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Rohingya plucked from river trying to swim to Bangladesh

Wed Oct 11, 2017 11:58:25

Bangladeshi coast guards plucked a group of Rohingya refugees from a border river Wednesday as they tried to escape Myanmar by using jerrycans as flotation devices, officials said.

Rohingya feel like prisoners in giant Bangladesh camp

Tue Oct 10, 2017 08:31:01

Hasina Begum's earliest memory is of watching the jungle cut down to expand the camp in Bangladesh that is the only home the 31-year-old Rohingya refugee has ever known.

At least 12 dead, scores missing in Rohingya capsize: officials

Mon Oct 9, 2017 07:49:26

At least 12 people died and scores were missing Monday after a boat packed with Rohingya refugees -- many of them children -- capsized, the latest tragedy to strike those fleeing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state.

Bangladesh PM says government will continue to help Rohingya

Sat Oct 7, 2017 11:16:10

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said her government would continue to support nearly 1 million Rohingya Muslims who have fled neighboring Myanmar to escape violence.

Rohingya forced from Myanmar say army redoubling push to clear villages

Wed Oct 4, 2017 11:23:12

Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh amid a fresh exodus from strife-torn Myanmar have described whole villages being emptied and thousands marching to the border as security forces redouble efforts to drive the remaining Muslims from their homes.

UK: Myanmar's Suu Kyi stripped of Oxford honor

Wed Oct 4, 2017 09:29:47

A British honor granted to Myanmar’s leader has been withdrawn amid atrocities targeting the Muslim minority in her country, causing more than half a million Rohingya to take refuge in neighboring Bangladesh.

Bangladesh to press for Muslim refugees' return to Myanmar

Mon Oct 2, 2017 10:12:34

Bangladesh opens talks with neighboring Myanmar on Monday with the aim of securing the return home of more than half a million Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar, most of whom have arrived since late August.

Amnesty urges UNSC to impose arms embargo on Myanmar

Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:22:50

Amnesty International has called on the United Nations Security Council to spare no efforts to end the brutal crackdown against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, suggesting the imposition of a “comprehensive arms embargo” on the Southeast Asian country.

UN plans food aid for up to 700,000 Rohingya

Wed Sep 27, 2017 12:34:48

The UN has drawn up a contingency plan to feed up to 700,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar after some 480,000 fled to Bangladesh over the past month and arrivals continue.

Rohingya toll mounts as Bangladesh hospitals struggle

Tue Sep 26, 2017 14:14:59

With no money even to bury his eight-year-old daughter, Ali Hossain broke down as he recounted her final moments, the latest Rohingya refugee to die in Bangladesh as fears mount over outbreaks of disease.

U.N. chief to brief Security Council on Myanmar on Thursday

Tue Sep 26, 2017 08:35:29

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will publicly brief the Security Council on Thursday on violence in Myanmar, which he has described as ethnic cleansing, after seven countries on the 15-member body requested the meeting.

WHO warns of cholera threat in Bangladesh Rohingya camps

Mon Sep 25, 2017 11:39:47

The World Health Organisation warned Monday of a growing cholera risk in the makeshift refugee camps in Bangladesh where more than 435,000 Rohingya Muslims have sought shelter from unrest in Myanmar.

High stakes in Myanmar as Suu Kyi to address Rohingya crisis

Sun Sep 17, 2017 14:27:01

As Rakhine state burns and Rohingya flee, Aung San Suu Kyi is preparing to address Myanmar on the crisis for the first time -- a high wire act seeking to soothe global outrage without baiting an army that is again showing its teeth.

Iran’s aid for Rohingyas reaches Bangladesh border with Myanmar

Sun Sep 17, 2017 10:32:49

Forty tons of Iran's relief aid has reached the Bangladesh border with Myanmar, where tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims are stranded after fleeing what has been called "a textbook example of ethnic cleansing" by the UN.

China endorses Myanmar's crackdown, U.N. sees "ethnic cleansing"

Thu Sep 14, 2017 10:03:17

China has endorsed Myanmar’s offensive against Rohingya Muslim insurgents, though the U.N. secretary-general said the operation, which has forced nearly 400,000 people to flee to Bangladesh, was best described as “ethnic cleansing”.

UN chief: Myanmar Rohingyas are victims of ethnic cleansing

Thu Sep 14, 2017 08:48:32

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that ethnic cleansing is taking place in Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslim minority, and the U.N. Security Council condemned the violence that has led nearly 380,000 Rohingyas to flee to Bangladesh.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi to skip U.N. General Assembly amid Rohingya crisis

Wed Sep 13, 2017 09:26:03

Myanmar's national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over ethnic violence that has forced about 370,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, will not attend the upcoming U.N. General Assembly session in New York, a party spokesman said on Wednesday.

UN to discuss Myanmar after Rohingya 'ethnic cleansing' claim

Tue Sep 12, 2017 09:47:15

The United Nations Security Council will hold an urgent meeting to discuss violence barrelling through western Myanmar, after the UN's rights chief warned that "ethnic cleansing" appeared to have driven the flight of over 300,000 Rohingya Muslims from the country.

Rohingya Muslims injured as Myanmar's military `plant land mines´ - Amnesty

Mon Sep 11, 2017 14:38:30

Myanmar’s military has been accused of planting land mines in the path of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in its western Rakhine state.

Turkey's Erdogan meets Iran's Rouhani and Venezuela's Maduro

Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:43:28

Turkish President Tayyip Erodgan held bilateral talks with leaders of Iran, Venezuela and Bangladesh in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana on the sidelines of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit.