Rakhine state
Keep up the pressure on Myanmar
Don’t let it delay the repatriation of Rohingya refugees any further
'People are dying': UN official urges aid access for Myanmar's Rakhine state
A UN official has urges Myanmar to grant aid workers “predictable, sustained access” to Rakhine state, where fighting between government troops and rebels has displaced nearly 33,000 people since late last year, saying lack of aid has cost lives.
UN special envoy for Myanmar not allowed to visit conflict zones in Rakhine
Myanmar did not allow Christine Schraner Burgener, UN special envoy for Myanmar, to visit the conflict zones in northern Rakhine State citing safety concerns, according to report.
Myanmar policeman found killed in northern Rakhine state
The bullet-riddled body of a Myanmar policeman was found in northern Rakhine state, government media says, as tensions rise in the hotspot where the Rohingya crisis erupted last year.
Create conditions in Myanmar conducive to refugee returns: UNHCR
The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, appeals to Myanmar to exert all efforts to create conditions conducive for voluntary return of the Rohingyas and address the root causes of the refugees’ displacement in line with the recommendations of the Kofi-Annan led Advisory Commission on Rakhine State.
The strategic importance of Rakhine State
While the media spotlight on Rohingyas has primarily focused on religious persecution and ethnic cleansing, the strategic importance of Rakhine State of Myanmar needs to be articulated.
Work plan of Rakhine enquiry commission discussed
Myanmar discusses matters related to the work plan of the independent commission of enquiry on Rakhine State.
UN wants tangible progress to improve conditions in Rakhine
UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, and UNDP, the UN's development agency, urges Myanmar authorities to make tangible progress to improve conditions in Rakhine State.
UNSC's Myanmar Trip: Naypyidaw to 'try to fix ties with world'
As the UNSC delegation begins visiting Myanmar today its government will make an effort to repair its strained relationship with the international community and allow some of Rohingyas to return to Rakhine State.
Act now to solve Rohingya crisis
Lawmakers from Commonwealth countries have called upon the international community to take urgent action to resolve the Rohingya crisis.
CPA lawmakers stand by Dhaka
Lawmakers from Commonwealth countries have committed their full support for Bangladesh in resolving the Rohingya crisis. The commitment came yesterday after Dhaka briefed them on the issue during the annual conference of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) in the capital.
Responsibility lies with Myanmar
The US wants Myanmar to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas in their own villages following their exodus from violence-wracked Rakhine State towards Bangladesh, a senior State Department official said in Dhaka yesterday.
Suu Kyi makes first visit to crisis-hit north Rakhine
Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi visited conflict-battered northern Rakhine State for the first time yesterday, reportedly meeting Rohingya Muslims who have faced an army crackdown that has seen hundreds of thousands of the minority flee.
Almost everyone is survivor or witness
Almost every Rohingya woman and girl, who fled the Rakhine State in Myanmar and took shelter in Bangladesh, is either a survivor of
'Beijing with Dhaka'
Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka yesterday said his country stands by Bangladesh and hopes there will soon be a peaceful solution to the Rohingya crisis.
Dhaka pushing for special UN session
Dhaka has intensified diplomatic efforts for the UN Human Rights Council to hold a special session and adopt a
The fastest growing refugee crisis
With the Rohingyas streaming into Bangladesh fleeing a brutal crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine State, the UN rights body chief denounced the atrocities as “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing”.
Another UN report shelved
Only a few weeks after it was revealed that the UN had suppressed a report highly critical of the conditions in Rakhine State, we find out that a UN World Food Programme report on hunger and starvation of the Rohingyas had also been shelved.
No let-up in atrocities
Despite Myanmar's assurances that it is stopping the exodus of Rohingyas, members of the minority group continue to stream towards Bangladesh fleeing violence in Rakhine State.
