May 22, 2019 | Boat People, Human Trafficking, Refugee
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh, May 14 – Bangladeshi police prevented dozens of Rohingya Muslims, most of them women, about to be trafficked to Malaysia by boat, authorities said on Tuesday. Traffickers had picked up at least 69 Rohingya from refugee camps in the Cox’s Bazar...
May 21, 2019 | ARNO Press Release, Press Release (Others)
21 May 2019 The UN Fact Finding Mission last week issued a statement urging the international community to financially isolate Myanmar’s military for its involvement in the genocidal campaign against the Rohingya people. It made clear that the Government of Myanmar...
May 2, 2019 | ARNO Press Release
Date: 2 May 2019 Open Letter to Mr. Knut Osby, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Myanmar Subject: Demanding the removal of racist term “Ku Lar” from UN’s official Myanmar maps of Northern Rakhine State Dear Mr. Osby, We are shocked to learn in the UN’s...
Apr 15, 2019 | Latest, USA
JTA — Jewish groups applauded the introduction of a bipartisan bill in the Senate to sanction Burmese officials responsible for the persecution of the Rohingya people. The legislation calls for the United States to take a number of measures in response to the violence...
Apr 15, 2019 | Latest, News / Article, Refugee, USA
HIGHLIGHTS Conflict between the AA and Government of Burma forces causes further displacement in northern Rakhine and parts of ChinUSAID/OFDA partners enhance cyclone preparedness in Cox’s Bazar through rehabilitation of 60 cyclone sheltersUSG announces nearly $46...
