15-Day-Old Baby Among the 30 Rohingya Refugees Rescued By Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's coastguard have detained an Indian boat which illegally entered the island's territorial waters and rescued 30 Rohingya refugees ...
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Sri Lanka Rescues 30 Rohingya Aboard Indian Boat
Sri Lanka's coastguard Sunday detained an Indian boat which had illegally entered the island's territorial waters and rescued 30 Rohingya ...
Myanmar Begins Shuttering Three Rakhine Camps
Myanmar has started shutting down three displacement camps in strife-torn Rakhine state, a senior official said Tuesday, although it was ...
UN Pushes Myanmar To Release Detained Rohingya Children
The UN children's agency UNICEF has called on Myanmar's government to release Rohingya children detained as part of a sweeping ...
Aung San Suu Kyi: No Ethnic Cleansing of Myanmar Muslim Minority
Aung San Suu Kyi has denied there is ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, despite widespread reports ...
No Ethnic Cleansing of Myanmar Muslim Minority
Aung San Suu Kyi has denied there is ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, despite widespread reports ...
Suu Kyi Denies Ethnic Cleansing of Myanmar Minority
Aung San Suu Kyi has denied the ethnic cleansing of Myanmar's Muslim minority, speaking to the BBC after the UN ...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Defends First Year In Power
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi defended her civilian government's first year in power in a rare public address on Thursday, ...
Myanmar Rohingya Militants Call For Peacekeeping Troops
A nascent Rohingya militant group whose raids triggered a bloody crackdown by Myanmar's army called Wednesday for international peacekeepers to ...
Myanmar Army Chief Defends Military Campaign In Rakhine
Myanmar's army chief defended a military crackdown in Rakhine State on Monday after the UN pledged to probe claims security ...
Myanmar Rebuffs UN Probe of Crimes Against Rohingya
Myanmar on Saturday rejected the UN rights council's decision to investigate allegations that security officers have murdered, raped and tortured ...
UN To ‘urgently’ Send Rights Probe To Myanmar
The UN rights council agreed Friday to "urgently" launch an investigation into violations against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, including torture, murder ...
China, Russia Block UN Statement On Myanmar
China and Russia blocked a proposed UN Security Council statement on Friday that would have expressed concern over the tense ...
Myanmar Must Allow Rohingya To Leave Camps
Myanmar should close bleak camps where tens of thousands of displaced Rohingya Muslims have been trapped for nearly five years, ...
Myanmar May Be Trying To ‘expel’ All Rohingya
Myanmar may be seeking to "expel" all ethnic Rohingya from its territory, a UN rights expert said Monday, pushing for ...
Hate Speech Myanmar Monk Banned From Sermons By Buddhist Council
A Myanmar monk infamous for his bilious anti-Muslim tirades has been banned from giving sermons for a year by the ...
Thousands of Rohingya Refugees Return To Myanmar Over Island Plan
Thousands of Rohingya who took refuge in Bangladesh after fleeing violence in Myanmar have returned home because of a Bangladeshi ...
UN Envoy Calls For Highest Level Myanmar Probe
The United Nations rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar called Thursday for the creation of a Commission of Inquiry (COI), ...
Bangladesh Starts Head Count For Rohingya Relocation
Bangladesh authorities have began a census of Rohingya refugees living in the country's southeast as part of a controversial move ...
UN Envoy Decries Violence Against Rohingya In Myanmar
Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar have told how government forces gang-raped women, slit people's throats and threw children ...