Rohingyas
Uncertainty over repatriation pushing Rohingyas towards crimes, Hasina tells UNHCR
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are getting frustrated due to prolonged uncertainty over repatriation to their homeland, Myanmar.
‘AAP supporting Rohingyas and Bangladeshis’ says Delhi BJP Chief
Protests today erupted in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh area, which was a key centre of a prolonged agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Act in 2019-20, as hundreds of people opposed the local civic body’s anti-encroachment drive armed with bulldozers in presence of heavy police deployment.
Illegal Migration Bid: 16 Rohingyas held in Teknaf
Members of the coast guard detained 16 Rohingyas from Habirchhara in Teknaf upazila when they were trying to go to Malaysia on a fishing trawler on Saturday night.
16 Rohingyas held while going to Malaysia from Cox’s Bazar
Bangladesh Coast Guard members detain 16 Rohingya people including women and children while they were trying to go to Malaysia through river route from Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar.
Fake Visas to Rohingyas: Bangladesh mission staffer involved?
A Bangladesh High Commission official stationed in Canberra has been alleged to be involved in issuing fake tourist visas to a group of Rohingyas living in Australia.
Myanmar guilty of genocide, war crimes
Two US organisations said they had found clear evidence that Myanmar military committed genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Rohingyas and urged the international community to set about a criminal investigation into the atrocities.
Editorial / Genocide against Rohingyas goes on!
United Nations (UN) investigators submitted a 444-page report to the UN Security Council on October 24 about the ongoing genocide in Myanmar against the Rohingyas.
Rohingya protesters call for freedom for Reuters reporters in Myanmar
About 50 Rohingya Muslim refugees gathers in a muddy sports field in a camp in Bangladesh to protest against the conviction in Myanmar of two Reuters reporters, who were arrested while covering the plight of their community.
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.
What will the world do about Rohingyas?
We commend the statement issued by the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights in recognising that Rohingyas continue to be victims of ethnic cleansing and forced starvation and that the Myanmar government says one thing to the international community and does something diametrically opposite to the Rohingya community.
Rohingyas in No-man's Land: Life laden with fear, worries
Every dawn, Hamida's two-year-old girl wakes up and cries, hearing the sound of Myanmar army's heavy vehicles. She grabs her mother
Force Myanmar to take back Rohingyas
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the Commonwealth countries to force Myanmar to stop persecution on its Rohingya citizens and take them back from Bangladesh at the earliest.
Khaleda goes to Cox's Bazar today to visit Rohingyas
As BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia leaves the capital for Cox's Bazar today to distribute relief supplies among the Rohingyas, her party is all set for a massive showdown on her way to Cox's Bazar.
UNHCR collecting Rohingya data
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been working with the Bangladesh government to collect data on the estimated 5,36,000 forcibly displaced Rohingyas of Rakhine state of Myanmar and their needs.
Bangladesh wants UN involvement to end Rohingya crisis: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says Bangladesh wants United Nations involvement in discussion with Myanmar for repatriation of the Rohingyas.
18 Rohingyas held in Satkhira
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members detain 18 Rohingyas from a house in Kolaroa upazila of Satkhira after they enter Bangladesh illegally through India-Bangladesh border.
The Rakhine — Avatars of Tony Blair?
Two parties are widely blamed for the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingyas: the Myanmar army and Aung San Suu Kyi. They stand amid the embers and ashes of torched Rohingya homes, objects of a furious global condemnation.
TIB condemns UN for failing to avert Rohingya crisis
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) strongly condemns the failure of the United Nations to act upon a report of an independent expert it commissioned before the Myanmar military crackdown on Rohingyas in Rakhine.
Rohingya crisis: Home minister to visit Myanmar this month
Home Minister Asadzzaman Khan Kamal says that he would visit Myanmar this month to discuss the smooth and immediate repatriation of the Rohingyas, who have fled to Bangladesh for persecution in Rakhine state.
