Myanmar

Myanmar rejects UN 'ethnic cleansing' claim

Myanmar tells closing UN General Assembly it is not carrying out ethnic cleansing but fighting terrorists

25/09/2017

Bangladesh

Bangladesh calls for "safe zones" for fleeing Rohingya Muslims

Appeal comes as aid agencies struggle to cope with the influx of Rohingya, mostly children, fleeing violence in Myanmar

22/09/2017

Myanmar

Rohingya crisis: Myanmar Vice President says situation has 'improved' but concerns raised over ongoing exodus to Bangladesh

Henry Van Thio tells the United Nations General assembly that there has been no violence in Rakhine state since September 5, although this has been disputed.

21/09/2017

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Aung San Suu Kyi addresses Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, saying she does not fear global 'scrutiny'

Myanmar's de facto leader spoke with diplomats and other representatives from the international community about the crisis in Rakhine state.

19/09/2017

Myanmar

Human Rights Watch claims Myanmar "scorched earth" campaign is expanding

Myanmar's deep-seated tensions add to Rakhine conflict

19/09/2017

Myanmar

Myanmar's Suu Kyi condemns all rights violations in Rakhine State

19/09/2017

Bangladesh

Aid agency launches Rohingya appeal

Thousands of Rohingya refugees, many of them children, face starvation without international action

17/09/2017

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Rohingya refugees struggle in Bangladesh camps

Nearly half a million Ronhingya Muslims are said to have crossed the border after fleeing violence in Myanmar.

17/09/2017

Indonesia

Indonesia's Muslims urge more support for Myanmar's Rohingyas

Protesters in Jakarta vowed to stand by their "Muslim brothers and sisters" fleeing what the United Nations has called a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" in Myanmar.

16/09/2017

Myanmar

Hundreds of thousands of children suffer while fleeing Myanmar

15/09/2017

Myanmar

Amnesty accuses Myanmar of Rohingya "ethnic cleansing"

The human rights group has released "irrefutable evidence of an targeted campaign" to push Rohingya people of of Myanmar

15/09/2017

World News

2 die as boat carrying Rohingya Muslims capsizes

14/09/2017

Myanmar

UN says Rohingya exodus from Myanmar is humanitarian catastrophe

UN Secretary General acknowledges Rohingya situation as ethnic cleansing and calls on Myanmar to take them back

14/09/2017

Myanmar

UN urges Myanmar to end violence against Rohingyas

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged Myanmar authorities to end violence against Rohingya Muslims, saying the situation there could best be described as ethnic cleansing.

13/09/2017

Bangladesh

Myanmar under international pressure to resolve Rohingya situation

US and Bangladesh call for an end to Myanmar violence.

12/09/2017

Myanmar

Pressure mounts on Myanmar over Rohingya exodus

12/09/2017

Myanmar

Global protests in support for the displaced Muslim Rohingya

More and more people are protesting around the world over the humanitarian crisis unfolding on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border

10/09/2017

Myanmar

Rohingya crisis: new images emerge of villages being torched

10/09/2017

Myanmar

Red Cross says 'a humanitarian crisis' is looming for the Rohingya

Aid agencies are struggling to cope with the influx of refugees crossing the border from Myanmar to Bangladesh.

09/09/2017

Myanmar

Desmond Tutu's public plea to Aung San Suu Kyi

Archbishop Desmond Tutu makes a public plea to Aung San Suu Kyi to speak out about the situation of the minority Rohingya Muslims.

08/09/2017