Myanmar, a non-Muslim South Asian country nowadays is known for killing Muslims in the world. Vested political and economic interests are key factors behind this humanitarian problem and forced for the displacement, not just of the Rohingya Muslim but for the other minorities as well. Rakhine state is a strategically important state for Myanmar's neighbor’s country, China and India. Despite its rich natural resources, Rakhine remains one of Myanmar's most impoverished states. Rakhine ranked 8th important state in terms of natural resources, business, economy, etc. Discovery of this massive energy reserves in Rakhine caught few countries attention, which developed oil and gas pipelines to connect Myanmar's Kyaukphyu port with Kunming – allowing oil from the Gulf States and Africa to be pumped to China, bypassing the Malacca Straits, and transporting hydrocarbons from Myanmar's offshore fields to China. Of the 400 million cubic feet of gas produced every day, 379 million are exported to China. 771-kilometer pipeline starts at the Bay of Bengal in Rakhine state, from where most of the Rohingya have been forced out. Another big neighbor country India is constructing the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project through Rakhine state to directly connect its northeast with the Bay of Bengal and has nearly finished the Sittwe port work where the Kaladan project starts. Companies from France, Indonesia, China, India, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and Hong Kong have invested in onshore projects while firms from South Korea, France, Malaysia, China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam are all involved in the exploration. In 2010 about 70000 acres of farmland were confiscated for the project but in those years no one dared to speak out about hardship caused by the junta. Farmer's land was confiscated. Some of them could not survive, some of them moved to another township to make a living, some are rapped, some are killed maximum are forced to go to Bangladesh. At least 6,700 Rohingya, including at least 730 children under the age of five, were killed in the month after the violence broke out, according to Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). This study will analyze how natural resources are connected with the human rights violation of the Rohingya Refugee people of Myanmar. Keywords: Human-Rights, Rohingya, Hydropower, Natural Resources, Myanmar, China, Bangladesh, Economy, Business, Politics.

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Mohmmad Safayat HOSSAIN
Civil & Environmental Engineer, MIEB – A 19869
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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3. Natural Resources at Rakhine; causes a
violation of the human rights of Rohingya
refugees in Myanmar ?
<Source: Foreign Policy (FP) Source: Myanmar Insider
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6. • The Arakan region was ceded to the British in 1826 through the
Treaty of Yandabo.
• After the independent from British rule in 1948, Arakanese
named as Arakan. This name was changed Arakan to Rakhine
in the 1990s.
• Situated on the Bay of Bengal, the Arakan state enjoys
abundance in natural resources such as forests, a coastline
therefore direct access to the sea and long stretches of
beaches, Hydropower, Gas, and the fertile land within the
Kaladan and Laymro River valleys.
• The state is divided into 4 districts and 17 townships, 3 sub-
townships, 20 towns, 132 quarters, 1,040 village-tracts and
3,861 villages.
• Total population of this state is 31,88,807 there majority people
are Buddhist and minority people are Muslim.
Source: myanmarinsider.com

7. Why?
Muslim
• Islam is a religion in Myanmar,
practiced by about 4.20% of the
population, according to the
2018 Myanmar official statistics.
• Around 800,000 Muslim Rohingyas
live in Burma with around 80% living in
the western state of Rakhine.
• Historical conflict between Muslim &
Buddhist.
• Islam phobia.
• Lacking's of Political leader for their
community.
• Lacking’s of education and awareness.
Source: Wikipedia, 2018 & Census 2018

8. Why?
Rakhine State
1. Gas (Shwe Gas Project)
2. Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project
3. Hydropower (Damming Projects)
4. Gas and Oil Test Drilling Project
5. Military Infrastructure Developments
6. Highways (i.e. Site-tway -Rangoon & Rangoon-
Kyauk-phru)
Present + Future Projects
Future Projects

9. Gas (Shwe Gas Project)
The Shwe Gas pipeline, intended to run from the
natural gas fields of the Bay of Bengal, off the west
coast of Rakhaine State, to China’s southern Yunnan
Province, is set to be the biggest such project in
Southeast Asia. For example, on 27th & 29th
November 2000, there are several villages of Wae-ka-
rat and Wae-thun chaung saw destroyed
respectively, without compensation. Most people in
the village now are daily workers.
Source: (Earth Rights International, 2009)

10. Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project
“Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Facility” (Kaladan
Project), as a means of providing a seaport – and thus access
to international trade – to the landlocked and restive
northeast of India. The infrastructure development aims to
move goods in three stages: by sea between the port of
Kolkata in eastern India and Site-tway (Sittwe); by river
transport along 225 kilometres and by road via a 120 kilometre
highway that will be constructed through the northwestern
Chin State between Kaletwa and the Burmese border with
India’s Mizoram province. Indian government providing
financial funding for the project. The land has been
confiscated from locals to build barracks, military outposts
and other related infrastructure. Over 200 acres of farmland
was recently confiscated from locals for the deployment of
artillery battalions 375 and 377 in Kyauk Taw Township.
Source: (The Economic Times, 2019)

11. Hydropower (Damming Projects)
The hydroelectric power development sector is
currently the second-largest investment recipient
after the after oil/gas sector. 16 projects that are
currently under construction and scheduled to be
completed by 2015 will generate 3,478 MW (demand
in 2011 was 1,588 MW). There is a big possibility from
big hydropower projects, like flooding with huge
areas and forcing local communities to resettle,
also led to a nationwide campaign against the
Myitsone hydropower dam in Kachin State. The dam
was being built by the Burmese contractor Asia World
and the China Power Investment Corporation.
Source: The Green Political Foundation, 2013

12. Future Projects
1. Gas and Oil Test Drilling Project
2. Military Infrastructure Developments
3. Highways (i.e. Site-tway -Rangoon & Rangoon-
Kyauk-phru)
1 2 3

13. Map Comparison

14. Map Comparison
Source: Satellite imagery of four villages in Maungdaw township, northern Rakhine State, on
November 6 and December 2, 2017. Before: © 2017 Digital Globe After: © 2017 Digital Globe
6th November 2017 2nd December 2017

15. Map Comparison
28 September 2018, at the 73rd United Nations General Assembly, Bangladeshi Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina said there are 1.1 million Rohingya refugees now in Bangladesh.

16. Map Comparison
• 288 Villages Destroyed
• 70000 acres of farmland
were confiscated
• 6,700 Rohingya killed
• 730 Children killed under
the age of five
• 700,000+ refugees fled
abroad
• Gang rapes and other
forms of sexual
violence mainly against
Rohingya women and
girls
• 24000+ Death

17. Natural Resources at
Rakhine; causes a violation
of the human rights of
Rohingya refugees in
Myanmar.
Rohingya genocide

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