UN council demands end to Myanmar violence in first resolution in decades

December 22, 2022

The UN Security Council adopted its first resolution on Myanmar in 74 years on Wednesday to demand an end to violence and urge the military junta to release all political prisoners, including ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Reuters reports. Myanmar has been in crisis since the army took power from Suu Kyi’s elected government […]Continue Reading

Myanmar police arrest trafficking gang linked to deaths of 13 Rohingya

December 21, 2022

Myanmar police have arrested 12 suspected members of a human trafficking gang linked to the deaths of 13 Rohingya, the military said, AFP reports. Police raided a compound in Hlegu town near the commercial hub Yangon on December 9, seizing five vehicles and an oil tanker used in the trafficking, the junta said on Tuesday […]Continue Reading

At least 100 Rohingya stranded in boat off India’s coast, many dead, activists say

December 21, 2022

At least 100 ethnic Rohingya are stranded in a boat off India’s Andaman Islands and as many as 16-20 may have have died of thirst, hunger or drowned, said two Myanmar Rohingya activist groups, Reuters reports. Each year many Rohingya, members of a Muslim minority, risk their lives boarding rickety vessels to escape violence in […]Continue Reading

UN Security Council likely to vote Wednesday on Myanmar

December 20, 2022

The UN Security Council is likely to vote on Wednesday (Dec 21) on a draft resolution demanding an immediate end to violence in Myanmar and urging its military junta to release all political prisoners, including ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, diplomats said, Reuters reports. Myanmar has been in crisis since the army took power […]Continue Reading

70 Rohingyas arrested in Myanmar after truck crash

December 4, 2022

Seventy Rohingya people hiding in a truck transporting ginger were arrested north of Yangon after the vehicle crashed into a roadside canal, the Myanmar junta said on Sunday (Dec 04, 2022), AFP reports. Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state are widely regarded as illegal immigrants in the Buddhist-majority country and have long faced discrimination, Continue Reading

Rakhine Truce Between Myanmar Junta and Arakan Army ‘Hanging by a Thread’

November 29, 2022

NEWS DESK There is no guarantee that the sudden ceasefire between Myanmar’s military regime and the Arakan Army (AA) in Rakhine will hold for long, said political observers, The Irrawaddy reports. Rakhine politician U Pe Than said the truce is fragile as it is merely a verbal rather than written agreement. “The Myanmar military must […]Continue Reading

OIC reviews steps on sensitizing world of Rohingya plight

November 12, 2022

NEWS DESK The OIC Ad Hoc Ministerial Committee on Accountability for Human Rights Violations against the Rohingya, has held an open-ended meeting at OIC General Secretariat in Jeddah, chaired by Dawda Jallow, Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Republic of The Gambia, OIC says in a press release. During the meeting that was […]Continue Reading

Defending Rohingya cause: OIC secretary-general lauds Gambia

November 11, 2022

NEWS DESK OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha received in his office in Jeddah, Gambia’s Justice Minister Dawda A. Jallow yesterday (Nov 10, 2022), Gambia’s The Point reports. During the meeting, the two sides praised the level of cooperation between the OIC and the Gambia and expressed the will to further enhance it. The Secretary-General paid […]Continue Reading

Australia to provide $135 million for Rohingyas in Bangladesh, Myanmar

November 11, 2022

NEWS DESK Australia will provide $135 million in 2022-23 for the Rohingyas and other communities in Myanmar and Bangladesh to assist with the delivery of life-saving food, water and shelter as a part of the Albanese government’s commitment to supporting the humanitarian response. The package of support builds on $480 million provided since 2017 to […]Continue Reading

US, EU add more sanctions as Myanmar violence deepens

November 9, 2022

NEWS DESK The United States and European Union have announced new sanctions against Myanmar’s military regime aimed at officials, companies and arms dealers, as campaigners urge quicker implementation of the measures given the deepening crisis in the country, Aljazeera and agencies report. The EU sanctions apply to 19 more individuals and entities, including a minister Continue Reading