Rohingya

UN calls for calm after Myanmar police shoot, wound Rohingya Muslims

Nov 19, 2018 16:25

The United Nations has called for calm after several members of persecuted Rohingya Muslims were shot and wounded at a camp in the western state of Rakhine.
Myanmar police shoot, injure 4 Rohingya in Rakhine state

Nov 18, 2018 18:56

Four Rohingya Muslims have been shot and injured by police in Myanmar at a camp in the northwestern state of Rakhine.
Myanmar arrests 106 Rohingya Muslims fleeing towards Malaysia

Nov 16, 2018 16:48

Myanmar's immigration authorities have arrested 106 Rohingya Muslims who were fleeing towards Malaysia.
Rights groups warn against repatriation of Rohingya Muslims

Nov 15, 2018 15:31

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International have called on Bangladesh and Myanmar to drop plans for the repatriation of Rohingya Muslims.
‘Bangladesh deploys armed forces to force out Rohingya’

Nov 14, 2018 09:31

Bangladesh is reportedly using heavy-handed tactics in an attempt to force Rohingya Muslim refugees — who have taken shelter in the country after fleeing state violence in neighboring Myanmar — back across the border.
Rohingya refugees flee Bangladesh camps over repatriation fears

Nov 12, 2018 15:42

Dozens of persecuted Rohingya Muslim families on a list of refugees set to be repatriated to Myanmar later this week have fled from camps in southeast Bangladesh.
Saudi Arabia to deport scores of Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh

Nov 09, 2018 13:02

Saudi Arabia is set to send scores of Rohingya Muslim refugees to Bangladesh, years after they fled persecution in their home country; but have indefinitely been held in the Kingdom’s detention centers.
Bangladesh rescues Malaysia-bound Rohingya refugees from sea

Nov 08, 2018 15:34

Bangladesh's coast guard has rescued 33 persecuted Rohingya Muslims and detained six alleged human traffickers from a fishing trawler headed for Malaysia.
Rohingya still face ‘persecution’ in Myanmar: UN envoy

Nov 07, 2018 15:18

The United Nations (UN)’s special envoy to Myanmar has urged Bangladesh to drop plans for a hasty repatriation of hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees to their homeland, where they are still facing a “high risk of persecution.”
Asian MPs call for halt on repartition of Rohignya Muslims to Myanmar

Nov 02, 2018 13:57

Asian parliamentarians has called on both governments in Bangladesh and Myanmar to halt plans for repatriation of Rohingya Muslim refugees to their home country, where they fled a state-sponsored brutal military violence over the last year.