A UN special rapporteur on human rights has urged the Security Council to take decisive action to resolve the crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, noting that the crisis “reaches beyond Myanmar’s borders”. “The crisis in Rakhine state has not only been decades in the making but has for some time[Read More…]
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Nearly 604,000 Rohingya refugees arrive in Bangladesh: UN
The total number of Rohingya refugees that have arrived Bangladesh from Myanmar since August 25 has reached 604,000, a UN spokesman said here on Wednesday. “Refugees have sought shelter in Bangladesh since the outbreak of violence in Myanmar on August 25,” UN deputy spokesman, Farhan Haq said on Wednesday. More[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…]
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…]