Rohingya Liberation Party

Rohingya Liberation Party
LeadersZaffar Kawal[1]
Abdul Latif
Muhammad Jafar Habib[2]
Dates of operation1972 (1972)–1974 (1974)
HeadquartersButhidaung
Active regionsRakhine State
IdeologyRohingya nationalism
Islamism
Size800–2,500[1]
Opponents Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
Battles and warsInternal conflict in Myanmar
Preceded by
Mujahideen

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]

  1. ^ a b c Pho Kan Kaung (May 1992). The Danger of Rohingya. Myet Khin Thit Magazine No. 25. pp. 87–103.
  2. ^ Smith, Martin (1991). Burma: Insurgency and the politics of ethnicity (1st ed.). London and New Jersey: Zed Books. p. 219. ISBN 0862328683.