Apr 15, 2019 | Latest, USA
JTA — Jewish groups applauded the introduction of a bipartisan bill in the Senate to sanction Burmese officials responsible for the persecution of the Rohingya people. The legislation calls for the United States to take a number of measures in response to the violence...
Apr 15, 2019 | Latest, News / Article, Refugee, USA
HIGHLIGHTS Conflict between the AA and Government of Burma forces causes further displacement in northern Rakhine and parts of ChinUSAID/OFDA partners enhance cyclone preparedness in Cox’s Bazar through rehabilitation of 60 cyclone sheltersUSG announces nearly $46...
Apr 8, 2019 | Boat People, Malaysia, News / Article
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian authorities on Monday were on the lookout for boats believed to be carrying up to 200 Rohingya after dozens of migrants were found near a beach in the country’s north. Scores of Rohingya Muslims have boarded boats in recent...
Apr 8, 2019 | Bangladesh, News / Article, Refugee
Dhaka, Apr 7 (UNI) Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday called upon the international community, including the United Kingdom (UK), to keep strong mounting pressure on Myanmar to repatriate the forcibly displaced Rohingyas. She made the appeal while...
Apr 8, 2019 | Boat People, Malaysia, Report
A report based on a multi-year independent investigation had been released by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM), and human rights advocacy group Fortify Rights on Wednesday, March 20. The 121-page report, titled ‘Sold Like Fish’ focuses on the human...
Apr 7, 2019 | Nurul Islam (U.K.), Report, Reports
The area between west bank of Kaladan River and east bank of Naf River, which demarcates Myanmar-Bangladesh border, in North Arakan is known as “Traditional Homeland of Rohingya”. It has been deeply implanted the minds of the Rohingya people despite changes in...
Apr 7, 2019 | Nurul Islam (U.K.)
Since Gen. Ne Win’s military coup in Burma/Myanmar in 1962, the Rohingya have faced continuous process of de-legitimisation, institutionalised persecution, crimes against humanity and worsening abuses culminating into one of the gravest genocides of the modern era....
Apr 7, 2019 | Azeem Ibrahim, Bangladesh, News / Article
Azeem Ibrahim is a director at the Center for Global Policy and author of “Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar’s Genocide.” Bangladesh is once again calling for the establishment of “safe zones” for the Rohingya in Myanmar so that it can begin resettling...
Apr 5, 2019 | Bangladesh, Boat People
No smuggler could be arrested in the drive on Kachchhapia Dhala area under Hoaikyong union around 8pm on Friday following a tip-off, Teknaf Police Station OC Pradip Kumar Das said. The detained Rohingyas include 50 men, 39 women and 26...
Apr 5, 2019 | Bangladesh, Boat People, Malaysia, Refugee, Thailand
In January 2015, Malaysian police officers were patrolling a remote stretch of the Thailand-Malaysia border when they made a startling discovery: a cluster of makeshift cages, draped in tarp and fenced in with barbed wire, with dozens of people trapped inside. It was...
