Rohingya

Myanmar’s president resigns 'to take rest from duties’

Mar 21, 2018 06:25

Myanmar’s President Htin Kyaw, a close ally of the country’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has announced his resignation, citing ill health.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi greeted by protesters in Sydney over Rohingya crisis

Mar 19, 2018 14:12

Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been greeted by street protests in Australia over her response to the Southeast Asian country's ongoing violent campaign against persecuted Rohingya Muslims.
UN launches $1 billion appeal for Rohingya refugees in 2018

Mar 16, 2018 16:11

The United Nations has launched an appeal for nearly one billion dollar to meet the urgent needs of Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh, stressing the importance of establishing conditions for securing the safe return of those displaced.
UN experts slam Facebook for allowing hate material to spread against Rohingya in Myanmar

Mar 13, 2018 07:31

United Nations human rights experts have slammed the online social media platform Facebook for allowing the incitement of violence against Rohingya Muslims in the Buddhists-majority country of Myanmar.
UN expert says Myanmar's crackdown on Rohingya bears 'hallmarks of genocide'

Mar 13, 2018 02:03

A top UN rights expert has warned that Myanmar’s crackdown on the persecuted Rohingya bears "the hallmarks of genocide," insisting that the government should be held accountable for the ongoing crimes against the Muslim community.
Monsoon floods threaten 100,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Mar 11, 2018 16:29

The persecuted Rohingya refugees from Myanmar’s Rakhine state who live in denuded hills in southern Bangladesh hope that the sandbags fortifying the slopes will survive the upcoming monsoon.
Rohingya Muslims stranded in borderland not willing to return

Mar 10, 2018 14:02

Some 6,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who have been displaced from their homes in Myanmar and are locked outside the border with Bangladesh are not willing to return home, a new report says.
UN rights chief raps ‘serial denials’ of abuse by Myanmar

Mar 09, 2018 11:39

The United Nations human rights chief says Myanmar is making “serial denials” of the state-sponsored abuses carried out against Rohingya Muslims, shortly after a Myanmarese official demanded evidence of alleged genocide.
UN has strong suspicion genocide has happened in Myanmar

Mar 07, 2018 09:50

The United Nations (UN)’s human rights chief has expressed strong suspicion that “acts of genocide” may have been carried out against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar since August 2017.
Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims still languishing

Mar 04, 2018 14:08

Rohingya refugees who are living in a no-man’s-land between Myanmar’s Tambru and Bangladesh’s Konarpara border areas are still in great need of aid support.