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‘We will fight for your justice’

The female Nobel laureates have assured the tortured Rohingya women that they will fight for their justice after listening to their harrowing tales of brutalities in Myanmar.
27 February 2018, 08:11 AM

Noble laureates break down in tears hearing stories of Rohingyas

Two female Nobel Peace Prize laureates break down in tears after hearing the stories of brutalities and atrocities carried out on Rohingyas by Myanmar army in Rakhine.
26 February 2018, 13:40 PM

EU agrees to prepare sanctions on Myanmar generals

European Union foreign ministers agree to prepare sanctions against Myanmar generals over the killings of Rohingya Muslims and to strengthen the EU arms embargo, accusing state security forces of grave human rights abuses.
26 February 2018, 13:15 PM

Rakhine a human slaughterhouse of recent times: UN

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein describes Northern Rakhine in Myanmar as one of the most prolific ‘slaughterhouses’ of humans in recent times.
26 February 2018, 11:41 AM

Persecution of Rohingyas clearly ‘genocide’, says Nobel laureate

Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire said the atrocities against the Rohingya people in Myanmar are clearly "genocide", and demanded that Myanmar is taken to the International Court of Justice.
26 February 2018, 08:48 AM

No forceful Rohingya repatriation: Junior minister

Newly appointed Myanmar Ambassador in Dhaka Lwin Oo meets Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and discusses various bilateral issues, including Rohingya issue.
25 February 2018, 06:42 AM

ROHINGYA: A forgotten people

It has been exactly six months when the Rohingyas started streaming into Bangladesh to escape the ethnic cleansing in Myanmar and it took exactly the same many months for the world to forget them, to make them truly nobody's children.
24 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Myanmar parliament approves $15M for Rakhine border fence

Myanmar's parliament approves a budget of about $15 million for the construction of a fence and related projects along the border with Bangladesh in Rakhine state, from which about 700,000 members of its persecuted ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority have fled violence since last August.
24 February 2018, 04:12 AM

India, Canada call for safe repatriation of Rohingyas

India and Canada call for voluntary and safe repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar and allowing of UN and other international organisations to facilitate the process.
23 February 2018, 15:47 PM

Myanmar bulldozing Rohingya villages: HRW

New satellite imagery reveals the Burmese government has been bulldozing scores of depopulated Rohingya villages in northern Rakhine State, Human Rights Watch says.
23 February 2018, 10:47 AM

Cyclone, violence threats loom over Rohingya kids in Myanmar, Bangladesh

The Unicef seeks urgent efforts to help more than 720,000 Rohingya children who are threatened either by the approaching cyclone season in Bangladesh or by ongoing violence and denial of their basic rights in Myanmar.
23 February 2018, 10:00 AM

Rohingya persecution, a consequence of hate: Amnesty

“The horrific military campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya people in Myanmar” is the consequence of “a society encouraged to hate, scapegoat and fear minorities,” Amnesty International (AI) says.
22 February 2018, 09:56 AM

Netherlands to remain focused with Rohingya issue at UNSC: Official

The Netherlands has assured Bangladesh of remaining seized with the Rohingya crisis during their chairmanship of the UN Security Council in March this year, says Secretary-General of its Foreign Ministry Yoka Brandt.
22 February 2018, 04:05 AM

Malaysian artist jailed for caricature of PM

A Malaysian artist was jailed for a month yesterday for publishing a caricature of scandal-plagued Prime Minister Najib Razak looking like
20 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Myanmar needs to ‘focus on addressing underlying problems’

Diplomatic missions in Myanmar have urged the Myanmar authorities to address the underlying problems, including security, freedom of movement, access to livelihoods, health and education, and citizenship issues.
20 February 2018, 07:23 AM

Pressure on Myanmar must for sustainable Rohingya repatriation: Norway

Norway has laid emphasis on keeping up pressure on Myanmar authorities to create necessary conditions in Rakhine State to make the return of thousands of Rohingyas living in Bangladesh to their homeland 'sustainable'.
19 February 2018, 12:26 PM

18 killed in massive explosion at Indian wedding: official

Rescuers have discovered nine more bodies beneath the ruins of an Indian hotel, bringing the known death toll from an explosion which tore through a wedding party to 18, an official says.
18 February 2018, 14:44 PM

US to continue political, humanitarian support to Bangladesh

The United States assures Bangladesh of its continued political and humanitarian support in addressing huge man-made Rohingya crisis.
18 February 2018, 13:29 PM

EU needs to reassess ties with Myanmar, say MEPs

The mass exodus of Rohingya following human rights violations makes it necessary for the European Union to reassess its relationship with Myanmar, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) say.
18 February 2018, 05:53 AM

UN hopes for free, fair polls in Bangladesh

United Nations secretary general’s office has expressed its hope that “a climate could be created where free and fair elections could take place,” in Bangladesh.
17 February 2018, 04:39 AM