An innocent Bawm villager killed by Bawm party terrorists in Mizoram

March 31, 2023

NEWS DESK It has been alleged that an innocent villager named Sanglianjual Bawm alias Passen Bawm (29) from Bandarban of Bangladesh was murdered by terrorists of Kuki-Chin National Front known as Bawm Party in Longtlai District of Mizoram State, India, HIll Voice reports. According to the sources, on March 19, 2023, the terrorists of the […]Continue Reading

‘Becoming visible’: India’s first female Rohingya graduate

March 28, 2023

Tasmida Johar, India’s first woman graduate from the displaced Rohingya community, says she is going through a “conflicting feeling” these days, AL Jazeera reports. “I feel happy about these headlines, ‘first this, first that’, but at the same time, it also makes me sad. I am happy because this is my achievement, of making it […]Continue Reading

More than 180 Rohingya Muslims arrive by boat in Indonesia’s Aceh

March 27, 2023

More than 180 Rohingya Muslims landed in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Monday, officials said, the latest among hundreds who have fled by boat from desperate conditions in Myanmar and in camps in Bangladesh. The United Nations refugee agency has said 2022 may have been one of the deadliest years at sea in almost a decade […]Continue Reading

US imposes fresh sanctions on Myanmar, targets jet fuel suppliers

March 25, 2023

The United States on Friday announced further sanctions against Myanmar, targeting the supply of jet fuel to Myanmar’s military following air strikes in civilian populated areas, the US Treasury Department said, Reuters reports. The Treasury in a statement said it imposed sanctions on two people and six entities connected to Myanmar’s military that Washington Continue Reading

The inside story of Myanmar govt’s info war on Rohingya

March 14, 2023

As sectarian tensions flared over the rape and killing of a Rakhine ethnic woman in May 2012, three reports from the Information Ministry arrived in the newsroom of the state-run Myanma Alin newspaper with orders to publish them without fail, The Irrawaddy writes. Two stories published by the state-run Myanma Alin Daily on June 5, […]Continue Reading

UN seeks $876m Rohingya aid package after funding cuts

March 7, 2023

The United Nations said Tuesday it needs $876 million to meet the humanitarian needs of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, after dwindling donations for the persecuted minority forced a cut to their food rations, AFP reports. Around one million members of the mostly Muslim Rohingya community live in squalid relief camps in Bangladesh, many after fleeing […]Continue Reading

Only civilian govt can deliver stability, Myanmar’s NUG tells China

March 2, 2023

Myanmar National Unity Government (NUG) Acting President Duwa Lashi La told China that only the NUG can guarantee the country’s stability and foreign investment, The Irrawaddy reports. The remark followed Chinese special envoy Deng Xijun’s visit to the China-Myanmar border, where he met with seven of Myanmar’s ethnic armed organizations (EAOs). The acting president said Continue Reading

Myanmar’s NUG rights minister demands justice for Rohingya

February 23, 2023

Myanmar’s civilian National Unity Government’s (NUG) human rights minister U Aung Myo Min says the crimes of genocide against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar committed six years ago must be acknowledged and justice sought for the victims, The Irrawaddy reports. The minister attended an event to mark the second anniversary of the launch of the Spring […]Continue Reading

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

February 17, 2023

NEWS DESK The United Nations plans to slash food aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, blaming a funding shortfall for cuts that agencies warned on Friday would deepen food insecurity and malnutrition in the world’s largest refugee settlement, Reuters reports. About 730,000 Rohingya, a persecuted mostly Muslim minority from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, fled to Bangladesh Continue Reading

ASEAN needs to take joint steps to deal with Rohingya refugee issue: Malaysian PM Anwar

February 9, 2023

NEWS DESK ASEAN needs to take continuous and integrated action as a regional body to deal with humanitarian issues involving Rohingya refugees, New Strait Times reports. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, said the matter was agreed upon by Malaysia and Thailand, who share concerns about the issue, the burden of which was now shared […]Continue Reading