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During Myanmar military-led attacks against
Rohingya that began in August 2017, 35 members
of M.S.’s family were killed, and others were
seriously harmed. “I have my identity card with me,”
he said. “My family members have the family photo,
family cards, and we even have the documents for
the land. While all these prove my life in [Myanmar],
the NVC would call me Bengali. But I am a Rohingya.
I am not a Bengali, and I will never except the NVC.
I will only go back [to Myanmar] if three of our
demands are met—they give us our citizenship
as a Rohingya; they give us compensation for all
the destruction they have caused; and complete
security of life is ensured for us. Unless we have
that, we are not going back.”
©Saiful Huq Omi, Counter Foto,
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, August 2019.