Rohingya Liberation Party
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The Rohingya Liberation Party (RLP) was a Rohingya political organization in Rakhine State, Myanmar (formerly Arakan, Burma). It had an armed wing called the Rohingya Liberation Army, which was led by a former mujahideen leader named Zaffar Kawal.[1]
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Rohingya Liberation Party | |
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Leaders | Zaffar Kawal[1] Abdul Latif Muhammad Jafar Habib[2] |
Dates of operation | 1972 (1972)–1974 (1974) |
Headquarters | Buthidaung |
Active regions | Rakhine State |
Ideology | Rohingya nationalism Islamism |
Size | 800–2,500[1] |
Opponents | Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma |
Battles and wars | Internal conflict in Myanmar |
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