Summary 16 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.

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