Myanmar

Iran urges action on Rohingya genocide before 'it's too late'

Sep 07, 2017 17:50

Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran has chided the international community for remaining silent on the violence directed toward Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, calling for swift action to end the genocide.
Larijani condemns massacre of Myanmar Muslims

Sep 07, 2017 17:47

Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani condemned the massacre and mass expulsion of Muslims in Myanmar, calling on the United Nations to dispatch a fact-finding mission to the Buddhist-majority country to address the Muslim woes and deliver humanitarian assistance.
Ayatollah Shahroudi decries inaction on plight of Myanmar Muslims

Sep 07, 2017 17:39

Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council condemned the heinous crimes against Muslim people in Myanmar, and took a swipe at the ‘hypocritical’ advocates of human rights for remaining silent on the brutal massacre of Myanmarese Muslims.
Petition urges stripping Suu Kyi’s of Nobel prize over crimes against Rohingyas

Sep 07, 2017 13:26

Peace activists have launched an international campaign calling on Nobel Peace Prize Committee to take back its 1991 prize to Myanmar’s de facto ruler Aung San Suu Kyi over her complicity in what is viewed as the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in the country.
President Rouhani calls on Myanmar to end ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya Muslims

Sep 06, 2017 16:58

President Hassan Rouhani has condemned Myanmar’s “brutal crimes” against Rohingya Muslims, calling on the Southeast Asian country’s leaders to immediately end the “inconceivable ethnic cleansing” of the religious minority.
Five children drown as Rohingya boats sink off Bangladesh

Sep 06, 2017 16:58

At least five Rohingya Muslim children have drowned while on boats fleeing an escalation of violence in Myanmar, which has forced thousands of members of the persecuted minority to seek refuge across the border in neighboring Bangladesh.
Almost 90,000 Rohingya Muslims arrive in Bangladesh amid crackdown

Sep 06, 2017 11:23

Nearly 90,000 Rohingya Muslims have arrived in Bangladesh since the Myanmar military unleashed another bloody crackdown on the persecuted Muslim community in troubled Rakhine State late last month.
Myanmar laying landmines near Bangladesh border: Sources in Dhaka

Sep 06, 2017 09:00

Myanmar has reportedly been planting landmines across an area of its border with Bangladesh as thousands of Rohingya Muslims are fleeing a bloody crackdown to take refuge in neighboring Bangladesh.
All Myanmar Muslims suffering state-backed persecution: Rights group

Sep 05, 2017 09:03

A Myanmarese rights group has warned against the rising government-backed persecution of all Muslims across the country, and not just those in Rohingya-majority Rakhine State, which has been under a bloody army clampdown for more than a week.
Iran, Turkey FMs discuss violence against Rohingya Muslims

Sep 04, 2017 18:24

The foreign ministers of Iran and Turkey have exchanged views about the ongoing bloody crackdown on the persecuted Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State.