atrocities on Rohingyas

Atrocities on Rohingyas: Inaction of key world powers delays justice

Justice remains elusive for Rohingyas even after two years due to a lack of strong support from major world powers, like the US, China, and Russia, said legal and international experts.
Restore Rohingya rights to citizenship

A group of UN investigators yesterday called on the Myanmar government to suspend the citizenship verification process based on the 1982 Citizenship Law and restore the citizenship rights of Rohingyas through a speedy administrative process.
Myanmar must take back Rohingyas with dignity: Lisa Curtis

Myanmar has to take back the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh after ensuring their security and dignity, Deputy Assistant to US President Donald Trump Lisa Curtis says.
Fortify Rights urges UNSC to refer genocide in Myanmar to ICC

Fortify Rights, a human rights body in Southeast Asia, urges the United Nations Security Council to refer Myanmar to the International Criminal Court to investigate genocide and atrocities against Rohingyas.
AP confirms 5 previously unreported Myanmar mass graves

More than five mass graves, all previously unreported, have been confirmed by The Associated Press through multiple interviews with more than two dozen survivors in Bangladesh refugee camps and through time-stamped cellphone videos.
Put pressure on Myanmar for ensuring safe return of Rohingyas: ASEAN body

ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights call upon the Southeast Asian regional community to mount pressure on Myanmar for ensuring safe and voluntary repatriation of the Rohingyas from Bangladesh.
Bangladesh says Rohingya return to Myanmar is delayed

Bangladesh says that the repatriation of Muslim Rohingya refugees to Myanmar will not happen on Tuesday as planned because arrangements are incomplete.
Rohingya orgs demand security, rights before repatriation

Rohingya organisations from across the globe demands that the Rohingya refugees need guarantee ensuring their life and property security and peaceful coexistence with rest of the population in Myanmar before they are repatriated.
Pope, in Xmas message, calls for protection of Rohingyas

Pope Francis in his Christmas message calls for adequate protection of the dignity of Rohingyas, who fled to Bangladesh following persecution in Myanmar.
6,700 Rohingya killed during attacks in Myanmar: MSF

Surveys conducted by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in refugee settlement camps in Bangladesh estimate that at least 6,700 Rohingya, in the most conservative estimations, were killed in Myanmar between August 25 and September 24 after violence broke out in its Rakhine state.
Myanmar working group to visit Dhaka Dec 19

A delegation of Myanmar working group will visit Bangladesh on December 19 to ascertain the modalities for execution of the bilateral deal signed between Dhaka and Naypyidaw for repatriation of forcibly displaced Rohingya people.
US terms violence against Rohingyas as ‘ethnic cleansing’

The United States declares the ongoing violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar to be “ethnic cleansing”, putting more pressure on the country’s military to halt a brutal crackdown that has sent more than 600,000 refugees flooding over the border to Bangladesh.
Bilateral talks on to repatriate Rohingyas: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that the government has started bilateral discussions with Myanmar to repatriate the Rohingya refugees.
End violence immediately for Rohingyas' return: US

The House Foreign Affairs Committee of the United States has called for an immediate end to violence in Myanmar so that the Rohingya refugees can go back to their homes.
Myanmar gives green light to resume UN food aid

Myanmar authorities have agreed to allow the United Nations to resume food distributions in northern Rakhine state, suspended for nearly two months, World Food Programme (WFP) spokeswoman Bettina Luescher says.
Myanmar's Rohingya crisis ‘spinning out of control’

A combination of escalating violence, worsening health and poor access to conflict zones in Myanmar's Rakhine state is fueling a humanitarian crisis that is "spinning out of control", senior aid officials say.
Rohingya crisis: US won’t say 'ethnic cleansing'

US government officials decline to characterize the treatment of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims as ethnic cleansing, but listed new measures including targeted sanctions Washington is considering to address the crisis.
‘Joint working group by Nov 30 to repatriate Rohingyas’

Bangladesh and Myanmar decide to constitute a joint working group by November 30 to repatriate the Rohingya people, who fled persecution in Rakhine state.
Rohingya women, children still at acute risk: Unicef

Nearly two months since Rohingya families began fleeing en masse to Bangladesh, thousands of children and women are still without basic life-saving services, Unicef says.
UNSC urged to solve Rohingya crisis

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, Masud Bin Momen urges the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to take combined and firm steps for permanent solution of humanitarian crises of displaced Rohigyas and Palestinians.
EU wants Myanmar’s reply before slapping embargoes

The European Union says that it wants to see Myanmar's reply before going for tougher measures like imposing an economic embargo or other restrictive measures against the country.
UN top official witnesses dozens of burnt Rohingya villages

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman has viewed dozens of burned and destroyed villages of Rohingyas in Rakhine state of Myanmar.
EU to review all defence cooperation with Myanmar

In a major foreign policy decision, the European Union and its Member States decide to review all practical defence cooperation with Myanmar.
Govt working for repatriation of Rohingyas: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working for repatriation of the Rohingyas who entered Bangladesh to save their lives facing violence by Myanmar Army.
Senior UN officials call for urgent funds for Rohingyas

Two senior United Nations’ officials stress for urgent funding for Rohingya refugees, who escaped persecution in Myanmar and entered Bangladesh.
UK sends humanitarian aid for Rohingyas

The UK government's Department for International Development (DfID) in collaboration with IOM, the UN Migration Agency, organises a major airlift of relief items to help some of the more than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in neighbouring Myanmar.
UN migration agency head pleas for ending Rohingya crisis

William Lacy Swing, director general of the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM), issues a personal plea to intervene to end the suffering of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
Rohingyas say army redoubling push to clear villages

Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh amid a fresh exodus from strife-torn Myanmar have described whole villages being emptied and thousands marching to the border as security forces redouble efforts to drive remaining Muslims from their homes.
26,000 Rohingyas being shifted to Cox’s Bazar from Bandarban

The government starts shifting of 26,000 Rohingyas from Naikhongchhari area of Bandarban to Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar.
Europe puts off investment deal with Myanmar

The inking of the investment protection agreement (IPA) between the European Union and Myanmar is put off until an unknown date.