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    1442 Search results for "Rohingya"

    International Relations Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    China says it feels Burma is ready to take back Rohingya

    China believes that Burma is now ready to take back hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims sheltering in Bangladesh who have fled violence in the former Burma, the Chinese government’s top diplomat tells his Bangladeshi counterpart.

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    UN starts registering Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

    The UN and Bangladesh have started formally registering hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who have fled a military crackdown in Burma.

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    Burma rejects citizenship reform at private Rohingya talks

    A Burmese national security advisor told diplomats in Copenhagen that a proposal to review the 1982 Citizenship Law, that effectively renders the Rohingya stateless, could not be implemented.

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    EU, Canada sanction Burmese generals over Rohingya; Burma says two are fired

    The European Union and Canada have announced a new set of sanctions against seven members of the Burmese military, two of whom have been sacked for underperformance.

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    EU to penalise Burma officials over Rohingya violations

    Europeans diplomat say the EU will impose sanctions on seven of Burma’s security officials.

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    ICC gives Burma deadline over Rohingya case jurisdiction

    The ICC has issued Burma a 27 July deadline to respond to a request to exercise jurisdiction over the alleged crimes in Arakan State.

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    Hiding from traffickers in ‘prison-like’ tents, Rohingya girls dream of school

    Young Rohingya women and girls are trapped inside refugee camps in Cox’s Bazaar due to fears they’ll be targeted by human traffickers.

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    Rohingya toddler among 12 killed as first monsoon rains hit Bangladesh

    Pre-monsoonal rains have cost the lives of at least 12 people in Bangaldesh since Monday, including one Rohingya toddler.

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    Burma, UN agencies sign Rohingya repatriation pact

    The Burmese government has signed an agreement with UN agencies to facilitate the voluntary return of Rohingya refugees.

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    Burma’s says it is willing to take back all Rohingya refugees

    Burma is willing to take back all 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled to Bangladesh if they volunteer to return, the country’s National Security Adviser Thaung Tun said on Saturday.

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    US House backs measure to clamp down on Burma over Rohingya rights

    Members of the US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday in favor of legislation to pressure Burma to improve its record on human rights.

    International Relations Lead Story News Rohingya

    US aid chief to Burma: Take ‘concrete steps’ on Rohingya rights

    The US government’s aid chief urged Burma on Sunday to take “concrete steps” to guarantee the rights of Rohingya Muslims and to show sincerity in that endeavour in order to encourage hundreds of thousands who have fled the country to return.

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    In Bangladesh, some 60 babies a day born in Rohingya camps: UN

    Around 60 babies a day are being born in vast refugee camps in Bangladesh, sheltering hundreds of thousands of mainly Rohingya Muslims who have fled Burma, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF says.

    International Relations Lead Story News Rohingya

    UN Security Council pushes Burma on accountability over Rohingya

    The UN Security Council has urged Burma’s government to carry out transparent investigations into accusations of violence against mainly Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State and to allow immediate aid access to the region.

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    After Rohingya rape accusations, UN warns of imminent births

    Senior UN officials have warned about the prospect of a flood of babies being born in the coming weeks and months in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps that could be the result of rape.

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    UN could help Burma gather evidence of crimes against Rohingya: UK envoy

    Britain’s UN envoy suggests the UN Security Council could consider helping Burma collect evidence of crimes committed during a military crackdown of the Rohingya, denounced by the world body as ethnic cleansing after most recent bout of persecution of the Muslim minority last year.

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    Rohingya crisis: Suu Kyi meets with UN envoys

    She told the Security Council members ‘please bring to our notice any infringement of these laws and we will do whatever is necessary to take the action’.

    International Relations Lead Story News Rakhine

    UN Security Council puts spotlight on Rohingya refugee crisis

    UN Security Council envoys began a four-day visit to Bangladesh and Burma on Saturday to see firsthand the aftermath of a Burmese military crackdown that Britain, the United States and others have denounced as ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims.

    International Relations Lead Story News Rohingya

    US team in refugee camps investigating atrocities against Rohingya

    The US government is conducting an intensive examination of alleged atrocities against Rohingya Muslims, documenting alleged atrocities in an investigation that could be used to prosecute Burma’s military for crimes against humanity, said US officials.

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    USDP condemns plan to allow Rohingyas right to travel

    “Security and rule of law in the nation are at critical risk,” said a party statement.

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    Army chief urges soldiers to obey law, citing Rohingya massacre

    Burma’s army chief Min Aung Hlaing has told military personnel in the country that they must obey the law, citing as an example the sentencing of seven soldiers for a massacre of Rohingya Muslim men that was the subject of a Reuters investigation.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Burmese minister says conditions in Rohingya refugee camps ‘very poor’

    A Burmese minister expressed concerns on Thursday about “very poor conditions” in Rohingya refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh, and said repatriation of the Muslim minority should start as soon as possible due to the coming monsoon season.

    International Relations Lead Story News Rohingya

    Aid agencies fear for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s island relocation plan

    Bangladesh has failed to persuade aid agencies to sign up to its plan to move 100,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in June, internal documents show, amid fears they could be trapped there at the mercy of cyclones, floods and human traffickers.

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    UN, Dhaka dispute Burma’s Rohingya repatriation claim

    “This is in no way a repatriation, rather it is propaganda,” said the Bangladeshi government’s Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner.

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    Burma repatriates first Rohingya refugee family: government

    Burma on Saturday repatriated the first Rohingya family from nearly 700,000 refugees who have fled to Bangladesh, after months of fraught talks with Dhaka and amid the United Nations’ warnings that the country is not ready for their return.

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    Bangladesh, UNHCR to ink preliminary plan on Rohingya repatriation

    The United Nations refugee agency is set to sign a memorandum of understanding with Bangladesh laying out a framework for the voluntary repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Burma, an agency spokesman said on Wednesday.

    Lead Story News Rakhine

    How the families of 10 massacred Rohingya fled Burma

    The relatives of 10 Rohingya men massacred in the Rakhine State village of Inn Din did not learn of the killings for many months — in some cases, not until Reuters reporters tracked them down in the refugee camps and told them what had happened. This is their story

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Repatriation is a priority, minister tells Rohingya in Bangladesh

    A Burmese minister told Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh on Wednesday their repatriation was a priority, during the first visit by a top Burmese official to victims of what the United Nations says was “ethnic cleansing” by the Burma Army.

    Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    Burmese minister to visit Rohingya camps as Bangladesh seeks refugees’ return

    A Burmese government minister will visit Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh on Wednesday, officials said, a rare trip that Dhaka hopes will help speed the return home of hundreds of thousands of the neighbouring nation’s Muslim minority.

    International Relations Lead Story News Rohingya

    War crimes prosecutor seeks jurisdiction over Rohingya deportations

    The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has asked it to rule on whether it has jurisdiction over the deportations of Rohingya people from Burma to Bangladesh, a possible crime against humanity, according to a filing published on Monday.

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