atrocities on Rohingyas
Reuters publishes investigative report on how Myanmar military planned Rohingya purge
War crimes investigators got hold of thousands of pages of documents that shed new light on Myanmar’s campaign to expel the country’s ethnic minority -- the Rohingya, as well as efforts to hide the strategy from the world.
Atrocities on Rohingyas: Inaction of key world powers delays justice
Justice remains elusive for Rohingyas even after two years due to a lack of strong support from major world powers, like the US, China, and Russia, said legal and international experts.
Restore Rohingya rights to citizenship
A group of UN investigators yesterday called on the Myanmar government to suspend the citizenship verification process based on the 1982 Citizenship Law and restore the citizenship rights of Rohingyas through a speedy administrative process.
Myanmar must take back Rohingyas with dignity: Lisa Curtis
Myanmar has to take back the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh after ensuring their security and dignity, Deputy Assistant to US President Donald Trump Lisa Curtis says.
Fortify Rights urges UNSC to refer genocide in Myanmar to ICC
Fortify Rights, a human rights body in Southeast Asia, urges the United Nations Security Council to refer Myanmar to the International Criminal Court to investigate genocide and atrocities against Rohingyas.
AP confirms 5 previously unreported Myanmar mass graves
More than five mass graves, all previously unreported, have been confirmed by The Associated Press through multiple interviews with more than two dozen survivors in Bangladesh refugee camps and through time-stamped cellphone videos.
Put pressure on Myanmar for ensuring safe repatriation of Rohingyas: ASEAN parliamentary body
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights call upon the Southeast Asian regional community to mount pressure on Myanmar for ensuring safe and voluntary repatriation of the Rohingyas from Bangladesh.
Bangladesh says Rohingya return to Myanmar is delayed
Bangladesh says that the repatriation of Muslim Rohingya refugees to Myanmar will not happen on Tuesday as planned because arrangements are incomplete.
International Rohingya organisations demand security, rights before repatriation
Rohingya organisations from across the globe demands that the Rohingya refugees need guarantee ensuring their life and property security and peaceful coexistence with rest of the population in Myanmar before they are repatriated.
6,700 Rohingya killed during attacks in Myanmar: MSF
Surveys conducted by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in refugee settlement camps in Bangladesh estimate that at least 6,700 Rohingya, in the most conservative estimations, were killed in Myanmar between August 25 and September 24 after violence broke out in its Rakhine state.
Myanmar working group to visit Dhaka Dec 19
A delegation of Myanmar working group will visit Bangladesh on December 19 to ascertain the modalities for execution of the bilateral deal signed between Dhaka and Naypyidaw for repatriation of forcibly displaced Rohingya people.
US terms violence against Rohingyas as ‘ethnic cleansing’
The United States declares the ongoing violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar to be “ethnic cleansing”, putting more pressure on the country’s military to halt a brutal crackdown that has sent more than 600,000 refugees flooding over the border to Bangladesh.
Bilateral talks with Myanmar going on for Rohingya repatriation: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that the government has started bilateral discussions with Myanmar to repatriate the Rohingya refugees.
End violence immediately for Rohingyas' return: US
The House Foreign Affairs Committee of the United States has called for an immediate end to violence in Myanmar so that the Rohingya refugees can go back to their homes.
Myanmar gives green light to resume UN food aid to Rakhine
Myanmar authorities have agreed to allow the United Nations to resume food distributions in northern Rakhine state, suspended for nearly two months, World Food Programme (WFP) spokeswoman Bettina Luescher says.
Myanmar's Rohingya crisis ‘spinning out of control’: Aid officials
A combination of escalating violence, worsening health and poor access to conflict zones in Myanmar's Rakhine state is fueling a humanitarian crisis that is "spinning out of control", senior aid officials say.
Rohingya crisis: US won’t say 'ethnic cleansing'
US government officials decline to characterize the treatment of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims as ethnic cleansing, but listed new measures including targeted sanctions Washington is considering to address the crisis.
‘Joint working group by Nov 30 to repatriate Rohingyas’
Bangladesh and Myanmar decide to constitute a joint working group by November 30 to repatriate the Rohingya people, who fled persecution in Rakhine state.
Rohingya women, children still at acute risk: Unicef
Nearly two months since Rohingya families began fleeing en masse to Bangladesh, thousands of children and women are still without basic life-saving services, Unicef says.