By SIMON ROUGHNEEN RANGOON — Confusion remains over the recent refusal by the East Timor government to allow a group of 95 refugees, many of whom are Burmese Rohingya, to stay in the country. The group, 99 in total including four crew members, landed in East Timor,...
John Sparks, Asia Correspondent Beaten, imprisoned and sold into slavery – Channel 4 News reveals the fate of Burma’s Muslim Rohingya refugees, who flee conflict only to end up in the clutches of brutal human traffickers. It seems like a lot of people...
ICRtoP On 3 June 2012, the killing and reported rape of a Buddhist woman followed by the massacre of ten Muslims traveling in Rakhine state marked the beginning of a series of violent attacks against the Rohingya communities, their townships and residents in...
By Dr. Abid Bahar Crimes against humanity and war crimes were committed in Arakan of Burma. Many international observers of Arakan are asking: What made Arakanese Rakhine population to unitedly fight against their Rohingya neighbors to its ongoing ethnic cleansing?...
Author: Victoria Jack and Saw Blacktown Thousands of Karen refugees on the Thai Burma border have been resettled in the United States. Nickel City Smiler follows the ups and downs of Smiler Greely, a refugee, as he battles to carve out a new life for his family in...
By Irrawaddy Government security forces have been entering the camps of displaced Rohingya Muslims in Sittwe Township, Arakan State, in order to confiscate laptops and smartphones, The Myanmar Times reports. A Rohingya activist in hiding in Sittwe claimed that more...
