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Maung Zarni, leader of the Free Rohingya Coalition, speaks at a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Thursday. | CHISATO TANAKA By Chisato Tanaka, Published by The Japan Times on October 25, 2018 A leader of a global network of activists for Rohingya Mu...
- Activists: US Stance on Rohingya Not Strong Enough
Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar wait to carry food items from Bangladesh's border toward a no man's land where they set up refugee camps in Tombru, Bangladesh, Sept. 15, 2017. By William Gallo Voice of America September 25, 2018 Activists are criticizing a long-awaited U.S. State Departme...
- Rohingyas declare Aug 25 as ‘genocide day’
By Abdul Aziz Dhaka Tribune August 28, 2018 The UN likened the Aug 25 crackdown in the Rakhine state to genocide The Rohingyas have announced to observe August 25 as the "genocide day," a year after a Myanmar military crackdown forced more than 700,000 members of the ethnic minority...
- World fails to end Rohingya crisis: US Official
By Safvan Allahverdi Anadolu Agency July 31, 2018 'We keep saying 'never again', but it keeps happening,' says US representative to UN Economic and Social Council WASHINGTON -- The world has failed to end the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, where hundreds of thousands of people were dri...
- Rohingya cannot become ‘forgotten victims,’ says UN chief urging world to step up support
Secretary-General António Guterres (center) meets with Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh. (Photo: UNFPA Bangladesh/Allison Joyce) Published by UN News on July 11, 2018 Painting a grim picture of villages being burned to the ground and other “bone-chilling” accounts he heard fr...
- Thousands of Rohingya Continue to Flee Violence in Myanmar
Rohingya girls carry firewood on their heads as they make their way through Kutupalong refugee camp, June 28, 2018, in Bangladesh. By Lisa Schlein | Published by Voice of America on July 4, 2018 GENEVA — U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein reports thousands of Ro...
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By Sena Güler | Published by Anadolu Agency on December 1, 2018 Maung Zarni says he will boycott Beijing-sponsored events until the country reverses its 'troubling path' ANKARA -- A human rights activist and intellectual said he withdrew from a Beijing-sponsored forum in London to pro...
- Durbin Blasts Removal of Myanmar Sanctions From Defense Bill
Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor of Myanmar, has been a guest at the Capitol, including in Sept. 2016. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo) By Niels Lesniewski | Published by Roll Call on July 31, 2018 Signs point to McConnell not allowing language targeting country also known as...
- Zeid calls for ICC probe into Myanmar Rohingya crisis
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferre High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein. Published by UN News on July 4, 2018 Myanmar should “have some shame” after attempting to convince the world that it is willing to take back hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled an “ethnic cleansing c...
- UN rights expert ‘strongly recommends’ probe by International Criminal Court into ‘decades of crimes’ in Myanmar
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferre Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar Yanghee Lee. Published by UN News on June 27, 2018 The United Nations rights expert on Myanmar is “strongly” recommending that the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigate and prosecute those allege...
- Canada sanctions top Myanmar military over Rohingya abuses
Myanmar's military has forced some 700,000 Rohingya Muslims out of Rakhine state and across the border to Bangladesh since August 2017 By AFP June 25, 2018 Canada on Monday announced sanctions in coordination with the European Union against seven senior Myanmar officials over the Rohingy...
- EU sanctions Myanmar generals over Rohingya; Myanmar says two are fired
A Rohingya refugee is seen in Balukhali refugee camp at dawn near Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh, March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne By Robin Emmott, Antoni Slodkowski Reuters June 25, 2018 LUXEMBOURG/YANGON -- The European Union imposed sanctions on seven senior military officials from ...
Experts criticize new UN-Myanmar deal over Rohingya
By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet Anadolu Agency June 9, 2018 Return of Rohingya refugees could potentially result in another round of mass killings: Maung Zarni and Natalie Brinham ANKARA -- Rohingya survivors of the Myanmar genocide are demanding a UN security force to guarantee their safe return to their [...] Read more
German parliament calls for end to Rohingya oppression
By Ayhan Simsek Anadolu Agency June 8, 2018 Political parties urge Myanmar authorities to end human rights violations, recognize civil and political rights of Rohingya Berlin -- The German parliament has called for an end to oppression and violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar in a resolution adopted [...] Read more
ERC call for transparency and inclusiveness on tripartite MoU for Rohingya’s return
June 8, 2018 ERC call for transparency and inclusiveness on tripartite MoU for Rohingya’s return The European Rohingya Council (ERC) welcomes the principle of return of Rohingya refugee to their homeland. However, ERC is deeply concerned about the lack of transparency and inclusiveness of Rohingya representatives in the [...] Read more
Bangladesh gives opinion to International Criminal Court on Myanmar’s trial over Rohingya
Demonstrators in front of the European Union headquarters in Brussels call for an end to the genocide of Rohingyas in Myanmar's Rakhine State. File Photo: mostafigur rahman By bdnews24.com June 7, 2018 Bangladesh has responded to the queries of the International Criminal Court or ICC over its jurisdiction [...] Read more
A Rohingya's perspective
Rohingya refugees stand in an alley of Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on September 28, 2017. Photo: AFP By Tun Khin The Daily Star June 7, 2018 Bangladesh's ICC cooperation is crucial for Rohingya justice Since August last year, the world has witnessed how hundreds of thousands of [...] Read more
Safety and 'identity' key for Rohingya returnees - U.N. chief in Myanmar
Rohingya refugees are reflected in rain water along an embankment next to paddy fields after fleeing from Myanmar into Palang Khali, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh November 2, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay By Antoni Slodkowski Reuters June 6, 2018 YANGON -- Safety and “identity” need to be in place for [...] Read more
UN: International experts should help probe Myanmar abuses
Photo via dailypost.in By Edith M. Lederer Associated Press June 6, 2018 UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council is urging Myanmar’s government to allow international investigators help probe allegations of human rights violations committed against Rohingya Muslims, saying it remains “gravely concerned” at their current plight. In [...] Read more
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Christian-Muslim Dialogue By Back to Religion Editor Letter sent to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Statement on violence, hatred, mistreatm... -
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Here is one way to analyse the changes in Burma: "I wonder how you assess the current events: Do you support the re-registration of th...
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By Nay San Lwin RB Article July 29, 2012 UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Mr Tomas Ojea Quintana will be visiting Burma from t... -
Turkey has collected roughly 60 million Turkish lira (US $33 million) for Rohingya Muslims in Arakan State, according to the Sunday Zaman, ... -
Rohingya Today | December 26, 2018 Cox's Bazaar – A Rohingya refugee working as a day labourer in a road construction project... -
A poster of Aung San Suu Kyi | Photo by theodore liasi / Alamy By Maung Zarni and Matthew Gindin | Published by Tricycle on Nove... -
PRESS RELEASE: ROHINGYA DENIED ACCESS TO EDUCATION IN MYANMAR AND BANGLADESH 13th December 2018 A whole generation of Rohi... -
"There are several hypocritical attempts ans steps taking by the government in Arakan to deceive the visiting UN Special Rapporteur, M...
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