Tag: Rohingya crisis
Rakhine Buddhist army kills seven in Independence Day attack on police...
YANGON: Buddhist Rakhine fighters killed seven Myanmar security forces in attacks on four police posts in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state on Friday as the...
India’s Rohingya refugees struggle with hatred, fear as first group is...
JAMMU: Hours after Indian TV channels flashed that the country was deporting seven Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, Sahidullah said he received a call from...
Myanmar’s delaying tactics blocking Rohingya return, says Bangladesh PM
NEW YORK: Bangladesh’s leader accused neighboring Myanmar of finding new excuses to delay the return of more than 700,000 Rohingya who were forced across...
US accuses Myanmar military of ‘planned and coordinated’ Rohingya atrocities
WASHINGTON: A US government investigation has found that Myanmar’s military waged a “well-planned and coordinated” campaign of mass killings, gang rapes and other atrocities...
Myanmar army chief says ‘no right to interfere’ as UN weighs...
YANGON: Myanmar's army chief on Monday warned against foreign interference as world leaders gather at the United Nations to find ways to hold the...
Myanmar army should be removed from politics: UN probe
NEW YORK: Myanmar's powerful army should be removed from politics, UN investigators said Tuesday in the final version of a damning report reiterating calls...
Myanmar army apologises for mistaken photos in book on Rohingya crisis
YANGON: The Myanmar military issued a rare apology on Monday, acknowledging that two photographs it published in a book on the crisis over the...
Reuters Myanmar reporters jailed for seven years in landmark secrets case
YANGON: A Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and jailed them for seven years,...
Haley says US Rohingya report ‘consistent’ with UN findings
UNITED NATIONS: Findings of a US State Department investigation into Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis are “consistent” with those of a report by UN investigators released...
Facebook removes top Myanmar military official, others from website
MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA: Facebook said on Monday it was removing certain Myanmar military officials from the social media website and an Instagram account to...
Myanmar generals must face justice for mass killings, gang rapes of...
GENEVA: Myanmar’s military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with “genocidal intent” and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be...
Myanmar leader Suu Kyi says terrorism in Rakhine state a threat...
SINGAPORE: Terrorism remains a threat in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and could have “grave consequences” for the region, the Southeast Asian country’s leader, Aung San...
Murders leave Rohingya camps gripped by fear
COX's BAZAR: A spate of bloody killings is fuelling unease in the Rohingya camps on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, where overstretched police are struggling to...
UN urges Myanmar to speed Rohingya returns, grant citizenship
GENEVA (Reuters): United Nations aid agencies called on Myanmar on Wednesday to improve conditions in Rakhine state for the safe return of hundreds of...
Myanmar’s Rohingya panel head refutes criticism by outgoing secretary
YANGON: The chairman of an international panel set up by Myanmar to advise on the Rohingya crisis has rebutted criticism by the body’s former...
Bangladesh gets $100-million ADB grant to boost facilities for displaced Rohingya
DHAKA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday approved a grant of $100 million to Bangladesh, the first half of an assistance package to develop...
Secret UN-Myanmar deal on Rohingya offers no guarantees on citizenship
YANGON/COX’S BAZAR: Rohingya refugees returning to Myanmar will have no explicit guarantees of citizenship or freedom of movement throughout the country, under a secret...
