The agreement was signed this week by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk and Bangladesh’s Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam, according to a statement issued Friday by the UN Human Rights Office in Geneva. The Government of Bangladesh and the United Nations Human Rights Office have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) […]
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The Arakan Army (AA) has detained at least ten Rohingya families and abducted a young child in Maungdaw, intensifying fear and distress within a community already struggling to survive under escalating repression. Local residents from Bantaubiin village confirmed that the detentions began in early June and have continued steadily, targeting families who had recently returned […]
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Investigation found a recent report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) which claimed that some Rohingya armed groups are recruiting members from refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar to fight in Myanmar’s Rakhine State was “false and misleading.” In a statement to the press, Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC), rejected the allegations, […]
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Nearly 150,000 new Rohingya refugees have arrived in Cox’s Bazar over the past 18 months Without additional funding, critical food assistance will stop by December, UNHCR says Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are at heightened risk of losing access to essential services, the UN refugee agency has warned as it struggles to secure adequate funding. Bangladesh […]
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From Perpetrators to Proxies International Crisis Group’s June 2025 report on the Rohingya insurgency presents itself as serious conflict analysis. It is not. It is a strategic artifact. Not examination, but misdirection. The Myanmar military disappears. The genocide is reduced to a footnote. And the danger of radical Rohingya fighters suddenly looms large. The word genocide appears […]
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and humanitarian partners are mobilizing to respond to the needs of up to 150,000 Rohingya refugees who have arrived in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh over the last 18 months. Targeted violence and persecution in Rakhine State and the ongoing conflict in Myanmar have continued to force thousands of Rohingya to seek […]
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* The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) welcomes the Human Rights Council’s adoption of its latest resolution on the situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar. Adopted without a vote, the resolution ratchets up pressure on the military junta. SAC-M now calls on the UN General Assembly to seize on this […]
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The Arakan Army currently controls the Bangladesh-Myanmar border and is continuing its activities to consolidate its dominance in Rakhine State. Since the military operation against the Myanmar junta forces in November 2023, the Arakan Army has captured 14 of the 17 townships in Rakhine State and the Paletwa region in South Chin State. Currently, the […]
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China and Canada expressed their commitment to strengthening trade, investment, and humanitarian cooperation with Bangladesh while assuring continued support to address the protracted Rohingya crisis. The assurances came during separate meetings between foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain and the foreign ministers of China and Canada on the sidelines of the 32nd ASEAN Regional Forum ministerial […]
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Tensions are rising in northern Rakhine State following reports that the Arakan Army (AA) has converted a Rohingya mosque in U Hla Phay village, Buthidaung Township, into a military base and detention center, a move that is being widely condemned as a serious violation of international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions. According to local […]
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