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Mar 16, 2019 Salim Help Refugees, Human Rights, Refugees Issues, Religious Rights Comments Off on Rohingya ‘tusk force’ keeps refugees safe from deadly elephants
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – At least once a year, the Asian elephants living in southern Bangladesh migrate eastwards, passing through the forest that straddles the border with Myanmar. Because this area is sparsely populated, the elephants usually encounter little trouble beyond a few run-ins with local farmers when their crops are trampled. Now, however, the world’s largest refugee […]Mar 14, 2019 Salim Help Refugees, Human Rights, Refugees Issues, Religious Rights Comments Off on Rohingya Repatriation: Doubt lingers as conflict flares up in Myanmar
Uncertainty over Rohingya repatriation is likely to stay as conflict between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army in Rakhine has escalated since early January, say experts. The situation poses challenges for Bangladesh in handling the one million refugees in Cox’s Bazar, especially as tension between the host communities and the Rohingyas, and the risk […]Mar 12, 2019 Salim Help Refugees, Human Rights, Refugees Issues, Religious Rights Comments Off on UN rights expert calls for end to ‘purgatory’ of ‘international inaction’ facing Myanmar’s remaining Rohingya
A humanitarian crisis fuelled by the suppression of basic human rights is continuing across Myanmar’s Rakhine state, a UN Human Rights Council-appointed expert said on Monday, in an appeal for alleged atrocities there to be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Presenting her latest report to the 47-Member body in Geneva, Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on […]Mar 11, 2019 Salim Help Refugees, Human Rights, Refugees Issues, Religious Rights Comments Off on No money offered to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
The embassy official was asked to comment on a video posted online by a Rohingya NGO that showed Chinese delegates meeting with refugees in southeastern Bangladesh, and offering families money to return to their homeland. Bangladeshi officials and Rohingya leaders confirmed the meeting and the offer to BenarNews, an RFA-affiliated online news service, on Tuesday. […]Feb 28, 2019 Salim Help Refugees, Human Rights, Refugees Issues, Religious Rights Comments Off on 18 months after exodus from Myanmar, Rohingya children at a crossroads
Half a million Rohingya children are stateless refugees in the Cox’s Bazar area in southern Bangladesh, increasingly anxious about their futures, and vulnerable to frustration and despair. The massive humanitarian effort led by the Government of Bangladesh with international support has saved countless children’s lives. There is no viable solution in sight for these Rohingya […]Feb 25, 2019 Salim Help Refugees, Human Rights, Refugees Issues, Religious Rights Comments Off on Assam government orders crackdown on Rohingya Muslims
The Assam government has ordered a crackdown on Rohingya Muslims who are believed to have settled mostly in minority-dominated districts of the state. Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that only some of the Rohingya Muslims who have been detected till now had been arrested. Sarma said that there might be large numbers of […]Feb 23, 2019 Salim Help Refugees, Human Rights, Refugees Issues, Religious Rights Comments Off on ‘Certain organisations making efforts to push Rohingya Muslims into Assam’: State orders crackdown
GUWAHATI: Assam government has ordered a crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, who are believed to have been settled systematically by a network of sympathizers in minority-majority districts of the state in large numbers. Finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said, “We have been able to arrest only those who have been detected so far. We […]Feb 20, 2019 Salim Help Refugees, Human Rights, Refugees Issues, Religious Rights Comments Off on Rohingya Atrocities: Malaysia wants perpetrators punished
Malaysia wants the perpetrators of atrocities against the Rohingyas be tried immediately at the International Criminal Court (ICC). “The Malaysian government is openly adhering to the principle that criminals must be punished. The root problem is that the Rohingyas have been driven out from their own country,” Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said. ALSO SEE- […]Jan 16, 2019 adminshaw Help Refugees, Human Rights, Refugees issues, Religious Rights Comments Off on Lebanon’s Syrian refugee camps battered by winter storms
Lebanon's Syrian refugee camps battered by winter storms Bekaa Valley, Lebanon – Syrian refugees in Lebanon are struggling with the aftermath of a storm that drenched the country's eastern and northern regions, delivered floodwaters and damaged hundreds of makeshift camps. Storm Norma, which last week brought with it incessant rain and snowfall, affected more than 22,000 refugees, […]Jan 12, 2019 Salim Help Refugees, Human Rights, Refugees Issues, Religious Rights Comments Off on No-Man’s Land: Myanmar building concrete structure
In a flagrant violation of international law, Myanmar has been building a concrete structure in the no-man's land on its border with Bangladesh in Bandarban's Ghumdhum area. The structure would obstruct the flow of a canal in the area, causing flooding. This would result in displacement of around 6,000 Rohingyas who have been living […]Apr 27, 2019
Top UN officials call for generosity from world to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camps. Top United Nations officials have urged the international community not to forget the plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and called for global support to ensure their safe and voluntary return to Myanmar. Speaking to reporters following a visit to refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar on Friday, Mark […]