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Myanmar rejects ICC probe on Rohingya crisis

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 10 01:39 AM

Myanmar said Thursday that a request at the International Criminal Court to probe the mass deportation of Rohingya Muslims from the country was "meritless" and should be rejected. Read more »

Filipino to lead Myanmar panel probing Rohingya abuses

Reuters
Posted at Jul 31 08:04 AM

A Filipino will lead a commission of inquiry established by Myanmar to probe allegations of human rights abuses in conflict-torn Rakhine state, authorities said on Monday, as the country faces growing calls for accountability over accusations of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims. Read more »

Japanese, Philippine diplomats to help probe abuses against Rohingya

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 30 10:47 PM

Myanmar's government announced Monday it has formed a commission involving former Philippine and Japanese diplomats to probe allegations of human rights abuses in Rakhine State where the military has been accused of committing atrocities against Rohingya Muslims. Read more »

World Cup fever still raging in Rohingya refugee camps

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 20 11:49 AM

The World Cup may be over but passion for the game burns bright in the world's largest refugee camp, where Brazil and Argentina flags still flutter alongside the red and green of Bangladesh, which hosts nearly a million Rohingya Muslims forced out of Myanmar. Read more »

Killings sow fear inside Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh

Reuters
Posted at Jul 05 02:50 AM

COX'S BAZAR/DHAKA - Bangladesh is deploying thousands of extra police to Rohingya refugee camps in the south, officials said, after a series of mostly unexplained killings that have sown fear among hundreds of thousands of people who have fled from neighbouring Myanmar.   Read more »

OPINION: Counting our blessings this Eid

Karim Raslan -- Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Jun 14 02:36 AM

As we celebrate another Hari Raya Aidilfitri, we must certainly not take our circumstances – especially the freedom of religion – for granted.  Read more »

IN PHOTOS: Rohingya refugees fish in troubled waters

Reuters
Posted at Jun 13 09:38 AM

SHAMLAPUR, Bangladesh - Some Rohingya refugees who fled from Myanmar are finding work in the fishing industry in neighboring Bangladesh, earning a tiny daily income and occasional share of the catch, all under the official radar. Read more »

Canada offers to take in Rohingya refugees, pledges aid

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 24 05:24 AM

Canada on Wednesday said it stands ready to take in Rohingya refugees, pledged significant aid and called for the prosecution of those behind human rights atrocities in Myanmar. Read more »

Nine months on, the search for Rohingya babies born of rape

Nick Perry and Redwan Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 17 05:53 PM

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh – Aid workers are scouring the world's largest refugee camp for pregnant Rohingya rape victims, with a rush of births anticipated nine months after Myanmar forces unleashed "a frenzy of sexual violence" against women and girls from the Muslim minority. Read more »

Rohingya Muslims face difficult Ramadan in refugee camps

Nick Perry, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 16 04:05 PM

Nearly 700,000 Rohingya fled the violence for Bangladesh, where they squat in bamboo and tarpaulin shacks on dirt slopes. Read more »

19 dead in fighting between Myanmar army, rebels: military

Richard Sargent, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 12 07:46 PM

The military stands accused of carrying out an ethnic cleansing campaign against the stateless minority in Rakhine. Read more »

UN Security Council pushes Myanmar on accountability over Rohingya

Reuters
Posted at May 10 07:48 AM

The United Nations Security Council urged Myanmar’s government on Wednesday to carry out transparent investigations into accusations of violence against mainly Rohingya Muslims in the country’s Rakhine state and to allow immediate aid access to the region. Read more »

China resists push at U.N. for Myanmar probe of attacks on Rohingya

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 09 02:09 AM

China is resisting a British-led push at the U.N. Security Council to increase pressure on Myanmar to try those responsible for attacks on the Rohingya, according to a draft statement seen by AFP on Tuesday. Read more »

UN Security Council puts spotlight on Rohingya refugee crisis

Michelle Nichols, Reuters
Updated as of Apr 29 06:47 AM

Myanmar and Bangladesh agreed in January to complete a voluntary repatriation of the refugees within two years. Read more »

Boat carrying 76 Rohingya lands in Indonesia

Reuters
Posted at Apr 20 07:25 PM

The group, which included eight children and 25 women, suffered from varying degrees of fatigue and dehydration, authorities said. Read more »

Myanmar repatriates first Rohingya family: government

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 15 11:26 AM

Myanmar has repatriated the first Rohingya family from 700,000 refugees who fled to Bangladesh to escape a brutal military campaign, despite UN warnings that a safe return is not yet possible. Read more »

Myanmar says ICC lacks jurisdiction to probe Rohingya crisis

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 13 09:40 PM

Some 700,000 people from the stateless Muslim minority fled Myanmar's Rakhine state to Bangladesh following Rohingya insurgent attacks. Read more »

Duterte sorry over Myanmar 'genocide' comments

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 13 07:20 PM

The president issued a public apology a week after describing the military crackdown on the country's Rohingya minority as a "genocide". Read more »

Conditions in Myanmar 'not conducive' to Rohingya return: UN

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 08 03:14 PM

Conditions in Myanmar's crisis-hit northern Rakhine state are "not conducive" to bringing back Rohingya from Bangladesh, the UN told AFP, in remarks that jar with the country's insistence that it is ready for returnees.   Read more »

Duterte cites 'genocide' in Myanmar, says he will accept refugees

Reuters
Posted at Apr 05 10:38 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday "genocide" was taking place in Myanmar and he was willing to accept Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing from it, though Europe should help too. Read more »