Risking death at sea, Rohingya Muslims seek safety in Indonesia

December 29, 2022

Crying with relief after a traumatic 40-day voyage to Indonesia in a leaky boat, Rohingya Muslim Fatimah bin Ismail held a mobile phone with shaky hands as she made a video call to relatives, Reuters reports. The 19-year-old was among 174 surviving Rohingya in the overloaded wooden fishing boat when it washed up on the […]Continue Reading

Second boat with 185 Rohingya arrives in Indonesia’s Aceh

December 28, 2022

At least 185 Rohingya refugees have landed in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh after drifting at sea for weeks, police and rights activists said, Al Jazeera reports. The boat came ashore in Ujong Pie village on Monday, a day after a wooden vessel with 57 Rohingya people landed in another part of Aceh on Christmas […]Continue Reading

UN says 2022 among deadliest years for Rohingya at sea

December 26, 2022

The possible sinking of a boat in recent weeks with 180 Rohingya Muslims on board could make 2022 one of the deadliest years at sea in almost a decade for the community, a U.N. agency said, as refugees try to flee desperate conditions in Bangladesh camps, Reuters reports. Nearly 1 million Rohingya from Myanmar are […]Continue Reading

Dozens of Rohingya land in Indonesia after a month adrift at sea

December 25, 2022

Dozens of hungry and weak Rohingya refugees were found on a beach in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh after weeks at sea, officials said, AL Jazeera reports. The group of 58 men arrived on Indrapatra beach at Ladong, a fishing village in Aceh Besar district, early on Sunday, according to local police chief Rolly Yuiza […]Continue Reading

Myanmar arrests 112 Rohingya for travelling ‘without official documents’

December 23, 2022

Myanmar authorities have arrested more than 110 Rohingya, including children, for travelling “without official documents” as they tried to make their way to Malaysia, state media reported on Friday (Dec 23, 2022), AFP reports. A total of 112 people, including a dozen children, were arrested in the south-eastern township of Bogale, according to the Global […]Continue Reading

UNHCR urges countries for action to rescue Rohingyas adrift at sea

December 23, 2022

The situation of the Rohingya refugees who have been stranded in the Indian Ocean for the past month is becoming more and more desperate, the UN agency for refugees said today (Dec 23, 2022) while reiterating its appeal to countries in the area to assist in saving them. In a statement, the UN refugee agency […]Continue Reading

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