Rights group denounces Japan envoy for ‘disturbing’ comments on Myanmar Rohingya
TOKYO: Tokyo-based human rights activists on Wednesday (Jan 15) decried recent remarks by Japan’s ambassador to Yangon, who told local media...
Posted January 15, 2020
‘A great victory for the Rohingya’: U.N. court orders Myanmar to prevent genocide
SINGAPORE — The United Nations’ top court on Thursday ordered Myanmar to take emergency measures to protect Rohingya Muslims from violence...
Posted January 23, 2020
UN Top Court Issues Ruling on Provisional Measures to Protect Myanmar’s Rohingya
By Roseanne Gerin 2020-01-23 The U.N.’s top court ordered Myanmar on Thursday to protect Rohingya Muslims from genocidal acts and refrain from...
Posted January 23, 2020
Myanmar Rohingya: World court orders prevention of genocide
23 January 2020 The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered measures to prevent the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar (formerly...
Posted January 23, 2020
Two Rohingya women killed as Myanmar army shells village – MP
Saturday, 25 Jan 2020 3:22 PM MYT By Thu Thu Aung YANGON (Reuters) – Two women, one pregnant, were killed and seven other people injured...
Posted January 25, 2020
Myanmar Soldiers Destroy IDP Camp in War-torn Rakhine State
2020-01-27 Myanmar military troops pressured local officials on Monday to remove a temporary camp housing ethnic Rakhines displaced by armed...
Posted January 27, 2020
Amal Clooney to pursue Rohingya case at The Hague
Rebecca RatcliffeThu 27 Feb 2020 16.25 AEDT This article is more than 4 weeks old Human rights lawyer will represent Maldives, which is joining...
Posted February 27, 2020
Doctors: Coronavirus Outbreak Among Refugees Would Be Catastrophic
By Henry Ridgwell March 19, 2020 09:18 PM LONDON – Doctors are warning that any outbreak of the coronavirus in refugee communities would...
Posted March 19, 2020
How coronavirus is changing funeral rites, mourning and grief
Traditions must adapt to social distance rules at a time when for some, physical and spiritual closeness is most needed. London, United Kingdom...
Posted March 28, 2020
Coronavirus: two million could die in Bangladesh, UN warns
Bangladesh is facing up to two million deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic if immediate steps are not taken to suppress the virus, a leaked...
Posted March 29, 2020
Rohingya Camps Defenceless Against COVID-19
Athira Nortajuddin 8 April 2020 The Rohingya are described as being “the most discriminated people in the world” by the United Nations (UN). They...
Posted April 8, 2020