Bangladesh presses ahead with construction of shelters for Rohingya refugees on Bhashan Char, a controversial island prone to violent storms scheduled to be officially opened by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina next week.
2 year agoAmal Clooney, the lawyer for the journalists detained in Myanmar, says Aung San Suu Kyi "holds the key" to freedom for the journalists.
2 year ago'Don't interfere,' Myanmar's powerful army chief tells United Nations after investigators call for him and top generals to be prosecuted for "genocide" against Rohingya
2 year agoChrystia Freeland:Today, Canada's House of Commons unanimously adopted a motion recognizing the crimes against the Rohingya as a genocide and calling on the world to help them. We will continue to work with partners to hold those responsible to account. Canadians stand with the Rohingya.
US Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), introduce bi-partisan legislation calling for release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, arrested in Burma for their reporting.
Former columnist jailed for 7 years for "abusive" Facebook post that gave "the wrong impression" about Aung San Suu Kyi
2 year agoDEIMOS2 continues monitoring Bhasan Char, the Bay of Bengal island where Bangladesh is planning to relocate 100,000 Rohingya refugees, and it captured new construction developments.
Arakanese Muslims call for UN Peacekeepers
Officials in Maungdaw are threatening the Rohingya villagers in ShweZar. They said entire village will be burnt to the ground if villagers refused to accept NVC (National Verification Card). They have been doing this since 11 Oct. Today a few families were forced to accept.
60 % of the 519,000 Rohingya refugees now in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh are children
4 Rohingya refugees, including 3 children, have been killed after an elephant entered a refugee camp in Bangladesh - local media
3 year agoProtest in Düsseldorf Germany against Rohingya genocide in Myanmar
Myanmar army chief says Rohingya Muslims not native, refugee numbers exaggerated
3 year agoMyanmar's Buddhist Wirathu arrived in Sittwe, Rakhine State today
3 year agoUN says departure of its resident/humanitarian coordinator in Myanmar not related to @BBCNews story.
Senior UN Human Rights official asked message to Myanmar leader says: "our message would be this has to stop now, immediately"
9 Rohingya dead in boat capsized on 10th Oct at 7PM. They were on the way to Maungdaw. 3 teenage girls and 2 children (5 Children of Mohammed Eisuf) from MyoMaKaYinDan 2 youth from ShweZar and 2 boatmen
3 year agoUN satellite ops show ongoing arson in Rakhine
Myanmar takes first step to ease Buddhist-Muslim tension
3 year agoSingapore sends tents and other supplies to refugees in Bangladesh
UNHCR, citing Bangladesh border guards: More than 11,000 Rohingya crossed by land into Bangladesh from Myanmar on Monday
3 year agoBangladesh: Cox's Bazar Humanitarian Snapshot
EU may shun Myanmar generals in new sanctions
At least 12 dead, scores missing in Rohingya boat capsize: border guard
U.S. seems to be leaning toward reimposition of Burma SDN list, listing of SG Min Aung Hlaing, other generals, Rakhine militia.
3 year agoUnreal line for food as Rohingya queue at a distribution station in Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh
3 year agoMyanmar's army destroyed another Rohingya Muslim village in Rakhine state on Saturday.
3 year agoArakan: Myanmar army continues the "burning" operations of the remaining Rohingya villages in Arakan despite the escape of more than half a million people to Bangladesh
3 year agoPerishing Rohingya Muslims face further adversity in refugee camps
Buthidaung - Myanmar BGP and Rakhine set fire the Rohingya bazaar in KaKyatBat village today at 11:50PM