Yunus pitches for Rohingyas

Feb 25, 2013 | Refugee

Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, supported by former Timor-Leste president Ramos-Horta, has pitched in strongly for the persecuted Rohingyas of Myanmar.”There is evidence that the Rohingya have been in present-day Myanmar since the 8th century,”...

UNHCR urges action against Rohingya boat tragedies

Feb 25, 2013 | Refugee

  Editor: Wang Yuanyuan GENEVA, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) — The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Friday called for regional cooperation to avoid more Rohingya deaths in the Indian Ocean where they took boat journey to escape Myanmar’s religious violence. According to...

Rohingya Muslins floated at sea for 25 days

Feb 24, 2013 | Refugee

YANGON/GENEVA: Myanmar boat survivors rescued by Sri Lanka’s navy last week say they floated for 25 days at sea and 97 people died of starvation after Thailand’s navy intercepted and forcibly removed their boat’s engines. Thirty-two men and a boy now detained at an...

MP hits back at official denial of Rohingya

Feb 24, 2013 | Rohingya Issues

By HANNA HINDSTROM A member of parliament has fired back at claims that Rohingya Muslims do not exist in Burma, after a senior government minister allegedly accused the group of fabricating its history in a parliamentary discussion on Wednesday. It follows media...