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Zia Hero

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Rohingya Refugee, Journalist, Documentary Photographer, UN Nansen Award 2023, Prince Claus Seeds Award 2023, Founder of Rohingyatographer Magazine www.rohingyatographer.org

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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
New event 📆13th June 🕒14:00 UK time King's College London Hold webinar "What is Peace Photography" feat @zia-hero.bsky.social & @mdyasiein.bsky.social & more www.kcl.ac.uk/events/what-...
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What is Peace Photography? 
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The #Rohingya people, one of the most persecuted communities in the world, face an ongoing struggle against #genocide, statelessness, and forced displacement. observerdiplomat.com/food-as-resi...
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
A Rohingya woman told BenarNews she was sexually assaulted by Arakan Army insurgents in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, who killed three relatives, forcing her to flee to a refugee camp in Bangladesh. www.rfa.org/english/myan... #Myanmar #Rohingya
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Bangladesh's Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has urged the international community to come forward to support Rohingyas, noting that any foreign fund cuts will make addressing the #Rohingya humanitarian crisis even harder. #RohingyaCrisis www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/f...
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Foreign fund cuts will worsen Rohingya crisis, says Adviser Touhid
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has urged the international community to come forward to support Rohingyas, noting that any foreign fund cuts will make addressing the Rohingya humanitarian c...
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
“We don’t want to be a forgotten community. I want people around the world to see the #Rohingya people as human beings, like everyone else.” #RohingyaCrisis #Myanmar #Bangladesh www.thephoblographer.com/2024/09/06/r...
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UN Prize-Winning Rohingya Photographer Reflects on His Journey
One of the four photographers, who won the UNCHR prize in 2023, reflects on his experiences and plight of his community a year later.
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
#Rohingya civilians, about 600,000 of whom remain in #Rakhine, have been trapped in the middle of hostilities. They have faced massacres, looting, rape, drone attacks and forced conscription, while struggling to keep themselves fed and sheltered. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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‘We’ve lost all hope’: Rohingya trapped as Bangladesh closes Myanmar border
Muslim refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar are being detained and forced back by Bangladeshi border guards
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The #US president wasted no time in using his powers to act on a range of policy priorities - from immigration to #TikTok. #USA #Trump www.bbc.com/news/article...
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What executive orders has Trump signed after taking office?
The Republican quickly set about using his new powers to approve executive actions on a host of policy priorities.
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Nay San Lwin @nslwin.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
It is heartbreaking. After a massive fire in a refugee camp in Bangladesh today, a Rohingya woman is collecting some unburned rice from the charred remains because she needs food after losing everything in the fire. Video: @zia-hero.bsky.social
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Beauty is both the blessing and the culture of life. #Rohingya Refugee Girl in Rohingya Refugee Camp of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh #Photography #portraitphotography #portrait #Girl #Beauty #Life #Culture #Myanmar
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Facebook, Messenger are Instagram down worldwide. #Facebook #Mita #facebookdown
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Arianna Ciccone @ariannaciccone.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
I’m 14, photographing the violent protests in Georgia. The EU dream is slipping away
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I’m 14, photographing the violent protests in Georgia. The EU dream is slipping away - Coda Story
Nestan is a 14-year old Georgian high school student who has spent nearly a year photographing demonstrations in Tbilisi, Georgia. Since the Georgian Prime Minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, announced that ...
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Rohingya Muslims face new threat from Arakan Army after being persecuted by #Myanmar military #RohingyaCrisis #RohingyaGenocide #Genocide www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-paci...
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Bangladesh urges WFP to boost food aid for #Rohingyas The number of displaced people is increasing due to new births in camps. #RohingyaCrisis #Refugees #Myanmar #Bangladesh www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/3...
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Bangladesh urges WFP to boost food aid for Rohingyas
Bangladesh Ambassador to Italy Rakibul Haque has called upon the World Food Programme (WFP) to enhance food assistance for Rohingyas and to take an active role in accelerating their repatriation to My...
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Nay San Lwin @nslwin.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
“The Arakan Army has been implicated in grave human rights abuses, including indiscriminate attacks, killings, sexual violence and arbitrary arrests.” -- UN Special Envoy Tom Andrews apnews.com/article/un-m...
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UN expert: Myanmar's desperate military ramps up attacks including beheadings, rapes and torture
Myanmar’s desperate military junta is ramping up attacks on villages that have fallen to opposition groups.
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has underlined the need for a national consensus to address the #Rohingya crisis, which has been further complicated by the ongoing civil war in #Myanmar, particularly in Rakhine State. #RohingyaCrisis en.somoynews.tv/news/2024-11...
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Touhid calls for national consensus to resolve Rohingya crisis | Bangladesh
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain has underlined the need for a national consensus to address the Rohingya crisis, which has been further complicated by the ongoing civil war in Myanmar, parti...
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org · 22/11/2024
Families like Sabiha's are fleeing airstrikes in Lebanon, crossing into Syria—even if it means selling what little they have to get there. UNHCR is providing life-saving aid, but more support is needed. Please donate: bit.ly/3MTeuzI
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
We hope the international community does not forget about the #Rohingya altogether. Among the numerous issues that #Bangladesh has had in recent years, perhaps none have been more frustrating than the #Rohingyacrisis. www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/edit...
