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A water collection point in a Rohingya refugee camp. The upcoming rainy season will create more problems for the make-shift living infrastructure.
During a recent visit to the United States, Dave Eubank spoke with PRI’s The World regarding the Rohingya crisis, ARSA, and what the future may hold for Rohingya refugees. To listen to the interview, click the link below.
Dave Eubank
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Free Burma Rangers
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2018-04-25
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Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
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2018-12-12
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''Regarding the Nov. 22 editorial “In Burma, a flashpoint ignites”:
The treatment of the Rohingya, a Muslim minority, in Burma is appalling but, after years of studying, visiting and living in Burma, I can say with great confidence that Aung San Suu Kyi knows much about the mistreatment of the Rohingya and feels awful about it.
If she were the editor of a U.S.-based newspaper, she would not hesitate to call attention to the inhumane treatment of the Rohingya. But she is the democratically elected leader of a country in the early stages of an immensely difficult political transition from five decades of military misrule. Ending the civil war that has raged since independence in 1948 is rightfully Aung San Suu Kyi’s top policy priority. Overcoming the deeply rooted anti-Muslim sentiment endemic in the Buddhist majority in Burma is also a priority, but nowhere in the world has it taken less than a generation to overcome such sentiments...''
Lex Rieffel
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2016-11-28
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2018-12-08
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"PITA: You're listening to 5 on 45 from the Brookings Podcast Network, analysis
and commentary from Brookings experts on today's news regarding the Trump
administration.
STROMSETH: My name is Jonathan Stromseth. I'm a senior fellow in Foreign
Policy at the Brookings Institution covering Southeast Asia and China, and I'm here with
Lex Rieffel, nonresident senior fellow in Global Economy and Development at
Brookings, to talk about the ongoing humanitarian crisis facing the Rohingya Muslim
minority in Myanmar..."
Lex Rieffel, Jonathan Stromseth
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Brookings
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2017-09-20
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2018-12-08
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"LONDON, Dec 7 — Malaysia appreciates the United Kingdom’s assistance, including financial aid, in addressing issues involving the Rohingya refugees, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.
She said the financial aid provided by the United Kingdom was to finance humanitarian, education and health programmes in Malaysia, as well as for operation of the Malaysian Field Hospital at Cox Bazar in Bangladesh.
“I am thankful to United Kingdom for helping the Rohingya refugees, now totalling almost 100,000 people (in Malaysia), she told Malaysian journalists covering her first official visit to the United Kingdom (UK) last night.
Earlier, Dr Wan Azizah had discussion on bilateral relations between Kuala Lumpur and London with United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jeremy Hunt..."
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2018-12-07
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2018-12-08
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''Reporters on the scene are saying that 300,000 or more members of the Rohingya community (of Muslim faith) in Buddhist-majority Myanmar have fled across the border into Muslim-majority Bangladesh in the past two weeks. The refugees have been describing to reporters a litany of human rights abuses: homes burned, women raped, men beheaded, and more. Editorial writers and columnists around the world have slammed Aung San Suu Kyi, state counselor and leader of the National League for Democracy of Myanmar, for allowing the atrocities to occur and have even demanded that the Nobel Committee withdraw the Peace Prize awarded to her in 1991...''
Lex Rieffel
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Brookings
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2017-09-13
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2018-12-08
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''During my visit to Myanmar in mid-November, the latest of many since 2010, I witnessed new layers of complexity in the historical and political forces contributing to the Rohingya crisis. While the plight of the Rohingya population has galvanized international opinion, it has reinforced nationalist sentiment within a large segment of the Myanmar population and has drawn State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi closer to the powerful military establishment that she has opposed since leading a popular uprising 1988. As a result, the United States and other Western countries are finding it hard to punish the people who caused the flight of the Rohingya without undermining the transition to civilian rule that began in 2011...''
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Brookings
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2017-11-29
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2018-12-08
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''During my visit to Myanmar in mid-November, the latest of many since 2010, I witnessed new layers of complexity in the historical and political forces contributing to the Rohingya crisis. While the plight of the Rohingya population has galvanized international opinion, it has reinforced nationalist sentiment within a large segment of the Myanmar population and has drawn State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi closer to the powerful military establishment that she has opposed since leading a popular uprising 1988. As a result, the United States and other Western countries are finding it hard to punish the people who caused the flight of the Rohingya without undermining the transition to civilian rule that began in 2011...''
