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World
Saudi King orders $15m to help Rohingya refugees
King Salman of Saudi Arabia orders the allocation of $15 million to alleviate the suffering of Rohingya Muslims who fled persecution in the Rakhine state of Myanmar.
20 September 2017, 05:09 AM
'Resolve Rohingya crisis before it’s too late'
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the OIC member states to show a unity for solving the Rohingya crisis before it is too late and placed some proposals before the OIC, including full implementation of the recommendations made by the Kofi Annan Commission.
20 September 2017, 04:30 AM
Stop military ops against Rohingyas
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday urged Myanmar to halt its military campaign against Rohingya Muslims, just hours
19 September 2017, 20:33 PM
India 'deeply concerned over violence in Rakhine'
India's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, Rajiv K Chander, yesterday said New Delhi was deeply concerned about the
19 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Guarding against a communal narrative
The background to the ethno-religious violence against the Rohingyas and the combined effort of all communities in helping the refugees should be an antidote to the hate Myanmar preaches. We must remember that what we are doing to help the Rohingyas and speak up for them stems from a shared humanity, it rises above the communal politics of Myanmar.
19 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Rohingyas and the cost of kindness
It is certain that the present Rohingya sensation will soon die down, and be replaced in public memory by something far more banal.
19 September 2017, 18:00 PM
She breaks silence yet remains silent
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally broke her silence on the Rohingya refugee crisis yesterday, insisting that her country was not "afraid of international scrutiny."
But her speech in Naypyidaw drew widespread criticism: she did not denounce atrocities against Rohingyas and claimed the government needed more time to investigate the exodus of the minority group.
19 September 2017, 18:00 PM
PM expects no help from Trump
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said she spoke to US President Donald Trump yesterday about Rohingyas flooding into Bangladesh from
19 September 2017, 18:00 PM
UN wants unfettered, full access to Rakhine
UN human rights investigators yesterday demanded "full and unfettered" access to Myanmar to probe the situation in its conflict-affected Rakhine State amid an aid group's fear of "very real risk" of deaths of Rohingyas there.
19 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Rains heap further woes on refugees
Nur Begum, 55, came to Bangladesh from Myanmar's Maungdaw with her young son and daughter in tow. She witnessed her husband
19 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Rohingya refugee crisis: Britain suspends Myanmar military training
Britain suspended its training programme for military in Myanmar due to the violence in Rakhine state, a British government spokesman says.
19 September 2017, 16:50 PM
UN chief urges Myanmar to halt military campaign against Rohingyas
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges Myanmar to halt its military campaign against Rohingya Muslims, just hours after Aung San Suu Kyi failed to quell an international outcry in a much-anticipated address.
19 September 2017, 14:19 PM
Refugees International urges Trump for sanctions on Myanmar
Refugee International urges US President Donald Trump to impose financial sanctions and arms embargo on Myanmar who is accused of ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
19 September 2017, 13:37 PM
India deeply concerned at recent spate of violence in Myanmar
India’s permanent representative to UN in Geneva, Rajiv K. Chander says India is deeply concerned about the recent spate of violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state that has forced to flee a large number of Rohingyas to neighbouring Bangladesh.
19 September 2017, 13:31 PM
5 dubious claims Myanmar's Suu Kyi made in her speech
Here are five dubious claims Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi made in her speech addressing the situation in Rakhine State.
19 September 2017, 12:47 PM
New satellite imagery shows 214 villages of Rohingyas almost totally destroyed in Rakhine
A new analysis of satellite imagery from Myanmar’s Rakhine state shows 214 villages of Rohingyas almost totally destroyed, Human Rights Watch says.
19 September 2017, 11:20 AM
Reactions to speech by Myanmar's Suu Kyi on violence in Rakhine state
Here are some reactions from diplomats, aid agency officials, human rights groups and others to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's first address to the nation since attacks by Rohingya Muslim insurgents on August 25 sparked a military response that has forced more than 410,000 Rohingya into neighboring Bangladesh.
19 September 2017, 10:31 AM
Suu Kyi burying her head in the sand: AI
Reacting to the speech by Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s State Counsellor and de facto leader, on the crisis in Rakhine State, Amnesty International says she and her government are still burying their heads in the sand.
19 September 2017, 10:06 AM
UN investigators demand 'full, unfettered' access to Myanmar
UN human rights investigators say they need "full and unfettered" access to Myanmar to probe a grave and ongoing crisis, urging the government to rethink its rejection of the probe.
19 September 2017, 08:59 AM
Rohingya Muslims being wiped off Myanmar’s map
For generations, Rohingya Muslims have called Myanmar home. Now, in what appears to be a systematic purge, they are, quite literally, being wiped off the map.
19 September 2017, 07:04 AM