Rohingyas must go home in Myanmar, PM Hasina tells UN rights chief

August 17, 2022

NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday (August 17, 2022) reiterated her call to Myanmar to take back home the country’s over one million Rohingya nationals from their temporary shelter in Bangladesh. “The Rohingyas are the nationals of Myanmar and they have to be taken back,” the prime minister told the UN High Commissioner […]Continue Reading

Rohingyas raise concerns over their security as UN rights chief visits Cox’s Bazar camps

August 16, 2022

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh on Tuesday (Aug 16, 2022) implored the United Nations rights chief for protection after recent murders that have again left members of the stateless minority fearful for their safety, AFP reports. Michelle Bachelet spent the day meeting with residents of the sprawling and squalid relief settlements housing nearly a million ethnic […]Continue Reading

Bachelet assures UN’s continued efforts to ensure safe return of Rohingyas to Myanmar

August 16, 2022

NEWS DESK Acknowledging Bangladesh’s great difficulty in dealing with the Rohingya crisis, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Sunday (August 14, 2022) assured the UN’s continued efforts to realize a safe and voluntary return of the Rohingyas to Myanmar. She made the assurance when Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said that […]Continue Reading

UN rights chief talked about Chittagong Hill Tracts: Home minister

August 14, 2022

STAFF REPORTER Visiting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has talked about the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) during her meeting with Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal. “She talked about the three districts of Chittagong Hill Tracts. She cited that it is often heard that murders take place there,” he told reporters after the […]Continue Reading

UN rights chief arrives in Bangladesh to visit Rohingya camps

August 14, 2022

United Nations rights chief Michelle Bachelet arrived in Bangladesh Sunday (August 14, 2022) for a four-day visit that will include a trip to squalid camps housing nearly a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, AFP reports. The exodus of Rohingya was sparked by a 2017 Myanmar army offensive against the mostly Muslim minority, with the U.N.’s […]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

Dhaka seeks Washington’s support in Rohingya case with ICJ

August 8, 2022

NEWS DESK Bangladesh has urged the United States to extend their support regarding the Rohingya case with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague brought by The Gambia under the genocide convention. Bangladesh also thanked the US side as it has decided to extend their support to the Rohingyas now living in Bhasan […]Continue Reading

Beijing sincerely working to resolve Rohingya crisis: Chinese FM

August 7, 2022

NEWS DESK Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said his country is sincerely working to find a solution to the Rohingya crisis, terming Myanmar a difficult country to handle. “Myanmar is a difficult country. We are sincerely working to resolve the crisis and will continue our efforts in the future. He (Minister […]Continue Reading

Rohingya Repatriation: Dhaka urges West to impose economic sanctions on Myanmar

August 6, 2022

NEWS DESK Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has urged the Western leaders to impose strong economic sanctions on Myanmar to expedite the Rohingya repatriation efforts. He also urged the ASEAN leaders to strengthen their ongoing efforts to help create a conducive environment within Myanmar to help the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals return to […]Continue Reading

New evidence shows how Myanmar’s military planned the Rohingya purge

August 5, 2022

NEWS DESK In mid-2017, in a remote area of Myanmar, senior Burmese military commanders held secret talks about operations against the minority Rohingya Muslim population. They discussed ways to insert spies into Rohingya villages, resolved to demolish Muslim homes and mosques, and laid plans for what they clinically referred to as “area clearance”, reports Continue Reading