I. Killings, Abductions, Torture, and Threats by Rohingya Militant Groups in Bangladesh’s Refugee Camps 40 Very recently [in 2023], I was beaten by the bad people here. They wore masks. They were members of Ata Ullah’s group [ARSA]. ... They blindfolded me and tied my hands behind my back. They said, “We are from RSO, and we are beating you because you are a member of ARSA.” They beat my back, and I still have pain.180 The man said the men who abducted him later claimed to be members of ARSA, saying: “We are from ARSA, but we are claiming to be RSO to malign them. We want to destroy the name of RSO.”181 Fortify Rights was unable to independently verify the perpetrators’ affiliation. The man also described to Fortify Rights how his captors took him to a hillside near the camps to beat him: “They made me kneel, put my hands behind my back, and kicked my back. They beat me on the knees with an iron rod. They punched my face and kicked my chest. I could hardly eat rice for several days because they hit me so hard. … I was beaten so badly.”182 The man told Fortify Rights: “I need [medical care]. I can’t eat well or work, really. My back still hurts where they kicked me.”183 * * * In another incident in September 2023, a group of armed men abducted a Rohingya writer and human rights defender. He said: I was on my way home. … At that moment, an armed group came and kidnapped me. Four people had face masks on and took me. They detained me for two days. Their reason for abducting me was to halt my activism, and they wanted me to join their team and write for them. I am a human rights activist. ... I can’t write for criminals that will harm my community.184 The man explained, “[The abductors] said when I was detained, ‘We need an intellectual person like you. We need a writer like you to join us.’”185 He told Fortify Rights that he believed the men who abducted him were from RSO.186 Fortify Rights was unable to independently verify the group’s affiliation. No Man’s Land Clashes On January 18, 2023, Bangladesh authorities together with RSO entered “No Man’s Land”—a narrow strip of land between the international border between Myanmar and Bangladesh, also known as “Zero Point” in Tumbru [Taungpyo], Bandarban District, Bangladesh. The area was previously “home” to several thousand Rohingya refugees but became a stronghold for ARSA.187 During the operation on January 18, 2023, Bangladesh authorities and RSO attacked suspected ARSA positions. 180 Fortify Rights interview with F.B., Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, August 29, 2023. 181 Ibid. 182 Ibid. 183 Ibid. 184 Fortify Rights interview with G.B., Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, September 14, 2023. 185 Ibid. 186 Ibid. 187 See, e.g., Mahbubur Rahman, Refugee Research Online, The Rohingyas in No Man’s Land Have Fled to Bangladesh, February 21, 2023, https://refugeeresearchonline.org/the-rohingyas-in-no-mans-land-have-fled-to-bangladesh/; Tofayel Ahmad, Rohingya Living in ‘No Man’s Land’ Insist They Will Stay, Associated Press, March 10, 2018, https://apnews. com/general-news-b1473a0b231c4fdd845c569e248326c8.