Essay: Refugees are living longer in exile than ever before, with complex consequences for them and their host communities
SHARIF A WAHAB, a Bangladeshi scholar who researches refugees’ everyday lives, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at why the number of people remaining refugees for five years or longer more than doubled over the past decade…
Wow!: Asian innovators fight online hate, lies as tech giants fall short
RINA CHANDRAN and LEO GALUH, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on initiatives to tackle misinformation, hate speech and abuse in Asia…
Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for $US150 billion over Myanmar violence
New York City, USReuters Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are suing Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, for $US150 billion over allegations that the social media company did not take action against anti-Rohingya hate speech that contributed to violence. A US class-action complaint, filed in California on Monday by law firms Edelson PC and Fields […]
Dozens of Rohingya missing after boat sinks in Bay of Bengal
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters More than two dozen Rohingya refugees were missing and feared drowned after their boat sank in the Bay of Bengal while trying to flee a remote Bangladeshi island, officials said on Sunday. “We are devastated that reportedly many passengers, including women and children, have tragically drowned. The confirmed number is not yet known,” […]
“This is like a nightmare”: Thousands displaced as floods hit Bangladesh Rohingya camps
Reuters Heavy monsoon rains triggered landslides and flash floods in refugees camps displacing thousands of Rohingya Muslims in southeastern Bangladesh this week, UN and other officials said on Friday, with further heavy rainfall expected. At least six Rohingya, including three children, died in landslides and flooding while 15 Bangladeshis were killed and more than 200,000 […]