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Rohingya crisis: UN reveals satellite images of atrocities
The UN Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar publishes some maps and satellite imageries of atrocities against the Rohingyas in northern Rakhine State of Myanmar.
29 August 2018, 11:48 AM
Australia welcomes UN report on Rohingyas
Welcoming the UN fact-finding mission report on Myanmar, Australia renewes its call for justice for those Rohingyas who have suffered saying that the perpetrators must be held to account.
29 August 2018, 08:17 AM
We have failed Rohingya: UN goodwill ambassador Blanchett
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and Oscar-winning actor Cate Blanchett, who visited a refugee camp in Bangladesh last year, says what she saw and heard there left her both “shocked and disturbed”.
29 August 2018, 06:32 AM
Arrest of Indian rights activists sparks outrage
Indian police arrests five outspoken lawyers and left-wing activists during raids across the country that drew condemnation from opposition parties and rights watchdogs who said it was a crackdown on critics of the government.
29 August 2018, 04:57 AM
Top military men responsible for human rights abuse in Myanmar: US
Mentioning that the findings of a new report indicate widespread human rights abuses by the Myanmar military and its other security forces, the United States says it held high-level military individuals in Myanmar responsible for the situation.
29 August 2018, 04:35 AM
Haley says US Rohingya report 'consistent' with UN findings
Findings of a US State Department investigation into Myanmar's Rohingya crisis are "consistent" with those of a report by UN investigators released this week that called for Myanmar's commander-in-chief and other generals be tried for genocide, the US ambassador to the United Nations says.
29 August 2018, 04:23 AM
Myanmar rejects UN probe on Rohingya abuses
A Myanmar government spokesman rejects a report by United Nations investigators that called for top generals to be prosecuted for genocide, saying the international community was making "false allegations".
29 August 2018, 04:12 AM
UN Panel Recommendations: Guterres asks all to take heed
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged all UN bodies and the global community to seriously consider the recommendations of the fact-finding mission that accused the Myanmar military of carrying out “gravest crimes” against the Rohingyas under the international law.
28 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Duterte hit by new ICC complaint
Activists and families of eight victims of the Philippines' "war on drugs" yesterday filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC), a second petition accusing President Rodrigo Duterte of murder and crimes against humanity. The 50-page complaint calls for Duterte's indictment for what it describes as thousands of extrajudicial killings.
28 August 2018, 18:00 PM
There must not be impunity for human rights violations in Rakhine: UK
British Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field says the gravity of the UN report on human rights violations in Myanmar warrants the attention of both the UN Human Rights Council and the UN Security Council.
28 August 2018, 07:41 AM
Facebook move on Myanmar raises thorny political questions
Facebook's ban of Myanmar's military leaders marks a new step for the leading social network against state "actors" -- and raises thorny questions on how the company deals with repressive regimes using the platform.
28 August 2018, 04:28 AM
HALLMARKS OF MYANMAR ARMY'S OPS
The military has consistently failed to respect international human rights law and the international humanitarian law principles of
27 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Rohingya refugee crisis in key dates
UN investigators yesterday called for the prosecution of Myanmar's army chief for genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority after a ferocious army crackdown drove more than 700,000 of them into Bangladesh. Here are key dates since the exodus began a year ago:
27 August 2018, 18:00 PM
200 Rohingyas wait to enter Cox's Bazar
A couple of hundred Rohingyas have gathered across the border in the last four days hoping to enter Cox's Bazar.
27 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Only words, no action
In an unprecedented move since the 1989 Lebanon conflict, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres issued a letter to the Security Council a year ago seeking action against the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya in Myanmar.
27 August 2018, 18:00 PM
They must face genocide trial
The Myanmar military leadership, including its commander-in-chief and five top generals, must be investigated and prosecuted for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes over its actions against the Rohingyas, a UN fact-finding mission said.
27 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Rights Abuses: Facebook bans Myanmar army chief, top brass
Facebook yesterday banned Myanmar's army chief and other top military brass after a UN investigation recommended they face prosecution for genocide for a crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
27 August 2018, 18:00 PM
CAAB trashes Nepalese media report on US-Bangla aircraft crash
The report run by a Nepalese newspaper over the investigation findings on the US-Bangla plane crash led by their government is 'false' and 'baseless', says Captain Salahuddin M Rahmatullah, head of Aircraft Accident Investigation Group of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB).
27 August 2018, 15:43 PM
UN probe report outlines atrocities of armed forces against Rohingyas
An independent international fact-finding mission on Myanmar formed by the UN Human Rights Council outlines in its report four key common characteristics of the operations of the armed forces of Myanmar in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States.
27 August 2018, 15:06 PM
UN, int’l community must ensure safe, voluntary, and dignified return of Rohingyas: Report
The United Nations (UN) and international community must ensure that the repatriation of displaced Rohingyas only occurs when it is safe, voluntary and dignified, with explicit human rights protections in place, including citizenship, an independent fact-finding mission recommends.
27 August 2018, 14:27 PM