Lex Rieffel
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Brookings
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2017-11-29
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2018-12-08
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''Myanmar won its independence from British colonial rule in 1948. Sadly its history since then has been massively unhappy. From being the best educated (apart from Japan) country in East Asia, it spiraled down over the ensuing 65 years to being possibly the worst educated as well as one of the poorest. The primary cause of this decline was the world’s longest continuing civil war in which the ethnic Bamar Buddhist majority in the central valley has sought to dominate dozens of non-Buddhist ethnic minorities inhabiting the mountainous borderlands. A remarkably free and fair election in 2015 was won in a landslide by the National League for Democracy (NLD) led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who had spent most of the previous 25 years under house arrest by the country’s military rulers. Her government took office in April 2016 with control of parliament, but she was barred from the presidency by a provision in the country’s military-drafted constitution of 2008. The president, U Htin Kyaw, is an NLD leader and close associate of Daw Suu. She governs in the newly created position of state counsellor and as the foreign minister...''
Lex Rieffel
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2017-03-20
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2018-12-08
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''Advocacy is easy, governance is hard. Yes, the Rohingya people in Burma are being horribly mistreated, but the Aug. 18 editorial “Burma tries to hide its mistreatment of the Rohingya” was aimed at the wrong target.
The elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi since April 2016 is being denied the ability to govern according to its high principles by the military establishment that ruled the country from 1962 to 2015 and remains a state within the state.
It is the military, not the civilian government, that wants to deny the U.N. fact-finding mission access to the crime scene. And the military’s position is supported by the Buddhist-majority population in which the military has instilled over decades a fear of being displaced by Muslims, such as the Rohingya, and other non-Buddhists...''
Lex Rieffel
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The Washington Post
Date of publication:
2017-08-25
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2018-12-08
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''Fleeing Rohingya Muslims sold ration books to help pay hundreds of dollars to traffickers in order to flee squalid Myanmar camps by boat, only to be stopped at sea and forced back destitute, the refugees told AFP on Friday.
Images of hungry and thirsty refugees huddled on boats have stirred memories of a 2015 crisis, when thousands of fleeing Rohingya were stuck at sea as a trafficking trail south collapsed.
Some 120,000 of the stateless Muslim minority have languished in camps in central Rakhine for six years since a bloody bout of intercommunal violence with ethnic Rakhine Buddhists...''
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Mizzima
Date of publication:
2018-12-08
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2018-12-08
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"Yangon: Rohingya Muslims who paid hundreds of dollars to flee squalid Myanmar camps by boat are destitute since they were stopped at sea and returned, the UN refugee agency said.
Images of hungry and thirsty Rohingya huddled on boats have stirred memories of a 2015 crisis, when thousands of fleeing Rohingya were stuck at sea as a trafficking trail south collapsed.
Some 120,000 of the stateless Muslim minority have languished in camps in central Rakhine for six years since a bloody bout of intercommunal violence with ethnic Rakhine Buddhists.
The end of the monsoon brings more favourable, if still treacherous, sailing conditions for those desperate to escape the camps that are branded as “open-air prisons” by rights groups and where Rohingya have little access to work, education or healthcare..."
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The Star Online
Date of publication:
2018-12-08
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2018-12-08
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The president of Caritas Internationalis, the global federation of national Catholic charities is calling on the international community to continue to help the displaced Muslim minority in Bangladesh.
Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle made the appeal after visiting a refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh who fled atrocities in Myanmar.
The 61-year old Archbishop of Manila kicked off his 2-day visit to Bangladesh on Dec. 3 by visiting refugee families, aid workers including Caritas staff and government officials in Cox's Bazar district in southeast Bangladesh.
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Vatican News
Date of publication:
2018-12-07
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2018-12-07
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"The International Criminal Court (ICC) is exploring ways to conduct investigations into the forced deportations of hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas from Myanmar to Bangladesh as a possible crime against humanity, a top diplomat at the Foreign Ministry told the Dhaka Tribune on Thursday.
“This is our best bet to bring those responsible on the other side of the border to account for their crimes,” he said, expressing optimism that the ICC investigation will help solve the Rohingya crisis Bangladesh is facing without being a party to it.
“Most importantly, it might pave the way for the Rohingyas, who suffered extremely to get justice they deserve,” he added.
The diplomat did not specify the date and time of beginning and completion of the investigation..."
Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan
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Dhaka Tribune
Date of publication:
2018-12-07
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2018-12-07
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"The government of Aung San Suu Kyi, under international pressure to address the plight of internally displaced Rohingya inside Myanmar, says it is now closing IDP camps. But critics say their plans could end up entrenching segregation between Muslims and Buddhists in Rakhine state..."
