Feb 18, 2013 | Refugee
The United Nations Special Rapporteur to Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, says that the use of excessive force by Myanmar’s government forces against local communities and ethnic groups was worrying to the UN. Speaking at a press conference at Yangon International...
Feb 18, 2013 | Refugee
By Francis Wade Two stark choices now face the Muslim population in western Burma: the first is that they take to the high seas on over-packed boats bereft of navigational equipment and adequate supplies to last them the journey to Malaysia, or Australia, or wherever...
Feb 18, 2013 | Refugee
UN rights envoy arrives in Rakhine Authorities in Rakhine state have extended a night-time curfew in Muslim minority Rohingya areas, citing ongoing safety concerns after sectarian violence erupted in June and October last year. Residents of Maungdaw, one of three...
Feb 18, 2013 | Refugee
(Reuters) – Myanmar nationals rescued from a sinking ship by the Sri Lankan Navy have told of throwing 98 people overboard after they died of starvation and dehydration, Sri Lanka’s police said on Monday. Sailors rescued 31 adult males and a boy on...
Feb 18, 2013 | Refugee
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison PHUKET: Two boys have absconded from a welfare centre for Rohingya women and children north of Phuket, bringing to four the number who have vanished without trace. Four people at the centre are also being treated for malaria,...
