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By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): The United States and United Nations voiced concern Thursday after a report detailed extensive mass graves in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state. The Associated Press (AP) led the investigation that uncovered what it said are at least five previously unreported mass graves in the conflict-ridden area. “It was a mixed-up […]

12th Jan 2018

Myanmar: EU urges Myanmar to allow UN probe into Rohingya Muslim abuses

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, Myanmar (AA) – The delegation of European Union countries in Myanmar urged the government on Thursday to grant an independent international investigation team access to the country. The request comes after Myanmar military admitted that some of its soldiers were involved in the murder of 10 captured Rohingya men […]

12th Oct 2017

UN: Myanmar attacks were organized to push out Rohingya Muslims

By Fatih Erel GENEVA (AA): Myanmar’s months-long attacks on Rohingya Muslims have been a concerted, well-organized campaign explicitly meant to push them out of the country into Bangladesh and block their return, a new UN report said on Wednesday. “Brutal attacks against Rohingya in northern Rakhine state have been well-organised, coordinated and systematic, with […]

9th Oct 2017

12 Rohingya Muslim refugees, mostly children, drowned as boat capsized near Bangladesh

By Ahmed Furkan Mercan (AA): 12 Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing Myanmar army violence in Rakhine State, died as their boat capsized off coast of Bangladesh Monday. The boat carrying Rohingya Muslims capsized at Shar Porir DWIP southern tip of Bangladesh. Most of the 12 killed and scores missing are children. Sixty Rohingya Muslims died […]

6th Oct 2017

Myanmar: No respite for Rohingya Muslims as attacks continue

By Meryem Goktas (AA): Attacks on Rohingya Muslims are continuing despite Myanmar declaring an end to Myanmar’s military operation in Rakhine state, according to the Arakan Rohingya Union Wednesday. The union made the observation in its “Narrative Report on Situation on the Ground in Northern Arakan/Rakhine State, Myanmar”, noting that Myanmar government officials reportedly […]

1st Oct 2017

UN denies accusations of having hand in ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims

By Canberk Yuksel NEW YORK (AA): The United Nations has denied allegations that the global body’s resident coordinator in Myanmar had a role in the ethnic cleansing carried out against the Rohingya Muslim community. “The United Nations strongly disagrees with allegations against the UN Resident Coordinator in Myanmar, Renata Lok-Dessallien. The Secretary-General has full […]

29th Sep 2017

Bangladesh: Boat with Rohingya Muslim refugees capsizes in Bay of Bengal, 14 dead

By Mutasim Billah DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Fourteen people including nine children died when a fishing vessel carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized Thursday in the Bay of Bengal near Inani beach of Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar city, a local administration official said. The incident happened at around 4.30 p.m. local time (1030GMT), Mohabbat Khan told […]

14th Sep 2017

Myanmar: Trawler carrying Rohingya Muslims sinks near Bangladesh, 2 children dead

By Mutasim Billah DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): A trawler carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized Tuesday in the Naf River on the border with Bangladesh, leaving two children dead. “A Rohingya trawler sank while entering Bangladesh from Myanmar. There were 18 passengers on board… There are still 11 missing,” the Bangladesh daily Prothom Alo quoted […]

13th Sep 2017

Myanmar: 200,000 Rohingya Muslim children need urgent support

By Mutasim Billah DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): More than 200,000 Rohingya children, who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar, are at risk and they need urgent support, UNICEF said Tuesday. “This is a growing humanitarian crisis and children are at the heart of this crisis,” Jean Lieby, chief of Child Protection of UNICEF Bangladesh, said in […]

12th Sep 2017

Myanmar: UN: 310,000 Rohingya Muslims flee, textbook example of ethnic cleansing

By Bayram Altug GENEVA (AA): More than 310,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh since Aug. 25, a UN spokesperson said Monday. Speaking to Anadolu Agency in Geneva, Duniya Aslam Khan, a spokeswoman for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said the number of Rohingya Muslims who had crossed the border from Myanmar into […]

16th May 2017

Palestinian negotiator demands Israeli ‘Nakba’ apology

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat has demanded Israel apologize for the expulsion of around 700,000 Palestinians from their homes in 1948, as Palestinians mark Nakba Day on Monday. “Our nation marking 69 years of the Nakba, our national catastrophe, is symbolized in our exile and the systematic denial of […]

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