Rohingya

UN concerned about situation of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Jul 11, 2017 04:37

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi has expressed concerns about the poor living conditions of Rohingya Muslim refugees, who have fled a “very dire state” in their homeland Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh.
UN calls on Myanmar to grant citizenship to Rohingya

Jul 07, 2017 14:55

The UN refugee agency has called on Myanmar to grant citizenship to the persecuted Rohingya Muslims.
Myanmar to deny entry to UN staffers investigating plight of Rohingya Muslims

Jun 30, 2017 08:07

Myanmar says it will refuse entry to the members of a United Nations fact-finding mission tasked with investigating crimes made by Myanmar’s security forces against Rohingya Muslims.
UN rights group names team to probe atrocities against Rohingya

May 30, 2017 11:14

The UN Human Rights Council has named a three-person team to probe atrocities against Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state.
Myanmar begins shutting down displacement camps in Rakhine

Apr 11, 2017 10:14

Myanmar authorities begin shutting down three displacement camps in the beleaguered Rakhine State, where persecuted Rohingya Muslims are mainly based.
UNICEF urges Myanmar to release detained Rohingya children

Apr 09, 2017 08:29

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for the release of the Rohingya children detained by Myanmar’s government as part of a heavy-handed crackdown on the Muslim minority group in Rakhine State.
Myanmar rejects ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims

Apr 06, 2017 08:25

Myanmar’s government has refused to recognize as ethnic-cleansing the ongoing persecution of Rohingya Muslims, who have been subject to a heavy-handed crackdown by the country’s military over the past months.
About 118 Rohingya Muslims died in Malaysian refugee camps in 2 years

Mar 30, 2017 08:27

More than 115 refugees, including Rohingya Muslims, have lost their lives due to various diseases and other, unknown causes in Malaysia’s refugee detention centers over the past two years, authorities with a government-funded rights body say.
Myanmar army chief defies UN calls, defends crackdown on Rohingya

Mar 27, 2017 15:31

Myanmar's army chief has defended an ongoing crackdown against the persecuted Rohingya Muslims minority in Rakhine State after the UN pledged to probe a campaign of killing and torture by security forces there.
Rohingya Muslims recount speak of sufferings in Myanmar

Mar 25, 2017 08:26

The Rohingya Muslims, who fled persecution in Myanmar, recount their ordeals back at home, where they were subject to torture, rape and violence by the military.