Tag: Rohingya Muslims

Al Hussein had deplored India's measures to deport the Rohingya refugees , noting that "nearly 40,000 had settled in India and 16,000 of them had received refugee documentation".

The Bangladeshi premier urged Buddhist-majority Myanmar to bring the Rohingya back, while the country's parliament passed a motion on Monday night urging the UN and other countries to pressure Myanmar for their safety and citizenship.

Bahria Town Chairman Malik Riaz has pledged Rs one billion for the Rohingya Muslims of Burma, along with arranging land accommodation for the displaced,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Scores of people have already been killed attempting to cross the Naf border river since a fresh upsurge in violence in Rakhine on August 25, many using small fishing boats unsuited to the rough coastal waters.

In a statement issued by her office on Facebook, Suu Kyi said the government had “already started defending all the people in Rakhine in the best way possible” and warned against misinformation that could mar relations with other countries.

DHAKA: Myanmar has been laying landmines across a section of its border with Bangladesh for the past three days, said two government sources in...

Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakaria says settlement of Kashmir issue with India is the top priority of Pakistan. Talking to a news channel, he said...

UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to Myanmar authorities on Tuesday to end violence against Rohingya Muslims in the country’s Rakhine state,...

In the phone call, Erdogan and Suu Kyi also discussed potential solutions to the fighting and means to deliver humanitarian aid to the region.

Over 3,035,000 people have signed a petition on Change.org demanding that the Nobel Peace Prize be taken back from Myanmar leader Aung San Suu...

BANGKOK: The systematic persecution of minority Muslims is on the rise across Myanmar and not confined to the northwestern state of Rakhine, where recent...

Malala also criticised Aung San Suu Kyi — the incumbent State Counsellor of Myanmar and a fellow Nobel laureate — for turning a blind eye to the atrocity.

Myanmar officials blamed the Rohingya militants for the burning of homes and civilian deaths but rights monitors and Rohingya fleeing to neighboring Bangladesh say a campaign of arson and killings by the Myanmar army aims to force them out.