Rohingya

Seven countries urge UNSC meeting on Myanmar violence against Rohingyas

Sep 23, 2017 03:41

Seven countries have called on the UN Security Council to convene a meeting to discuss the ongoing atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
Doctors Without Borders warns Bangladesh refugee camps on brink of 'health disaster'

Sep 22, 2017 13:22

Doctors Without Borders has warned that refugee camps in Bangladesh are on the brink of a "health disaster" amid an influx of Rohingya Muslims from neighboring Myanmar.
UN agency warns Rohingya Muslim refugees 'at mercy' of traffickers

Sep 20, 2017 12:25

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), a subsidiary agency of the United Nations, has warned about the plight of Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar, saying they are "at the mercy" of human traffickers in Bangladesh and other areas.
UN mission asks for more time to investigate Myanmar violence

Sep 19, 2017 11:12

The head of a UN investigation into violence in Myanmar asked for more time to look into reports of mass killings of Rohingya Muslims, as well as torture, sexual violence and the burning of their villages.
Iran asks for EU's help to stop massacre of Muslims in Myanmar

Sep 19, 2017 11:10

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani in a meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in New York described the situation of the Muslims in Myanmar as "shocking", and called for the European states' help to stop their massacre and plights.
About 20,000 rally in Bangladesh to condemn Myanmar's crackdown on Rohingya

Sep 18, 2017 13:01

Thousands have staged a massive rally in Bangladesh to protest Myanmar’s violent crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim community that has forced the minority group to seek shelter in neighboring Bangladesh.
Aid agencies call for harsh bans against Myanmar military

Sep 18, 2017 06:45

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for harsh international sanctions against the Myanmar military over its brutal “ethnic cleansing campaign” against the country’s Rohingya Muslims.
Buddhists to Rohingya: Leave, or we will kill you all

Sep 18, 2017 02:27

Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in northwestern Myanmar are pleading for safe passage from two remote villages besieged by Buddhist extremists.
Iran, Pakistan army chiefs urge Muslim world action to end Rohingya plight

Sep 17, 2017 12:54

The military chiefs of Iran and Pakistan have called on the Muslim world to take more concrete actions to end the violence against the persecuted Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
Rohingya refugees in UK demand end to ‘slaughter’

Sep 17, 2017 10:00

Rohingya Muslims living in the UK have called on the British government to help stop Myanmar’s ongoing “ethnic cleansing” against the religious minority.