By Arul Louis United Nations, The UN is “very concerned” over India sending back Rohingya refugees to Myanmar without the world body’s refugee agency ascertaining if they are voluntarily returning, according to an official here. “Whenever any family is returned, we want to make sure that the nature of their[Read More…]
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Is Centre deporting Rohingyas keeping in mind 2019 elections?
India deported seven Rohingyas to Myanmar, the day after it celebrated 149th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of nation who was an apostle of non-violence, truth and humanity. Justifying the move, the Ministry of External Affairs on October 4 issued a statement in which it said that Rohingyas[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…]
Assam final NRC draft released, over 40 lakh applicants left out
Out of 3,29,91,385 applicants 2,89,83,677 have been found eligible for inclusion in complete draft of NRC, that was released at 10 am on Monday, 30 July, while over 40 lakh have been left out of the list. “This is just a draft, and not the final list. The people who[Read More…]
Myanmar condemns false news of demonetisation
Myanmar’s Presidential Office has denied that it has issued an executive order to demonetise banknotes, saying that legal action will be taken against perpetrators of the fake news, media reported on Wednesday. Director-General and Spokesman of the President’s Office U Zaw Htay refuted the false executive order proliferating on Facebook,[Read More…]
Facebook to remove posts that spur violence
San Francisco: Accused of helping to spur violence in countries like Myanmar, Sri Lanka and India, Facebook has said it will begin removing misinformation that leads to violence and physical harm. Currently, Facebook bans content that directly calls for violence but the new policy will cover fake news that has[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…]
Guterres appoints special envoy for Myanmar in refugee crisis
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Christine Schraner Burgener, a Swiss diplomat with conflict resolution experience in Southeast Asia, as his special envoy for Myanmar. Since Indian diplomat Vijay Nambiar left the position of Secretary-General’s special adviser on Myanmar at the end of 2016 when Ban ki-Moon completed his[Read More…]
Myanmar grants amnesty to 51 foreign prisoners
Yangon: The Myanmar government has granted amnesty to 51 foreigners serving prison terms in the country, the President’s Office said on Tuesday. The amnesty was granted as a gesture to mark the new calendar year in the country, in view of relations with the foreign nations and on the ground of[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…]
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…]
Jharkhand: Myanmar’s consul general dies in road accident
Myanmar’s Consul General Pyi Soe died in a road accident in Jharkhand’s Giridih district on Friday, police said. According to police, Soe was travelling in an Innova car with his family members when it crashed with a truck at Galagi village. The location falls under Nimiyahat police station in Giridih.[Read More…]
3000 Rohingyas have been killed in Rakhine since 25 Aug : B’desh foreign minister
AH Mahmood Ali, Bangladesh foreign minister, on Tuesday said that 3,000 Rohingya Muslims have been killed since 25 August, following the violence in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. Tension had been escalating in the Rakhine state a month before the operation when the Myanmar government started increasing army deployment at[Read More…]
Solution to Rohingya crisis should be found in Myanmar itself: Bangladesh foreign secretary
Bangladesh foreign secretary, Shahidul Haque, on Friday said that the solution to the Rohingya crisis has to be found in Myanmar as it originated there. “Our position is very clear, the problem has been created in Myanmar and the solution has to be found in Myanmar,” Haque said at a[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…]
We’re peace loving people, have no terror links: Rohingyas to SC
Days after the Centre told the Supreme Court that the Rohingya Muslims are “illegal” immigrants in the country and pose a serious threat to the country’s national security, an affidavit submitted by two Rohingyas in reply to the Centre’s plan to deport them on Friday stated that they are “peace-loving”[Read More…]
Myanmar allocates additional funds to upgrade Bangladesh border amid Rohingya crisis
Amid ongoing Rohingya crisis, the Myanmar government has allocated additional funds of 20 billion kyats ($14 million) to urgently revamp the spoiled portion of the border with Bangladesh, said an official statement. For 2017-18 fiscal year, over 8 billion kyats had been given for the task, reports Xinhua news agency.[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…]
India to send food items, mosquito nets to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Days after Bangladesh briefed India about the issues faced by the nation due to the influx of refugees from Myanmar after the ethnic violence in the Buddhist-majority nation, India has decided to help Dhaka. “The ‘Operation Insaniyat’ is launched to help Rohingya Muslim refugees in Dhaka, to provide relief material[Read More…]
United States condemns violence on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
The White House has condemned an increase in violence in Myanmar that has led 300,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighboring Bangladesh. It said it was concerned by violence on both sides. “The United States is deeply troubled by the ongoing crisis in Burma,” said press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders.[Read More…]
India, Myanmar sign 7 MoUs, vow to fight together against terrorism
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met Myanmar’s state counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, after which the two leaders issued a joint statement to the media. PM Modi said that the two countries had same security concerns and it was important for them to work together. On the other hand,[Read More…]
Myanmar: 20 dead in wedding boat crash
At least 20 people were killed when a boat carrying scores of wedding guests collided with a river barge in Western Myanmar, authorities said on Saturday. The boat, called “Silver Star” in Burmese, sank Friday evening in a river near Pathein, a port city west of commercial capital Yangon, local[Read More…]