Up to 75,000 Muslim Rohingyas are housed in temporary camps under poor conditions, four months after violence broke out between Buddhist and Muslim communities in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state, Refugees International said Saturday. “There are somewhere between...
28 September 2012, New York Mr. President,Mr. Secretary-General,Excellencies,Distinguished Delegates,At the outset, I wish to congratulate my dear friend His Excellency Vuk Jeremic for his election as the President of the 67th General Assembly.I believe with...
Brutal and Biased Police Response to Sectarian Violence in Arakan StateJuly 5, 2012 (New York) – Burmese security forces have responded to sectarian violence in northern Arakan State with mass arrests and unlawful force against the Rohingya Muslim population, Human...
ondon, 02 July 2012 The Equal Rights Trust (ERT) today launches its situation report Burning Homes, Sinking Lives: A situation report on violence against stateless Rohingya in Myanmar and their refoulement from Bangladesh. The report presents the findings and...
Testimony Kurt M. CampbellAssistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific AffairsStatement Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Washington, DC April 25, 2012 Introduction Mr. Chairman, Mr. Faleomavaega, and Members...
By Panchali Saikia The Rohingya refugee crisis is not a new phenomenon, and it has now grabbed the attention of the international media for all the wrong reasons. The Rohingyas, in large numbers, are now trying to escape to Malaysia via the sea route through Thailand,...
