Tag: Rohingya
Angelina Jolie urges NATO to stop use of sexual violence as...
BRUSSELS: UN refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie has called on NATO to help stop the use of sexual violence as a weapon of...
Richardson quits Myanmar Rohingya crisis panel
YANGON: Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson has resigned from an international panel set up by Myanmar to advise on the Rohingya crisis, saying it...
UN seeks rethink of Rohingya citizens for ensuring safety
PALONG KHALI: The UN refugee agency and other groups have urged a rethink of the plan to send Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar amid...
Return plan endangers 770,000 Rohingya refugees: HRW report
BANGKOK: Bangladesh’s decision on January 22 to delay the repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Burma should be followed by suspending the bilateral plan, which threatens the refugees’...
Rohingya insurgents say 10 found in Myanmar grave ‘innocent civilians’
YANGON: Rohingya Muslim insurgents said on Saturday that ten Rohingya found in a mass grave in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state last month were “innocent civilians”,...
Japan conveys concern over Rohingya to Myanmar’s Suu Kyi-Kyodo
TOKYO: Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono conveyed serious concern over Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims to the country’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, in a meeting...
Have no option but to fight Myanmar, says Rohingya insurgents
YANGON: Rohingya Muslim insurgents said on Sunday they have no option to fight what they called Myanmar state-sponsored terrorism to defend the Rohingya community,...
U2 frontman calls Suu Kyi to quit over Rohingya brutalities
U2 frontman Bono, a leading campaigner for Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi when she was under house arrest, has called on her to...
China, Russia oppose UN GA criticism of Myanmar over Rohingya
UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly on Sunday urged Myanmar to end a military campaign against Muslim Rohingya and called for the appointment of a...
Pope deliberately avoids using ‘Rohingya’ in key Myanmar speech
Pope Francis has delivered a keynote speech in Myanmar, demanding "respect for each ethnic group" but without referring specifically to its Muslim Rohingya community.
Rights...
There is ‘no religious discrimination’ in Myanmar, army chief tells pope
NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s powerful army chief has told Pope Francis there is “no religious discrimination” in the country during talks at the start of the...
Bangladesh signs deal with Myanmar to return Rohingya
NAYPYITAW: Bangladesh has signed a deal with Myanmar to return hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled a recent army crackdown.
No details have been...
US Congress members decry ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Myanmar; Suu Kyi doubts...
YANGON/NAYPYITAW: Members of the US Congress said on Tuesday that operations carried out against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar had “all the hallmarks” of ethnic...
Amnesty accuses Myanmar of ‘apartheid’
YANGON: Myanmar’s suffocating controls over its Rohingya population amount to “apartheid”, Amnesty International said Tuesday in a probe into the root causes of a crisis...
China proposes three-phase plan to resolve Rohingya crisis
NAYPYITAW: China has proposed a three-phase plan for resolving the Rohingya crisis, starting with a ceasefire in Myanmar’s Rakhine State so that refugees can...
Angelina Jolie condemns sexual violence against Rohingya women refugees
Hollywood film star Angelina Jolie has condemned sexual violence inflicted on Rohingya women in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, where a military counter-insurgency operation has sent...
HRW report shows evidence of mass rape, genocide against Rohingyas
UNITED STATES: Myanmar troops gang-raped countless Rohingya women and girls during a military campaign that sent hundreds of thousands fleeing across the border to Bangladesh,...
