Myanmar

Leaked: US wondering whether to call killing Rohingyas ‘genocide’

Aug 14, 2018 05:13

The United States is still undecided whether to use the term “genocide” in reference to the systematic campaign of violence against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, a leaked document shows.
Relocate Rohingya refugees to safer grounds: HRW to Bangladesh

Aug 06, 2018 07:39

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned against the threat of natural disasters facing the Rohingya Muslim refugees living in an overcrowded mega camp in Bangladesh’s border region near Myanmar, calling on Dhaka to relocate the hapless refugees to safer places.
Myanmar roundly shamed over human rights inquiry panel

Aug 01, 2018 03:58

Various human rights activists and observers have roundly denounced Myanmar’s decision to appoint a commission of inquiry into widespread human rights abuses perpetrated with the state’s own backing and with the military’s direct participation against the Rohingya Muslim community.
Myanmar floods leave 11 dead, 100,000 displaced

Jul 30, 2018 14:34

Monsoon floods in Myanmar have killed at least 11 people and forced more than 100,000 to flee their homes, government officials say, as rescue workers ferry stranded residents to safety by boat.
Floods kill at least 5, displace 54,000 in Myanmar

Jul 29, 2018 08:27

Rising floodwaters have killed at least five people and forced tens of thousands from their homes across swathes of Myanmar, a government official told AFP on Sunday, as heavy monsoon rains continue to batter the Mekong region.
UN Security Council urges Myanmar to facilitate safe return of Rohingya

Jul 24, 2018 04:25

The United Nations Security Council has called on Myanmar to create the right conditions for the safe return of tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees to their home country from neighboring Bangladesh.
Experts say Myanmar violated UN child rights convention in Rohingya crackdown

Jul 21, 2018 11:42

International legal experts say Myanmar has violated its obligations to the United Nations child rights convention as the unprecedented crackdown mounted by the government of the Southeast Asian nation against the minority Rohingya Muslims has led to an exodus of hundreds of thousands of people from the persecuted community.
Rohingya Muslims subjected to systematic massacre, rape in Myanmar: Rights group

Jul 21, 2018 01:33

An international group of medical experts says evidence collected from Rohingya Muslims' accounts proves that the highly-persecuted minority is subjected to systematic massacre and rape in Myanmar.
Myanmar’s army planned out Rohingya genocide: Rights group

Jul 19, 2018 07:39

A human rights group says Myanmar’s army had made “systematic preparations” for “genocide” against Rohingya Muslims in the country’s western state of Rakhine, before Myanmar’s security posts came under alleged militant attacks in August 2017.
Rohingya about to become the wretched of the earth: UN migration chief

Jul 18, 2018 04:04

The United Nations (UN)’s migration chief says the world “must rally” in support of the almost one million Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled state-sponsored violence in Myanmar and taken refuge in Bangladesh.