Saudi Arabia accused of torturing Rohingya detainees to end hunger strike
Published date: 17 April 2019 14:00 UTC | Last update: 11 hours 47 min ago
Scores of stateless Rohingya refugees detained inside a Saudi detention centre have gone on hunger strike to demand an end...
Bangladesh has sought US support to create safe zone of Rohingyas, says Momen
Dhaka, Apr 10 (UNI) Bangladesh has sought US support to create a safe zone for Rohingyas in Rakhine district, monitored by international human rights groups, with credible international pressure on Myanmar for their safe return.
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UN draws up plans to ‘facilitate’ Rohingya relocation to Bhashan Char
Bhashan Char is located 21 nautical miles from Noakhali, 11 nautical miles from Jahajir Char, 4.2 nautical miles from Sandwip, 28 nautical miles from Patenga, and 13.2 nautical miles from Hatiya Reuters
A document drawn...
UN warns Bangladesh of ‘new crisis’ over relocation plan to Bhasan Char
UN warns Bangladesh of ‘new crisis’ over relocation plan to Bhasan Char
Bangladesh risks creating a "new crisis" for Rohingya refugees if it goes ahead next month with plans to relocate 23,000 refugees to an...
3 Rohingya refugees held, sent back to camp in Hyderabad
The arrest of three people of a minority community on Saturday sparked tension in the twin cities ahead of Bakrid and Ganesh Chaturthi. However, police have moved to calm fears by clarifying that the...
Hundreds of Rohingya families flee India for fear of deportation, persecution
Hundreds of Rohingya families flee India for fear of deportation, persecution
Some 2,000 Rohingya Muslims, who had fled to India from death and violence in Myanmar, have reportedly left the South Asian country too,...
From India to Bangladesh: 1,300 Rohingya fear repatriation to Myanmar
The refugees are from far away Indian Kashmir. To reach south-east Bangladesh, refugees cross the Indian states of Assam, Tripura or West Bengal. On January 3, New Delhi arrested and repatriated five Rohingya.
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Speakers: Bangladesh needs to intensify action to resolve Rohingya crisis
It should move to deportation issues rather than genocide for international prosecution
Speakers at a symposium have said Bangladesh’s diplomatic and humanitarian initiatives to resolve the Rohingya crisis need to be intensified.
They said...
Rohingya footballers plead for release of fellow refugee Hakeem al-Araibi – and lament the...
Rohingya footballers plead for release of fellow refugee Hakeem al-Araibi – and lament the ‘hypocrisy’ of their plight
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A group of football-loving Rohingya refugees have called on relevant authorities to free Hakeem al-Araibi – a...
Rohingya Exodus: 1,300 arrived from India since Jan 3
At least 1,300 Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh from India since the start of the year, an official said yesterday, as fears of deportation to Myanmar spark an exodus.
New Delhi has faced sharp...
Health services scaled up to combat chicken pox in Cox’s Bazar
Responding to an outbreak of chicken pox in the Rohingya refugee camps, health sector partners led by the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization have stepped up surveillance and initiated measures to curtail...
UN warns of ‘lost generation‘ of Rohingya children
The United Nations warns of a lost generation of Muslim Rohingya children, with half a million in refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Rohingya children face disease and floods in refugee camps. Photo: AFP
They faced dangers including...
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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...
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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...