News Articles on rohingya

Nearly 200 Rohingya refugees land in Indonesia in latest boat arrival

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 11:36 PM

A wooden boat carrying nearly 200 Rohingya refugees, a majority of them women and children, landed on Indonesia's western coast on Sunday, police said. Read more »

'Buddhist bin Laden' feted by Myanmar junta chief

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 03 07:57 PM

Wirathu has long been known for his nationalist anti-Islamic rhetoric -- particularly against the Rohingya Muslim minority. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 28, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 12:45 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Feeding Rohingya refugees who fled by boat

Chaideer Mahyuddin, AFP
Posted at Dec 28 11:59 AM

Rohingya refugees received emergency medical treatment after a boat carrying nearly 200 people came ashore in Indonesia on Dec. 27. Read more »

Rohingya refugees get emergency treatment after boat lands in Indonesia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 27 06:37 AM

Some appeared very weak and thin and were put on drips by medical staff, according to AFP journalists. Read more »

Filipino nurse tackles mission in Rohingya camps

Erik Tenedero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 06:24 PM

After serving different humanitarian missions across the globe, Filipino nurse Jan Vincent Sotito is now stationed in one of the world's biggest refugee camps. Read more »

Two Rohingya community leaders killed in Bangladesh

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 16 06:37 PM

A mob hacked to death two Rohingya community leaders in Bangladesh, police said Sunday, as security worsens in camps housing almost a million refugees. Read more »

Q&A with MSF's Paul McPhun on Myanmar's Rohingya

Johanna Son, Reporting ASEAN
Posted at Sep 24 12:10 PM

With no solution in sight and funding going down as the world looks elsewhere, such as in Ukraine, the conditions at the Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh deteriorate. Read more »

Thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh rally to 'go home'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 19 10:19 PM

Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh staged demonstrations on Sunday demanding repatriation back to Myanmar. Read more »

Myanmar junta uses ID to carry out genocide vs Rohingya - group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 03:26 PM

Myanmar's military junta is employing identification documents to carry out genocide against the Rohingya people, Fortify Rights said. Read more »

6 dead as hundreds of Rohingya escape Malaysia detention

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 20 03:29 PM

Hundreds of Rohingya migrants from Myanmar escaped a detention centre in Malaysia on Wednesday after a riot broke out, with six killed on a highway as they fled, authorities said. Read more »

Myanmar army says to ‘annihilate’ coup opponents

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 27 01:27 PM

Myanmar's junta will "annihilate" coup opponents, its army chief said as the military staged a show of force on the anniversary of its bloodiest crackdown so far on democracy protests. Read more »

Myanmar army committed genocide vs Rohingya - US

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 21 11:01 AM

The US has determined the violence against the Rohingya minority committed by Myanmar's military amounted to genocide and crimes against humanity. Read more »

Myanmar to contest ICJ Rohingya case

Danny Kemp, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 21 05:03 PM

Myanmar's junta is set to replace Aung San Suu Kyi at the UN's top court Monday as it seeks to dismiss a case over the alleged genocide of Rohingya Muslims. Read more »

Fire tears through Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 12:08 AM

A fire swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday, destroying hundreds of homes, according to officials and witnesses, though there were no immediate reports of casualties. Read more »

Indonesia rejects Rohingya refugees

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 28 07:55 PM

Dozens of Rohingya refugees intercepted after their boat ran into trouble off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province were being sent into Malaysian waters, authorities said on Tuesday. Read more »