India to begin deportations of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar
Source: Associated Press By WASBIR HUSSAIN GAUHATI, India (AP) — India plans to send seven Rohingya Muslims back to Myanmar in the first deportation of members of the Myanmar minority […]
US: Myanmar military led ‘extreme’ violence against Rohingya
Source: Associated Press By MATTHEW PENNINGTON UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.S. government investigation has found that Myanmar’s military targeted Rohingya civilians indiscriminately and often with “extreme brutality” in a […]
Bangladesh says it won’t assimilate Rohingya Muslims
Source: Reuters HANOI (Reuters) – Bangladesh has no plans to take in hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees permanently, its foreign secretary said on Wednesday, adding that they “belong” […]
Rohingya protesters call for freedom for Reuters reporters in Myanmar
Source: Reuters COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – About 50 Rohingya Muslim refugees gathered in a muddy sports field in a camp in Bangladesh on Wednesday to protest against the conviction […]
Myanmar military accused of genocide
Debating the definition of genocide will not save the Rohingya Source: The Guardian A UN report has accused the Myanmar military of genocide. The report is being taken, by some at least, […]
Myanmar Rohingya: UN says military leaders must face genocide charges
Source: BBC News A UN report has said top military figures in Myanmar must be investigated for genocide in Rakhine state and crimes against humanity in other areas. The report, […]
Rohingya Muslims seeking refuge in Bangladesh would rather die than go back
‘I Would Rather Die Than Go Back’: Rohingya Refugees Settle Into Life In Bangladesh Source: NPR By JASON BEAUBIEN The Myanmar soldiers arrived in the morning, Dildar Begum says. They surrounded […]
U.N. warns of ‘lost generation’ of Rohingya children
Source: Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations warned on Thursday of what it described as a lost generation of Muslim Rohingya children, with half a million in refugee camps […]
A year after the assault on the Rohingya, Myanmar’s generals are unapologetic
Source: The Washington Post By Shibani Mahtani SINGAPORE — A year ago, the Myanmar military embarked on a sweeping crackdown in restive Rakhine state — driving out almost a million Rohingya to […]
List of Rohingya Muslims killed in Myanmar prepared as a historical evidence
The Rohingya lists: refugees compile their own record of those killed in Myanmar Source: Reuters KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Mohib Bullah is not your typical human rights investigator. […]
The dire conditions of Rohingya muslims left behind in Myanmar
Rohingya Muslims Who Remain in Myanmar Struggle to Survive Source: Wall Street Journal By Jon Emont and Myo Myo NGA KHU YA, Myanmar—Most of Abdul Solay’s family joined last year’s vast […]
Are Rohingya muslims really returning to their homes?
Myanmar Official Line: Rohingya Are Returning. But Cracks in That Story Abound. Source: The New York Times By Hannah Beech MAUNGDAW, Myanmar — We waded through floodwaters, past soldiers hefting […]
Myanmar appoints panel to probe Rohingya abuses
Source: Reuters YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar has established a commission of inquiry to probe allegations of human rights abuses in conflict-torn Rakhine state, authorities said on Monday, as the country […]
Myanmar police focused interrogation on Rohingya story: Reuters journalist
Source: Reuters BY Thu Thu Aung, Aye Min Thant YANGON (Reuters) – A Reuters reporter on trial in Myanmar said the police questioning after he and a colleague were arrested in […]
U.N. starts registering Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Source: Reuters BY Zeba Siddiqui NAYAPARA REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (Reuters) – The United Nations and the Bangladesh government have started formally registering hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who have […]
Myanmar Dismisses Rohingya-Crisis General Amid EU Sanctions
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Jon Emont June 25, 2018 6:10 p.m. ET YANGON, Myanmar—Myanmar’s military announced the ouster of a key general Monday as the European Union sanctioned […]
Myanmar: Soldiers accused of raping Rohingya women
Source: BBC Since 700,000 Rohingya refugees fled Myanmar last year there’s been widespread reports of sexual assaults by the Burmese military. Aid agencies warned that unwanted pregnancies would result in […]
EU penalizes Myanmar generals for Rohingya violations
Source: Reuters LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The European Union imposed sanctions on seven senior military officials from Myanmar on Monday, including the general in charge of an operation accused of driving nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh. FILE PHOTO: A Rohingya refugee is seen in Balukhali refugee camp […]
‘Everything was destroyed’: Monsoon begins to take deadly toll on Rohingya camps in Bangladesh
Source: The Washington Post By Vidhi Doshi Refugees wade through water pooled after a storm at the Chakmarkul camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on June 10. (Kristiana Marton/Save the Children/Reuters) COX’S […]
Facebook vows to fight hate speech, but it may be too late for Rohingya Muslims
Source: Religion News Service (RNS) — A social media network set up to connect people is now acknowledging it needs to do more to prevent the spread of hate speech […]