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The Global and Mail
Date of publication:
2018-12-07
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2018-12-07
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"The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has stopped short of criticising Myanmar for atrocities committed against Rohingya as its leaders met in Singapore.
Al Jazeera's Wayne Hay reports..."
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Al Jazeera
Date of publication:
2018-11-15
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2018-12-07
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''Authorities in Myanmar seized a boat carrying 93 Rohingya fleeing displacement camps in western Rakhine state in hopes to reach Malaysia, an official said on Tuesday.
The vessel was the third bound for Malaysia stopped in Myanmar's waters since monsoon rains began to subside last month, bringing calmer weather and raising fears of a new wave of hazardous voyages after a 2015 crackdown on people smugglers.
Moe Zaw Latt, director of the government office in Dawei, a coastal town in southern Myanmar, said fishermen reported a "suspicious" boat to authorities...''
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2018-11-27
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2018-12-07
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"A new exodus of boats carrying Rohingya fleeing from Myanmar has begun, with at least six boats carrying hundreds of refugees intercepted at sea or washing ashore over the past month.
The recent flurry of voyages making the treacherous crossing of the Andaman sea to seek refuge in Thailand and Malaysia is close to reaching levels last seen in 2015, which prompted the Thai authorities to crack down on human smuggling networks.
Voyages tend to stop completely during monsoon season, which begins in June and creates dangerous conditions, but the end of the rains in October often leads to a fresh wave of boats taking to the calmer seas. Since August 2017, over 200 lives are estimated to have been lost in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, mainly in the crossing from Myanmar to Bangladesh..."
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The Guardian
Date of publication:
2018-12-05
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2018-12-07
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"An international law firm hired by the United States State Department to investigate last year's military crackdown on the Rohingya in Myanmar, says it has found evidence of genocide, urging the international community to establish a criminal investigation into the atrocities and ensure justice for the victims.
The Public International Law and Policy Group (PILPG) said on Monday that its findings, based on interviews with more than 1,000 Muslim-majority Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh as a result of the crackdown in Rakhine state, also found reasonable grounds to conclude that the army committed crimes against humanity and war crimes..."
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Aljazeera
Date of publication:
2018-12-04
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2018-12-07
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"DHAKA: Bangladesh summoned the Myanmar ambassador on Wednesday (Dec 6) to condemn “irresponsible remarks” made by Myanmar’s religion minister about Rohingya Muslims, and called for action against him, senior officials at the Bangladesh foreign ministry said.
Rohingya Muslims living as refugees in Bangladesh after escaping Myanmar are being “brainwashed” into “marching” on the Buddhist-majority nation, Myanmar’s religion minister Thura Aung Ko said in a video released by the news website NewsWatch.
“We strongly protest their minister’s provocative remarks. It also hurt Muslim sentiments,” a senior official in the Bangladesh foreign ministry told Reuters on Thursday..."
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Channel NewsAsia
Date of publication:
2018-12-06
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2018-12-06
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"The Rohingya Muslims have been driven out of their homeland along the coast of Myanmar and into Bangladesh through army purges that United Nations officials call “genocidal.”
Now the Rohingya may be pushed even farther from home: banished to a remote island off the coast of Bangladesh. There are nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees living in squalid camps in Bangladesh, one of the world’s most crowded nations. Officials there are planning to relocate many of them to this tiny island as soon as next year.
The island is out in the middle of the Bay of Bengal — about three hours off of mainland Bangledesh — and it's mostly composed of silt. It's been created naturally over the past 20 years but even 50 years ago, you couldn't find it on a map..."
Patrick Winn
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Channel NewsAsia
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2018-12-05
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2018-12-06
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"That is changing now under nominal national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, notably at a time her elected government faces rising fire from Europe and America for the Rohingya crisis, a military-driven expulsion of over 700,000 refugees the United Nations suggests had ?genocidal intent.”
China has seized on Myanmar?s renewed international pariah status to push forward its corridor ambition. On September 10, the two sides signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the construction of a so-called ?China-Myanmar Economic Corridor”, or CMEC,
The CMEC is envisioned as a 1,700 kilometer-long corridor of roads and railroads connecting the Chinese city of Kunming, the capital of China?s southern Yunnan province, with three Myanmar commercial centers, namely Mandalay, Yangon and the Kyaukpyu port and economic zone that lets out on the Indian Ocean..."
