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Doctors Without Borders warns Bangladesh refugee camps on brink of 'health disaster'
Sep 22, 2017 13:22Doctors Without Borders has warned that refugee camps in Bangladesh are on the brink of a "health disaster" amid an influx of Rohingya Muslims from neighboring Myanmar.
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UN agency warns Rohingya Muslim refugees 'at mercy' of traffickers
Sep 20, 2017 12:25The International Organization for Migration (IOM), a subsidiary agency of the United Nations, has warned about the plight of Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar, saying they are "at the mercy" of human traffickers in Bangladesh and other areas.
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About 20,000 rally in Bangladesh to condemn Myanmar's crackdown on Rohingya
Sep 18, 2017 13:01Thousands have staged a massive rally in Bangladesh to protest Myanmar’s violent crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim community that has forced the minority group to seek shelter in neighboring Bangladesh.
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Aid agencies call for harsh bans against Myanmar military
Sep 18, 2017 06:45Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for harsh international sanctions against the Myanmar military over its brutal “ethnic cleansing campaign” against the country’s Rohingya Muslims.
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Iran, Pakistan army chiefs urge Muslim world action to end Rohingya plight
Sep 17, 2017 12:54The military chiefs of Iran and Pakistan have called on the Muslim world to take more concrete actions to end the violence against the persecuted Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
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Rohingya refugees in UK demand end to ‘slaughter’
Sep 17, 2017 10:00Rohingya Muslims living in the UK have called on the British government to help stop Myanmar’s ongoing “ethnic cleansing” against the religious minority.
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Zionist entity behind crimes against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar: Ayatollah Khatami
Sep 15, 2017 11:55Tehran's interim Friday Prayer Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad Khatami has called for international action over the major humanitarian crisis unfolding in Myanmar, saying the Israeli regime is behind the violence against the persecuted Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state.
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Bangladesh targets refugee boat operators as Rohingya crisis deepens
Sep 14, 2017 14:04Bangladesh targets refugee profiteers as some boat operators are exploiting persecuted Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar by demanding up to $100 for ferry trips.
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UN chief urges Myanmar authorities to stop violence against Rohingya
Sep 14, 2017 00:39The United Nations chief has called on Myanmar's authorities to halt the ongoing campaign against the persecuted Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state.
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Iran seeks to send delegation to Myanmar over Rohingya plight
Sep 14, 2017 00:27Tehran says it has called for a visit of an Foreign Ministry delegation to Myanmar to discuss ways to end the plight of the Rohingya Muslims in the Southeast Asian country.