Rohingya

Dozens of persecuted Rohingya refugees feared drowned off Malaysia coast

Jul 26, 2020 16:49

Malaysia has launched a search for two dozen persecuted Rohingya refugees who went missing while attempting to swim to shore from a boat off the resort island of Langkawi.
Amnesty slams ‘barbaric’ caning sentences given to Rohingya Muslims by Malaysia

Jul 21, 2020 17:42

Amnesty International has called on Malaysia to withdraw the caning sentences recently handed down to a group of persecuted Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, saying the “barbaric” practice “amounts to torture.”
UN calls for ‘urgent measures’ to save civilians in Myanmar's conflict-torn Rakhine

Jun 28, 2020 15:28

The United Nations has called for "urgent measures to spare civilians" in conflict-torn northwestern Myanmar, where thousands of people have fled their homes due to the ongoing fighting between the army and Buddhist militants.
Nearly 100 Rohingya rescued off Indonesia: Official

Jun 25, 2020 11:07

Nearly 100 Rohingya from Myanmar, including 30 children, have been rescued from a rickety wooden boat off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island, a maritime official said Wednesday.
Rohingya refugees bound for Malaysia being ‘held hostage’ by traffickers at sea

Jun 16, 2020 06:23

Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees attempting to reach Malaysia by boat from Bangladesh are being held hostage by human traffickers at sea, families and aid groups say.
Fears of disaster as first virus case emerges at Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

May 15, 2020 10:45

According to a senior Bangladeshi official and a UN spokesperson, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 has been reported in the Rohingya refugee camp, which houses more than a million, raising concerns of a potential humanitarian disaster.
UN envoy says Myanmar army still committing ‘crimes against humanity’

Apr 30, 2020 06:26

The UN’s special rapporteur on Myanmar’s human rights situation has accused the country’s military of targeting “civilian population” in two states to an extent that could amount to “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity”.
UNHCR voices concern for Rohingya refugees on boats amid coronavirus emergency

Apr 23, 2020 18:23

The United Nations refugee agency has voiced mounting concern over a “grave immediate risk” to persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled Myanmar by boats amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Over two dozen Rohingya found starved to death on boat stranded for weeks

Apr 16, 2020 11:22

Coastguard officials in Bangladesh say they have rescued nearly 400 members of the ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority group aboard a ship that had been marooned at sea for weeks, adding that more than two dozen of them have lost their lives as a result of starvation.
Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Rakhine state face charges for 'illegal travel'

Feb 22, 2020 10:27

Rohingya Muslims arrested by Myanmar forces have appeared in court in the nation’s capital of Yangon over criminal charges for attempting to flee apartheid-like conditions in Rakhine state.