March 20, 2018

Burma is worst-performing country for aid access; plight of Rohingya highlighted

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By THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION Burma tops a list of countries where the ability of aid groups to reach people in need has worsened in the past […]

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi seeks humanitarian help for Rohingya crisis as she is greeted in Australia with protests

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Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in Canberra to be met by a military honour guard and Australia’s Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull Getty Samuel Osborne Nobel Peace […]

Rohingya policy needed

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By THOMAS DANIEL March 20, 2018 @ 8:19am SINCE violence broke out in Rakhine State, Myanmar, in August, 600,000 to 700,000 Rohingya have fled to neighbouring […]

Mahathir hits Myanmar’s ‘grossly unjust’ treatment of Rohingya minority

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad listens during an interview with The Associated Press in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. Mahathir said he will seek […]
Rohingya refugee settlements in Bangladesh weather record rains; relocation efforts in full swing

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson William Spindler – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais […]
UNHCR urges Asia-Pacific leaders to show ‘solidarity’ with Rohingyas

UNB, Dhaka Head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi has urged the government representatives and the business leaders from the Asia-Pacific region to […]
Myanmar to ICC: Rohingya jurisdiction request ‘should be dismissed’

YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar said on Thursday a request by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to seek jurisdiction over suspected deportations of Rohingya Muslims […]
An investigation into Myanmar’s state-orchestrated murder of thousands of Rohingya Muslims — and the second tragedy unfolding in the refugee camps

The Survivors ofthe Rohingya Genocide Patrick Brown/Panos Pictures/UNICEF By JASON MOTLAGH AUGUST 9, 2018 Rajuma Begum heard the first gunshots at eight in the morning. She […]
Bangladesh says Myanmar isn’t tackling Rohingya concerns

By EDITH M. LEDERER | Associated Press UNITED NATIONS – Bangladesh is accusing Myanmar of failing to tackle the concerns of over 1 million Rohingya Muslims […]
HRW opposes plan to move Rohingyas

Rohingya refugees who fled from Myanmar wait to be let through by Bangladeshi border guards after crossing the border in Palang Khali, Bangladesh. File Photo: […]
NORTH KOREA: WHAT PRICE PEACE?

By Askiah Adam First it was the Panmunjom Declaration and now, after some two months, on 12 June the Singapore Declaration was signed, the former […]
WORLD REFUGEE DAY: Rohingya case, a litmus test for the world community

CR Abrar, Professor of International Relations at the University of Dhaka, talks to Eresh Omar Jamal about Myanmar’s genocidal campaign against the Rohingyas and the […]
Hiding from traffickers in ‘prison-like’ tents, Rohingya girls dream of school

Save the Children representatives walk after a storm at the Chakmarkul refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on June 10. | REUTERS BY ANNIE BANERJI THOMSON […]