This content was published on December 10, 2021 By Rina Chandran and Avi Asher-Schapiro BANGKOK/LOS ANGELES (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A landmark lawsuit by Rohingya refugees against Meta Platforms Inc, […]
YOUNG VOICES FEB 28 2021 SAARANSH MISHRA Getty ECONOMIC SANCTIONS UN SANCTIONS The recent coup orchestrated by the Tatmadaw (military) in Myanmar has attracted deep concerns and condemnation from all around the world, with countries calling it a “serious blow to democracy”. In the aftermath, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing is in […]
By SAIF HASNAT AND SAMEER YASIRTHE NEW YORK TIMES |OCT 11, 2021 AT 12:00 PM Its name translates into “floating island,” and for up to 100,000 desperate war refugees, the low-slung landmass is supposed to be home. One refugee, Munazar Islam, initially thought it would be his. He and his family of four fled […]
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 BY SAMIRAH MAJUMDAR Social hostilities around the world involving religion declined in 2019 to the lowest level in five years, while government restrictions on religion remained at a […]
DR. AZEEM IBRAHIMS eptember 14, 2021 21:09220 Short Url https://arab.news/4d3bf News that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar’s junta and the pro-democracy rebel national unity […]
In this Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018 file photo, Buddhist monk and anti-Muslim community leader Wirathu speaks during a pro-military rally in front of city hall in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP) Short […]
Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority fear that their culture is also under threat. The Geneva-based International Organization for Migration (IOM) has stepped in with the launch of a cultural memory […]
DR. AZEEM IBRAHIMJuly 06, 2021 22:22550 Short Url https://arab.news/zkyfk Since the military coup in Myanmar in February, an umbrella opposition group, the national unity government, has been formed and has made […]
A group of Rohingya refugees gather on a beach after arriving at Pulau Idaman, a small island off the coast of East Aceh in northern Sumatra on June 4, 2021. […]
President “Jokowi” Widodo attends the Asean Leaders’ Summit at the Asean Secretariat in Jakarta on April 24, 2021. (Photo Courtesy of Presidential Secretariat Press Bureau) BY :JAYANTY NADA SHOFA APRIL […]
Source: CNN Zin Ko Ko Zaw, 22, killed by a bullet to the head. Ma “Angel” Kyal Sin, 19, fatally shot in the head. Nay Myo Aung, 16, killed by a bullet that pierced his lung.These are just three of more than 54 people believed to have been killed by […]
Author DR. AZEEM IBRAHIM December 02, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/2yhap Rohingya refugees at Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, April 8, 2019. (Reuters) The International Court of Justice genocide suit […]
Author DR. AZEEM IBRAHIM November 24, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/5zzhj Rohingya refugee workers carry bags of salt in a processing yard in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (Reuters) After four years of […]
Riyadh threatens Dhaka with curbing migration if it fails to adhere to its request, which could be disastrous for Bangladesh’s economy Rohingya refugees living in Malaysia shout slogans during […]
By Rozanna Latiff and A. Ananthalakshmi © Reuters/LAI SENG SIN FILE PHOTO: Rohingyas living in Malaysia protest against the treatment of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims near the Myanmar embassy in Kuala Lumpur […]
DR. AZEEM IBRAHIM September 29, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/8auwn Rohingya refugees stretch their hands to receive aid at Balukhali makeshift refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Sept. 14, 2017. (Reuters) […]
Simon Tisdall © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/ReutersThe persecution, ethnic cleansing, and attempted genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state is an affront to the rule of […]
By YAYAN ZAMZAMI, Associated Press © Provided by Associated Press Ethnic Rohingya people rest after the boat carrying them landed in Lhokseumawe, Aceh province, Indonesia, early Monday, Sept. 7, 2020. […]
BY MERYEM ILAYDA ATLAS COLUMNS JUN 30, 2020 History states that the Rohingya represent a distinct ethnic community that has evolved over the centuries in the Rakhine state of Myanmar […]
World Monday, 04 May 2020 By A.S.M Suza Uddin and Poppy McPherson COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh/BANGKOK (Reuters) – Rohingya refugee Shahab Uddin thought the wooden trawler he boarded in February […]