Rome: United Nations World Food Programme in Bangladesh said it welcomed a new contribution of $50,000 from Vietnam to support operations in Coxs Bazar – home to nearly one million Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar. “We are very grateful to Vietnam for stepping up to assist people living in Cox’s[Read More…]
Tag: Rohingya
31 stranded Rohingyas: India-Bangladesh to hold meeting
Agartala: The border guards of India and Bangladesh are likely to hold a meeting on Monday over the 31 stranded Rohingya Muslims, stuck for the past 2 days at the zero lines on Tripura frontier, a BSF official said. “A meeting between the sector commanders of BSF (Border Security Force)[Read More…]
World Bank, Bangladesh sign $50m deal to improve Rohingya healthcare
The Bangladesh government on Thursday signed a $50 million grant financing agreement with the World Bank to improve the country’s services to cater to the health, nutrition and family planning needs of the Rohingya refugee population. The agreement was signed by Kazi Shofiqul Azam, Senior Secretary of Bangladesh’s Economic Relations[Read More…]
Myanmar jails 2 Reuters reporters investigating Rohingya killings for 7 years
Two Reuters reporters were jailed on Monday for seven years for violating a state secrets act during their reporting of the Rohingya crisis, a court said, in the case that has drawn outrage for its attack on media freedom. The two journalists were being tried since 2017 for breaching Myanmar’s[Read More…]
Rohingya children may end up being a lost generation: UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) has warned that the children from the Rohingya Muslim minority are facing the danger of becoming a “lost generation”. “We’re talking about risking the loss or potential loss of a generation of Rohingya children,” Unicef spokesperson Simon Ingram told the media here on Wednesday. “If[Read More…]
Myanmar confirms return of 58 Rohingyas from Bangladesh
Naypyidaw: Myanmar on Sunday confirmed the return of 58 Rohingyas, who had fled across the border to Bangladesh last year following an army offensive in the Rakhine region. The return comes even as a repatriation plan by Myanmar, of taking back the close to 700,000 Rohingyas who had fled to[Read More…]
UN Security Council members meet Suu Kyi
United Nations: The members of the UN Security Council have met Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to discuss the issue of more than one million Rohingya refugees who have fled into neighbouring Bangladesh, the chief UN spokesman said. “The Security Council, as you know, has a mission that[Read More…]
UN blames Facebook for spreading hate speech against Rohingya
Geneva: The UN human rights experts have blamed Facebook for playing a key role in spreading hate speech against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Marzuki Darusman, Chairman of the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, said on Monday that the social media platform had played a “determining role” in Myanmar.[Read More…]
Over 100 Rohingya killed fleeing Myanmar in two months: UN
More than 100 Rohingya refugees have drowned in shipwrecks and boat capsizes as they fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh, according to a UN official. Stephane Dujarric, the chief UN spokesman, on Friday said that the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has received reports of some 30 improvised rafts, carrying more than[Read More…]
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh targeted by human traffickers
Members of the Rohingya Muslim minority who have fled violence in Myanmar to Bangladesh, were being targeted by human traffickers, according to UN agencies. “The UN Migration Agency (IOM) has found that human trafficking and exploitation is rife among Rohingya refugees who have fled Myanmar into Bangladesh,” Xinhua news agency[Read More…]
Over 800,000 Rohingya in B’desh in ‘most acute’ situation: UN
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi has told the UN Security Council that over 800,000 Myanmar Rohingya were probably in the “most acute” situation. Grandi made the remarks about Rohingya refugees, as in comparison to 65 million to 66 million people forcibly displaced in the world, Xinhua news[Read More…]
Rohingya exodus to Bangladesh continues even after agreement
The influx of Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh after fleeing violence in Myanmar continued on Saturday despite the two countries signing an agreement to stop the exodus. “I do not see that the Rohingya influx has stopped. Normally, 1,000 to 2,000 Rohingyas enter Bangladesh daily, and it is continuing,” Shah[Read More…]
No Rohingya can be deported until further hearing: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday gave more time to all the parties to argue on the deportation of Rohingya refugees. The next hearing on the matter will be heard on 21 November. The court told the government that no Rohingya refugee should be deported until the next date of hearing[Read More…]
Security tightened along Mizoram-Myanmar border to stop Rohingya from entering
In an effort to stop Rohingya Muslims from entering India from the neighbouring country, eight additional companies of Assam Rifles have been deployed along the Mizoram-Myanmar border. The security was tightened on the commands of the Centre, a senior police official said on Tuesday. “Three companies of Assam Rifles included[Read More…]
India sends 620 tonnes of food, mosquito nets for Rohingyas in Bangladesh
Almost 620 tonnes of food items were shipped from the Kakinada Deep Water Port in Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district on Monday for distribution among Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingyas fled Rakhine of Myanmar and had taken refuge in Bangladesh after onslaught from country’s army. The National Agricultural[Read More…]
Have invited Dr Kofi Annan to resolve Rohingya crisis: Suu Kyi
Myanmar leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on Tuesday broke her silence on the ongoing Rohingya crisis and said that she has invited Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, to lead a commission that would help Myanmar resolve the problems in Rakhine. She has also invited members of the international[Read More…]
Court may refuse interference leaving on government to take step: Centre on Rohingyas
The Centre in its affidavit to the apex court termed Rohingya refugees and their stay as ‘illegal’ and said they pose severe threat to national security, on Monday. The apex court said that it will now hear Rohingya Muslims matter on 3 October at 2 pm. “The total number of[Read More…]
SC to hear plea against deportation of Rohingya Muslims today
The Supreme Court on Monday is going to hear a plea against the Centre’s move to deport illegal Rohingya Muslims, who have entered India after fleeing violence in Myanmar. The case was mentioned by advocate, Prashant Bhushan, in front of a bench comprising Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra and[Read More…]
Rohingya abuse: Myanmar rejects UN criticism
Violations against Rohingyas crimes against humanity: Report
Latest flash report on Rohingyas by a four-member team of Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) stated that the widespread violations against the Rohingya population indicate the very likely commission of crimes against humanity. The team travelled to Bangladesh from 8 to 23 January 2017[Read More…]
Rohingya’s Aylan Kurdi: 16-month-old boy washes up dead on river bank
A picture of a 16-month-old Rohingya boy- face down in the mud, washed up dead on the bank of a river- widely circulated in the social media echoed the iconic image of Aylan Kurdi, a Syrian refugee who was found on the Turkish coast after drowning into the Mediterranean Sea.[Read More…]
Attack on Rohingya civilians may be crime against humanity: Amnesty
Military action against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority may amount to crimes against humanity, said Amnesty International. “The Myanmar military has targeted Rohingya civilians in a callous and systematic campaign of violence,” Rafendi Djamin, Southeast Asia director for Amnesty International, said in a statement on Monday. “The deplorable actions of the military[Read More…]