“I May Be Killed Any Moment” 39 His brother said, “I was there in the hospital for about a month to take care of him.”169 The man and his family have since resettled to a third country.170 In March 2023, the Washington Post also documented the abduction and beating of the man.171 * * * In another case, members of ARSA abducted a Rohingya man, 25, in 2022 for refusing to join the armed militant group. He told Fortify Rights that he was “invited by [ARSA] to join them,” so he met with members of the group, after which the group abducted and tortured him for six consecutive days.172 He told Fortify Rights: They tied me up and put me in the bathroom. There were five people, including one [ARSA] commander. The other four were obeying orders from the commander. They said, “You must join us.” ... I said, “I have a wife and kids. I cannot work for you.” They said, “You need to leave your wife and kids and join us. If we can liberate [Myanmar], you can bring your family back to Myanmar.” Then they said, “If you don’t join, we will kill you.” They then tied me up and locked me in the bathroom.173 The Rohingya man identified the ARSA commander and said he lived in a nearby block in the refugee camps.174 The man drew for Fortify Rights the layout of the area where ARSA detained him, explaining that the bathroom was approximately five steps away from a shop and next to the shop was a room in a shelter where they beat him.175 He said, “I was taken to the room next to the shop and beaten and after taken back to the bathroom [where I was locked up].”176 They detained him for six days and tortured him almost daily. He said: “I was beaten badly. They got a cane, and they started beating me. I tried to block the cane from hitting me with my arm, and that’s how I got the scar on my arm. They put my face down and beat me on my butt and thigh. I have a scar on my thigh.”177 He told Fortify Rights that ARSA wanted him to monitor the camps. He explained: They wanted me to be the night shift worker and footman to patrol in the camps from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. … They provide sticks to people who patrol. ... After a while, they would invite us to Tashkil [“going towards God’s path” or “go for an operation/mission” in English] in Myanmar for six months. ... I told them I didn’t want to join, and I could not beat my fellow brothers being Muslim. They said, “If we can beat someone being a Muslim, why can’t you do it like us?”178 He added: “[ARSA members] don’t care if you are educated or an average person. As long as you are a man, they will try to recruit you. They want to rob people, steal lights, and beat people. They don’t have support in the community, but they want to expand their organization.”179 * * * In mid-2023, men believed to be ARSA but who claimed to be RSO abducted a Rohingya man in his twenties. He said: 169 Ibid. 170 Fortify Rights communication with G.F., August 23, 2024. 171 Rebecca Tan, “The Rohingya Fled Genocide. Now, Violence Stalks Them as Refugees,” Washington Post, March 7, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/07/rohingya-refugees-targeted-killings-cox-bazar/. 172 Fortify Rights interview with C.D., Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, March 22, 2023. 173 Ibid. 174 Ibid. 175 Hand-drawn map by C.D., on file with Fortify Rights, March 22, 2023. 176 Fortify Rights interview with C.D., Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, March 22, 2023. 177 Ibid. 178 Ibid. 179 Ibid.