“Better to die at sea”: Surging crime, bleak future push Rohingya in Bangladesh to risk lives at sea
RUMA PAUL, SUDIPTO GANGULY and KRISHNA N DAS, of Reuters, report on the factors driving Rohingya Muslims to leave camps in Bangladesh and undertake perilous journeys in a bid to reach countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia…
EU concerns mount over abducted Bangladesh pastor and daughter
Dhaka, Bangladesh/Brussels. BelgiumBosNewsLife Concerns are mounting over the whereabouts of a Rohingya Christian pastor and his teenage daughter, abducted from a refugee camp in south-eastern Bangladesh by suspected Muslim rebels. European legislators and a Christian evangelist who fled Bangladesh told BosNewsLife that the kidnappers threaten to kill Pastor Abu Taher. They also fear that his […]
Christian Solidarity Worldwide calls for action on crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
Christian Solidarity Worldwide has called on the international community to take action with regard to the continuing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. The escalating crisis has left thousands displaced from their homes amid reports hundreds of people have been killed and thousands of homes destroyed by the army of Myanmar, a nation formerly known […]