Rohingya

Myanmar military denies accounts of violence against Rohingya

Nov 15, 2017 04:42

Myanmar's military has denied widespread accounts of violence, including murder, rape and destruction of property, against the persecuted Rohingya Muslim community in Rakhine state.
Myanmar replaces general amid new reports of crimes against Rohingya Muslims

Nov 13, 2017 16:20

Myanmar's military has replaced the general in charge of Rakhine state, where an army operation has forced over hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighboring Bangladesh.
Child exploitation rife in Rohingya refugee camps: IOM

Nov 13, 2017 08:58

A probe by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reveals numerous cases of exploitation and trafficking in Bangladesh’s refugee camps, where Rohingya children have been subjected to forced labor, beatings and sexual assaults.
Myanmar sentences drone-flying journalists to prison

Nov 10, 2017 10:22

A court in Myanmar has sentenced two journalists hired by Turkey’s state broadcaster to two months in prison over flying a drone near the country’s parliament without a license.
UNSC strongly condemns violence against Muslims in Myanmar

Nov 07, 2017 11:16

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has strongly condemned government-sanctioned violence against Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority.
Rohingya children in Bangladesh face worsening malnutrition crisis: UNICEF

Nov 03, 2017 15:12

The United Nations children's agency, UNICEF, says life-threatening malnutrition has spread perilously among Rohingya child refugees who have fled Myanmar and entered Bangladesh.
Cholera risk 'ticking bomb' for Rohingya refugees

Nov 03, 2017 03:25

The threat of cholera is like a "ticking bomb" for Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya refugees who have flooded into Bangladesh, the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) says.
Myanmar leader visits Rakhine long after crisis began

Nov 02, 2017 10:35

Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has visited the country’s Rakhine State, long after government-sanctioned violence against minority Muslims in the area drove out almost half of the Muslim population living there.
Tragedy strikes Rohingya Muslims again

Oct 31, 2017 09:11

At least seven Rohingya Muslims, including three babies, have drowned in two separate incidents near the Bangladeshi coastline while fleeing violence in Myanmar.
Rabbis in US file petition against Israel’s arming of Myanmar

Oct 29, 2017 02:53

Jewish rabbis and cantors in the United States have filed a petition demanding that the Israeli regime stops selling arms to Myanmar amid the government-backed violence against the Rohingya Muslims.