-
Rohingya Muslims protest in Bangladeshi camp
Apr 29, 2018 10:40Rohingya Muslim refugees have staged a protest rally at a camp in Bangladesh, calling for United Nations (UN) protection on their potential return to Myanmar as well as citizenship.
-
UN team in Bangladesh to discuss Rohingya crisis
Apr 28, 2018 19:06A delegation from the United Nations Security Council has arrived in Bangladesh to examine the situation surrounding thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled a brutal crackdown in their home country of Myanmar.
-
UN team to visit Myanmar's Rakhine next week
Apr 25, 2018 18:54A United Nations Security Council delegation tasked with measuring the impact of the Rohingya refugee crisis is gearing up to tour Rakhine state, a senior government official has revealed.
-
UN blacklists Myanmar military for sexual abuse of Rohingya population
Apr 15, 2018 09:28A report by the United Nations has blacklisted Myanmar’s military for carrying out widespread sexual violence as a strategy to terrorize the Rohingya Muslim population and to drive them out of the land they lived in western Myanmar.
-
Boat carrying 70 Rohingya refugees leaves for Malaysia
Apr 14, 2018 11:05A boat carrying 70 Rohingya Muslims set out for Malaysia from Myanmar this week, two sources and a rights group said, the latest to embark on a dangerous sea journey.
-
Myanmar minister set to visit Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh
Apr 04, 2018 19:02A Myanmar minister will tour camps for Rohingya Muslim refugees in neighboring Bangladesh, the first such visit since a crackdown by Myanmar's military drove thousands of the persecuted Muslim minority over the border.
-
UNHCR concerned about safety of 56 Rohingya refugees in stormy seas
Apr 03, 2018 04:29The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it is worried about the fate of 56 Rohingya refugees sailing on a Malaysia-bound boat in stormy waters off Thailand, as indications suggest that overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh may prompt more Rohingya Muslims to embark on similar journeys across the Andaman Sea.
-
Myanmar lures Bangladeshi Buddhists to resettle on Rohingya land: Officials
Apr 03, 2018 04:25Myanmar authorities have lured dozens of mainly Buddhist Bangladeshi tribal families to resettle on land abandoned by persecuted Rohingya Muslims.
-
Bangladesh begins relocating thousands of Rohingya before monsoon
Apr 01, 2018 19:14Bangladesh has begun relocating 100,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar’s Rakhine state to safer ground ahead of the monsoon season.
-
UN hints Myanmar officials inciting hatred against Muslims
Mar 27, 2018 12:56UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has censured recent remarks by Myanmar’s army chief against minority Rohingya Muslims, hinting that state authorities in the Southeast Asian country are involved in the incitement of hatred against the Muslim community.