In early December, the International Court of Justice heard arguments filed by the Gambia against Myanmar for violations of the Genocide Convention. This included a request for “provisional measures”, asking that the UN court immediately order Myanmar to cease genocidal activities and to report to it within four months. Under the 1948 Genocide Convention any […]
Ruling decried as ‘another injustice’ against Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who were investigating 2017 killings of Rohingya
Following the International Criminal Court’s unprecedented ruling, Myanmar says it has no obligation to respect it
On Monday, a UN probe detailed evidence of genocide and crimes against humanity ‘perpetrated on a massive scale’ towards the Rohingya.
Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, have been detained in Myanmar’s infamous Insein prison since December in the case which has ignited a global outcry
Different teams of investigators in the world’s biggest refugee camp in Bangladesh have been quietly documenting the events of 2017
A statement by the Bangladeshi government said the agreement aims to return Rohingya "within two years from the commencement of repatriation".
An estimated 655 000 refugees from the stateless group have poured across the border into Bangladesh, fleeing ethnic cleansing.
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The Pope expressed that he had taken up the Rohingya cause in private in Myanmar, but a few days before, he chose not to publicly air their plight.
In an unannounced trip, she made her first visit an area that has seen most of its Rohingya Muslim population forced out by an army campaign.
Human rights activists are stepping up efforts to expose Israel’s long and covert history of supplying weapons and military training to regimes.
The November visit comes as unprecedented numbers of Rohingya flee into neighbouring Bangladesh because of increasing communal violence.
In a small village on the border of Myanmar and Bangladesh, some 520 000 more Rohingya have made camp in the latest eruption of violence.
Over 500 000 Rohingya have streamed into Bangladesh in the past five weeks and numbers are expected to swell again with another 10 000 waiting to move
Genocide doesn’t begin with mass murder. It’s a long, insidious process that can be stopped before it’s too late.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s deputy will attend the UN general assembly to respond to questions on the Rohingya Muslims.
Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai and mainly Muslim countries in Asia led a growing chorus of criticism aimed at Myanmar and its civilian leader
The UN says 87 000 members of persecuted Muslim community have crossed into Bangladesh since violence erupted on August 25.