Win Naing is a Writer and Editor at The Daily East, covering the Rohingya crisis, humanitarian issues, displacement, and conflict reporting in Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Win Naing is a Writer and Editor at The Daily East, focusing on the Rohingya crisis, humanitarian issues, human rights, displacement, and conflict reporting across Myanmar and Bangladesh.
He has experience in field reporting and editorial work, producing news and features on refugee conditions, regional instability, and protection concerns affecting vulnerable communities.
As part of the editorial team, he contributes to fact-based reporting, content review, and publication support with a focus on accuracy and humanitarian storytelling.
Rising food and fuel prices linked to the Middle East crisis are worsening hunger across Myanmar, prompting the European Union to provide EUR 8 million in emergency assistance through the World Food Programme.
Human Rights Watch says Rohingya survivors and families affected by a deadly massacre in Myanmar’s Rakhine State have received no justice or accountability months after the attack.
A new report says Rohingya women and girls in northern Rakhine State are facing increasing sexual violence, arbitrary detention, and abuse under Arakan Army control amid worsening humanitarian conditions.
Bangladesh’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shama Obaed Islam, visited Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar, inspected humanitarian services, and reaffirmed the government’s commitment to improving camp conditions and pursuing safe, dignified repatriation.
A seven-year-old Rohingya child was reportedly killed and several others injured after security forces opened fire on displaced Rohingya civilians arriving near Sittwe, according to local sources and human rights monitors.
The Arakan Army (AA) has forcibly recruited over 300 Rohingya youths and approximately 100 girls from Buthidaung, Maungdaw, and Rathedaung townships for military training. After 45 days of training, some have been granted a temporary 10-week family visit, with threats of severe consequences if they do not return. The recruitment includes underage children, raising urgent human rights concerns.
In northern Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, the Arakan Army (AA) has been compelling 50 people from each Rohingya village under its Sector 5 control to perform unpaid forced labor on a highway construction project. Workers must bring their own food and water, receive no wages, and face verbal abuse if they stop to rest, deepening the suffering of already impoverished families.
Residents of Tha Yet Oek Village in Maungdaw Township say members of the Arakan Army (AA) pressured the families of two slain Rohingya youths to record videos denying the group’s involvement in the killings.
Two young men, identified as Dowla Yah (Enus) and Muhammad Sawlam, were reportedly abducted and beheaded in Tha Yet Oek Village, Maungdaw Township, raising serious concerns about civilian safety in northern Arakan. Residents report restricted movement and growing fear among local communities.
Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing has been nominated for the presidency as the new parliament convened following a controversial general election widely criticized by opposition groups and international observers
A World Bank delegation met Bangladesh’s Agriculture Minister to discuss strengthening cooperation, investment, and sustainable development in the agricultural sector.