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Myanmar military court plan to probe army's alleged Rohingya atrocities hit as 'delusional'
Myanmar's army said on Monday it had set up a military court to investigate its conduct during a crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority in 2017 that forced more than 730,000 to flee to neighboring Bangladesh. The court comprising a major-general and two colonels will ...
U.N. envoy Angelina Jolie urges Myanmar to end violence against Rohingya Muslims
Angelina Jolie on Tuesday urged Myanmar to show a genuine commitment to ending violence and displacement in its Rakhine state, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighboring Bangladesh for safety. Jolie, a special envoy for the U.N.'s refugee agency, spoke as ...
Amnesty slams India for deporting Rohingya family to Myanmar
Amnesty International on Monday accused India of disregarding international law after a Rohingya family was deported to Myanmar, where the military is accused of genocide against the stateless Muslim minority. The family of five, who had been in prison in India's northeastern Assam state since ...
Myanmar says missing policeman found dead near border with Bangladesh after attack
The body of a missing Myanmar policeman was found on the country's troubled border with Bangladesh, state media and officials said on Sunday after a clash with unknown gunmen last week. Pvt. Aung Kyaw Thet had been missing since his patrol was fired on from ...
The U.N. Security Council is considering action to push Myanmar to work with the United Nations to address the Rohingya refugee crisis, although China and Russia have so far boycotted talks on a British-drafted resolution, diplomats said Monday. The draft resolution aims to put a ...
U.S. House of Representatives accuses Myanmar of Rohingya 'genocide' and demands reporters be freed
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly adopted a resolution Thursday calling Myanmar's expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims a "genocide." The lower house of Congress also accused the Myanmar military of "crimes against humanity" and called for the immediate release of two Reuters ...
Tribunal for crimes committed in Myanmar against Rohingya urgently needed, rights law group says
A human rights law group contracted by the U.S. State Department to investigate atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar said on Monday there was an urgent need to establish a criminal tribunal to bring those responsible to justice. A report released on Monday by the ...
After finding no takers, Rohingya repatriation, relocation plans pushed back to 2019
Bangladesh's plans to tackle the Rohingya refugee crisis have been stalled until the new year with repatriation and relocation programs only likely to be revisited following year-end general elections, a top Bangladeshi official said on Sunday. Abul Kalam, Bangladesh's refugee relief and repatriation commissioner, told ...
Two senior leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime face a verdict Friday on genocide charges, in a ruling that experts say will bring down the curtain on the troubled U.N.-backed tribunal's quest for justice. The Khmer Rouge's former head of state, Khieu Samphan, 87, and ...
'Massive confusion and fear': Rohingya flee Bangladesh camps fearing forcible return to Myanmar
Rohingya Muslims were fleeing Bangladeshi refugee camps to avoid being repatriated to Myanmar later this week, community leaders said Monday. Authorities plan to begin returning Rohingya refugees, who have fled what the UN has called ethnic cleansing, to the Buddhist majority country from Thursday. But the ...
Myanmar prepares for first Rohingya returnees but U.N. warns against rushing
Myanmar officials said on Sunday the country was ready to receive more than 2,000 Rohingya Muslims sheltering in Bangladesh on Nov. 15, the first group from 5,000 people to be moved under a deal between the neighbors struck last month. But more than 20 individuals ...
Bangladesh and Myanmar agree to start returning Rohingya in November
Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed Tuesday to start returning Rohingya refugees in November, less than a week after U.N. investigators warned that a genocide against the Muslim minority was still ongoing. More than 720,000 of Myanmar's stateless Rohingya fled a brutal military crackdown in August last ...
