Monthly Archives: November 2016
Rohingya Crisis: UN Says Myanmar Government’s Reputation at Stake
United Nations: The reputation of Aung San Suu Kyi’s government in Myanmar is at stake amid international concerns over how it is dealing with violence in the country’s divided north-west, a senior UN official...
Malaysia PM to attend rally condemning Myanmar violence
KUALA LUMPUR/YANGON - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will take part in a rare rally to protest a bloody crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, an official from his office said Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the UN's...
Myanmar Rohingya abuse may be crimes against humanity: UN
YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar's Rohingya may be victims of crimes against humanity, the UN's rights agency said on Tuesday (Nov 29), as former UN chief Kofi Annan arrived in the country for a visit...
Khaleda Zia calls for sheltering Rohingyas
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia today called upon the government to provide shelter to the repressed and oppressed Rohingya people of Myanmar on humanitarian ground.
The former prime minister, in a statement issued this afternoon, also...
Bangladesh pushes back at least 95 Rohingya Muslims
Teknaf 2 BGB Commander Abuzar Al-Zahid was quoted as saying that around 90 Rohingyas had boarded in six boats and were prevented from trespassing in the Naf River at midnight by the BGB.
At least...
BGB sends back six boats carrying Rohingyas on the Naf River
The Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) has sent back six boats carrying Rohingyas, who were trying to cross in from Myanmanr through the Naf River in Cox's Bazar. Officials said that the boats, spotted during...
‘They raped us one by one,’ says Rohingya woman who fled Myanmar
Widespread allegations of rape have raised fears that Myanmar's security forces are systematically using sexual violence against the stateless Rohingya. The violence has forced thousands to flee, prompting a UN official to accuse Myanmar...
Myanmar pursuing ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya Muslims
Myanmar is carrying out "ethnic cleansing" of Rohingya Muslims, as horrifying stories of gang rape, torture and murder emerge from among the thousands who have fled to Bangladesh, a UN official has reported.
Up to...
‘They will kill us’: The Rohingya refugees fleeing torture and rape in Myanmar
'They will kill us': The Rohingya refugees fleeing torture and rape in Myanmar
By Rebecca Wright, CNN - Updated 0933 GMT (1733 HKT) November 25, 2016
(CNN)They come by the thousands.
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's northwestern Rakhine...
The Times Editorial Board: When will Myanmar stop persecuting the Rohingya?
A little more than a year ago, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy party were swept to a landmark election victory in Myanmar. As the country has progressed...
Rohingya Muslims flee Myanmar amid deadly attacks
At least 86 people have been killed and 30,000 displaced as violence continues unabated in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar poured into neighbouring Bangladesh this week with some feared drowned after a...
Myanmar wants ethnic cleansing of Rohingya – UN official
Myanmar is seeking the ethnic cleansing of the Muslim Rohingya minority from its territory, a senior UN official has told the BBC. Armed forces have been killing Rohingya in Rakhine state, forcing many to...
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Fire at Rohingya camp in Ukhia
24 April, 2019
Cox's Bazar's Kutupalong Rohingya camp was hit by a fire. This happened on (today) Wednesday afternoon. Three units of fire service are...
ANP Calls for National Defense and Security Council(NDSC) to Be Scrapped
NAYPYITAW—The Arakan National Party (ANP) on Monday proposed abolishing the National Defense and Security Council(NDSC) at a meeting of the joint committee to draft...
In Rohingya camps, a political awakening faces a backlash
KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (Reuters) - It was after Mohib Ullah scored his first political victories that the death threats began in earnest. On...
![Malaysia's government has set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry to probe the Wang Kelian deaths [File: Damir Sagolj/Reuters]](http://www.arakanmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/930c60ad8dd44e678238effa2f879ec9_18-150x150.jpg "Rohingya trapped inside a ‘genocide zone’")
Rohingya trapped inside a ‘genocide zone’
Declaring Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terror group won't impact them much
Rohingya Muslims trapped in no man's land between Myanmar and Bangladesh are sitting ducks...
Malaysian inquiry probes trafficking camps, migrant graves
A Malaysian inquiry into the 2015 discovery of suspected human-trafficking camps and graves in the jungle heard Thursday police found one of the sites...