Rohingya Crisis
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Rohingya mark 5th anniversary of exodus to Bangladesh
World | August 25, 2022 14:55 ISTRohingyas news: Bangladesh is hosting more than 1 million Rohingya refugees who fled from Myanmar over decades, including some 740,000 who crossed the border in August 2017.
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Rohingyas 'threat' to national and regional security, says Bangladesh PM Hasina
World | November 11, 2019 20:19 ISTAccording to the UN, as of May 24, 2018, more than 9,00,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar's restive Rakhine State since 2017 after large-scale violence following a military crackdown. The exodus of refugees in large numbers has resulted in a major crisis in neighbouring Bangladesh
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Plea in SC against Centre's move to deport 7 Rohingyas to Myanmar
India | October 04, 2018 0:21 ISTA bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, making it clear to lawyers at the outset that it will not allow urgent mentioning of matters till the framing of "parameters" on such cases, said that it would take a decision on urgent hearing in this issue after perusing the application.
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India sends seven Rohingya Muslims to Assam border to be deported to Myanmar
India | October 03, 2018 17:23 ISTThe seven men, who were jailed since 2012 on charges of illegal entry into the country, were sent to Myanmar border from Assam in bus.
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Rohingya crisis: China calls for political solution to resolve issue, says unilateral accusations won't work
World | August 28, 2018 16:20 ISTThe reaction from the Chinese foreign ministry comes a day after the UN investigators demanded prosecution of Myanmar's top military leaders including the army chief for genocide against the persecuted Rohingya Muslims.
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Rohingya refugees hold protest on eve of Myanmar crackdown anniversary, demand justice against ethnic cleansing
World | August 25, 2018 23:51 ISTProtesters in the world's largest Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh rallied for justice and brandished a banner proclaiming: "Never Again".
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American model Gigi Hadid pays visit to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, shares picture
Hollywood | August 18, 2018 6:36 ISTPosting pictures of her humanitarian trip on Instagram, Hadid revealed that she visited the Jamtoli Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
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Over 7000 Indians had filed applications for asylum in US in 2017: UN report
World | June 20, 2018 10:36 ISTWars, other violence and harassment drove worldwide forced displacement to a new height in 2017 for the fifth year in a row, led by the crisis in Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan’s war, and the fight into Bangladesh from Myanmar of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees.
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Bangaldesh PM Sheikh Hasina urges India to pressurise Myanmar for taking back Rohingyas
India | May 25, 2018 23:56 ISTFollowing the violence in Rakhine, thousands of Rohingyas fled to India, who are now settled in Jammu, Hyderabad, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi-NCR and Rajasthan.
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BSF ‘pushing back’ Rohingya refugees; SC asks Centre to respond to plea
India | January 31, 2018 23:14 ISTTwo Rohingya refugees have alleged that Border Security Force (BSF) was forcefully restraining fresh refugees, including children, disabled persons and pregnant women, from entering the Indian side.
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Critics want Suu Kyi's name removed from future reprints of popular children's book
World | December 24, 2017 12:08 ISTWidespread criticism over her response to violence against the Rohingya Muslims, described by the UN as "ethnic cleansing", has triggered calls for Suu Kyi to be taken out of future editions.
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Bangladesh minister praises PM Modi, says Pakistan hatching a conspiracy with Rohingya terror groups
World | December 21, 2017 8:59 IST"They (Pakistan) cannot stomach anything which is good for our country. Now they are hatching a conspiracy with the Rohingya terror elements", Obaidul Quader said.
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6,700 Rohingya killed in Myanmar, says report
World | December 14, 2017 12:58 IST"In the most conservative estimations" at least 6,700 of those deaths have been caused by violence, including at least 730 children under the age of five, MSF said in a report.
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Pope avoids reference to Rohingya in Myanmar speech
World | November 28, 2017 20:37 ISTStanding alongside Suu Kyi, the Pope spoke mostly in general terms. His highly-anticipated remarks may draw condemnation from human rights activists who blame the Myanmar Army for driving out hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas from the country.
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Oxford City Council strips Aung San Suu Kyi of two-decade-old Freedom of the City Award
World | November 28, 2017 15:08 ISTThe council motion was supported unanimously on Monday evening and cited Suu Kyi’s inaction as Rohingya Muslims are subjected to a crackdown being described by the UN and others as textbook ethnic cleansing.
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US declares ‘ethnic cleansing’ against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
World | November 23, 2017 16:11 ISTRex Tillerson blamed Myanmar’s security forces and “local vigilantes” for what he called “intolerable suffering” by the Rohingya.
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Rohingya crisis: UNSC asks Myanmar to end military campaign in Rakhine state
World | November 07, 2017 13:12 ISTThe UN Security Council has asked the country to end its military campaign in Rakhine state and ensure the safe return of Muslim Rohingya refugees driven from their homes.
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India in touch with Myanmar, Bangladesh on Rohingya issue: S Jaishankar
World | November 06, 2017 21:27 ISTIndia is in touch with Myanmar and Bangladesh on the issue of Rohingya Muslims, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar is understood to have told the members of a parliamentary panel here today.
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Aung San Suu Kyi visits Myanmar region torn by Rohingya conflict
World | November 02, 2017 16:23 ISTAung San Suu Kyi's visit to Rakhine state comes as she is under intense international scrutiny for her response to the Rohingyas exodus.
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Suu Kyi visits Myanmar's Rakhine state torn by Rohingya conflict
World | November 02, 2017 14:05 ISTThen Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi visited troubled Rakhine state for the first time since deadly violence broke out late August forcing over 600,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh.
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