Rohingya

Over 70 Rohingya dead or missing after boat capsizes off Indonesia's Aceh

More than 2,300 Rohingya arrived in Indonesia last year, UNHCR data showed, surpassing the number of arrivals in the previous four years combined.

 Rohingya refugees stand on a capsized boat as a rescuer throws a rope to rescue them in the waters of West Aceh, Indonesia, March 21, 2024.
 Fire burns in the Rohingya refugee camp in Balukhali in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 5, 2023.

Thousands of Rohingya refugees homeless after Bangladesh camp fire -UN

Rohingya refugees sit on wooden benches of a navy vessel on their way to the Bhasan Char island in Noakhali district, Bangladesh, December 29, 2020.

UN to cut food aid for Rohingya refugees, citing fund shortfall

 Locals stand near a wooden boat used to carry Rohingya?refugees at a beach in Ladong village, Aceh province, Indonesia, December 25, 2022, in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

2022 deadliest year for Rohingya at sea in years as 180 presumed drowned


Rohingya Muslims weep in Myanmar court as they face charges

If convicted they face up to two years in prison.

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks in front of the judges on the second day of hearings in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands December 11, 2019

Aung San Suu Kyi rejects UN charge of Rohingya genocide as 'misleading'

Suu Kyi, once feted in the West as a heroine of democracy, spoke for about 30 minutes at the courtroom in The Hague in defense of the actions of the Myanmar military that for years had kept her under house arrest.

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks in front of the judges on the second day of hearings in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands December 11, 2019

Aung San Suu Kyi heads to Hague to defend Myanmar against genocide charges

Gambia has filed a lawsuit accusing Maymar of genocide against Rohingya Muslims, but Suu Kyi has defended the campaign as a legitimate response to attacks by Rohingya militants.

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Israeli Foreign Ministry diplomat condemns Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya

On Thursday, the ministry said in a statement that the tweet was written “in error, and was corrected immediately.”

ROHINGYA REFUGEES walk through a camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, yesterday

Jewish groups praises sanctions Burma for persecution of Rohingya Muslims

Sens. Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Todd Young, R-Ind., introduced the Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act on Thursday. It was co-sponsored by 14 lawmakers.

MK MASOUD GNAIM (center) participates in a protest against the killing of his Rohingya Muslim ‘brothers’ in Myanmar, outside the country’s embassy in Tel Aviv, September 11, 2017.

UNHRC set to blast Israel 7 times, but mum on China’s Muslim imprisonment

Seventeen non-governmental groups this week called on the U.N. Human Rights Council to send a fact-finding mission to the Xinjiang region of China to investigate the situation.

A demonstrator holding a Palestinian flag uses a sling to hurl stones at Israeli troops during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border fence, in the central Gaza Strip January 25, 2019

Myanmar Suu Kyi's party set to challenge army-drafted charter -sources

The surprise bid to reform the constitution comes as both civilian and military leaders face growing international pressure over an army crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in 2017.

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Pope Francis urges peace, two-state solution in Christmas address

"We see Jesus in the children of the Middle East who continue to suffer because of growing tensions between Israelis and Palestinians," the pope said in his address.

Pope Francis gives his annual "Urbi and orbi" Chrismtas address in the Vatican, December 15, 2017

Pope Francis arrives in Bangladesh in shadow of Rohingya crisis

The pope's words will be closely watched following his decision not to use the word "Rohingya" in public during his four-day Myanmar trip to avoid a diplomatic incident

Mujan Begum, a 8-year-old Rohingya refugee, who arrived one month ago with her family poses outside her makeshift tent at a refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh October 11, 2017.

American rabbis call on Israel to stop arms sales to Myanmar

Despite accusations of genocide against the Rohingya people, Israel has refused to halt sales of weapons to Myanmar.

Rohingya refugees walk after crossing the border in Palang Khali, Bangladesh, October 9, 2017.