Over 100 Rohingya refugees rescued in Sri Lankan waters

December 19, 2022

Sri Lanka’s navy has rescued 104 Rohingya adrift off the Indian Ocean island’s northern coast, an official said on Monday, as members of the Muslim minority continue to escape violence in Myanmar and hardship in Bangladesh refugee camps, Reuters reports. Many Rohingya risk their lives every year by attempting to reach Southeast Asian countries such […]Continue Reading

Thirteen Rohingya bodies found dumped outside Yangon

December 7, 2022

NEWS DESK The bodies of 13 Rohingya men were reportedly found dumped by a roadside in Hlegu Township, Yangon, on Monday morning (Dec 5, 2022), The Irrawaddy reports. Their wet bodies were left near a road linking Highway 7 and Ngwe Nanthar village and taken to Yangon General Hospital for a post-mortem, said the regime. […]Continue Reading

More than 150 Rohingya stranded off Thai coast, NGO says

December 7, 2022

NEWS DESK At least 150 ethnic Rohingya are stranded at sea off Thailand after their boat broke down, activists said on Wednesday (Dec 7, 2022), adding that several may have died and urging authorities to rescue the survivors. Each year many Rohingya, members of a Muslim minority, risk their lives boarding rickety vessels to escape […]Continue Reading

‘Meant Illegal Bangladeshis, Rohingya’: Paresh Rawal Says on ‘Cook Fish for Bengalis’ Remark

December 4, 2022

Actor Paresh Rawal has said that he “meant illegal Bangladeshis and Rohingya” people when he asked at a rally in Gujarat as to what the audience will do with gas cylinders – “cook fish for Bengalis?”, India’s The Wire reports. Rawal’s comments earned him some criticism online after video clips of his speech at an […]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

After World Cup win over Wales, Iran frees prisoners arrested in protests

November 28, 2022

Iran has released more than 700 prisoners after the national team’s World Cup football victory over Wales, the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said Monday (Nov 28, 2022), AFP reports. It announced that “709 detainees were freed from different prisons in the country” following the 2-0 victory on Friday. Among those are “some arrested during Continue Reading

As Malaysia prepares for an election, refugees watch warily

November 17, 2022

NEWS DESK On November 19, millions of Malaysian voters will go to the polls to decide the course of their country for the next five years, Al Jazeera reports. But while Malaysians vote in a spirit of hope for the country they want to see, the 183,000 refugees who also live there are watching warily […]Continue Reading

Second boat of over 100 Rohingya lands on Indonesian beach

November 16, 2022

NEWS DESK Over 100 Rohingya Muslims traveling in a wooden boat have landed on an Indonesian beach, the second group in as many days to arrive in the island nation’s northernmost province of Aceh, AP reports. The group of 61 men, 36 women and 22 children that landed Wednesday morning in North Aceh district’s Bluka […]Continue Reading

Boat carrying 111 Rohingya refugees lands in Indonesia’s Aceh

November 15, 2022

NEWS DESK A boat carrying 111 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, landed on the shores of Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Tuesday, authorities said, the latest among an annual exodus from northwest Myanmar, Reuters reports. The Rohingya, a persecuted Muslim minority, have for years sailed to countries such as Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia Continue Reading