In Rakhine, the Arakan Army – like the military junta – is forcibly recruiting men and women, exacerbating the civil war and aggravating the humanitarian crisis. Meanwhile, Rohingya face continued abuses after fleeing abroad. India is accused of arbitrarily detaining refugees and illegally pushing some back at sea, while fuelling the stigmatisation of Muslim refugees […]
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In Maungdaw town, the Arakan Army (ULA/AA) continues to seize shops owned by Rohingya people, located in prominent and busy commercial areas, according to local residents who spoke to AEN. These properties were originally developed on departmental lands under successive previous governments. Shop owners, including many Rohingya, had legally leased the land for long-term use […]
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Rohingya lives are being traded like contraband while states shirk responsibility Md Ibrahim Khalilullah Something deeply unsettling is unfolding along Bangladesh’s south-eastern frontier. The hills and forests of Bandarban are now a grim backdrop to a crisis that has been slowly boiling over — one that mixes geo-politics, human despair, and systemic neglect. It’s not […]
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UNB News Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday said Bangladesh is in touch with India on the recent issues of push-ins and port-related restrictions on the import of certain goods, including readymade garments and processed food items, from Bangladesh. Responding to a question on the restrictions, Adviser Hossain said the Commerce Adviser of […]
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It fears extreme desperation led to deaths of 427 Rohingya at sea UNB News UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has called on the international community to stand in solidarity with the countries in the region including Bangladesh that have been hosting Rohingya refugees. Until the situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine State is peaceful and conducive to […]
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Rohingya refugees increasingly risk perilous journeys to safety, UN says By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, May 23 (Reuters) – Dire humanitarian conditions in Myanmar and Bangladesh are driving more Rohingya to risk dangerous boat journeys to safety, such as one this month that ended in a sinking and estimates of 427 deaths, the U.N. refugee agency […]
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UNHCR fears extreme desperation led to deaths of 427 Rohingya at sea GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned about reports of two boat tragedies off the coast of Myanmar earlier this month, with estimates that 427 Rohingya perished at sea. This would be the deadliest tragedy at sea involving Rohingya refugees […]
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10 Rohingya from Myanmar booked for living illegally in UP’s Unnao The Rohingya were living in huts near the Ganga riverbank. Ten suspected Rohingya from Myanmar were booked for allegedly living illegally in the Gangaghat area of this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Friday. Gangaghat SHO Pramod Mishra said the FIR under provisions of […]
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1.5 lakh Rohingyas arrived in months Says WFP, fears 50,000 more may come by year end The Daily Star An estimated 1,50,000 new Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh in the recent months and 50,000 more are expected to join them by this year end, putting further strains on Bangladesh. The Rohingya continue to flee the […]
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CYLA Blocks Paletwa–Mizoram Trade Route, Citing Human Rights Abuses by AA Against Chin People. The Lawngtlai District Council in Mizoram State has announced that the India–Paletwa trade route — a vital corridor for areas controlled by the ULA/AA — has been indefinitely blocked starting from May 16. The trade route shutdown is being led once […]
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