Rohingya

Bangladesh sending more Rohingya Muslims to remote island

Nov 24, 2021 08:13

Bangladesh has started to send more Rohingya Muslim refugees to a controversial facility on a remote island.
‘Atrocity crimes’ feared as Myanmar sending troops, weapons to north: UN

Oct 23, 2021 12:07

The United Nations (UN) warns of more “atrocity crimes” in Myanmar amid reports of the military massing thousands of troops and heavy weapons in the north of the country in a move reminiscent of the “genocidal attacks against the Rohingya Muslims” five years ago.
Seven killed in attack on Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

Oct 22, 2021 14:46

In an attack on an Islamic seminary in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, gunmen kill at least seven people and wound 20, amid escalating tensions in the settlements following the recent assassination of a prominent Muslim leader.
Rights group urges revision of UN-Bangladesh deal on Rohingya refugees

Oct 15, 2021 12:53

A human rights group has urged the United Nations (UN) and Bangladesh to revise a recent deal over the relocation of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a remote, inhospitable island.
Prominent Rohingya Muslim leader shot dead in Bangladesh refugee camp

Sep 30, 2021 09:03

A prominent Rohingya Muslim leader has been fatally shot in a refugee camp in southern Bangladesh following months of deteriorating violence in the world’s largest refugee settlement.
US judge orders Facebook to release anti-Rohingya account records for genocide case

Sep 23, 2021 09:08

A judge in the United States has denounced Facebook for failing to release records of now-closed accounts that contributed to violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, according to a new report.
Deadly gunfight erupts after Myanmar junta convoy hit by roadside bomb

Sep 19, 2021 07:18

A roadside bomb attack has targeted a convoy of Myanmar’s ruling military forces near Yangon, with several people being killed in an ensuing gunfight, the military and media said.
Heavy rains displace thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh

Jul 29, 2021 06:16

Torrential monsoon rains have ruined the sprawling camps of Rohingya Muslim refugees in southern Bangladesh, turning settlements into fast-flowing rivers overnight and leaving thousands of refugees without a shelter.
UN censures rights violations against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar

Jul 13, 2021 02:30

The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution denouncing violations by Myanmar’s military against the persecuted Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities.
Mike Pompeo rejected efforts by US officials to declare 'genocide' in Myanmar

Mar 26, 2021 00:16

American officials have revealed that former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stopped a declaration prepared against Myanmar’s military leaders on the genocide of minority Rohingya Muslims.