Tag: Rohingya
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Malaysia turns back Rohingya boat
Malaysia has denied entry to a boat carrying about 200 Rohingya due to coronavirus fears, the air force said, after news emerged this week that scores died on another crowded vessel. Activists are now fearful that large numbers of Rohingya, a persecuted Muslim minority from mostly Buddhist Myanmar, may be trapped on boats at sea…
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14 Rohingya die, dozens unaccounted for as boat sinks off Bangladesh
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Feb 11 (AFP/APP): At least 14 people drowned and dozens more were unaccounted for after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees sank off southern Bangladesh early Tuesday, officials said. Some 130 people were packed on the fishing trawler that was trying to get across the Bay of Bengal to Malaysia, coast guard spokesman…
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Almost 200 Rohingya caught fleeing Bangladeshi camps by boat
Yangon, Dec 17 (AFP/APP): Almost 200 Rohingya Muslims sailed more than 1,500 kilometres to escape Bangladesh refugee camps only to be arrested by Myanmar’s navy, the country’s military said Tuesday. The boat seizure came just days after Myanmar’s leader and Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi addressed the UN’s top court to deny allegations…
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Five questions on the ICJ and genocide
The Hague, Dec 10 (AFP/APP): Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared Tuesday at the International Court of Justice to defend her country against claims it committed genocide against Rohingya Muslims. Here are some key questions about how the UN’s top court, which was set up in 1946 to arbitrate disputes between countries, deals…
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The Rohingya refugee crisis in key dates
Yangon, Dec 8 (AFP/APP): The Myanmar military launched a ferocious crackdown against its Rohingya Muslim population in 2017, driving around 740,000 into neighbouring Bangladesh. On Tuesday the UN’s top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), is hearing a case brought by Gambia accusing Myanmar of genocide against the Rohingya. Civilian leader Aung San Suu…
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Where Has Human Compassion Gone: A Look Into Global Dynamics and Religious Shifts
Life it seems is more about detentions, deportations and demolitions. This is serious abuse of humanitarian rights. The very constitution according to all instruments of social liberties actually govern our right to movement, it also guarantees the freedom of speech, the right to live peacefully in a civilized society. What takes a society to be…
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India deserves a Nobel in hypocrisy
After bombing residential areas in Kashmir followed by a massive troop buildup, India admonishes the world to come forward to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.