Tag: Myanmar Rohingya
Bangladesh PM says Myanmar must take back Rohingya
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued a new call for Myanmar to take back some 420,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in...
UNSC calls emergency meeting to discuss Rohingya Muslims
The UN Security Council has called an emergency closed-door meeting tomorrow to discuss the deteriorating situation of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
An emergency meeting is...
Bangladesh plans to move reluctant Rohingya to remote island
DHAKA: Thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled violence in Myanmar in search of refuge could be forced to make their new homes on a...
Rohingya genocide in Rakhine triggering mass exodus: Bangladesh minister
BANGLADESH: Bangladesh’s foreign minister said on Sunday that genocide was being waged in Myanmar’s violence-racked Rakhine state, triggering an exodus of nearly 300,000 Muslim Rohingya...
Myanmar ‘to provide aid’ to displaced Rohingya inside country
YANGON: Camps will be set up to provide aid for displaced Muslims inside Rakhine state, state-backed media said Saturday, the first time in a 16-day...
Bangladesh hospitals overflowing with injured Rohingya
CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH: Nurses at the Bangladeshi hospital treating 16-year-old Rohingya refugee Mohammad Junaed for a bullet wound have had to tie him to his bed...
Myanmar violence may have killed more than 1,000 Rohingya Muslims: UN...
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: More than 1,000 people may already have been killed in Myanmar, mostly minority Rohingya Muslims – more than twice the government’s total...
Ahsan Iqbal appeals protesters holding rallies in Islamabad to remain peaceful.
Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has appealed to the protesters holding rallies in Islamabad today against the atrocious treatment of Myanmar`s Rohingya Muslims to remain...
US expresses concern over Rohingya crisis in Myanmar
The United States has expressed deep concern about the crisis in Myanmar and urged authorities to allow humanitarian access to Rakhine state.
State Department spokeswoman...
Rulers, int’l community neglecting Rohingya genocide: Parvez Elahi
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League (PML) senior central leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, condemning the massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Burma, questioned...
Protests continue against persecution of Rohingya Muslims
DERA BUGTI: Protests continued on Tuesday across the country over a military campaign in Myanmar that has forced tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims...
PTI submits adjournment motion in NA over Rohingya crisis
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday submitted an adjournment motion in the National Assembly over the Rohingya crisis.
The motion submitted by PTI Vice Chairman...
Pope Francis swoops in to defend oppressed Rohingyas
VATICAN: Pope Francis has issued a strong defence of the right of Burma's Rohingya Muslims to "live their faith", and criticised the country's government for their persecution campaign. In...
Sartaj urges Muslim Ummah to help Myanmar’s Rohingya
KUALA LUMPUR: Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, while addressing a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Conference’s (OIC) council of...
