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The Situation of the Rohingya and Deadly Sea Crossings
For decades, as an ethnic minority group, the Rohingya people have faced discrimination, oppression, and persecution in Myanmar. Stripped from their access to property, citizenship, and other basic rights, the predominantly Muslim Rohingya have been subjected to multiple waves of deadly, state-sponsored violence, as well as attacks of genocide.[1] Such conditions have resulted in the […]
‘Everywhere they go, the Rohingya are exploited’
Kaamil Ahmed, a British journalist, has covered the Rohingya crisis for eight years. Currently a reporter at The Guardian, he has made multiple trips to Bangladesh, where an overwhelming majority of the Rohingya reside in exile, to investigate and document the livelihoods of a people considered one of the world’s most persecuted. Rendered stateless by Myanmar in […]
Rohingya leader’s audio urging mass killings sparks concerns
Ko Ko Linn, a leader of a Rohingya refugee insurgent group, the Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO), has circulated an audio recording urging his followers to carry out mass killings of members of an opposing Rohingya insurgent group, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa), located in the camps of Ukhiya. The recording is of interest to […]
Impasse in Rohingya repatriation leads to security challenge: Momen
Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen has said negative impacts of impasse in repatriation of the displaced Rohingyas have been leading to various security challenges for Bangladesh and the region. “Bangladesh being a small country with high population density is already overburdened with other critical challenges of its own,” he told a discussion in New York […]
The Rohingya feel pangs of hunger too
They have endured pain, torture, loss and trauma. They took on the perilous journey from Myanmar’s Rakhine state – where the military junta unleashed inexplicable brutality on the Rohingya men, women and children with genocidal intent – to Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, where they were given a safe shelter by the government and people. Initially, the […]
Rohingya refugees swindled by Turkish humanitarian organization
A group of Rohingya refugees residing in Cox’s Bazar’s Kutupalong alleged that a Turkish humanitarian organization swindled them out of a significant amount of money owed to them for their construction work. The refugees claimed that they had been hired by the organization, HAYIR – ELI – INSANI YARDIM DERNEĞI, to dig tube wells in […]
Alarm grows over WFP plan to cut food aid for Rohingya refugees
Alarm is growing over the World Food Programme’s (WFP) plan to cut food aid to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh because of a severe shortfall in funding. The WFP, the United Nations food agency, has said it will need to cut rations to the refugees next month because of […]
US Official’s Visit: Security co-op, Rohingya issue top on agenda
The high-level US delegation, led by State Department Counselor Derek Chollet, arrived in Dhaka yesterday afternoon for a two-day visit as Washington seeks to advance the security partnership with Bangladesh and coordinate the response to the Rohingya crisis. Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen received Chollet yesterday afternoon at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Chollet is […]
Japan, IOM sign $5.7m assistance to Rohingyas, host communities in Bangladesh
Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori on Monday said Japan would continue to work towards durable solutions including early repatriation of Rohingyas to Myanmar, while cooperating with international organisations including IOM for better living conditions for refugees and host communities. Finding durable solutions in this crisis will be conducive to our pursuit of a Free […]
Can Art make Peace: Stories from the Rohingya camps
On February 4, the US Embassy and EMK Center organised a cultural dialogue, “Can Art Make Peace?”, featuring creative practitioners from the Rohingya camps—who shared stories and reflected on making art that showcases our shared humanity. The discussion was part of a satellite event in the Dhaka Art Summit and was held in the Adda […]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 […]
