Monthly Archives: June 2018
Non-interference and the Rohingya crisis
Armed Myanmar border guard police are posted at the gate of Nga Khu Ya camp in Maungdaw, Rakhine state, a facility to process Rohingya refugees returning under the repatriation program with Bangladesh on 28...
Rohingya crisis: UN special rapporteur in Dhaka
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, arrived Dhaka today on a 10-day visit to meet Rohingya refugees at Cox’s Bazar.
Lee regrets that the Government of Myanmar...
Will Indonesia bring the Rohingya issue to UN Security Council? Jakarta Post contributor
In the article, the writer discusses the chances that Jakarta can raise the issue at the UN Security Council.
Dio Herdiawan Tobing
JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - On June 9, after intensified bilateral and...
Fresh household-based Rohingya reg to start
In-this-photograph-taken-in-early-May,-Rohingya-refugees-make-bamboo-fences-in-preparation-for-the-monsoon-season-in-Kutupalong-refugee-camp-in-Ukhia.-Cox’s-Bazar.-—-AFP-photo
The government has taken a fresh move to collect household-based data of the Rohingyas living in Bangladesh as the data collected previously by the department of immigration and passport would not help the repatriation...
EU to penalise Myanmar officials over Rohingya violations
LUXEMBOURG: The European Union will impose sanctions on seven Myanmar security officials on Monday (Jun 25), according to EU diplomats and officials, over what it says are systemic human rights violations against the country's...
ICC gives Myanmar deadline over Rohingya case jurisdiction
ICC gives Myanmar until July 27 to respond to a request on whether it should exercise jurisdiction over alleged crimes.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has given Myanmar just over a month to respond to...
Rohingya Displacement: Myanmar “won’t totally accept” ICC’s demand for observation
Myanmar “won’t totally accept” the International Criminal Court's demand for submitting written observations by July 27 on the allegations of deporting over 700,000 Rohingyas to Bangladesh.
“The ICC did not send such cases to other...
True stories of Trafficked Rohingya Refugees used by IOM to Raise Awareness, Counter Risks...
Humanitarian Emergencies, Refugee and Asylum Issues, Rohingya Crisis
Cox's Bazar – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, has launched a series of new comic books, which tell the true-life stories of Rohingya refugees who have fallen...
Rohingya Repatriation: UN insists on citizenship
The UN secretary-general's special envoy on Myanmar has said granting citizenship to the Rohingya and ensuring accountability for the perpetrators of violence against the community could help create a conducive environment for their safe...
Gang raped and set on fire: ICC pushes to investigate Myanmar Rohingya atrocities
Exclusive: Evidence of horrific treatment emerges as the Hague gives Myanmar deadline to respond to claims
Harrowing accounts of Rohingya women tied to trees and raped for days by Myanmar’s military and men being pushed...
There are now 1.2 million Rohingya refugees
ROHINGYA refugees from Burma (Myanmar) now number more than 1.2 million people, according to data from the United Nations.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) released its annual Global Trends report this week, which said that...
Hiding from traffickers in ‘prison-like’ tents, Rohingya girls dream of school
Trapped inside "prison-like" tents in Bangladesh's refugee camps because of fears they will be trafficked or sexually harassed, teenage Rohingya girls dream of going to school and playing outside, aid agencies said today.
Adolescent girls...