Seven Rohingya dead after boat seized, Myanmar authorities say

September 2, 2022

NEWS DESK Seven Rohingya people from a group of 65 seized by Myanmar authorities from a boat off the southern coast died of hunger, thirst and exposure, state media said Friday (Sept 2, 2022), AFP reports. On Monday, authorities detained a vessel near Pyapon township, around 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of commercial hub Yangon, […]Continue Reading

Thai police announce arrest of key Rohingya smugglers – Myanmar national and his Thai wife

September 2, 2022

NEWS DESK Thailand police arrested a couple suspected of trafficking in Rohingya people after escaping arrest since 2015, Pattaya Mail reports. Assistant police chief Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn said Muang Than Tun, a 55-year-old Myanmar national, and his Thai wife Rahana Jesama-ae were arrested at a restaurant on Rama IX Road in Bang Kapi […]Continue Reading

OIC calls on int’l community to support Rohingya people

August 27, 2022

NEWS DESK The Secretariat-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has reiterated the OIC’s firm support for the Rohingya people, Bahrain News Agency reports. In a statement posted on its website marking five years since the beginning of the massive refugee influx of Rohingya people and other communities from Myanmar’s Rakhine State into Bangladesh, […]Continue Reading

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

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

‘Sending us back to Myanmar will be a death sentence’: Delhi Rohingya refugees

August 20, 2022

“Where we are living now is no better than a detention camp,” said 33-year-old Noor Kasim, a Rohingya refugee, as he stared at what was left of his rain-wrecked shanty in Delhi’s Madanpur Khadar, India’s The Quaint reports. His family of five spent the last few days fixing the tin roof of his makeshift house […]Continue Reading

India denies it will provide homes to Rohingya in capital

August 17, 2022

NEWS DESK Hours after a federal minister said Rohingya will be given apartments in the capital, India’s home ministry has denied giving such instructions, saying the refugees would be held at a detention centre and eventually deported, Al Jazeera reports. Earlier on Wednesday (August 17, 2022), Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, […]Continue Reading

Myanmar junta chief among key suspects identified in Rohingya genocide case

August 10, 2022

NEWS DESK Some 20 key suspects, including junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and senior Myanmar military generals, have been identified as being responsible for a clearance campaign against the Rohingya ethnic minority in Rakhine State that is now the subject of a genocide case at the United Nations (UN) highest court, The Irrawaddy […]Continue Reading