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Immunisation programme reaches Rohingya children in Bhasan Char
Rohingya children on Bhasan Char have been receiving vaccinations through a routine childhood immunisation programme, reports UNB. The programme, which aims to draw the world’s attention to the millions of children still missing out on life-saving vaccines, comes just ahead of World Immunisation Week – celebrated every year in the last week of April. UNICEF […]
2 years on ‘fake news’ continues to haunt Rohingya activist, family
PETALING JAYA: In April 2020, a social media post falsely claiming that Rohingya activist Zafar Ahmad Abdul Ghani had demanded Malaysian citizenship for refugees led to a wave of hate speech and death threats against him and his family. Two years on, the “fake news” continues to haunt Zafar, his wife Maslina Abu Hassan and […]
95 Newborns Each day: Rohingya Baby Boom Worries Bangladesh
Some 95 new babies are born every day in Rohingya camps of Bangladesh, according to an official count, sparking population boom concerns in the country hosting hundreds of thousands of minority refugees, mainly Muslims, from Myanmar. Authorities say the growing Rohingya population in the southeast Cox’s Bazar camps has them worried, prompting birth control steps, […]
U.S. Formally Declares That Myanmar’s Army Committed Genocide Against Rohingya Minority
On March 21st, the United States government formally declared that Myanmar’s military forces committed genocide and crimes against humanity against the Rohingya minority group. Five years ago, in Rakhine State, Myanmar’s army underwent a violent campaign against the Rohingya. As a result, thousands of Rohingyans were systematically killed, and upwards of 745,000 Muslim ethnic minorities […]
Bangladesh Closes Rohingya Camp Private Schools
Kayaphuri School headmaster Mohammad Showife was printing out questions for the ninth-grade exams when armed police raided his office at Bangladesh’s largest private school for Rohingya refugees. The 32-year-old Showife told VOA that the police confiscated his computer and printer, and in the morning, returned to seize benches and whiteboards and lock the school’s door. […]
Rohingya Militant Group Targeting Malaysia-Based Refugees with Online Campaign
Myanmar has been in a state of constant internal turmoil since the late 1940s, and one of the deadliest conflicts has been between the majority Buddhist population and the country’s Muslim minorities, especially in Rakhine State. There has been a long history of contention between the two communities in the region. As a result, more […]
Is repatriation the only way for Rohingya refugees?
Recently, the US officially recognised the coordinated atrocities against the Rohingya Muslim minority, perpetrated by the Myanmar military through a bloody “clearance operation,” as “genocide,” the gravest of crimes. Within the first three weeks of the deadly military crackdown in August 2017, Bangladesh took in more refugees than the entirety of Europe did during the Syrian crisis. Since then, […]
UN must prevent forced return of Rohingya to Myanmar
The US State Department’s determination that the persecution of the Rohingya minority by Myanmar meets the criteria of a genocide is regarded by scholars as one of the most obvious and clearest genocide determinations they have seen. But the persecution of the Rohingya is not yet a historical event. A small proportion — less than […]
Home minister stresses birth control in Rohingya camps
The government has decided to take birth control measures in the Rohingya camps to curb alarming population growth among the refugees. This was decided on Sunday at the fourth meeting of the National Committee on Coordination, Management and Law and order of Displaced Myanmar Citizens, held in the conference room of the Ministry of Home […]
Rohingya woman hacks husband to death over ‘domestic dispute’
Following long-running domestic disputes, a 32-year-old man was allegedly hacked to death by his 23-year-old wife in their house at a Rohingya camp in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar Friday, reports UNB. Md Saidur Rahman is the deceased and police detained his wife Sanjida Begum after the incident at the Block C2 of Camp 22 in Chakmarkul, […]Donate Now
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Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said a good number of Rohingyas are coming to Bangladesh from India through fence areas in recent times, which he sees as a matter of concern. “Unfortunately, many Rohingyas are coming to Bangladesh from India,” he told reporters, adding that those Rohingyas went to India in 2012. […]
