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(26 Aug 2026)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kutupalong, Cox’s Bazar district, southeastern Bangladesh - 25 August 2026
1. Various drone of Rohingya refugees gathering and observing Genocide Day at Rohingya camp ++MUTE++
2. SOUNDBITE (Rohingya Dialect/English) Sayed Ullah, Rohingya refugee leader: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS AND SPLIT SCREEN WITH PREVIOUS SHOT AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT 3-4++
“Today, we appealed to the international community, the Bangladesh government and the public to work collectively with us to find a solution to our situation. But the main issue is that everyone is doing for the Rohingya, but no one consults with the Rohingya. That's why I'm saying that consult with us, we find the solution.”
3. Wide of Rohingya refugees marching to rally
4. Various of Rohingya listening traditional Tarana song
5. Various of Rohingya refugees praying
6. SOUNDBITE (Rohingya Dialect/English) Asmat Ara, Rohingya refugee: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT 7++
“I am a student, and I am studying. My dream is to continue my education so that I can provide for my family and stand on my own feet. I want to be able to support my family and, in the future, give my children an education. That is what I want, but I cannot do it now because we were beaten and driven out of Myanmar. We have come here to seek justice.”
7. Wide of Rohingya refugees praying, holding banner, Bangladeshi flags
STORYLINE:
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camps marked the ninth anniversary of their mass exodus on Tuesday, demanding their safe return to Myanmar.
They urged the international community to ensure security in their previous home Rakhine state for their safe return despite failed attempts in the past, holding banners that read, "No More Genocide. Timely Justice," and "25 August. A Day We Will Never Repeat."
The refugees gathered in an open field at a camp in Kutupalong, in the Cox’s Bazar district in southeastern Bangladesh, the main site of the sprawling camps housing more than a million refugees.
Myanmar’s military-backed government said Saturday that more than 300,000 Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh are former residents of western Rakhine state and that it will accept their return once security conditions improve.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement comes as the Rohingya refugee crisis enters its ninth year, with hundreds of thousands of refugees still living in camps in Bangladesh after fleeing Myanmar in August 2017 when the military launched a crackdown following attacks by a Rohingya insurgent group on guard posts in Rakhine.
The operation drove more than 700,000 Rohingya across the border into Bangladesh, joining hundreds of thousands of others already living there for decades in the wake of waves of previous violence perpetrated by Myanmar’s military.
The scale, organization and ferocity of the operation led to accusations of ethnic cleansing and genocide from the international community, including the U.N.
Myanmar and Bangladesh agreed to a two-year repatriation process in 2018. However, security in Myanmar worsened following an army takeover in 2021 that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, triggering widespread armed resistance. Plans to repatriate the refugees have not succeeded.
In recent years, the security situation in Rakhine state has become more volatile.
AP Video by Shamimul Islam and Abdul Goni
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(26 Aug 2026)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kutupalong, Cox’s Bazar district, southeastern Bangladesh - 25 August 2026
1. Various drone of Rohingya refugees gathering and observing Genocide Day at Rohingya camp ++MUTE++
2. SOUNDBITE (Rohingya Dialect/English) Sayed Ullah, Rohingya refugee leader: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS AND SPLIT SCREEN WITH PREVIOUS SHOT AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT 3-4++
“Today, we appealed to the international community, the Bangladesh government and the public to work collectively with us to find a solution to our situation. But the main issue is that everyone is doing for the Rohingya, but no one consults with the Rohingya. That's why I'm saying that consult with us, we find the solution.”
3. Wide of Rohingya refugees marching to rally
4. Various of Rohingya listening traditional Tarana song
5. Various of Rohingya refugees praying
6. SOUNDBITE (Rohingya Dialect/English) Asmat Ara, Rohingya refugee: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT 7++
“I am a student, and I am studying. My dream is to continue my education so that I can provide for my family and stand on my own feet. I want to be able to support my family and, in the future, give my children an education. That is what I want, but I cannot do it now because we were beaten and driven out of Myanmar. We have come here to seek justice.”
7. Wide of Rohingya refugees praying, holding banner, Bangladeshi flags
STORYLINE:
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camps marked the ninth anniversary of their mass exodus on Tuesday, demanding their safe return to Myanmar.
They urged the international community to ensure security in their previous home Rakhine state for their safe return despite failed attempts in the past, holding banners that read, "No More Genocide. Timely Justice," and "25 August. A Day We Will Never Repeat."
The refugees gathered in an open field at a camp in Kutupalong, in the Cox’s Bazar district in southeastern Bangladesh, the main site of the sprawling camps housing more than a million refugees.
Myanmar’s military-backed government said Saturday that more than 300,000 Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh are former residents of western Rakhine state and that it will accept their return once security conditions improve.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement comes as the Rohingya refugee crisis enters its ninth year, with hundreds of thousands of refugees still living in camps in Bangladesh after fleeing Myanmar in August 2017 when the military launched a crackdown following attacks by a Rohingya insurgent group on guard posts in Rakhine.
The operation drove more than 700,000 Rohingya across the border into Bangladesh, joining hundreds of thousands of others already living there for decades in the wake of waves of previous violence perpetrated by Myanmar’s military.
The scale, organization and ferocity of the operation led to accusations of ethnic cleansing and genocide from the international community, including the U.N.
Myanmar and Bangladesh agreed to a two-year repatriation process in 2018. However, security in Myanmar worsened following an army takeover in 2021 that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, triggering widespread armed resistance. Plans to repatriate the refugees have not succeeded.
In recent years, the security situation in Rakhine state has become more volatile.
AP Video by Shamimul Islam and Abdul Goni
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