MOHAMMAD RAKIBUL HASAN
The Looted Honor

The Myanmar government had taken a scorched earth policy to remove the whole Rohingya community from Myanmar. In 2017, they started killing Rohingyas, burnt their houses, looted their belongings and raped many women who later delivered unwanted child in refugee camps in Bangladesh. It was a horrific situation that the Army conducted on Rohingya community. The ethnic cleansing started in 1978 when a massive military operation named “Operation Dragon King” broke against the Rohingya people. This unfortunate Muslim minor community had no citizenship of Myanmar and was not allowed to travel anywhere except for their allocated territory. They never attended high school, never had good health access and never knew about birth control. As a result, rape victims were not aware of how to control these unwanted children. They had to become mothers of children stemming from rape. These women are now in traumatic situation but are brave enough to unfold their identities to the world so that the wo

Author
Mohammad Rakibul Hasan is a Dhaka, Bangladesh-based documentary photographer, filmmaker, visual artist, and art educator. His work explores human rights, social development, politics, the environment, and spirituality. Hasan was nominated for many international awards and won hundreds of photographic competitions worldwide, including the Lucie Award, Human Rights Press Award, and Allard Prize.
He pursued a One-Year Certificate in Creative Practices at the ICP – International Center of Photography, USA. Hasan holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Photography from Falmouth University and an Undergraduate Certificate in Art History and Philosophy from Oxford University. He also pursued a Postgraduate Diploma in Photojournalism from Ateneo de Manila University and graduated in Film & Video Production from UBS Film School at the University of Sydney. Hasan works as a visual journalist for the ZUMA Press, Redux Pictures, and Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Website
http://mrhasanphotos.com/

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