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Will a resolution to the Rohingya crisis remain a pipe dream?
Among the numerous issues that Bangladesh has had in recent years, perhaps none have been more frustrating than the Rohingya crisis as unlike many of the other issues, this is one where Bangladesh has...
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
While global media focus on other issues, the #Rohingya in Arakan (Rakhine State) in #Myanmar are enduring the 2nd wave of genocide. The Arakan Army (AA) is committing atrocities, including massacres and mass violence, against the Rohingya minority. #RohingyaCrisis #Genocide #Justice
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Yasmin Ullah @yasminjullah.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
#Rohingya women have long persisted in spaces that constantly exclude us. The feminist movement is just catching up now. Our women have worked tirelessly for decades against the backdrop of genocide & SGBV while holding up an entire community. It might be invisible, but don't assume we don't exist
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The UN will hold an all-stakeholders high-level conference on the situation of the #Rohingya and other minorities in #Myanmar in 2025 to propose a time-bound plan for a sustainable resolution of the Rohingya crisis. #RohingyaCrisis www.thedailystar.net/news/banglad...
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UN to hold conference in Myanmar next year to resolve Rohingya crisis
Bangladesh shelters some 1.2 million Rohingya people, most of whom fled a genocide in the Myanmar's Rakhine State
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The international criminal court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s former defence minister Yoav Gallant. #WorldNews #ICC #War #Genocide www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged Gaza war crimes
Warrants for Israeli PM and former defence minister put them at risk of detention if they go to some other countries
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 21/11/2024
The International Criminal Court has announced that it is issuing international arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, alleging war crimes.
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Pierre Peron @pierreperon.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Today’s free humanitarian reporting glossary: “Beneficiaries” = People “Persons” = People “Individuals” = People “IDPs” = People "Rights-holders" = People “Populations” = People “Villagers” = People “Civilians” = People You are welcome.
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Lia Sciortino @liasciortino.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Please join our 47th #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Monthly Updates via Zoom (Link: bit.ly/MyanmarUpdates… ) or watch FB livestreaming on @SEA Junction, Mizzima and The Irrawady. 📆 30 November, 2024 🕗 4-5 pm (Bkk time)
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Are you #WithRefugees? Please follow @unhcr.org #StandWithRefugees #Refugees
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Thousands of #Rohingya refugees have arrived in Bangladesh in recent months after fleeing escalating violence in #Myanmar, while others have been pushed back or detained while trying to escape. #RohingyaCrisis #Refugees #Myanmar www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/rohin...
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As Rohingya refugees flee to Bangladesh, urgent action is needed to provide basic needs
Rohingya people who have recently fled Rakhine state, Myanmar, face overcrowding and lack of access to essential services, as well as mental stress.
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
#Journalists, Academic Researchers, Diplomats and Humanitarians interested on #Rohingya issues, please be connected with me for updates from Rohingya Refugee Camp in Bangladesh. #RohingyaCrisis
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Invisible crisis: anguish of the growing millions of stateless people, including #Rohingya from Myanmar. #RohingyaCrisis #Myanmar #Asia #Refugees #Genocide www.thenationalnews.com/news/europe/...
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Invisible crisis: anguish of the growing millions of stateless people | The National
At least 4.4 million people live without citizenship of any country in an expanding worldwide pool of refugees
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Thailand detains 70 migrants believed to be #Rohingya from Myanmar. #RohingyaCrisis #Myanmar #Genocide #Refugees en.prothomalo.com/internationa...
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Thailand detains 70 migrants believed to be Rohingya from Myanmar
In Myanmar, Rohingya Muslims are regarded as foreign interlopers from South Asia and are denied citizenship and subject to abuse.
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Support us. Our aim is to raise awareness about the #Rohingya situation and preserve their collective memory through the lens of talented Rohingya photographers. #RohingyaCrisis #Refugees #Photography #Documentary www.gofundme.com/f/rohingyato...
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
‘A small fragment hit my son, killing him’: "Rohingya refugee tells of terror of intensifying conflict in Myanmar. #RohingyaCrisis #Genocide #Myanmar #Bangladesh www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Surviving Genocide: #Rohingya Refugee woman, Khaleda's Journey from #Myanmar to Refugee Camp in #Bangladesh. #Refugees #RohingyaCrisis www.rohingyatographer.org/post/survivi...
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Surviving Genocide: Khaleda's Journey from Arakan to Refuge in Bangladesh
Word by Khaleda Lobid Khaleda Lobid was only eight years old when she fled to Bangladesh with her family. "The memories are still sharp, as if it happened yesterday—losing everything in a single hour....
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Rohingya Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh #Rohingya #Refugees #RohingyaCrisis
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Yet, @bsky.app is so slow. It takes long to refresh feed and appear notifications. It must be faster and more advanced with new features to interact users, especially #Refugees from X. #Blue-sky #social
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Rohingya Refugee Camp from the #Sky #Rohingya #Refugees #Bangladesh #Myanmar
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Zia Hero @zia-hero.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Breaking News 🚨 Four #Rohingya teenager girls were gang raped by six members of brutal Arakan Army (AA) at gun point, then pushed them to #Bangladesh on 15th Nov. Sources said that one of 4 gang-raped victims is mentally disabled. #SaveRohingya #ProtectRohingya #RohingyaGenocide
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