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- ‘Arson’ destroys four UNICEF schools in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps
- Why Joe Biden Should Help the Rohingya People of Myanmar
- Bhashan Char: 3rd batch of Rohingyas to move at January end
- Fire destroys homes of thousands in Bangladesh Rohingya refugee camps, UN says
- Massive Fire Hits Rohingya Refugee Camp Destroying Many Houses
‘Arson’ destroys four UNICEF schools in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Four UNICEF schools for Rohingya children in refugee camps in Bangladesh have been destroyed in a fire, officials said on Tuesday (Jan 19), with the UN children’s agency calling it arson. It was unclear who might attack the schools, which were empty at the time, but the security situation in the camps […]
Why Joe Biden Should Help the Rohingya People of Myanmar
When the Myanmar Army attacked and massacred ethnic Rohingya civilians in 2017, more than 700,000 men, women, and children fled to Bangladesh, some riddled with bullets, burns, and gaping wounds. Hundreds of villages were in ashes, razed by soldiers and their civilian proxies. But long after the physical wounds scarred over, Rohingya continue to suffer […]
Bhashan Char: 3rd batch of Rohingyas to move at January end
A total 3,414 Rohingyas who were previously relocated to the island are doing well, top officials say The government is planning to relocate the third batch of Rohingyas from the camps in Cox’s Bazar to Bhashan Char at the end of this month, multiple sources told Dhaka Tribune. About 2,000 members of the persecuted community […]
Fire destroys homes of thousands in Bangladesh Rohingya refugee camps, UN says
A huge fire swept through Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh early Thursday, the United Nations said, destroying homes belonging to thousands of people. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said more than 550 shelters — home to about 3,500 people — were either totally or partially destroyed in the blaze, as well as 150 shops […]
Massive Fire Hits Rohingya Refugee Camp Destroying Many Houses
Staff Correspondence A huge fire overnight swept through a crammed Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar destroying at least 500 ramshackle shelters leaving hundreds of people without homes, officials and aid workers said on Thursday. They said the fire erupted in predawn hours on the day at Rohingyas makeshift Nayapara camp but reported no casualty while […]
Myanmar: Serious Rights Abuses Persist
The Myanmar government has repeatedly violated basic civil and political rights, and failed to hold the country’s security forces accountable for atrocities against ethnic minorities, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2021. The ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party overwhelmingly won the November 8, 2020, election, which was marred by serious problems. Prior to the vote the government prosecuted its critics, censored opposition party messages, and did not provide equal access to […]
Myanmar’s lack of cordiality preventing Rohingya repatriation: FM
Rohingya repatriation could not be started because of the lack of cordiality of the Myanmar government, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said Monday. “Not a single Rohingya could be repatriated in the last three and a half years as Myanmar brought up one issue after the other,” he told reporters in Rangamati after inaugurating […]
Bangladesh: Rohingya refugee killed in rival clashes
At least one Rohingya refugee was killed and 10 others injured on Sunday in a gunfight between two rival factions in Cox’s Bazar, a sprawling refugee camp in Bangladesh, an official and sources said. “Some rival groups among Rohingya refugees are involved in a power struggle,” Mahbub Alam Talukder, Bangladesh’s refugee relief and repatriation commissioner, […]
Myanmar Authorities Detain Scores of Rohingya, Human Traffickers in Multiple Raids
YANGON—Despite stay-at-home orders and travel restrictions, more than 100 undocumented individuals from Rakhine State—some of them coronavirus-positive—have been detained by Myanmar authorities during a two-week period while allegedly being trafficked through major cities. On Wednesday, the police force of Yangon Region’s Shwepyithar Township arrested 99 Rohingya (26 males and 73 females) who had been held at two […]
Government bars people from visiting Bhashan Char
Bangladesh Army will install barbed wire fences around Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar to ensure security. The government has announced that people will be barred from unnecessarily visiting Bhashan Char. However, NGO workers or other officials who work there will not come under the purview of the decision. Additionally, the Bangladesh Army will install barbed […]Recent Posts
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Four UNICEF schools for Rohingya children in refugee camps in Bangladesh have been destroyed in a fire, officials said on Tuesday (Jan 19), with the UN children’s agency calling it arson. It was unclear who might attack the schools, which were empty at the time, but the security situation in the camps […]
