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'I FEEL LESS SCARED': SAFETY ALARMS HELP EMPOWER ROHINGYA WOMEN


Apart from showing refugees how to use the alarms, staff train aid workers and other Rohingya on how to respond should one sound in the camps... READ MORE

23rd December, 2017 0

'I FEEL LESS SCARED': SAFETY ALARMS HELP EMPOWER ROHINGYA WOMEN


Apart from showing refugees how to use the alarms, staff train aid workers and other Rohingya on how to respond should one sound in the camps... READ MORE

23rd December, 2017 0

2017: MYANMAR'S ROHINGYA CRACKDOWN, TRUMP'S 'TRAVEL BAN' AND NORTH KOREA'S MISSILES


A month later, the UN Security Council votes for new economic sanctions against North Korea, while Washington pushes Beijing to increase the pressure on North Korea... READ MORE

22nd December, 2017 10

ROHINGYA CRISIS BRINGS TURKEY AND BANGLADESH CLOSER


Turkey and Bangladesh, once at odds, are cooperating to bring aid to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees... READ MORE

22nd December, 2017 4320

THE GUARDIAN'S PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR


Bensemra found similar stories during a nearly two-week trip through the Horn of Africa... READ MORE

21st December, 2017 840

MYANMAR GENERAL HIT BY US SANCTIONS


Rohingya crisis Myanmar general hit by US sanctions... READ MORE

21st December, 2017 223

MYANMAR BLOCKS UN RIGHTS INVESTIGATOR WEEKS BEFORE VISIT


The government has repeatedly denied violations of human rights are occurring throughout Myanmar, particularly in Rakhine State... READ MORE

20th December, 2017 360

DESTRUCTION OF ROHINGYA VILLAGES CONTINUES: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH


In late November, Myanmar and Bangladesh signed an agreement covering the return of Rohingya who fled across their mutual border to escape the violence in Rakhine... READ MORE

18th December, 2017 192

MCCAIN -- A TIRELESS VOICE FOR DEMOCRACY THE WORLD OVER


Meanwhile, the McCain Institute for International Leadership gives temporary shelter in Washington and Arizona to democratic activists from those same distant corners... READ MORE

18th December, 2017 814

AT LEAST 6,700 ROHINGYA KILLED IN MYANMAR


About 630,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar into Bangladesh to escape what the United Nations has called ethnic cleansing... READ MORE

14th December, 2017 730

TWO JOURNALISTS COVERING ROHINGYA CRISIS IN BURMA ARRESTED FOR POSSESSING 'SECRET PAPERS'


Two Reuters journalists covering the Rohingya Muslims conflict were arrested Tuesday by Burmese police for possessing police documents... READ MORE

14th December, 2017 687

ARMY'S RAPE OF ROHINGYA WOMEN SWEEPING, METHODICAL


News agency investigation finds rape of Rohingya women by Myanmar's security forces has been systematic and widespread... READ MORE

11th December, 2017 7424

POPE FRANCIS ENDS ASIA TOUR AFTER MEETING ROHINGYA


More than 620,000 Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh since a militant attack on police posts in late August sparked a deadly crackdown by the Myanmar military... READ MORE

2nd December, 2017 0

POPE FRANCIS ENDS ASIA TOUR AFTER MEETING ROHINGYA


More than 620,000 Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh since a militant attack on police posts in late August sparked a deadly crackdown by the Myanmar military... READ MORE

2nd December, 2017 0

I ASK FORGIVENESS POPE FRANCIS TELLS ROHINGYA MUSLIMS IN BANGLADESH


Mohammed Ayub, 32, said the Myanmar military killed his three-year-old son when they attacked his village in August. The pope should say Rohingya... READ MORE

2nd December, 2017 4349

U.N. PANEL SEEKS RARE REPORT FROM MYANMAR REGIME ON RAPES AND SLAYINGS OF ROHINGYA WOMEN


A United Nations women's rights panel called on Myanmar on Tuesday to report within six months on rapes and sexual violence against Rohingya women and girl... READ MORE

29th November, 2017 42

POPE CALLS FOR UNITY IN MYANMAR WITHOUT SAYING 'ROHINGYA'


Rohingya refugees line up to get food aid from a local NGO after arriving from Myanmar at the Balukali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 39

POPE AVOIDS ROHINGYA TERM IN SPEECH


Pope Francis has delivered a keynote speech in Myanmar, demanding respect for each ethnic group but without referring specifically to its Muslim Rohingya community... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 2787

POPE MEETING SUU KYI ON MYANMAR REFUGEE CRISIS AMID OUTCRY


Suu Kyi studied at Oxford before returning to Myanmar and being placed under detention for 15 years during the country's long military dictatorship... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 89

ROHINGYA RETURN TO MYANMAR 'PUTS THEM IN TIGER'S GRASP'


Bangladesh's main opposition party criticised the government for selling itself to the Myanmar government in order to get an agreement to remove the Rohingya... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 379

