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No Rohingya cross into Myanmar under refugee return deal- official

No Rohingya cross into Myanmar under refugee return deal- official

Not one Rohingya refugee crossed back into Myanmar from Bangladesh on Thursday under a disputed repatriation programme, officials said, with Yangon blaming Dhaka for bungling efforts to start returning the stateless minority. Bangladeshi officials waited hours at a border transit point where the first returnees were expected to cross into Myanmar, despite the United Nations […]

November 15, 2018 | By | Reply More
Report blames Myanmar army for large-scale attacks on Rohingya

Report blames Myanmar army for large-scale attacks on Rohingya

A US government investigation has found that Myanmar’s military waged a planned and coordinated campaign of mass killings, gang rapes and other atrocities against the nation’s Rohingya minority. The state department report, reviewed by news agency ahead of its expected release on Monday, could be used to justify further US sanctions against Myanmar authorities, said […]

September 25, 2018 | By | Reply More
Myanmar rejects UN findings in Rohingya genocide report

Myanmar rejects UN findings in Rohingya genocide report

The government denies any allegations of purported genocide of Muslim-majority Rohingya by Myanmar armed forces. Myanmar’s government has rejected a United Nations’ report on mass killings and gang rapes of Rohingya, which calls for Myanmar officials to face genocide charges over their campaign against the Muslim minority. On Wednesday, a senior spokesperson for the government […]

August 29, 2018 | By | Reply More
Myanmar asks Bangladesh to stop aid to stranded Rohingya

Myanmar asks Bangladesh to stop aid to stranded Rohingya

Myanmar has asked Bangladesh to stop providing aid to 6,000 Rohingya stranded on the border between the two countries since a military crackdown prompted a mass exodus of the Muslim minority last year, the foreign ministry in Dhaka said. The group refused to enter Bangladesh in the months during and after Myanmar’s military campaign, which […]

August 14, 2018 | By | Reply More
More Than 100,000 Displaced in Deadly Myanmar Monsoon Floods

More Than 100,000 Displaced in Deadly Myanmar Monsoon Floods

Ten people have been killed and more than 100,000 have been forced to flee their homes after days of heavy monsoon rains flooded villages in central and southern Myanmar, according to government officials. The Burmese National Disaster Management Committee has urged residents near river banks and low-lying areas to move to higher ground, after floods […]

August 1, 2018 | By | Reply More
Myanmar sacks top general involved in Rohingya crackdown

Myanmar sacks top general involved in Rohingya crackdown

Myanmar’s military said it sacked a top general who was named in fresh EU sanctions against security officials accused of serious rights violations in the Rohingya crisis, including killings and sexual violence. Myanmar is accused of waging a crackdown in Rakhine state that forced 700,000 to flee that the UN and major western powers have […]

June 26, 2018 | By | Reply More
EU to penalise Myanmar officials over Rohingya violations

EU to penalise Myanmar officials over Rohingya violations

The European Union will impose sanctions on seven Myanmar security officials on Monday (Jun 25), according to EU diplomats and officials, over what it says are systemic human rights violations against the country’s Rohingya Muslims. The seven will face asset freezes and be banned from travelling to the European Union, after the bloc extended an […]

June 25, 2018 | By | Reply More
Stateless Rohingya must be recognized as Myanmar citizens – lawyer

Stateless Rohingya must be recognized as Myanmar citizens – lawyer

Stateless Rohingya must be recognized as citizens of Myanmar and given identity documents so they can safely stay in the country instead of fleeing abroad like hundreds of thousands of members of their community, an award-winning lawyer said on Sunday. Kyaw Hla Aung, a Rohingya lawyer from Myanmar who was named the winner of the […]

June 11, 2018 | By | Reply More
Myanmar willing to take back all Rohingya refugees, top official says

Myanmar willing to take back all Rohingya refugees, top official says

Myanmar is willing to take back all 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled to Bangladesh if they volunteer to return, the country’s national security adviser U Thaung Tun said on Saturday. He was speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue, a regional security conference in Singapore, where he was asked if the situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine […]

June 4, 2018 | By | Reply More
Myanmar Rohingya militants massacred Hindus, says Amnesty

Myanmar Rohingya militants massacred Hindus, says Amnesty

Rohingya Muslim militants in Myanmar killed dozens of Hindu civilians during attacks last August, according to an investigation by Amnesty International. The group called Arsa killed up to 99 Hindu civilians in one, or possibly two massacres, said the rights group. Arsa had denied involvement. The killings came in the first days of an uprising […]

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