Daily Archives: October 12, 2017
The World’s Longest-Running Civil War Has No End In Sight
Over half a million people fled ethnic cleansing in mere months in what is now the longest running, and ignored, civil war in the world.
Soldiers burned whole villages, raped mothers, forced them to watch...
Buddhist nationalists and ethnic cleansing in Myanmar part II: the rise of religious nationalism...
Since August over 420,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar, citing human rights abuses and seeking temporary refuge in Bangladesh. In part one we looked at the background and context of the Rohingya crisis. In this...
Army offensive aimed at ‘preventing’ Rohingya return
Myanmar security forces have carried out "well organised, coordinated and systematic" attacks aimed at preventing members of the Rohingya ethnic group from returning, the UN Human Rights office said in a report on Wednesday.
The...
NCA signatories urge govt to reboot peace process
Ahead of a ceremony on 15 October to mark the second anniversary of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), a leading member of the negotiating team for the eight signatories to the accord has called...
Rohingya Recount Atrocities: ‘They Threw My Baby Into a Fire’
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh — Hundreds of women stood in the river, held at gunpoint, ordered not to move.
A pack of soldiers stepped toward a petite young woman with light brown eyes and delicate cheekbones....
Trapped Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar get first substantial food aid in months
YANGON (Reuters) - Rohingya Muslim villagers cut off from food and threatened by Buddhist neighbors in Myanmar’s violence-racked Rakhine state received their first substantial food supplies in months on Wednesday after international pressure on...
Bangladesh bans three NGOs from providing aid for Rohingya refugees
International aid agencies say 521,000 Rohingyas have crossed the border into Bangladesh until Oct 10.
International aid agencies say 521,000 Rohingyas have crossed the border into Bangladesh until Oct 10.
The Bangladesh government has barred three...
UN report details brutal Myanmar effort to drive out half a million Rohingya
Region’s head of human rights calls on Aung San Suu Kyi to stop violence as report says ‘clearance operations’ include killings, torture and rape
Myanmar security forces have driven out half a million Muslim Rohingya...