Rohingya

ICC says it has jurisdiction over Myanmar crimes against Rohingya

Sep 06, 2018 19:04

The International Criminal Court says it has jurisdiction to probe the forced deportations of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh as a possible crime against humanity.
Myanmar sentences Reuters journalists to 7 years in jail, prompts reactions

Sep 03, 2018 12:44

A court in Myanmar has sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years behind bars for what it called “breaching” a state secrets act while reporting on the military’s ethnic-cleansing campaign against Rohingya Muslims, a ruling that quickly drew harsh criticisms from all over the world.
‘Myanmar publishes fake photos of Rohingya crisis’

Sep 01, 2018 12:34

The grainy black-and-white photo, printed in a new book on the Rohingya crisis authored by Myanmar's army, shows a man standing over two bodies, wielding a farming tool. "Bengalis killed local ethnics brutally," reads the caption.
UN hints Myanmar leader complicit in Rohingya genocide

Aug 30, 2018 13:37

The United Nations (UN)’s top human rights official says Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi should have resigned last year over a state-sponsored campaign of terror against Rohingya Muslims in the country’s northwestern state of Rakhine.
Suu Kyi uses first appearance since UN damning report to discuss literature

Aug 29, 2018 08:34

Myanmar’s embattled leader Aung San Suu Kyi has resorted to literature instead of addressing the critical humanitarian issues regarding her country’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority in her first public appearance a day after a damning report by the United Nations confirmed that “genocide” had occurred in the country under her watch.
UN chief says Myanmar genocide report deserves deep consideration

Aug 29, 2018 08:14

The UN Secretary General has voiced deep concerns after a UN report showed that Myanmar's military engaged in mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with "genocidal intent."
EU executive to hold meeting on UN Myanmar report this week

Aug 27, 2018 17:03

The European Union's executive in Brussels will hold a meeting this week with the authors of a UN report that called for prosecution of Myanmar's army chief and five other top military commanders for genocide against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority.
UN: Myanmar military killed, raped Rohingya Muslims with ‘genocidal intent’

Aug 27, 2018 14:16

A UN fact-finding mission says Myanmar’s military has carried out a series of “shocking” rights violations against Rohingya Muslims, including mass killings and gang rapes, adding the country’s commander-in-chief and other generals should stand trial for “genocide” and war crimes against the minority group.
Rohingya protest for 'justice' on Myanmar crackdown anniversary

Aug 25, 2018 14:33

Thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees have rallied in Bangladesh, calling for justice on the anniversary of Myanmar’s deadly crackdown on the persecuted ethnic minority group.
UNICEF warns of 'lost generation' of Rohingya children

Aug 23, 2018 13:46

The United Nations says hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim children lack proper education both in Myanmar and border camps in Bangladesh, warning that the Myanmarese kids could become “a lost generation.”