့်တပ်တော် (AA) က သတ်ဖြတ်ခဲ့ကြောင်း @FortifyRights ၏ စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးမှုတွင် မှတ်တမ်းတင်ထားသည်။ နိုင်ငံတကာရာဇဝတ်ခုံရုံး အနေဖြင့် ၎င်း၏ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဆိုင်ရာ လူ့အခွင့်အရေးချိုးဖောက်မှုများ စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးနေမှုတွင် AA ၏ အစုလိုက်အပြုံလိုက် သတ်ဖြတ်ခဲ့သည့် သက်သေ အထောက်အထား အသစ်များကိုပါ ထည့်သွင်းစစ်ဆေးသင့်ပြီး ကုလသမဂ္ဂ အဖွဲ့ဝင်နိုင်ငံများ အနေဖြင့်လည်း AA နှင့် ၎င်း၏ တပ်မှူးများကိုပိတ်ဆို့ အရေးယူမှုများဆောင်ရွက်သင့်သည်။ “ဒီလို လုပ်ဆောင်ချက်က ရိုဟင်ဂျာ ဒုက္ခသည်တွေအတွက် တာဝန်ယူမှု တာဝန်ခံမှု ရှိလာစေရုံသာမက အနာဂတ်မှာ ဖြစ်လာမယ့် ရက်စက်မှုတွေကိုလည်း ဟန့်တားရာ ရောက်ပါတယ်။" ဟု Fortify Rights ၏ အကြီးတန်းဒါရိုက်တာ Peter Bouckaert ကပြောသည်။ bit.ly/RohingyaMassac…

Rohingya activists and legal advocacy groups have filed a criminal case against the head of Myanmar’s military junta in Indonesia, accusing him of acts of genocide against the Rohingya minority group. buff.ly/2KFv6YM

🚨 NEW: @FortifyRights investigation documents the killing of scores of #Rohingya civilians by the Arakan Army on May 2, 2024, in Hoyyar Siri, also known as Htan Shauk Khan village in Buthidaung Township, #Rakhine State. The International Criminal Court should include this massacre in its ongoing investigation in #Myanmar, and U.N. member states should impose targeted sanctions on AA and its commanders. “This could not only bring accountability for Rohingya victims but also serve as a deterrent to future atrocities,” said @bouckap, Senior Director at @FortifyRights. fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2026-0…

Funding cuts are forcing Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camps to abandon clean cooking gas for wood and plastic waste. My fellow Rohingya brother Ajas Khan writes: "We really want you to keep the gas running." theguardian.com/global-develop…

Two Rohingya youths jailed for sharing images. The images were real. They got the location wrong concerning the announcement. No correction. No warning. The Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC) moved straight to arrest. rohingyarefugee.news/p/rohingya-you…

May the light of Eid bring peace, blessings, and hope to every heart. Eid Al‑Fitr Mubarak.

@USCIRF @melsanousi1 Are you consistent regarding hate speeches and incitements against Islam in US and Canada? Selective narrative doesn't help, but only impartiality.

Cmmr @melsanousi1: “The USG should place Malaysia on its Special Watch List and urge the Malaysian gov’t to ratify core international human rights treaties that impact religious freedom, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.” uscirf.gov/annual-reports…

Chair Hartzler: “Malaysia's gov’t discriminates against Muslim groups it views as ‘deviant,’ targeting members with bans, raids, & arrests. At the state level, authorities prosecuted blasphemy cases against those they deemed to ‘insult’ Islam.”

Rohingya refugees are denied the right to work. Confined. Restricted. Contained. Then described as “fully dependent on aid.” This isn’t a humanitarian fact! Read: counterpointbd.com/The-Myth-of-Ro…

#Rohingya refugees in #Malaysia face indefinite detention, abuse, and inhumane treatment, according to an investigation by @FortifyRights. @FortifyRights calls on Malaysia to end the criminalization of refugees and ensure their immediate release from immigration detention. asianews.it/news-en/Fortif…

🇲🇲 @burmacampaignuk is calling on the UK government to impose sanctions on the Arakan Army (AA) following mounting evidence of serious human rights violations. Investigations by @FortifyRights, alongside UN reporting, have documented killings of civilians, executions, torture, and forced displacement in Rakhine State by the AA, including abuses against Rohingya communities. The UK should also support international accountability mechanisms and convene a UN Security Council meeting on the deteriorating situation. burmacampaign.org.uk/uk-government-…

Rohingya IDPs in Kyaukphyu Township report their cattle are being seized, slaughtered, and sold at unfairly low prices by the Arakan Army amid escalating conflict. Civilians fleeing violence are losing both lives and livelihoods. #Rohingya #Kyaukphyu #ArakanState

📽️ As the International Court of Justice concludes hearings in the case of the #Rohingya genocide in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, survivors speak out for justice and accountability. Fortify Rights evidence featured prominently at the hearings. @FortifyRights stands with the Rohingya community and all survivors of the #Myanmar military’s atrocities, and remains committed to holding perpetrators accountable.

These images - from the @HolocaustMuseum exhibit: '#Burma’s Path to Genocide' - show how #Rohingya communities went from citizens to targets of genocide, piece by piece, by the #BurmeseMilitary. This is not just history. It is evidence of systematic persecution and erasure. #RohingyaGenocide When Rohingya Were Citizens exhibitions.ushmm.org/burmas-path-to…

Working on collection of testimonies in the camps for years, today I’m here before the ICJ with the victims’ delegation. Justice must prevail for our community.

Following the first round of oral arguments presented by The Gambia, the President of the Rohingya Justice Initiative (RJI), @RSayedulKarim, met with @nslwin,@tunkhin80, and others present, reaffirming a shared determination to advance justice and accountability for the Rohingya.

A young man from Burma carried both of his parents—yes, both—for 160 kilometers because they couldn’t walk on their own. His father is 85, his mother is 65, and when their village had to leave because of conflict, everyone kept telling him, “Go ahead, save yourself.” But he refused to move without them. For 7 days, he walked barefoot through thick jungle, steep hills, and rushing rivers. No proper food, barely any water, his body shaking from exhaustion… but he still held his parents close and kept going, step by step, until they reached safety in Bangladesh. When someone later asked why he didn’t just run alone, he said something that hits right in the heart: “They carried me when I couldn’t walk. Now it’s my turn.”

Nuanced cover story from Outlook "Popular media tends to present Muslim women as victims with no agency. The more nuanced reality—where Muslim law provides early, structured exit routes for women—doesn’t fit neatly into dominant political narratives"

@krassenstein @grok what about this man?

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani is expected to require ALL New York Elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals. As a Jewish American I still support this 100%

@Cool_Ustaz @grok is it true?

Zohran Mamdani, the new leader in New York, has announced that the Adhan will now be called openly through loudspeakers in mosques across America. A promise is now a policy: The call to prayer will echo publicly in every mosque that wishes to do so a historic moment for Muslims in the U.S. Allahu Akbar! Allah is raising His religion in places they never expected. "They wish to extinguish the Light of Allah with their words, but Allah will perfect His Light even if the disbelievers hate it." (Qur’an 9:32)