RVD-Rohingya Voices of Dignity for Women & Children Empowerment

February 17, 2026

Another devastating fire has struck Camp 5.
At around 3:00 AM, Block E-04 caught fire, once again putting vulnerable families at serious risk. These repeated nighttime fires are deeply alarming.

As Ramadan approaches, families in the Rohingya refugee camps are preparing for a month of reflection and prayer. Instead, they are facing fear, displacement, and loss.
How many more incidents must happen before stronger preventive measures are taken?

We urgently need:

Improved fire prevention systems
Faster emergency response support
Adequate firefighting equipment on every block
Stronger safety awareness and community protection mechanisms
Lives are at stake. Children, women, and elderly people continue to suffer from repeated displacement and trauma.
I call upon humanitarian organizations, authorities, and the international community to strengthen fire safety measures immediately and ensure protection for the Rohingya community.

At 3:00 AM on February 13, another fire tore through Camp 11—just days after devastating fires in Camps 5 and 9. This is not a coincidence. This is a pattern.

How many midnight infernos must erupt in the refugee camps of Cox's Bazar before the world stops calling them “incidents” and starts demanding accountability?

If these fires are acts of arson, where are the arrests? Where are the investigation reports? If they are the result of systemic negligence, why have safety failures continued for eight years?
Rohingya families should not go to sleep fearing they will wake up to flames. Enough silence. Enough excuses.

The Rohingya deserve protection. They deserve justice. And they deserve answers—now.

Breaking News | Rakhine State – February 6, 2026

Tonight, February 6, at around 9:30 PM, two Rohingya houses were seen burning in Bohru Village, Myoma Taung Ward, Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State, amid intense military operations.

At the same time, Myanmar’s military junta carried out multiple airstrikes in Buthidaung Township, using jet fighters to drop heavy bombs, including suspected 1,000-pound bombs, on the former SAC (15) Division base and other military-related locations, according to reports.

The air attacks occurred three times:

8:29 PM – including what residents believe was a 1,000-pound bomb
8:30 PM – a second strike
9:10 PM – a third strike
Local sources said the jet fighters continuously targeted AA divisions and battalions. Due to the late-night timing and the use of extremely heavy explosives, there are serious concerns about heavy casualties, while civilians remain in deep fear.

Residents described the explosions as unlike anything they had ever experienced during previous clashes in Buthidaung and Maungdaw. In the past, 500-pound bombs were reportedly used, but tonight’s blasts were far more powerful. Many believe the unprecedented noise and shockwaves indicate the use of 1,000-pound bombs.

More than a dozen residents reported that the explosions shook the ground and houses across Maungdaw, Buthidaung, and even areas near the Bangladesh border, causing a sensation similar totrong earthquake. Families are now urgently fleeing to find safer places.
Civilians are terrified. The situation remains extremely tense.

Source: Maungdaw Daily News

In 2017, the Myanmar government forcibly displaced the Rohingya people from our homeland. Families were torn apart, villages were burned, and generations were pushed into exile.

Years have passed, but forgetting our history would be a grave injustice. We must not normalize displacement, statelessness, or life without dignity.

Our place is not in camps without a future. Our place is in our motherland, with citizenship, education, safety, and equal rights.
We remember the discrimination.
We remember the genocide.

We remember the violence inflicted on our women and children.
Remembrance is not hatred—it is a demand for justice.

We call on our people, our allies, and the international community to wake up, stand with us, and support the safe, voluntary, and dignified return of the Rohingya to Myanmar, with full rights guaranteed.

Our future depends on justice, not silence.
Our dignity depends on rights, not exile.