atrocities on Rohingyas
Reuters publishes investigative report on how Myanmar military planned Rohingya purge
War crimes investigators got hold of thousands of pages of documents that shed new light on Myanmar’s campaign to expel the country’s ethnic minority -- the Rohingya, as well as efforts to hide the strategy from the world.
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 repatriation of Rohingyas: ASEAN parliamentary 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.
International Rohingya organisations 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.
Bangladesh envoy to UN urges UNSC 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 issues personal appeal to support Rohingya refugees
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 fleeing Myanmar 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.
