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- Japan to give $4.3m to develop agricultural infrastructure for Rohingyas, host community
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MYANMAR: FACEBOOK’S SYSTEMS PROMOTED VIOLENCE AGAINST ROHINGYA; META OWES REPARATIONS
Facebook owner Meta’s dangerous algorithms and reckless pursuit of profit substantially contributed to the atrocities perpetrated by the Myanmar military against the Rohingya people in 2017, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. The Social Atrocity: Meta and the right to remedy for the Rohingya,details how Meta knew or should have known that Facebook’s […]
Meta owes Rohingya reparations for Myanmar violence, says Amnesty
A prominent human rights group says Facebook’s owner Meta owes the Rohingya reparations for the platform’s role in fuelling violence against the mostly Muslim minority in Myanmar. Amnesty International issued the call for compensation on Thursday after accusing Meta of failing to act despite activists repeatedly warning the company about the implications of anti-Rohingya hate […]
14 more family members of slain Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah move to Canada
Fourteen more family members of prominent Rohingya leader Mohammad Mohib Ullah, who was assassinated by a group of gunmen last year, have left Bangladesh for Canada on Monday evening. The group includes Mohib Ullah’s mother Umme Fajal, 60, and his two brothers, Habib Ullah and Ahmad Ullah, and their families. Faruk Ahmed, assistant superintendent of […]
Japan to give $4.3m to develop agricultural infrastructure for Rohingyas, host community
Japan and WFP today signed an exchange of notes to provide food and nutrition assistance and to develop agricultural infrastructure for Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar and the host community. The contribution of $4.3 million will be used for food assistance through the e-voucher system for the Rohingyas in Bhasan Char and will help further the […]
Rohingya issue shouldn’t be complicated further
For quite some days now there has been exchange of gunfire in Myanmar, along the border with Bangladesh’s Naikhangchhari upazila in Bandarban district. A Rohingya living in the border area has been killed. There have been injuries too in the border-lying village areas of Bangladesh. This sudden situation has created alarm among the hill people […]
PM Hasina again seeks effective role of UN, global leaders on Rohingya repatriation
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday once again sought help of the United Nations and global leaders for a permanent solution to the Rohingya crisis through their safe, sustainable, and dignified return to the Rakhine state in Myanmar. This is the 6th UN General Assembly session where the Bangladesh prime minister sought help. Sheikh […]
US announces more than $170m for Rohingyas in and outside Myanmar
The US today announced more than $170 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Rohingya inside and outside Myanmar, as well as for host communities in Bangladesh. With this new funding, the total US assistance in response to the Rohingya Refugee Crisis has reached nearly $1.9 billion since August 2017, when over 740,000 Rohingya were forced […]
Japan, UNHCR sign agreement for protection of Rohingyas in Bangladesh
The Government of Japan and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, signed a partnership agreement on Wednesday to provide protection and humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The contribution of $3.5 million (JPY 505 million) will be used to maintain access to critical and life-sustaining services for refugees living in Cox’s Bazar camps and on […]
Rohingya sheltering in no-man’s land seek UN protection amid shelling from Myanmar
A Rohingya community taking refuge in a strip of land along the Bangladesh-Myanmar frontier has called on the United Nations to ensure their safety amid a recent string of violent incidents near the border. On Monday, residents of the Konapara camp, situated in no-man’s land along the Tumbru border in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari Upazila, sent a […]
Govt plans to evacuate 300 families
The local administration is planning to evacuate members of 300 Bangladeshi families in Ghumdhum union along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Naikhyangchhari upazila of Bandarban following firing and mortar shelling near Tumbru border for the last one month, reports news agency UNB. Naikhyangchhari Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Salma Ferdous said there are about 70 Bangladeshi families […]Donate Now
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Facebook owner Meta’s dangerous algorithms and reckless pursuit of profit substantially contributed to the atrocities perpetrated by the Myanmar military against the Rohingya people in 2017, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. The Social Atrocity: Meta and the right to remedy for the Rohingya,details how Meta knew or should have known that Facebook’s […]
