Rohingya

Rights group urges revision of UN-Bangladesh deal on Rohingya refugees

Oct 15, 2021 12:53

A human rights group has urged the United Nations (UN) and Bangladesh to revise a recent deal over the relocation of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a remote, inhospitable island.
Prominent Rohingya Muslim leader shot dead in Bangladesh refugee camp

Sep 30, 2021 09:03

A prominent Rohingya Muslim leader has been fatally shot in a refugee camp in southern Bangladesh following months of deteriorating violence in the world’s largest refugee settlement.
US judge orders Facebook to release anti-Rohingya account records for genocide case

Sep 23, 2021 09:08

A judge in the United States has denounced Facebook for failing to release records of now-closed accounts that contributed to violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, according to a new report.
Deadly gunfight erupts after Myanmar junta convoy hit by roadside bomb

Sep 19, 2021 07:18

A roadside bomb attack has targeted a convoy of Myanmar’s ruling military forces near Yangon, with several people being killed in an ensuing gunfight, the military and media said.
Heavy rains displace thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh

Jul 29, 2021 06:16

Torrential monsoon rains have ruined the sprawling camps of Rohingya Muslim refugees in southern Bangladesh, turning settlements into fast-flowing rivers overnight and leaving thousands of refugees without a shelter.
UN censures rights violations against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar

Jul 13, 2021 02:30

The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution denouncing violations by Myanmar’s military against the persecuted Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities.
Mike Pompeo rejected efforts by US officials to declare 'genocide' in Myanmar

Mar 26, 2021 00:16

American officials have revealed that former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stopped a declaration prepared against Myanmar’s military leaders on the genocide of minority Rohingya Muslims.
Fire at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh kills several: Witnesses

Mar 23, 2021 04:59

A huge fire has swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, destroying thousands of homes and killing several people, officials and witnesses said, in the worst blaze to hit the settlement in recent years.
More protests held in Myanmar amid diplomacy to resolve crisis

Feb 24, 2021 08:52

More protests have been held in Myanmar against the recent coup in the country, amid diplomatic efforts to resolve a deepening crisis triggered by the putsch.
Rohingya refugees facing new onslaught in India

Feb 20, 2021 05:06

Fearful of possible arrest and expulsion, scores of refugees have gone into hiding across the Indian subcontinent while others have entered Bangladesh amid a mounting hate campaign against the community in India.