“Tools of Genocide”
“A.Z.,” 78, shows proof of his residence in Myanmar: “I have the family
photo. I have my documents for my land. I have my family card.” He fled
Myanmar Army-led attacks in northern Rakhine State 16 days after they
began. “They were burning villages,” he recalled. “I did not take the NVC
card. Once you take it, you become Bengali . . . [O]ur movements [in
Myanmar] were seriously restricted. We were not even allowed to go to
the next neighborhood.”
©Saiful Huq Omi, Counter Foto,
Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, August 2019