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‘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 […]
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- […]
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, […]
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 […]
Dozens of Rohingya flee India for Bangladesh: officials
Dozens of Rohingya Muslims have crossed the border into Bangladesh from India in recent days, officials said on Tuesday, as New Delhi faces censure for deporting the persecuted minority to Myanmar. Last week India handed a Rohingya family of five to Myanmar authorities, despite the army there being accused of genocide against the stateless […]
13 Rohingyas detained in KSA deported to Bangladesh
Saudi Arabia deported at least 13 Rohingya, held indefinitely by the kingdom, from a Jeddah detention centre early today. Abdur Rahman, additional superintendent of police of the Armed Police Battalion at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, said the Rohingyas arrived in Dhaka around 2:00am. ALSO SEE- How Bangladesh Made Abortion Safer “They have […]
Hampstead aid worker on spending Christmas helping Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
The aid worker, from Hampstead, joined others in Bangladesh where she is helping in the refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar. After a recent visit back home, where she stocked up on Bisto gravy granules, Christmas pudding and other festive items, she took them back for colleagues to share. “It’s actually a bank holiday here, […]
Myanmar policeman shot dead in northern Rakhine state
The bullet-riddled body of a Myanmar policeman has been found in northern Rakhine state, government media said, as tensions rise in the hotspot where the Rohingya crisis erupted last year. The western territory is a tinderbox of ethnic and religious divisions and security forces have clashed with both Rohingya insurgents and much better armed […]
Ministers urged to press Burma to ‘stop all abuses’ against Rohingya
Britain has been urged to publicly press the Burmese government to “immediately stop all abuses”, as MPs voiced fresh concerns over the Rohingya crisis. Labour’s Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow) expressed frustration at the UK Government’s diplomatic response and warned the “crisis happened on our watch” in Burma, also known as Myanmar. […]
A Lost Generation of Rohingya Grows up Without Education
Mohammed is one of more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees who fled into Bangladesh after the Myanmar army launched a vicious “clearance operation” in August 2017. Soldiers raped, killed, and torched their way through Rakhine state, home to the vast majority of Rohingya, committing what the UN and many others have called crimes against humanity and […]Recent Posts
Find out how the aftermath of the refugee crisis is still upending politics across Europe—when you subscribe to World Politics Review (WPR). As the nationalist, anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats claimed their best result yet in Sweden’s parliamentary elections in September, the nation’s newspapers went bold with their headlines. “Chaos,” read the front pages, in all caps, […]
