This leaves families at vulnerable risk, with little space to reach out to each other or get in
contact. Anowar Sadek perfectly fits in this situation who has been displaced and separated from
his family. He recounts that living away from family members feels like living without purpose. It
feels exactly like that one of your fundamental parts of existence has been torn away. Breaking
away from one's kinship network is filled with an overwhelming sense of incompleteness, and the
distance between family members deepens anxiety. He emphasizes that he constantly fears for
their safety, wondering if they are dead or alive or facing hardships or any dangers. Feeling a
sense of helplessness on being unable to protect or support them. For him, this feeling of
powerlessness is agonizing. Managing to get in touch with a few of his family members over the
phone, he says that every phone call or message is disturbing. While acknowledging that at times
it brings some relief to hear their voices and receive some safe messages, it is equally painful that
the family members remain apart.
Mohammad Noor, another victim of the 2024 violence of the AA, along with four members of his
immediate family, was impacted due to forcible displacement. In addition to his family, ten
relatives from his extended family have also been displaced. His family is lucky as none of his
members have disappeared. However, he has reported in his testimony that four individuals from
his village have gone missing. The violence and persecution led to the displacement of around
800 villagers from his hometown. He is aware that the displacement of the community began in
2012. He vividly remembers that tensions and violence, in his state back then, made it very
difficult for Rohingya families to sustain their lives. Unfortunately, the military imposed severe
movement restrictions, and multiple episodes of violence occurred up to the year 2023. However,
the situation escalated in 2024 when military forces and the AA groups came face to face in his
hometown. He vividly recalls the night of the attack when, at around 9:00 p.m., the armed group
that is AA seized his place. They fired at innocent civilians, resulting in the loss of many
Rohingya lives. Setting fire to the homes and Rohingya properties, he realised like most of the
fleeing people that the AA does not want the community to return back to their villages or places.
A similar pattern was found by Burmese Rohingya Organization United Kingdom (BROUK), in
the forced displacement of Rohingya civilians in Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships, in its
January 2025 report, as it states,
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