Rohingya should move to island to avoid landslides – Bangladesh minister
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are at risk from landslides in the coming monsoon season and should be relocated to a remote island, the country’s Foreign Minister said on Thursday, a move opposed by many refugees. Bangladesh wants to move 100,000 of the nearly one million Rohingya Muslims sheltered in cramped camps in its […]
Thirty Rohingya refugees rescued from traffickers in Bangladesh
Thomson Reuters Foundation Thirty Rohingya refugees were rescued from being trafficked to Malaysia in two separate incidents on Thursday night and Friday morning in the city of Cox’s Bazar, officials said on Friday. Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh, a paramilitary force under Bangladesh’s Ministry of Home Affairs, also detained two traffickers. Of the 30 […]
ROHINGYA CRISIS: AID WORKERS RACE TO BATTEN DOWN REFUGEE CAMP WITH NO SIGN OF CRISIS ENDING
BELINDA GOLDSMITH and NAIMUL KARIM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report from Cox’s Bazar…
Facebook vows to fight hate speech, but it may be too late for Rohingya Muslims
RNS A social media network set up to connect people is now acknowledging it needs to do more to prevent the spread of hate speech that contributed to a campaign to drive out Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority. That admission came from Monika Bickert, Facebook’s vice president of global policy management, this month at an event, […]
Pope decries treatment of Rohingya Muslims
RNS Rohingya women wait in line with vouchers to collect relief distributed by the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society at Kutupalang Unregistered Refugee Camp in Coxís Bazar, Bangladesh, earlier this month. PICTURE: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain Pope Francis has called for prayers for the Rohingya, the Muslim minority group forced to flee violence and persecution in Myanmar. […]
Christian Solidarity Worldwide calls for independent inquiry into allegations of “crimes” against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
Religious freedom advocacy Christian Solidarity Worldwide has called for an independent inquiry into “grave” human rights violations – including allegations of crimes against humanity – which it claims have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. The call comes after a government-backed military crackdown in Rakhine State after nine […]