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UN expert urges US to further sanctions against Myanmar The UN human rights expert for Myanmar has called on the United States to further tighten sanctions on the country’s military rulers to include their main revenue source, the state oil and gas enterprise. UN Special Rapporteur, Tom Andrews a former […]

No end yet in sight to Rohingya crisis Bilateral agreements were with Myanmar on October 30 2017 and on October 30 2018 without involving the UNHCR for repatriation of the Rohingya who fled from Rakhine state of Myanmar as the army drove them out of their houses, apart from raping […]

No end yet in sight to Rohingya crisis Bilateral agreements were with Myanmar on October 30 2017 and on October 30 2018 without involving the UNHCR for repatriation of the Rohingya who fled from Rakhine state of Myanmar as the army drove them out of their houses, apart from raping […]

Rohingya say no return to Myanmar without guaranteed Citizenship Members of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya community living as refugees in Bangladesh are again voicing opposition to efforts to repatriate many of them. They say that the Myanmar government has not met their demands over citizenship rights and that it is not […]

US lawmakers stress need for pressure on Myanmar to end rights crisis US lawmakers from both major parties have voiced their resolve to rally international pressure for an end to the suffering of the people of Myanmar at the hands of the military junta that cut off democratic rule in […]

UK provides £3,000,000 of new humanitarian support for Rohingya refugees This funding will help refugees in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char access healthcare, clean water, hygiene and sanitation services, and cooking fuel. Sir Philip Barton, Permanent Under-Secretary at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), has announced that the […]

Don’t let the Rohingya return to uncertainty We are glad to finally see some positive development in the repatriation process of Rohingya refugees living in squalid refugee camps in Bangladesh. Through China’s mediation, Myanmar officials agreed to take back their forcibly displaced nationals during a meeting with a Bangladesh delegation […]

100 children born in Rohingya camps everyday, why is the birth rate so high? Some 100 children are born in the Rohingya camps every day, contributing to a significant increase in the Rohingya population by nearly two hundred thousand in the past six years. This population growth is posing considerable […]