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"Asia Times"
Date of publication:
2018-09-24
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2018-11-20
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"It is still unclear whether Myanmar Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing is more upset by a United Nations report that recommends he be charged and tried for ?genocide” for his military?s crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, or Facebook?s coincident decision to shutter his account for disseminating information the company said ?enabled serious human-rights abuses in the country.”
Yangon-based observers suggest that being shunned by Facebook could be more damaging for the loss of face it caused the military in a nation where the platform is hugely popular. Min Aung Hlaing?s account, along with other military-run pages such as the Myawady television network and Myanmar Daily Star newspaper, had more than six million combined subscribers..."
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"Asia Times"
Date of publication:
2018-08-30
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2018-11-20
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"Even after taking part in past United Nations human rights investigations in Sri Lanka and North Korea, nothing quite prepared former Indonesian attorney general Marzuki Darusman for the harrowing stories of the Myanmar Army?s bloody 2017 rampage that killed more than 10,000 Rohingya Muslims and drove over 700,000 into neighboring Bangladesh.
As founding chairman of Indonesia?s Human Rights Commission, Darusman has an intimate knowledge of the Indonesian Army?s own record of abuse. But in the refugee camps of southern Bangladesh he and his United Nations fact-finding team (FFM) discovered the horrors of what it now calls ?genocidal intent.”..."
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"Asia Times"
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2018-09-10
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2018-11-20
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"While Facebook policy disallows hate speech, Facebook?s overwhelming popularity in politically turbulent Myanmar means the platform is widely abused to disseminate hate speech and fake news— particularly anti-Muslim and anti-Rohingya sentiment—with disastrous consequences. The UN describes the mass exodus of over 700,000 Rohingya from Myanmar as a ?textbook example of ethnic cleansing” and recently determined that top military officials be prosecuted for committing genocide, referencing the role of Facebook in propagating hatred towards the vulnerable group. A recent Reuters investigation found more than 1,000 examples of posts, comments and pornographic images attacking the Rohingya and other Muslims that had for years evaded the platform?s content monitoring and remained on Facebook in Burmese language.
Facebook has been both reluctant and, more recently, incapable of addressing the platform?s role as a medium for inciting violence in Myanmar. While the company is eager to enter new developing markets for profit, its systems are not equipped to handle complex language translation, to understand localised political knowledge, or to account for abysmal levels of media literacy in these locations. For example, Facebook?s auto-translation system has problems translating Burmese, providing bizarre results; one post referenced in the Reuters investigation was translated from Burmese saying ?Kill all the kalars that you see in Myanmar; none of them should be left alive” into English as ?I shouldn?t have a rainbow in Myanmar.” Facebook subsequently disabled the Burmese auto-translation feature for ordinary Facebook users after the Reuters investigation was published..."
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Teacircleoxford
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2018-11-06
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2018-11-19
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"GENEVA (13 November 2018) ? UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday urged the Government of Bangladesh to halt plans for the repatriation of more than 2,200 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, warning that the returns would be in violation of international law and put their lives and freedom at serious risk.
The refugees in Cox?s Bazar are the victims of human rights violations committed in the midst of the violence that erupted in August 2017, which led to the flight of more than 725,000 people. Many witnessed the killings of members of their families and the burning down of their homes and villages. Refugees have stated repeatedly that they do not wish to return under current conditions.
The Office also continues to receive reports of ongoing violations of the rights of Rohingya remaining in northern Rakhine, which include allegations of killings, disappearances and arbitrary arrests, as well as widespread restrictions on the rights to freedom of movement, health and education. About 130,000 internally displaced people (IDPs), many of whom are Rohingya, remain in camps in central Rakhine. Another 5,000 IDPs remain in No Man?s Land between Myanmar and Bangladesh while more than 4,000 are in Aung Mingalar ward in Sittwe, where they are subjected to a wide range of restrictions. Hundreds of thousands of people in other parts of Rakhine also remain deprived of their rights to freedom of movement, to basic services and livelihood ? as well as their right to a nationality..."
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United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner
Date of publication:
2018-11-13
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2018-11-15
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"Plans to send Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar on Thursday have gathered momentum, with reports of Bangladesh armed forces gathering in the Cox?s Bazar camps and allegations that refugees have been assaulted by the authorities for refusing to cooperate.
