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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.

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.

Bangladesh

US not labelling atrocities against Rohingya as genocide

US not labelling atrocities against Rohingya as genocide

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

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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.

Myanmar

Calls for Myanmar to release convicted journalists

Calls for Myanmar to release convicted journalists

Myanmar

Muslim Rohingya children: "a lost generation"

That's the stark warning from the United Nations. It's exactly one year ago when 700,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar, fleeing a brutal crackdown by the military

Bangladesh

In pictures: How Rohingya are celebrating Eid in refugees camps

Rohingya refugees in the sprawling refugee camp of Cox’s Bazar this celebrated the four-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

World News

Boat carrying 76 Rohingya refugees arrives in Indonesia

A boat carrying 76 Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar has arrived in Indonesia. Rights group fear more members of the Muslim minority will attempt the dangerous sea-crossing.

Myanmar

Myanmar announces first Rohingya repatriation

Myanmar says it has repatriated the first family of refugees from its mainly Muslim Rohingya minority, after some 700,000 fled to Bangladesh to escape a military crackdown

Australia

Turnbull to talk human rights with Aung San Suu Kyi

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull has vowed to talk human rights with embattled Myanmar leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who has faced widespread condemnation for the treatment of Rohingya Muslims.

Bangladesh

Rohingya: UN rights chief wants claims of atrocities referred to ICC

Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, also urged Myanmar’s government to allow monitors into the country. His call was backed in an interview with Euronews by Andrew Gilmour, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights

Switzerland

UN human rights chief slams Syria over "unjustified" Ghouta attacks

In a global assessment the UN's human rights high commissioner runs the rule over Syria, Myanmar and the United States

Bangladesh

'Ethnic cleansing' of Rohingya continues says UN envoy

The assessment by the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights comes more than six months after insurgent attacks sparked a security response by Myanmar that has driven nearly 700,000 people into Bangladesh.

World News

The gripping images nominated for World Press Photo of the year

Take a look at the six powerful photographs that have been shortlisted for the prestigious award.

Myanmar

Boris Johnson and Aung San Suu Kyi discuss Rohingya crisis

The UK"s foreign secretary and Myanmar's de facto leader meet to discuss the Rohingya crisis which has displaced nearly 700,000 people

World News

Myanmar: evidence of Rohingya mass graves uncovered

More than five mass graves reportedly found in a village in Myanmar following an investigation by the Associated Press news agency.

Myanmar

Myanmar court set to decide on bail for Reuters reporters

The journalists had been arrested in connection with reporting on the situation in Rakhine state, where 688,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled an army crackdown on insurgents since late August, according to estimates by the United Nations.

World News

'Major challenges' face repatriation of Rohingya Muslims

The UN warns 'major challenges' must be overcome as Myanmar and Bangladesh announce a two-year plan to repatriate Rohingya Muslims.

Myanmar

UN reports allegations of sexual violence against Rohingya in Myanmar

A senior UN official tells the Security Council of reports of horrific sexual violence against Rohingya minority in Myanmar and calls on the Council to visit the region. Myanmar says claims of crimes against humanity are unsubstantiated.