Geopolitics

‘Serious concerns’ over rights situation in Myanmar ahead of next month’s elections

New York: The UN human rights office (OHCHR) voiced “serious concerns” on Tuesday over the situation in Myanmar – including rights violations and proliferation of hateful speech against minority communities – as the country prepares for general elections next month. more

Top UN court orders Myanmar to protect Rohingya from genocide

New York : Myanmar must take steps to protect its minority Rohingya population, the top UN court unanimously ruled on Thursday.

Myanmar willing to repatriate ‘verified returnees’ from Bangladesh

New York: Myanmar is prioritizing the repatriation of scores of people who fled violence in northern Rakhine state for Bangladesh, a senior official from the country said on Saturday, the ...

Two years after exodus, Myanmar’s ‘desperate’ Rohingya youth need education, skills: UNICEF

New York, Aug 17 (JEN): The daily struggle to survive for Myanmar’s Rohingya people in one of the world’s largest refugee settlements, has caused “overwhelming” de ...

More than half a million Rohingya in Bangladesh get ID cards for first time: UN refugee agency

New York, Aug 10 (JEN): More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who fled a brutal crackdown in Myanmar two years ago, have received identification cards that the UN insisted on Friday were cr ...

Bamboo-boring beetles wreak havoc in Rohingya refugee camps, UN agency races to respond

New York: Beset by millions of bamboo-chomping beetles, almost every shelter in the vast Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, in Bangladesh, needs replacing. With just over four m ...

Ahead of key UN-backed Marrakech migration conference, youth recount harrowing journeys

New York: Paving the way to the key UN migration conference in Marrakech, Morocco, which it is hoped will agree new measures to make life safer and more dignified for people on the move, ...

Rohingya crisis: Myanmar rejects UN report, says it does not support human rights violation

Naypyidaw: Days after a UN report said that top military leaders in Myanmar must face genocide charges pertaining to the Rohingya crisis, the country has rejected the same.

Bangladesh: Head of UN refugee agency calls on Asia-Pacific leaders to show ‘solidarity’ with Rohingya refugees

New York: The Head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, on Tuesday urged government representatives and business leaders from the Asia-Pacific region to offer more support an ...

Rohingya repatriation: China assures help to Bangladesh

Beijing: A Chinese official on Friday confirmed that the country will assist in the repatriation of Rohingya mass who have been living as refugees in Bangladesh.