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...
London moves to revoke award from Suu Kyi for genocide of Rohingya Muslims
Humanitarian abuses against Rohingya in Myanmar lead City of London to move to revoke 2017 honor
Indonesians protest Myanmar's oppressions towards Rohingya Muslims
Photograph: Mahmut Atanur
Citing the “shocking humanitarian abuses” carried out against ethnic Rohingya in...
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US slaps sanctions on Myanmar army chief over Rohingya abuses
The US action against senior army officers comes as the military has continued to 'commit human rights violations'.
The United States on Tuesday announced sanctions...
Congress gave Rohingyas free access to India and land
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday announced that it will have one final hearing in August on petitions filed by the Rohingyas to...
Fresh allegations of ‘war crimes’ emerge in Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine
Ethnic Chin people hold placards during a protest asking for an end to conflict in Chin state and Rakhine state, in Yangon yesterday.
In Rakhine...
OIC raises plight of Rohingya at UN session in Geneva
Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen receives Ambassador of Afghanistan to Saudi Arabia Shafiq Samim at his office...
India hands over 250 houses for Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine
Activists say that development projects in Rakhine will have little impact unless human rights issues are addressed
India has handed over 250 prefabricated houses it...