Rohingya

Iran, Turkey FMs discuss violence against Rohingya Muslims

Sep 04, 2017 13:54

The foreign ministers of Iran and Turkey have exchanged views about the ongoing bloody crackdown on the persecuted Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State.
Muslim nations denounce Myanmar’s persecution of Rohingya Muslims

Sep 04, 2017 13:54

A Nobel laureate and several Muslim nations have strongly denounced and staged protests against Myanmar's government over persecution of Muslim Rohingya minority in the western state of Rakhine.
Almost 90,000 Rohingya Muslims arrive in Bangladesh amid crackdown

Sep 04, 2017 06:46

Nearly 90,000 Rohingya Muslims have arrived in Bangladesh since the Myanmar military unleashed another bloody crackdown on the persecuted Muslim community in troubled Rakhine State late last month.
British FM urges Suu Kyi to end violence against Rohingya Muslims

Sep 04, 2017 06:35

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has condemned ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in the Muslim-majority Rakhine region in Myanmar.
Bangladesh relief camps for Rohingya reach full capacity: UN official

Sep 04, 2017 01:18

Relief camps have reached full capacity as thousands of persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing violence in western Myanmar continue to pour into neighboring Bangladesh, aid officials say.
Petrol bomb thrown at Myanmar embassy in Indonesia

Sep 03, 2017 12:27

A petrol bomb was thrown at Myanmar's embassy in the Indonesian capital Jakarta early Sunday, police said, as anger grew across the mainly Muslim archipelago about violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar.
Over 2,600 homes burned in Rohingya-majority Rakhine: Myanmar

Sep 02, 2017 07:00

The Myanmar government says over 2,600 houses have been burned down over the past week in the Rohingya-majority areas of the country’s northwest, which have been the scene of one of the deadliest outbreaks of violence against the persecuted Muslim community in decades.
About 400 people die as Myanmar cracks down on Rohingya

Sep 01, 2017 08:42

Almost 400 people have died in Myanmar since the country’s army stepped up a military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims last week.
Protesters in Malaysia urge end to violence against Rohingya Muslims

Aug 31, 2017 00:58

Nearly 1,200 protesters have taken to the streets in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, in solidarity with Rohingya Muslims after a fresh wave of violence erupted against the persecuted community in Myanmar.
Rohingyas flee crackdown in Myanmar in thousands

Aug 30, 2017 06:16

A government crackdown in Myanmar has forced nearly 19,000 members of Myanmar’s minority Rohingya Muslim community to flee to neighboring Bangladesh in less than a week.