Rohingya

Suu Kyi uses first appearance since UN damning report to discuss literature

Aug 29, 2018 08:34

Myanmar’s embattled leader Aung San Suu Kyi has resorted to literature instead of addressing the critical humanitarian issues regarding her country’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority in her first public appearance a day after a damning report by the United Nations confirmed that “genocide” had occurred in the country under her watch.
UN chief says Myanmar genocide report deserves deep consideration

Aug 29, 2018 08:14

The UN Secretary General has voiced deep concerns after a UN report showed that Myanmar's military engaged in mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with "genocidal intent."
EU executive to hold meeting on UN Myanmar report this week

Aug 27, 2018 17:03

The European Union's executive in Brussels will hold a meeting this week with the authors of a UN report that called for prosecution of Myanmar's army chief and five other top military commanders for genocide against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority.
UN: Myanmar military killed, raped Rohingya Muslims with ‘genocidal intent’

Aug 27, 2018 14:16

A UN fact-finding mission says Myanmar’s military has carried out a series of “shocking” rights violations against Rohingya Muslims, including mass killings and gang rapes, adding the country’s commander-in-chief and other generals should stand trial for “genocide” and war crimes against the minority group.
One year passed: Forgotten in Myanmar, 129,000 Rohingya languish in camps

Aug 26, 2018 15:46

One year after the beginning of the brutal military crackdown against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, more than 129,000 of them are trapped in squalid camps inside Rakhine State.
Rohingya protest for 'justice' on Myanmar crackdown anniversary

Aug 25, 2018 14:33

Thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees have rallied in Bangladesh, calling for justice on the anniversary of Myanmar’s deadly crackdown on the persecuted ethnic minority group.
UNICEF warns of 'lost generation' of Rohingya children

Aug 23, 2018 13:46

The United Nations says hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim children lack proper education both in Myanmar and border camps in Bangladesh, warning that the Myanmarese kids could become “a lost generation.”
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi strikes cold note on ousted Muslims

Aug 22, 2018 03:35

Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi says Bangladesh is responsible for the start of the repatriation process of the Rohingya Muslims who have fled state-sponsored violence in Myanmar — and who are awaiting safety guarantees to return — warning that the risk of “inter-communal violence” remains once the minority Muslims do return.
HRW skeptical of Myanmar inquiry into Rohingya abuses

Aug 18, 2018 13:31

Human Rights Watch has warned that a panel set up by Myanmar to probe atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state does not seem to be performing its task in a “serious and impartial” manner.
Relocate Rohingya refugees to safer grounds: HRW to Bangladesh

Aug 06, 2018 12:09

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned against the threat of natural disasters facing the Rohingya Muslim refugees living in an overcrowded mega camp in Bangladesh’s border region near Myanmar, calling on Dhaka to relocate the hapless refugees to safer places.