Rohingya

UN launches probe of crimes against Rohingya in Myanmar

Mar 24, 2017 07:38

The top United Nations human rights body agreed on Friday to send an international fact-finding mission to investigate widespread allegations of killings, rape and torture by security forces against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
Suu Kyi aide dismisses UN pressure over abuse of Rohingya

Mar 01, 2017 12:21

A close aide to Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi has dismissed mounting international pressure over the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state despite evidence provided by the UN of murder, rape and torture at the hands of government forces.
Myanmar police to probe allegations of abuse against Muslim Rohingyas

Feb 13, 2017 10:53

Myanmar’s police are to conduct a “departmental enquiry” to determine whether law enforcement officers have committed human rights violations against the Muslim Rohingyas in the Buddhist-majority country.
Malaysian ship carrying aid for Rohingya Muslims arrives in Myanmar

Feb 09, 2017 12:11

A Malaysian ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of aid, including food and medicine, to help members of the persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority has arrived in Myanmar.
HRW slams Bangladesh’s plan to relocate Rohingya refugees

Feb 09, 2017 11:05

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Bangladeshi government to drop a plan for the relocation of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to a remote island.
Myanmar crackdown has allegedly killed 1,000 Rohingya: UN officials

Feb 08, 2017 13:29

More than 1,000 Rohingya Muslims have allegedly been killed in Myanmar amid the army's intensified crackdown on members of the minority group, two senior United Nations officials have disclosed the horrifying fact.
Myanmar army, police ‘gang rape’ Rohingya women systematically: HRW

Feb 06, 2017 14:30

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Myanmarese government forces have committed “rape and other sexual violence” against women and girls of the Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority while carrying out their so-called counter-militancy operations in the western province of Rakhine.
UN rights chief urges end to rights violations against Rohingya Muslims

Feb 03, 2017 08:41

The UN human rights chief has blasted Myanmar for committing “grave” human rights violations against its Rohingya Muslims, calling on the Naypyidaw government to stop the crimes against the persecuted minority.
Bangladesh to relocate Rohingya refugees to remote island

Jan 30, 2017 12:19

Authorities in Bangladesh have controversially decided to encamp tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from neighboring Myanmar at a remote offshore location.
Pressure mounts on Myanmar as state crimes against Muslims documented

Dec 19, 2016 10:36

An international rights group has warned Myanmar that its widespread military crackdown on the Rohingya community may amount to crimes against humanity, as a meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers convenes in the country to discuss means of ending the plight of the ethnic Muslims.