Rohingya Crisis
‘Let’s go home; let’s go to Myanmar’
Thousands of Rohingyas yesterday held a rally in Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar -- to tell the world that they want to go back to their homeland Myanmar, marking World Refugee Day.
How Rohingya youth are fighting for education
Abdul Aman, a Rohingya boy of 18, was a student of grade eight in 2017. His dream was to travel abroad for higher education after completing his school.
74 Rohingya held after they fled camps
Seventy-four Rohingyas, who managed to flee from camps in Cox’s Bazar, were arrested in Chattogram’s Boalkhali upazila early yesterday.
Nowhere to go
Rohingya repatriation has become even more uncertain following the military takeover in Myanmar while the displaced people find it riskier to go back to their motherland where there is no legitimate government right now.
Funding on decline, challenges up
As international funding for the Rohingyas declines, Bangladesh faces increasing challenges to manage the displaced people amid little prospect of repatriation anytime soon.
Seeking Refuge: 218 Rohingyas died or went missing at sea
At least 218 Rohingyas died or went missing at sea in 2020 as they desperately sought refuge in the Southeast Asian countries either from Myanmar’s Rakhine State or Bangladesh’s Rohingya camps, a new UN report says.
Argentine Court: Rohingyas testify about the horrors they faced
In a historic development for Myanmar, Rohingya women have described in an Argentine court of law, under the aegis of universal jurisdiction, how the Myanmar military carried out a brutal massacre in their village.
Rohingya women testify in Argentina court on ‘brutal massacre in Rakhine state’
In a historic development, Rohingya women have described how the Myanmar military carried out a brutal massacre in their village, in an Argentinean court of law, under the aegis of universal jurisdiction.
Rohingya crisis needs lasting solutions: UNHCR
UN Refugee Agency has called for renewed support and lasting solutions for the displaced Rohingya communities both within and outside Myanmar.
As other doors close, some Rohingya cling to hope of resettlement
On the third anniversary of a mass exodus of Rohingya to Bangladesh, prospects look bleak for about 1 million members of the Muslim minority from Myanmar living in bamboo and plastic shelters in refugee camps.
UN features Bangladeshi architect Rizvi as ‘Real Life Hero’
The United Nations has featured Bangladeshi architect Rizvi Hassan as ‘Real Life Hero’ on its website, to appreciate his contribution in building a safe space for Rohingya women refugees.
Factbox: 3 years on, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camps
August 25 marks the third anniversary of attacks by Rohingya Muslim insurgents that triggered military retaliation and led to the exodus from Buddhist-majority Myanmar over following days and weeks of about 730,000 Rohingya to Bangladesh.
Myanmar bars Rohingya candidate from election
A Rohingya Muslim is barred from standing in Myanmar's upcoming election, in a decision decried by rights groups as discriminatory and a symptom of the "ongoing genocide" against the persecuted minority.
‘No improvement in overall human rights situation in Bangladesh’: UK report
The UK has lauded Bangladesh for continuously playing a vital role in hosting the Rohingyas, but observed that the overall human rights situation in the country in 2019 saw no improvement.
Covid-19 And The Rohingya: Hunger, exploitation, hate crimes and xenophobia
“We are the same human being like you and need the same basic rights which you enjoy. Please don’t hate us. We don’t want to be a burden. Allow us to study and work, and stand by us. We will surely return home.”
Rohingyas facing more xenophobia amid the Covid-19 pandemic: activists
Rohingya activists have urged the host countries to stop hatred against them and treat them as human beings, saying the refugees, who have fled genocidal acts in Myanmar, are now facing a higher level of xenophobia amid the coronavirus pandemic.
India fully understands urgency of early, safe Rohingya repatriation: S Jaishankar
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that India “fully understands the urgency of an early, safe and sustainable repatriation of displaced persons from Myanmar’s Rakhine state in the interest of all”.
World must know story of curbing Covid-19 outbreak in Rohingya camps: speakers
Speakers at a virtual discussion have lauded the government’s early planning and joint efforts with the UN and humanitarian partners to limit the transmission of coronavirus in the congested Rohingya camps in Bangladesh.