September 2025

The Rohingya crisis and Asean’s failing conscience The first thing that struck me in Cox’s Bazar was the air – thick with dust, tinged with the faint smell of smoke from cooking fires that never quite hid the hunger. Children ran barefoot through narrow alleys of bamboo and tarpaulin, their […]

The cost of our inaction In the rolling hills of southeastern Bangladesh, a quiet crisis is intensifying. Since August 2017, Bangladesh has been hosting more than one million Rohingya refugees fleeing from Myanmar. As of June 2025, the official figure stands at 1.09 million — and it continues to grow. […]

Global community must heed Rohingya crisis More than a million Rohingya now live in Bangladesh, concentrated in the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, where approximately 32,000 babies are born each year. This humanitarian crisis began in 2017, when the Myanmar military launched a brutal campaign of mass killings, […]

Only a democratic Myanmar can ensure Rohingya repatriation Bangladesh recently hosted an international conference in Cox’s Bazar to spotlight the Rohingya crisis. Among the participants were two exiled Myanmar journalists — Su Chay, managing editor at Myanmar Now, and Mon Mon Myat, senior management consultant at the Democratic Voice of […]

WFP warns of looming Rohingya food crisis, urges global action Deputy Executive Director (DED) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the World Food Program (WFP) Carl Skau has said that they need to address the urgent situation facing the Rohingya but WFP’s funding will soon run out by the end […]

Sexual harassment rampant in Rohingya camps – study Sexual harassment remains the most pressing concern for Rohingya women and adolescents living in squalid refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, according to a study released Sunday. Cox’s Bazar is home to around a million largely Muslim Rohingya minority, fleeing a brutal […]

Rohingya crisis not a distant issue but ASEAN concern, says APHR The ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) on Thursday said the Rohingya crisis is not a distant issue but it is an ASEAN concern. It said if the regional bloc continues its inaction, the costs will be high – […]

ASEAN seeks funds to prevent Rohingya starvation in Bangladesh Parliamentarians from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have called for the immediate establishment of a humanitarian fund with the help of member countries to prevent starvation of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. “The World Food Programme warned that food rations […]

ASEAN urged to act as Rohingya crisis deepens, parliamentarians’ network warns of regional instability While the organization has consistently praised the Bangladesh government for the hospitality and assistance it has provided, the APHR has warned that the escalating food crisis and the lack of educational opportunities in the camps have […]