カテゴリー: Rohingya
Courts in the global north have a duty to protect citizens of developing countries from plunder by corporationsIn 1977, the Myanmar military launched a national drive to register citizens and drive out people they deemed to be “foreigners”. Since then,…
Joe Biden’s ‘waffle-fest’ summit shows the international community is toothless when faced with a murderous junta boss Promoting democracy worldwide is an admirable ambition, unless of course you are a bloody-minded dictator and serial human rights abu…
From a mosque that breathes to innovative bamboo houses, Marina Tabassum has won the prestigious Soane medal for her humanitarian buildingsFor the people of coastal Bangladesh, the monsoon can bring untold torment – and, occasionally, unexpected joy. E…
Rights groups raise concerns over deal to provide services on Bhasan Char, as Bangladesh plans to increase camp’s population by 80,000The UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR) is facing questions over whether it is helping to detain Rohingya refugees in prison-l…
Mohib Ullah had been in talks with other refugee leaders in Kutupalong when he was killed by unidentified assailantsGunmen have shot and killed a prominent Rohingya leader in a refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, following months of worsening violence…
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At least 21,000 refugees displaced after heavy rain devastates Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, the latest in a series of disasters to hit the areaThe process of rebuilding has begun once again for Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh after a week o…
Thousands of shelters in Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh have been flooded after heavy rainfall battered the region for more than a week, deepening the despair among those living there. The flooding has affected large parts of the Ku…
Shelters swept away as activists say people stuck in Cox’s Bazar are highly vulnerable to the ‘rapidly changing climate’At least six Rohingya refugees were killed by landslides or drowned in flooding after rain inundated refugee camps in Bangladesh ove…
The photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was shot dead last week while documenting the Taliban offensive in Afghanistan. His award-winning work for Reuters spanned some of the world’s most era-defining crises. He said: ‘I shoot for the common man who wants …
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Refugees tell Human Rights Watch they fear forced repatriation and persecution after personal details passed on to MyanmarThe UN may have put hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees at risk of persecution or involuntary repatriation back to Myanmar …
NUG says it will scrap law denying citizenship, in ‘notable step forward’ for rights of Rohingya peopleMyanmar’s parallel government has urged Rohingya to join with them in fighting the military junta, promising to offer justice and citizenship to the …
Children in overcrowded Cox’s Bazar settlement likely to suffer most from reduced humanitarian spending, say campaignersThe government has been accused of abandoning Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh after cutting aid to the humanitarian response by more…