Commentary: Old wounds, fresh denial in Myanmar over the Rohingya
As the 2020 elections draws closer, there is no indication that parties in the country will change their attitudes towards the Rohingya crisis, says one observer.
WASHINGTON: Myanmar’s year was framed by the horrific residues...
No food, no medicine and little hope: The many challenges Rohingyas face
Significant progress has been made in protecting hundreds of thousands Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh since they fled violence in Myanmar, but lives “will once again be at risk” if funding is not urgently secured,...
Best of 2018: The Rohingya and the elephants
Fleeing brutality, the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been settled along elephant corridors, sparking conflict with the gentle giants of the forests, who have been – in turn – displaced
The IUCN team training refugees...
Indonesia Will Soon Send Aid to Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
Local residents watch as Rohingya refugees arrive on the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Teknaf, Bangladesh, on Thursday (07/09). (Reuters Photo/Danish Siddiqui)
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‘We will kill you all’: Rohingya villagers in Myanmar beg for safe passage
At least 430,000 Rohingya have since fled into neighbouring Bangladesh to evade what the United Nations has called a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing”. (Source: AP photo) Top News
Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in violence-racked...
United States Council Labelled Rohingya Muslim Genocide As A Conspiricy To End Muslims
United States Council Labelled Rohingya Muslim Genocide As A Conspiricy To End Muslims
More than 7 million people are forced to shelter refugees in Bangladeshi refugees.
Washington: US Assembly (United States Council) members ratified the Rohingya...
Forgotten in Myanmar, 129,000 Rohingya languish in camps
One year after the beginning of the brutal military crackdown against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, more than 129,000 of them are ...
One year after the beginning of the brutal military crackdown against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims,...
What awaits any Rohingya refugees who return to Myanmar?
Since late 2017, more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh, following a military crackdown on the Muslim minority people.
Under a deal between the two countries, thousands of them were due...
ROHINGYA REFUGEES LEFT STRANDED IN REPATRIATION PURGATORY
I want to return to Myanmar, but only when they respect me,' says Gol Baher, whose family was killed by a Buddhist mob and the military'I want to return to Myanmar, but only when...
Ethnic cleansing in Myanmar: A case study on Rohingya people
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Farjana Afruj Khan Alin :
Though Rohingyas the ethnic Muslim community have been living in Rakhine State of Myanmar for time-immemorial, efforts to deprive Rohingya from citizenship began shortly after Myanmar's independence.
The 1948 Union...
Look back 2018: Year of hope and despair for South-east Asia
Rohingya Muslim Kalim Ullah, his wife Taiyeba Begum and their children are taking shelter in their relatives' tent at a camp in Bangladesh to avoid forced repatriation to Myanmar.
Rohingya Muslim Kalim Ullah,...
Smokescreen Rohingya: the bad actors exploiting a growing refugee crisis
Since the latest influx of Rohingya refugees began in August 2017, more than 140 NGOs and aid agencies have launched operations in Cox’s Bazar, with thousands of aid workers in tow.
Many of those arriving...
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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...
Myanmar army kills 13 in attack on Rakhine rebels
Myanmar’s Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun, Major General Soe Naing Oo, and Major General Tun Tun Nyi say the army hit back at...
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...
31 Rohingyas waiting to make border crossings to Bangladesh from India
More Rohingyas are waiting to enter Bangladesh through Brahmanbaria’s Kasba border from India amid fears of deportation to Myanmar.
“As many as 31 Rohingya women,...
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...