December 2025

Takeaways from the AP’s report om the impact of aid cuts on Rohingya children in Bangladesh The United States’ decision to slash its foreign aid program has contributed to a sharp rise in abuses involving children trapped in Bangladesh’s refugee camps for members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority, The Associated […]

Bangladesh halts controversial relocation of Rohingya refugees to remote island When Bangladesh launched a multi-million-dollar project to relocate Rohingya refugees to a remote island, it promised a better life. Five years on, the controversial plan has stalled, as authorities find it is unsustainable and refugees flee back to overcrowded mainland […]

Rohingya crisis deepens as Myanmar election offers no hope for return Rashid arrived on the Malaysian island of Langkawi as a young child after spending weeks at sea in a fishing boat crammed with Myanmar’s unwanted: Rohingya Muslims driven out by soldiers and ethnic Buddhist militias who had razed their […]

Stateless Rohingya rue Myanmar’s election from exile Myanmar’s military portrays its general election as a path to democracy and peace, but the vote offers neither to a million Rohingya exiles, robbed of citizenship rights and evicted from their homeland by force. “How can you call this an election when the […]

More than 12 million face acute hunger in Myanmar – WFP More than 12 million people in Myanmar will face acute hunger next year as mounting violence forces more people to flee their homes, the United Nations World Food Programme said on Thursday. Around 1 million of those will face […]

UN warns against violence ahead of Myanmar elections Civilians have been threatened by both the military government, which called the elections, and armed groups opposing the current regime, according to the UN’s Human Rights Office. Myanmar is experiencing a new wave of violence and repression ahead of highly controversial elections […]

NST Leader – Will 2026 be Rohingya’s year of hope? The Rohingya of Myanmar, the world’s most persecuted ethnic minority, can look forward to next year as annus mirabilis when the International Court of Justice (ICJ) begins its public hearing of a genocide case against Myanmar filed by the Gambia […]

ICJ to hear Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar in January 2026 The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will hold public hearings in January 2026 in the case concerning allegations of genocide against Myanmar over its treatment of the Rohingya community. In a […]