MYANMAR'S AUNG SAN SUU KYI STRIPPED OF BRITISH HONOR AHEAD OF MEETING WITH POPE FRANCIS


Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi cancelled her trip to the United Nations General Assembly in New York... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 694

POPE FRANCIS TO MEET AUNG SAN SUU KYI ON FIRST FULL DAY IN MYANMAR


Pontiff to meet country's civilian leader a day after meeting military general in charge of crackdown on Rohingya minority... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 3485

AUNG SAN SUU KYI LOSES FREEDOM OF OXFORD OVER ROHINGYA CRISIS


Oxford city council votes unanimously to strip Myanmar leader of award over her response to repression... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 7213

POPE FRANCIS ARRIVES IN MYANMAR


Pope Francis Arrives in a Myanmar Tarnished by Rohingya Crackdown... READ MORE

27th November, 2017 1054

ANALYSIS | THE WORD THE BURMESE LEADERSHIP DOES NOT WANT THE POPE TO SAY DURING HIS VISIT


Pope Francis waves to well-wishers as he is driven past the Shwedagon Pagoda after his arrival Monday in Rangoon, Burma... READ MORE

27th November, 2017 518

POPE HEADS TO MYANMAR AND BANGLADESH, AND INTO ROHINGYA CRISIS


Francis is also due to meet the country's civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and army chief Min Aung Hlaing... READ MORE

27th November, 2017 0

POPE FACES TIGHTROPE ACT IN MYANMAR AMID ROHINGYA CRISIS


Pope Francis has arrived in Myanmar as the country grapples with the Rohingya crisis... READ MORE

27th November, 2017 73

FRANCIS SETS OFF FOR TRICKY TRIP


He is scheduled to meet Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and the head of the country's military... READ MORE

27th November, 2017 646

ROHINGYA TO STAY IN TEMPORARY SHELTERS AFTER MYANMAR RETURN


Rohingya refugees who return to Myanmar following a Bangladesh-Myanmar repatriation agreement will initially have to live in temporary shelters or camps, Dhaka said Saturday... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 101

DEAL ON ROHINGYA REPATRIATION INCHES FORWARD, BUT HURDLES REMAIN


In late October, officials in Myanmar ordered the harvesting of fields that had been deserted in the Rohingya exodus... READ MORE

24th November, 2017 570

Trending News Headlines : Rohingya

POLICE TO INVESTIGATE ABUSE OF ROHINGYA CAUGHT ON VIDEO


Selfie-style video filmed by border guard police shows officers kicking, punching and slapping Rohingya men... READ MORE

2nd January, 2017 9969

AUNG SAN SUU KYI A MUCH-CHANGED ICON EVADES ROHINGYA ACCUSATIONS


Such a recasting of her role has disappointed Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi's fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureates... READ MORE

19th September, 2017 9893

MYANMAR'S AUNG SAN SUU KYI TO SKIP UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY


Myanmar's suu kyi skips un assembly amid criticism over rohingya crisis... READ MORE

14th September, 2017 6973

AT RISK IN ROHINGYA EXODUS 230000 CHILDREN HUNDREDS ALL ALONE


More than half of the 400,000 refugees who have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh since late August are children, and hundreds came without parents, Unicef said... READ MORE

16th September, 2017 6968

AMID ROHINGYA EXODUS, SUU KYI BLAMES WORLD CONFLICTS PARTLY ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION


Myanmar has been widely criticized for the military crackdown that has driven more than 620,000 Rohingya to flee Rakhine state into neighbouring Bangladesh... READ MORE

20th November, 2017 5854

ARSA GROUP DENIES LINKS WITH AL-QAEDA, ISIL AND OTHERS


Rakhine-based Rohingya fighters, who emerged in October last year, say they have no ties to any 'terrorist group'... READ MORE

14th September, 2017 5812

ROHINGYA WERE RAPED SYSTEMATICALLY BY MYANMAR'S MILITARY, REPORT SAYS


Human Rights Watch found that the raping of Rohingya Muslim women and girls was even more widespread than earlier suspected... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 5729

UN LOOKS TO GULF STATES TO SAVE ROHINGYA REFUGEES


The plan targets 1.2 million people, including all Rohingya refugees, and 300,000 Bangladeshi host communities over the next six months, he said... READ MORE

6th October, 2017 5693

'TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF ETHNIC CLEANSING': 370,000 ROHINGYAS FLOOD BANGLADESH AS CRISIS WORSENS


But with Suu Kyi's continued reluctance to speak out on the Rohingya's plight and the ensuing human rights crisis, her star has begun to dim... READ MORE

12th September, 2017 5239

'BLOOD FLOWED IN THE STREETS': REFUGEES FROM ONE ROHINGYA VILLAGE RECOUNT DAYS OF HORROR


Annie Gowen The Washington Post Washington begins to sour on Aung San Suu Kyi amid mounting ethnic violence Rohingya militants in Burma Terrorists or freedom fighters?... READ MORE

