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New York : The UN human rights office (OHCHR), is calling for compassion for people desperately seeking shelter, after 30 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar died on a boat in the Bay of Bengal that had spent nearly two months at sea. more
Aung San Suu Kyi defends Myanmar from accusations of genocide, at top UN court

New York: Myanmar will have “no tolerance” for human rights abuses committed in Rakhine state and will prosecute the military, if war crimes have been committed there, Aung Sa ...

Aung San Suu Kyi appears at ICJ as UN rights expert urges greater protection for Myanmar activists

New York: Making the appeal is the UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, who reports that online hostility against activists has increased since the announcement last month of in ...

ICJ: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi rejects genocide claims

The Hague:  Myanmar's leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in the International Court of Justice and defended her country against allegations of genocide.

Bangladesh government is denying Rohingya children education: Human Rights Watch

Dhaka: The Bangladesh government is blocking aid groups from providing any meaningful education to Rohingya children in refugee camps and banning the children from attending schools outsi ...

ICC gives greenlight for probe into violent crimes against Rohingya

New York: Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday authorized an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity, namely deportation, which have forced between 600, ...

Genocide threat for Myanmar’s Rohingya greater than ever, investigators warn Human Rights Council

New York: Hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya who remain in Myanmar may face a greater threat of genocide than ever, amid Government attempts to “erase their identity and remov ...

Rohingya Issue: US envoy to stand beside Bangladesh government

Dhaka: US Ambassador Earl Robert Miller has said that his nation will stand beside Bangladesh in its efforts to repatriate the forcibly displaced Rohingyas to Myanmar.

Religions for Peace express serious concern for Myanmar refugees

Lindau, Germany: The Religions for Peace (RfP) leaders from Myanmar and Bangladesh held track II consultations on the refugee problem affecting the two countries at the 10th World Assembl ...

Bangladesh hands list of 25,000 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar

Dhaka: Keeping in mind the repatriation process, Bangladesh on Monday handed over names of 25,000 Rohingyas to Myanmar.