Tag Archives: Rohingya Muslims

More Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar’s Rakhine state have fled to Bangladesh to escape the latest violence between military junta forces and opposition armed groups, Anadolu Agency reported. Many have crossed into the Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Cox’s Bazar, where 1.2 million Muslims from Myanmar have already sought refuge. Mohammad Nur …

The West may be busy dealing with the war with Russia into which it has dragged Ukraine, but the far more graver crises in other parts of the world, even though deliberately ignored by the so-called international media, are waiting for resolution. One such crisis, other than the chronic question …

Over 100  Rohingya Muslims were found on a beach in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh after weeks at sea. The group arrived on Jangka beach near Alue Buya Pasi, a fishing village in Bireuen district, on a rickety wooden boat early on Sunday (06 Mar 2022) according to officials. The villagers who …

 Foreign media reported on the apprehension of a well-known human rights activist by Saudi forces in Holy Mecca. According to Shafaqna Translation Service quoting from the New Gulf, Saudi Arabia still takes unlawful, inhumane measures against political activists and human rights activists inside Saudi Arabia. Imran Al-Arkani, one of the …

ABNA: Several thousand Rohingya Muslims staged protests Monday against living conditions on a cyclone-prone island off Bangladesh where they were moved from vast camps on the mainland, police said. Since December, Bangladesh has shifted 18,000 out of a planned 100,000 refugees to the low-lying silt island of Bhashan Char from …

Human Rights Watch and Rohingya refugees in India called on the government to provide refuge to 81 Rohingya  Muslims whose boat has been drifting in the Andaman Sea for over two weeks. Since last month, India has been providing food, medical and technical aid to Rohingya crammed on a fishing …

Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) and international law firm McDermott Will & Emery said they filed a complaint on Thursday, with Myanmar’s human rights commission on behalf of a Rohingya woman, Setara Begum. A Rohingya woman is seeking $2 million in compensation for the death of her husband who was killed …

The report was filed by a representative of the Myanmar government on Monday in compliance with the court’s order to protect Rohingya Muslims from genocide.

Hawzah News Agency: Despite their own hardships, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have donated funds to help Buddhists displaced due to the ongoing conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, Rohingya community leaders said on Friday. Nearly 200,000 people, mostly Buddhist civilians, have been displaced across Rakhine state since late 2018 when clashes …

HRW urged the Myanmar government, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, “to lift all arbitrary movement restrictions for Rohingya, Kaman, and other minorities, and end the apartheid regime against Rohingya in Rakhine State”, AA reported.