Myanmar

A generation of Rohingya may be lost: Group

Dec 13, 2018 12:59

A group advocating the cause of the persecuted Rohingya Muslims says a generation of the Muslims may be lost due to a lack of education for children and the youth at camps for the displaced in Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Twitter CEO under fire for ignoring Rohingya plight in Myanmar

Dec 10, 2018 19:57

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has come under fire for promoting Myanmar as a tourist destination without mentioning widespread rights abuses against the Rohingya Muslim minority in the Southeast Asian country.
Bangladesh summons Myanmar’s envoy over minister’s remarks about Rohingya

Dec 06, 2018 13:06

Bangladesh has summoned Myanmar’s ambassador over controversial comments made by the Myanmarese religion minister about Dhaka and Rohingya Muslim refugees, and called for legal action against him.
20 Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution reach Indonesia

Dec 04, 2018 13:03

Twenty Rohingya Muslims on a boat have arrived at the northeastern shore of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, amid a fresh wave of refugee departures from Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Suu Kyi to be stripped of freedom of Paris award

Dec 01, 2018 13:10

The French capital Paris will strip Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary freedom of the city in response to crimes committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
Bangladesh detains 10 Rohingya refugees heading for Malaysia

Nov 30, 2018 20:11

Bangladeshi police have arrested 10 Rohingya refugees before boarding a boat bound for Malaysia, an official says.
Myanmar seizes more Rohingya Muslims fleeing Rakhine

Nov 27, 2018 11:07

Myanmar’s authorities have intercepted a boat with 93 Rohingya Muslims who were fleeing apartheid conditions at internal displacement camps in Rakhine State and heading to Malaysia.
Rohingya say Bangladesh, aid agencies must stop collecting information for Myanmar

Nov 26, 2018 17:48

Rohingya refugees in southeast Bangladesh have staged a massive protest and strike, demanding that officials and aid agencies stop sharing their family information with Myanmar’s government.
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.