Fortify Rights said on 12 March that Rohingya refugees in Malaysia are being held indefinitely in harsh and degrading conditions in immigration detention centres, warning that many detainees face years of detention without legal recourse or access to courts. The full release is as follows. On January 1, 2026, the government of Malaysia began a […]
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Myanmar’s spiraling rights and humanitarian crises risk getting “much worse” as global attention focuses on the Middle East war and aid dwindles further, the top United Nations expert on the Asian country warned. More than five years after Myanmar’s military snatched power in a coup, the junta is relentlessly continuing to attack civilians and obstruct […]
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Executive Summary R26. Rohingya Genocide Report November 2020, Naasha Puru (Ngar Sar Kyu) Village In August 2017, Myanmar security forces advanced upon the village of Naasha Puru (Ngar Sar Kyu), located in Maungdaw, Rakhine State. Prior to that, in October 2016, 100-300 assailants from the Myanmar military, as well as Rakhine civilians, besieged the village […]
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At least 39 civilians were killed and 45 injured in Rakhine State during February, bringing the total number of casualties to 84, stated the data collected by Narinjara News. It shows that airstrikes by the military junta in February affected Rakhine townships namely Ponnagyun, Kyaukphyu, Ramree, Thandwe, Kyauktaw and Mrauk-U. Currently all these townships are […]
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Japan has provided US$6.7 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) to support Rohingya and vulnerable host communities in Cox’s Bazar through food assistance, nutrition services and agricultural resilience initiatives. The United Nations World Food Programme welcomed the new contribution, equivalent to JPY 1.05 billion, from the Government of Japan aimed at strengthening food security […]
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Japan has signed a new agreement with the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), providing $1.4 million to deliver life-saving support to Rohingya children and families in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char. The funding will benefit more than 56,500 Rohingya, including over 36,000 children, through critical services in education, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), nutrition and […]
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Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari says community increasingly caught in escalating conflict The United Nations has raised renewed alarm over the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation facing Rohingya civilians in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, warning that the community is being targeted by both the military council and the Arakan Army (AA). In a Security Council briefing in […]
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Myanmar today stands at the crossroads of civil war, authoritarian entrenchment, and foreign exploitation. At the centre of this storm is China, a neighbour whose influence stretches across Myanmar’s political, economic, and ecological landscape. Beijing’s strategy is not one-dimensional; it is a calculated double game. On the one hand, China supplies arms and ammunition to […]
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Far from sustained international scrutiny, hundreds of Bangladeshi citizens have reportedly been detained by the Arakan Army (AA), an ethnic armed organization operating in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. The majority of those affected are fishermen from coastal communities in Cox’s Bazar, whose livelihoods depend on the Naf River and the Bay of Bengal. The Legal Perspective […]
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Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State Eyewitnesses and community sources have alleged that members of the Arakan Army (AA), together with some local Rakhine (Mogh) groups, dismantled remaining Rohingya homes and mosques in Myaw Taung village in northern Maungdaw Township. The reported actions have raised fresh concerns over property rights, cultural heritage, and the future prospects for […]
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