Clooney to defend journalists held in Myanmar
NEW YORK: British-Lebanese human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, wife of Hollywood A-lister George, announced Thursday… Read More
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Bangladesh sees little foreign funds for Rohingya refugee island: minister
NEW YORK: Bangladesh is not expecting much help from foreign donors as it forges ahead… Read More
7 years ago
UN investigators cite Facebook role in Myanmar crisis
GENEVA: UN human rights experts investigating a possible genocide in Myanmar said on Monday that… Read More
7 years ago
Myanmar builds military bases where Rohingya once lived and prayed
YANGON: After driving nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims out of the country, Myanmar’s military is building… Read More
7 years ago
Myanmar’s anti-Muslim monk returns to ‘preaching’ after ban
YANGON: Myanmar Buddhist monk Wirathu claimed on Saturday his anti-Muslim rhetoric had nothing to do… Read More
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Sri Lanka blocks social media as Buddhist mobs attack mosques
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka shut down social messaging networks including Facebook on Wednesday to control violence… Read More
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Ethnic cleansing of Myanmar’s Rohingya continues: UN
YANGON: Myanmar is continuing its "ethnic cleansing" of the Rohingya with a "campaign of terror… Read More
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Myanmar bulldozed scores of Rohingya villages since November: HRW
YANGON: Satellite imagery shows Myanmar authorities have bulldozed at least 55 Rohingya villages in northern… Read More
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Bangladesh hands list to Myanmar for Rohingya repatriation
DHAKA: Bangladesh on Friday handed over a list of more than 8,000 Rohingya to Myanmar… Read More
7 years ago
Myanmar massacre: 10 Rohingya sent to mass grave
On Sept. 2, Buddhist villagers and Myanmar troops killed 10 Rohingya men in Myanmar's restive… Read More
8 years ago
U.N. says 100,000 Rohingya in grave danger from monsoon rains
GENEVA: More than 100,000 Rohingya refugees huddled in squalid, muddy camps in Bangladesh will be… Read More
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UN calls on Myanmar for unhindered access to Rohingya camps
MAUNGDAW, MYANMAR: The United Nations on Wednesday called on Myanmar to give aid agencies unhindered… Read More
8 years ago
UN urges rethink of Rohingya repatriations without safeguards
PALONG KHALI, Bangladesh/NAYPYITAW, Myanmar: The U.N. refugee agency and other groups have urged a rethink… Read More
8 years ago
Second Rohingya ‘leader’ killed in Bangladesh refugee camp
COX'S BAZAR: Attackers on Monday killed a Rohingya representative in a Bangladesh refugee camp, the… Read More
8 years ago
Rohingya refugee leaders draw up demands ahead of repatriation
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh: Rohingya leaders in a Bangladesh refugee camp have drawn up a list of… Read More
8 years ago
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… Read More
8 years ago
Deadly ‘long-lost disease’ rages through Rohingya camps
COX'S BAZAAR: In a makeshift bamboo clinic, small children struggle to draw breath through surgical… Read More
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Rohingya insurgents say they have no option but to fight Myanmar
YANGON: Rohingya Muslim insurgents said on Sunday they have no option but to fight Myanmar… Read More
8 years ago
A visual that shows just how many Rohingya villages have been burned
In the four months since the Myanmar military began a crackdown after Rohingya militants attacked… Read More
8 years ago
Bono, former Suu Kyi campaigner, says she should quit
U2 frontman Bono, a leading campaigner for Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi when she… Read More
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