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Rohingya sent back to Myanmar camps in 'acute need,' U.N. refugee agency says
Rohingya Muslims who paid hundreds of dollars to flee squalid Myanmar camps by boat are destitute since they were stopped at sea and returned, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday. Images of hungry and thirsty Rohingya huddled on boats have stirred memories of a ...
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 ...
U.N. committee strongly condemns Myanmar's persecution of Rohingya; Japan abstains from vote
A United Nations committee on Friday endorsed a resolution turning up the heat on Myanmar over the persecution of its Rohingya Muslim minority. The measure, pushed by the European Union and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to the U.N. General Assembly's Third Committee charged with ...
Bangladesh scraps bid to repatriate 700,000 Rohingya, says no one wants to go back to Myanmar
The head of Bangladesh's refugee commission said plans to begin the repatriation of 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar on Thursday were scrapped after officials were unable to find anyone who wanted to return. The refugees "are not willing to go back now," Refugee Commissioner Abul ...
Pence tells Suu Kyi violence against Rohingya 'is without excuse'
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence criticized Myanmar's military over the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in a meeting with national leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday and said those responsible should be held accountable. "The violence and persecution by military and vigilantes that resulted in ...
Mahathir slams Suu Kyi for Myanmar's oppression, 'mass killing' of Rohingya
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed sharply criticized Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday for her handling of an ethnic crisis that led to mass killings and the exodus of more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims from her country. Mahathir said Nobel Peace Prize laureate ...
Myanmar's neighbors to call for 'accountability' in Rakhine crisis: draft statement
Southeast Asian nations will call for those responsible for atrocities in Myanmar's Rakhine state to be held "fully accountable," according to a statement prepared for a regional summit, reflecting a stronger line being taken within the group. The draft of the chairman's statement, which was ...
Amnesty International strips Aung San Suu Kyi of highest honor
Amnesty International on Monday stripped Aung San Suu Kyi of its highest honor over the de facto Myanmar leader's "indifference" to the atrocities committed by the country's military against Rohingya Muslims. The London-based global human rights organization said it was revoking the Ambassador of Conscience ...
'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 ...
UNHCR credits Japan for 'small steps' but calls on nation to accept more refugees
Japan is making progress toward opening its doors to refugees in “small steps” but could do more to support displaced people in areas of conflict, including the Rohingya, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said in Tokyo on Friday. As Japan prepares to accept ...
