Jun 4, 2021 | Burma, Rohingya Politics
NUG says it will scrap law denying citizenship, in ‘notable step forward’ for rights of Rohingya people Myanmar’s parallel government has urged Rohingya to join with them in fighting the military junta, promising to offer justice and citizenship to the persecuted...
Jun 3, 2021 | ARNO, Genocide, Human Trafficking, Politics & Strategy, Refugee, United Nation
Without education, Rohingya children will have no future, says UNHCR assistant high commissioner for protection Bangladesh should ensure that Rohingya children and young people have access to education and livelihood opportunities, two high-ranking UN officials said...
May 28, 2021 | Burma, Refugee, United Nation
26 May 2021– The President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Volkan Bozkır, paid an official visit to Bangladesh on 25-26 May 2021, upon invitation of the government. On 25 May, President Bozkır was received in Dhaka by H.E. Ms....
May 23, 2021 | Burma, Report, Reports, United Nation
Rohingya Detention Camps Approximately 130,000 Rohingya have been confined to open-air detention camps in Myanmar’s central Rakhine State since being displaced by ethnic cleansing in 2012. For eight years, the Myanmar government has maintained the Rohingya’s...
May 1, 2020 | ARNO, ARNO Press Release, Bangladesh, Burma, Health Care, Human Trafficking, Latest, Malaysia, Refugee, UNHCR, United Nation
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) Press Release: 1 May 2020 On April 10, 2020, the Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press release, “Myanmar leaves no one behind in its fight against COVID-19 in Rakhine State,” describing its intensified efforts...
Feb 1, 2020 | Genocide, ICJ, Latest, Refugee, Rohingya Issues, United Nation
John Packer is Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) at the University of Ottawa. Previously, he directed the Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, after serving as a UN staff member...