Rohingya

Myanmar defends military build-up at Bangladesh border

Mar 02, 2018 10:42

Myanmar has defended its military build-up near the border with Bangladesh, where thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees have sheltered after fleeing a brutal military crackdown on their community.
Bangladesh to protest to Myanmar over troops gathering at border

Mar 01, 2018 14:31

Bangladesh will send a protest note to Myanmar over an increased security presence near a portion of their border where thousands of Rohingya Muslims have been sheltering just inside Myanmar, a Bangladesh border guard official said on Thursday.
Rohingya escape after Myanmar threat

Feb 28, 2018 15:29

Hundreds of Rohingya living in no man's land have left their makeshift camp and crossed into Bangladesh after soldiers from Myanmar used loudhailers to threaten them, community leaders said Wednesday.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi blamed for Rohingya 'genocide'

Feb 28, 2018 15:19

Three Nobel Peace laureates have charged Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the country's military with involvement in "genocide" for their role in violence against the Rohingya Muslim community in Rakhine state.
EU agrees to prepare sanctions on Myanmar generals over Rohingya plight

Feb 26, 2018 12:58

European Union foreign ministers have agreed to prepare sanctions against senior Myanmar military officers over "serious and systematic" rights abuses against the country's Rohingya Muslim community.
UN chief calls for ‘unfettered humanitarian access’ in Myanmar's Rakhine hit by crackdown

Feb 26, 2018 12:44

The United Nations has called on Myanmar authorities to “ensure unfettered humanitarian access” in Rakhine state, where state-sponsored violence has forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighboring Bangladesh.
Myanmar bulldozing Rohingya villages to destroy its ‘crime scenes’

Feb 23, 2018 10:10

New satellite imagery shows that the government of Myanmar is bulldozing more than dozens of already-burned-out Rohingya Muslim villages in the west of the country in an attempt to destroy evidence of violence committed by the military, rights groups say.
Bangladesh accelerates plan to put Rohingya refugees on isolated island

Feb 22, 2018 10:52

The government in Bangladesh is rapidly pushing a controversial plan to relocate some 100,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar to an isolated and flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal, where they may be stranded forever.
Bangladesh says to meet with Myanmar on Rohingya trapped at border

Feb 19, 2018 15:36

Representatives from Bangladesh and Myanmar are set to meet to discuss the repatriation of thousands of Rohingya Muslims trapped on a strip of unclaimed land between the two countries, Bangladeshi officials say.
Canada imposes targeted sanctions against Myanmar general

Feb 16, 2018 15:17

Canada has imposed "targeted sanctions" against a Myanmar general who led an army crackdown that forced over hundreds of thousands of minority Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighboring Bangladesh.