Britain’s former Myanmar envoy detained in Yangon

August 25, 2022

NEWS DESK Authorities in Myanmar have detained Britain’s former ambassador to the Southeast Asian nation, where a military junta seized power last year, three people with knowledge of the situation said on Thursday (Aug 25, 2022), Reuters reports. Vicky Bowman, who currently runs the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB), and her husband, Htein Lin, […]Continue Reading

Britain slaps new sanctions on Mynamar military-linked firms

August 25, 2022

  REUTERS Britain on Thursday (Aug 25, 2022) announced a new round of sanctions targeting military-linked businesses in Myanmar in support of the Southeast Asian country’s Rohingya community and in an effort to limit the military’s access to arms and revenue. “We continue to stand in solidarity with the Rohingya people and condemn the Myanmar […]Continue Reading

Rohingya Crisis: UN envoy seeks renewed int’l attention, burden-sharing by other countries

August 25, 2022

NEWS DESK United Nations Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer has said it is critical that the international community continues to seek comprehensive, durable and inclusive solutions to the Rohingya crisis. “We cannot let this become a forgotten crisis,” said Special Envoy Heyzer on her four-day mission to Bangladesh. On the Continue Reading

Rohingya crisis fund is ‘well short of needs’: UN refugee agency

August 24, 2022

An appeal to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is “well short of needs”, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday, as refugees called on donors not to forget the crisis ahead of the fifth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar, Reuters reports. More than a million Rohingya are living in squalid camps in […]Continue Reading

Repatriation delay pushes Rohingyas into crimes; locals panicked

August 24, 2022

UKHIA CORRESPONDENT, COX’S BAZAR Many of the Rohingyas, who fled in one cloth five years ago, are now millionaires. Yaba, drugs, arms, gold smuggling are the only means of earnings. Several terrorist groups have been active in the Rohingya camps dominating the arms and drugs trading. They more often than not get involved in various […]Continue Reading

UN special envoy on Myanmar visits Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps

August 23, 2022

NEWS DESK UN Special Envoy on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer on Tuesday (Aug 23, 2022) visited the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. She arrived at the Ukhiya Kutupalong camp with a 4-member delegation and visited the refugee registration center. Additional Commissioner of Cox’s Bazar Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commission office, Shamsud Douza Nayan, told Continue Reading

A brief history of the UN’s failed missions in Myanmar

August 22, 2022

NEWS DESK Last week’s meeting between UN special envoy Noeleen Heyzer and the Myanmar junta chief ended without any breakthrough, becoming yet another failed UN mission to the country, one of many involving the world body’s diplomats and military rulers of Myanmar since 1990, The Irrawaddy reports. Rather, regime chief Min Aung Hlaing took the […]Continue Reading

Imran Khan: Pakistan police charge ex-PM under terrorism act

August 22, 2022

NEWS DESK Pakistan’s police have charged the country’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, under anti-terror laws, BBC reports. Their investigation comes after he accused the police and judiciary of detaining and torturing a close aide. Mr Khan’s supporters gathered outside his house vowing to “take over” if he was arrested. However, he has now Continue Reading

Rohingya repatriation may start by December: Foreign secretary

August 22, 2022

NEWS DESK The repatriation of Rohingyas may begin by the end of this year, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen has said. He remarked this ahead of August 25, the fifth anniversary of the latest Rohingya influx from Myanmar. “We hope to start the repatriation the end of this year… They [Rohingyas] are becoming a burden […]Continue Reading

UN Special Envoy Noeleen Heyzer arrives in Bangladesh

August 22, 2022

DESK REPORT UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ Special Envoy for Myanmar, Noeleen Heyzer, has arrived in Dhaka on a four-day visit. Her visit follows the recent visit by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to Bangladesh. She landed at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a flight on Monday noon (August 22, 2022). […]Continue Reading