16th September, 2017 4625

BANGLADESH TO BUILD ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST REFUGEE CAMPS FOR 800,000 ROHINGYA


Bangladesh authorities plan to expand a refugee camp at Kutupalong near the border town of Cox's Bazar to accommodate the Rohingya... READ MORE

6th October, 2017 4108

A MONTH OF MISERY IN MYANMAR'S RAKHINE


The influx adds to about 300,000 Rohingya, already located in camps around the Bangladeshi city of Cox's Bazar... READ MORE

25th September, 2017 3969

MORE THAN 200,000 ROHINGYA CHILD REFUGEES IN URGENT NEED OF HELP, UNICEF WARNS


An unprecedented 200,000 child refugees have fled Burma and are now in urgent need of help, Unicef has warned, as the Rohingya crisis reaches new proportions... READ MORE

14th September, 2017 3807

TWO ROHINGYA CHILDREN, WOMAN KILLED IN AID STAMPEDE


Several Rohingya refugees have told Al Jazeera that after arriving in Bangladesh, they have not received food, shelter or enough clean water... READ MORE

19th September, 2017 3633

FAR FROM MYANMAR VIOLENCE ROHINGYA IN PAKISTAN ARE SEETHING


Far From Myanmar Violence, Rohingya in Pakistan Are Seething... READ MORE

12th September, 2017 3236

'MASS HINDU GRAVE' FOUND IN MYANMAR


Myanmar authorities accuse Muslim Rohingya militants of killing 28 Hindus in restive Rakhine state... READ MORE

25th September, 2017 3223

'HEAVILY TRAUMATIZED ' ROHINGYA CHILDREN GO FROM TERROR IN MYANMAR TO REFUGEE CAMP CHAOS


Now they've traded the fear and terror of Myanmar's northern Rakhine state for the chaos of refugee camps in Bangladesh... READ MORE

23rd September, 2017 3201

'WE ARE GOING TO KILL YOU'


'We are going to kill you' Villagers in Burma recount violence by Rohingya Muslim militants... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 2930

WORLD FAILING MYANMAR'S ROHINGYA MUSLIMS, TOP RED CROSS OFFICIAL SAYS


A top Red Cross official has described the humanitarian crisis affecting Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims as unprecedented and said the world was failing in its response... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 2926

'LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT': REFUGEE WHO MET HIS WIFE ON MANUS PLEADING TO STAY


Refugee Alex Rashid met the love of his life on Manus Island, now he's fighting to stay with her and his family... READ MORE

17th November, 2017 2524

MYANMAR GENERAL BLAMES CRISIS ON ROHINGYA


In a Facebook post on Sunday, Gen Min Aung Hlaing urged people and the media in Myanmar to unite over the issue of the Rohingya... READ MORE

17th September, 2017 2492

TRUMP SIGNS ORDER CUTTING REFUGEE QUOTA TO LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 1980


Even under Trump's numbers, the United States permanently resettles more refugees than any other country... READ MORE

30th September, 2017 2322

BANGLADESH TO OFFER STERILISATION TO ROHINGYA IN REFUGEE CAMPS


In Rakhine they did not go to family planning clinics, fearing the Myanmar authorities would give medicine that harms them or their children, Sultana said... READ MORE

28th October, 2017 2317

U.S. DECLARES ATTACKS ON BURMESE ROHINGYA MUSLIMS AS 'ETHNIC CLEANSING'


Matthew Smith, co-founder of Fortify Rights, a human rights organization working in Burma, said Tillerson's statement was nevertheless a significant step toward holding Burmese officials accountable... READ MORE

22nd November, 2017 2291

CHOLERA VACCINATION CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF IN ROHINGYA CAMP


Although no cases of cholera have been officially recorded, the vaccination campaign is a precautionary measure to prevent a full-on breakout... READ MORE

11th October, 2017 2253

ARE SUU KYI'S ROHINGYA CLAIMS CORRECT?


Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been speaking about the violence and refugee crisis in Rakhine State... READ MORE

19th September, 2017 2182

BURMA HAS COMMITTED 'ETHNIC CLEANSING,' U.S. SAYS. WHERE DOES AUNG SAN SUU KYI GO FROM HERE?


Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the 13th Asia Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting in Naypyidaw, Burma, on Nov. 20... READ MORE

24th November, 2017 2077

TRUMP SKIPS EAST ASIA SUMMIT PLENARY, BUT SAYS TRIP WAS A SUCCESS


Trump left for home from the Philippines after a lunch with the other leaders, as meetings were running about two hours behind schedule... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 1977

BANGLADESH PM SHEIKH HASINA ACCUSES MYANMAR OF COMMITTING 'ATROCITIES' ON ROHINGYAS


She also asked Myanmar to take steps to take back its nationals who have fled to Bangladesh following the violence... READ MORE

12th September, 2017 1818

BANGLADESH CALLS ON MYANMAR TO TAKE BACK ROHINGYA REFUGEES


Hasina said the Bangladeshi government would continue to support the Rohingya refugees, but that Myanmar needed to take steps to take their nationals back ... READ MORE

12th September, 2017 1649


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