Rohingya

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Rohingya refugees arriving in Aceh

More than 100 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslim refugees were among the latest group to reach ashore in Indonesia on Sunday after a long and dangerous journey aboard a wooden boat.

08/01/2023

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Fire guts shelters in Rohingya camp in Bangladesh

Thousands of people were left homeless after a fire gutted parts of a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, destroying about 1,200 houses.

10/01/2022

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120 Rohingya refugees disembark in Indonesia port

A group of 120 Rohingya Muslims disembarked from a boat that had drifted for days off Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh and was towed by a navy ship into port;

31/12/2021

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Fire at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh kills at least 15

At least 15 people have died and hundreds are injured and missing after a devastating fire destroyed thousands of shelters in a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, a UNHCR spokeswoman said.

23/03/2021

Bangladesh

Bangladesh navy ships take 1,700 Rohingya to isolated island

The 1,700 refugees were selected because of their willingness to be moved to the island, which the Bangladeshi government said could accommodate 100,000 people.

29/12/2020

Bangladesh

Relocation of Rohingya refugees to remote Bangladesh island condemned

Bangladesh's government says it is moving the Rohingya because of overcrowding at existing refugee camps after a million fled violence in neighbouring Myanmar.

04/12/2020

World News

The most striking images from this week's top stories

The key stories of the week have been captured by photographers around the world.

04/12/2020

Bangladesh

Euroviews. The need to support Rohingya refugees is at an all-time high ǀ View

This year, most of us have had to learn to live amidst a deadly crisis and uncertain future. For the Rohingya, this is not new. COVID-19 is yet another threat to their families, to their lives.

21/10/2020

Myanmar

Euroviews. Justice will be a long time coming for the Rohingya. But the latest ICJ ruling is a start ǀ View

While it is easy to be cynical about what the precedent-setting ICJ ruling will actually accomplish in practice, the ICJ court order reinforces the universality of human rights and the rule of law. International justice is a long game - and one that is just getting started in Myanmar.

14/02/2020

Myanmar

'Historic' ruling orders Myanmar to protect Rohingya from genocide

Nobel prize winner and former democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has defended Myanmar's campaign against Rohingya — but a court ordered the minority to be protected.

23/01/2020

Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at the ICJ for Myanmar genocide hearing

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate denies genocide against muslims in second day of Hague hearing

10/12/2019

Myanmar

ICC opens probe into violence against Rohingya minority in Myanmar

"The chamber hereby authorises the commencement of an investigation into the situation in Bangladesh/Myanmar."

14/11/2019

Myanmar

Euroviews. Two Years On: The Forgotten Side Of The Rohingya Crisis ǀ View

Perhaps most desperate of all are the 128,000 Rohingya, more than half of them children, who have been confined since 2012 in the de facto detention camps. The camps are [...] under the control of Camp Management Committees that regulate every aspect of their lives, and dependent on aid handouts.

26/08/2019

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Thousands of Rohingya refugees gather for 'Genocide Day' prayer

Thousands of Rohingya refugees staying in camps in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar gathered on Sunday for a "genocide day special prayers" rally.

25/08/2019

Myanmar

Two years on, what will happen to the Rohingya?

This Sunday marks two years since over 740,000 Rohingya people fled northwest Rakhine State when the Myanmar military launched operations there.

25/08/2019

United Kingdom

Euroviews. The decline in Muslim men’s mental health ǀ View

Cultural and religious barriers make it harder for patients to be correctly diagnosed, especially given depressed men are less likely to acknowledge feelings of self-loathing and hopelessness.

18/06/2019

Bangladesh

US not labelling atrocities against Rohingya as genocide

US not labelling atrocities against Rohingya as genocide

27/09/2018

World News

Suu Kyi's first public comments on jailed journalists

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has publicly defended the verdict against two journalists who were jailed while investigating the killing of Rohingya Muslims

13/09/2018

Myanmar

Euroviews. After the Rohingya Muslim genocide, a Nuremberg trial is essential | View

Those responsible for atrocities against Rohingya Muslims must be held accountable before peace can blossom in Myanmar.

04/09/2018

Myanmar

Calls for Myanmar to release convicted journalists

Calls for Myanmar to release convicted journalists

03/09/2018