Rescuers from the Shwe Yaung Metta Foundation revealed that the ill-fated boat. The UN refugee agency reported a significant surge in attempted sea crossings in recent times. Rakhine’s plight was further compounded by a cyclone in May. A heartbreaking incident unfolded at sea this week as a boat carrying Rohingya refugees, escaping Myanmar’s Rakhine state, … Read more
The Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh was devastated by a major fire on Sunday. Leaving 12,000 people homeless and 90 buildings destroyed. The fire destroyed almost 2,000 huts. A major fire tore through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh’s southern district of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday, leaving about 12,000 people homeless, according to the local … Read more
185 people, many of them women and children, were saved in Aceh, Indonesia. The boat’s motor failed, leaving them stranded in the Andaman Sea for weeks. Rohingya escaped Myanmar’s army’s murder and arson campaign. Just in the nick of time, the boat that was carrying more than two hundred Rohingya refugees was safely saved. After … Read more
16-20 Rohingya may have perished of thirst, hunger, or drowning. Five Indian ships approached the stranded boat late Tuesday. New Delhi activist Priyali Sur said the situation on the boat is “worsening” 16-20 Rohingya may have perished of thirst, hunger, or drowning, family and activists said. Five Indian ships approached the stranded boat late Tuesday, … Read more
At least 150 Rohingya refugees stuck on boat. The UN made its request on Friday, but no one has answered yet. The boat is now in Indian waters near the Nicobar Islands. The UN is asking South East Asian countries near the Andaman Sea to help a boat with at least 150 Rohingya refugees on … Read more
The World Court rejects Myanmar’s objections to a genocide case over its treatment of the Rohingya minority. Gambia, which brought the suit, had argued that it lacked standing to bring the case. A United Nations fact-finding mission concluded that Myanmar’s military campaign drove 730,000 Rohingya into neighbouring Bangladesh. The World Court rejected Myanmar’s objections to … Read more
Mohib Ullah was gunned down last September. Bangladesh police accused 29 Rohingyas with murder of Mohib Ullah. His family blamed the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA). According to a prosecutor, Bangladesh police accused at least 29 Rohingyas on Monday with the murder of top community leader Mohib Ullah last September. Ullah, the head of a … Read more
The group, which included five children, was discovered on Koh Dong island Police said they had been charged with illegal The incident comes after the bodies of 14 Rohingya people, including children Fifty-Nine Rohingya people were discovered on a Thai island after being abandoned by traffickers en route to Malaysia, A senior police officer said … Read more
UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi arrived in Bangladesh on Saturday to meet Rohingya refugees amid expectations that the visit will help to restart talks over their repatriation. Bangladesh is host to more than 1 million Rohingya refugees who fled violence and persecution in neighboring Myanmar, the majority of whom have been living in congested camps at … Read more
The delivery of new textbooks has launched a government and UN-backed effort to prepare hundreds of thousands of Rohingya youngsters for a future return to Myanmar. Around 400,000 school-aged children are among the more than 1 million Rohingya Muslims residing in a fishing port in southern Bangladesh after escaping violence and persecution in Myanmar. Over … Read more
Hundreds of Rohingya migrants from Myanmar broke out of a detention centre in northern Malaysia on Wednesday with six killed on a dual carriageway as they escaped, authorities said. Many Rohingya arrive in Malaysia by means of boat after enduring harrowing, months-long sea trips. Those that are caught are frequently sent to detention centres, which rights organizations … Read more
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Bangladesh police have arrested 172 Rohingya in recent weeks after a crackdown sparked by the brutal murder of a prominent community leader, the force said Monday. Mohib Ullah was gunned down in late September in a refugee camp near the port city of Cox’s Bazar, in a region home to over 700,000 … Read more
The military of Myanmar has seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in response to the election fraud. According to the media reports, the other leaders of Aung San Suu Kyi ‘s National League for Democracy (NLD) party in early morning raids. The … Read more
The European Union has removed Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from the “Sakharov Prize community” because of her “acceptance” of state crimes against the Rohingya community. Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the top human rights prize in 1990. However, she will no longer be capable of taking part in events for laureates. … Read more
