Myanmar

Rohingya persecution could trigger regional conflict: UN

Feb 05, 2018 12:42

The United Nations (UN)’s human rights chief has warned that the persecution of Rohingya Muslim people in Myanmar could spark a regional conflict.
UN urges Myanmar to release Reuters journalists

Feb 02, 2018 18:55

The United Nations human rights office has urged Myanmar to release two detained Reuters journalists who covered the state-sponsored crackdown against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, a day after a district court rejected bail for them.
Myanmar: ‘Bodies half-buried, faces burned with acid’

Feb 01, 2018 08:56

The Associated Press has confirmed the discovery of more than five new mass graves in Rohingya Muslim villages in Myanmar where the military and Buddhist mobs have been running amok in a campaign of death and destruction against minority Muslims.
100,00 Rohingya refugees in grave danger from monsoon rains, UN warns

Jan 29, 2018 14:20

The United Nations has warned that more than 100,000 Rohingya Muslims in Bangladeshi refugee camps will be in grave danger with the mid-year monsoon season on its way.
UN demands unhindered access to Rohingya camps newly built in Myanmar

Jan 24, 2018 15:32

The United Nations (UN) has called on Myanmar to grant aid agencies unhindered access to camps that have been built near the border with Bangladesh to house the tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who face repatriation from Bangladesh.
Rohingya citizenship, safety need addressing before repatriation: UN

Jan 22, 2018 19:55

The UN refugee chief says more time is needed to prepare the return of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh to western Rakhine state in Myanmar.
Rohingya repatriations won’t begin Tuesday as planned: Bangladesh

Jan 22, 2018 10:10

Bangladesh has postponed the gradual repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, which was slated to being Tuesday, amid concerns that the refugees could be coerced into leaving.
Bangladesh tells Rohingya refugees they may lose food ration if stay

Jan 21, 2018 18:42

Tension mounts at refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh, where thousands of persecuted Rohingya Muslims are expected to be repatriated to Myanmar, after Bangladesh threatened to cut their food ration if they do not leave the country.
Bangladesh, Myanmar agree on Rohingya repatriation plan in two-year period

Jan 16, 2018 13:19

Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to repatriate the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled a recent army crackdown in Myanmar within a period of two years.
Myanmar troops involved in killing Rohingya Muslims, army admits

Jan 10, 2018 17:55

Myanmar’s army chief has posted an announcement admitting that security forces had a hand in killing members of the Rohingya minority group and dumping their bodies in a mass grave.