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.
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.
Fear of epidemic disaster as disease stalks Rohingya camps
Rashida Begum steers clear of the water pump near the reeking latrine shared by more than 100 families in a grim corner of Bangladesh that has grown into one of the world's largest refugee settlements in just weeks.
World must join to stop Rohingya genocide: Shabana Azmi
The violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar amounts to genocide and the world must get together to stop it, says actor-activist Shabana Azmi.
Half of UN Security Council ask UN chief to publicly brief on Myanmar
Seven members of the United Nations Security Council, including the United States and Britain, ask UN chief Antonio Guterres to publicly brief the 15-member body next week on the violence in Myanmar that he has described as ethnic cleansing.
Rohingya refugee camps on the brink of a 'health disaster': MSF
Bangladesh's refugee camps are on the brink of a "public health disaster," Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warns, saying filthy water and faeces flow through shanties now bursting with Rohinyga Muslims who have fled violence in Myanmar.
$200mn needed for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh for 6 months: UN
The United Nations estimates that $200 million will be needed over the next six months to help Rohingya Muslims refugees who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in "massive numbers" to escape a bloody military campaign.
Permanent Peoples' Tribunal finds Myanmar guilty of Rohingya genocide
The Myanmar government is guilty of genocide against the Rohingya people and other Muslim minorities, according to the international Permanent Peoples' Tribunal.
Rohingya crisis dents Myanmar hopes of Western investment boom
When officials from Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon toured six European countries in June, they were hoping to drum up investment in transport, energy and education.
Facebook bans 'dangerous' Rohingya militant group
Facebook says it has banned a Rohingya militant group from its site, designating it a 'dangerous organisation' as information on the deepening crisis is muddied by claims, counter-claims and hate speech on social media.
Malaysian tribunal reveals horrific details of atrocities against Rohingyas
A woman from Laung Don village flees her house when Myanmar soldiers came into the village, leaving behind her sister who had just given birth and her newborn baby.
