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…]
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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…]
More Rohingya Muslims flee to Bangladesh to escape violence in Myanmar
Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar fled into Bangladesh this week to escape the violence that has massacred at least 86 people and displaced about 30,000 people. Rohingyans who managed to enter Bangladesh sought shelter in refugee camps. A refugee boat sank in a river while crossing the river Naaf[Read More…]
6.8 magnitude quake jolts Myanmar; tremors felt in Bengal, Assam
A major earthquake of 6.8 magnitude struck central Myanmar on Wednesday, US Geological Survey (USGS) said, shaking buildings across the country and the region. The quake struck 143 km (88 miles) west of the city of Meiktila at a depth of 84 km (52 miles), the agency said. There were[Read More…]