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Rohingya insurgent claims Wednesday’s gunfight was against Myanmar military, not ARSA
A Rohingya insurgent who is being treated at a hospital in Chattogram has claimed that the gunfight that took place on Wednesday along the Tumbru border at Ghumdhum in Bandarban’s Naikkhyangchhari was between his insurgency group and the Myanmar security agency. The 23-year-old injured man, Muhib Ullah, who claimed to be a member of the […]
Sea ‘a graveyard’ as number of Rohingya fleeing Bangladesh by boat soars
The number of Rohingya refugees taking dangerous sea journeys in the hope of reaching Malaysia or Indonesia has surged by 360%, the UN has announced after hundreds of refugees were left stranded at the end of last year. Rohingya in Bangladesh refugee camps have warned that human smugglers have ramped up operations and are constantly searching for people to fill […]
UN reports ‘alarming’ rise in Rohingya deaths at sea in 2022
The UN says there was an “alarming” rise in the number of Rohingya refugees lost at sea fleeing their Myanmar homeland or Bangladesh last year, warning more would die without concerted action. More than 3,500 Rohingya attempted sea crossings in 2022, representing a huge increase on the year before, when some 700 people made similar journeys, UNHCR, […]
6 abducted Rohingyas freed on ransom
Six Rohingya refugees who were abducted from Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar have been released in exchange for a ransom of Tk3 lakh. The kidnapped Rohingyas returned home on Saturday evening, said Manjurul Islam, additional superintendent of police at 16 Armed Police Battalion (APBn). ALSO READ THIS: DHAKA, WASHINGTON DISCUSS ROHINGYA, DEFENCE COOPERATION AND MARITIME SECURITY […]
Dhaka, Washington discuss Rohingya, defence cooperation and maritime security
Bangladesh and the US have discussed issues, including Rohingya repatriation, defence cooperation and maritime security, during Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher’s Dhaka visit. The US National Security Council’s senior director for South Asia, who is on a four-day visit to Bangladesh, met Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen on Monday, the foreign ministry said in a statement. […]
Myanmar jails 112 Rohingya who tried to leave country
Myanmar has jailed 112 people, including 12 children, from the minority Rohingya after they were caught attempting to leave the country. The court in Bogale in the southern Ayeyarwady region of Myanmar sentenced the group on January 6, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Tuesday, citing local police. The group was arrested […]
US National Security Council delegation visits Rohingya camps
A 10-member delegation of the US National Security Council has visited the Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar. Additional Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Shamsuddouza Nayan told our Cox’s Bazar staff correspondent that a 10-member delegation visited various Rohingya camps located in Ukhiya upazila. ALSO READ THIS: ROHINGYA REFUGEES BET LIVES ON BOAT CROSSINGS […]
Rohingya refugees bet lives on boat crossings despite rising death toll
Hatemon Nesa recalled hugging her young daughter tightly as the cramped, broken-down boat they were sitting on drifted aimlessly. They had set off on 25 November from the squalid Cox’s Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh, where they had lived since 2017, when a brutal crackdown by Myanmar’s military forced more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee […]
Dream of Normal Life Drives Rohingya Girls to Perilous Sea Voyage
Dressed in an embroidered salmon-hued outfit and sparkling silver boots, a girl gazes seriously into the camera. She stands in stark contrast to the dingy background — walls and a roof fashioned out of crisscrossed bamboo sticks and plastic drape sheets. The photograph is sent to a network of relatives and family friends who forward […]
Myanmar’s military honours anti-Muslim monk, frees prisoners
An ultranationalist monk in Myanmar, who was once dubbed the “face of Buddhist terror” over his role in promoting religious hatred against Muslims, has received a prestigious national award as the country’s military rulers celebrate independence from Britain. The monk, Wirathu, was awarded the honorific “Thiri Pyanchi” title for his “outstanding work for the good of […]Donate Now
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It has been close to six years since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya faced a deadly genocide by Myanmar’s military and fled the country in search of protection and refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh. The Rohingya population has been undergoing persecution, discrimination, arbitrary arrests, and atrocities in Myanmar for over seven decades. Their condition is alarmingly […]