The army, police and paramilitary troops have moved into several of the camps, where over 700,000 Rohingya are living after fleeing a campaign of violence, described as genocide by a UN fact-finding mission, carried out by the Myanmar military in August 2017.
Qadar, a 29-year-old Rohingya refugee in Jamtoli camp, said many families, even those not among the list approved for return by Myanmar, had gone into hiding..."
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"The Guardian"
Date of publication:
2018-11-14
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2018-11-15
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"Bangladesh has said it is fully prepared to begin repatriating Rohingya refugees to Myanmar but emphasised it would not force anyone to go back against their will.
Four trucks and three buses have been stationed at Unchiprang camp in Cox?s Bazar since Thursday morning, ready to carry refugees who have been ?approved” to a transit camp by the border ? but not one refugee has been willing to board them.
Most on a list of those approved to return have gone into hiding.
Mohammad Abul Kalam, Bangladesh?s refugee relief and rehabilitation commissioner, told the Guardian his team had completed the ?physical and logistical preparations” to facilitate the repatriation..."
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"The Guardian"
Date of publication:
2018-11-15
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2018-11-15
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"Following a bilateral agreement between the governments of Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh, the repatriation of more than 2,000 Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar is due to begin tomorrow, 15 November. The decision has been widely criticized as it places returnees at extreme risk of further persecution, and was taken without the consent of either the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) or Rohingya refugee organizations. Forced repatriation under such conditions violates the principle of non-refoulement enshrined in the 1951 Refugee Convention, and would be both immoral and illegal.
According to the UN Human Rights Council- mandated Independent International Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) on Myanmar, military operations launched in Rakhine State by Myanmar?s security forces during 2017 were conducted with "genocidal intent," including a premeditated plan for the destruction of Rohingya communities. Following the widespread killing of Rohingya civilians and the burning of nearly 400 villages, over 720,000 people fled the country, bringing the number of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh to more than 900,000..."
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relifweb via "Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect"
Date of publication:
2018-11-14
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2018-11-15
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"Bangladesh is poised to begin returning several thousand Rohingya refugees to Myanmar. This repatriation is unlikely to be voluntary and should not proceed. It
would not only violate Bangladesh?s international legal obligations and jeopardise the safety of the refugees, but risks triggering violence and greater instability on both
sides of the border. Bangladesh and Myanmar should immediately halt the plan. The UN, including the secretary-general?s special envoy and the UN refugee agency,should continue to firmly oppose it, both in public and in private, and establish a
process whereby Rohingya refugees are consulted about their future. The U.S.,
European Union (EU), Australia, Canada and others also should press Bangladesh
and Myanmar to halt the returns and instead work to create conditions conducive to
voluntary repatriation; those countries? participation at the 11-15 November ASEAN
summits in Singapore is an opportunity to do so..."
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International Crisis Group (Asia Briefing N°153)
Date of publication:
2018-11-12
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2018-11-13
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"NEW DELHI: Last month, Bangladesh and Myanmar announced the signing of a new agreement to begin the repatriation of Rohingya refugees from their makeshift camps in Cox?s Bazar to Rakhine State within the coming weeks.
Close to 720,000 Rohingya had fled to Bangladesh since last year August. So far, Myanmar has cleared only 4,600 names for return from the original list of more than 8,000 from Dhaka.
While announcing the latest return deal, Myanmar?s foreign secretary, Myint Thu said there was a ?very concrete plan” to start the return process ?at the earliest possible date” and framed the decision as a show of ?political will, flexibility, and accommodation”. His Bangladeshi counterpart, Shahidul Haque, said that repatriation should begin mid-November..."
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Channel Newsasia (CNA)
Date of publication:
2018-11-12
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2018-11-13
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"Description: Oxfam and dozens of NGOs warn that the return of Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh would be dangerous and premature..."
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Global News
Date of publication:
2018-11-11
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2018-11-13
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"The governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar are to push ahead with the repatriation of thousands of Rohingya this week, despite objections by the UN, and against the wishes of the refugees, who spoke of being ?terrified” at being sent back.
Last week fear gripped the camps in Cox?s Bazar in Bangladesh at the news that, without their consent, 4,355 people had been placed on a list of Rohingya approved for return by Myanmar. The first repatriations are due from Thursday, but not everyone who is on the list has been informed and it is unclear how it was compiled..."
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"The Guardian"
Date of publication:
2018-11-11
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2018-11-13
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"UNHCR supports the voluntary and sustainable repatriation of Rohingya refugees in safety and in dignity to their places of origin or choice, and will work with all parties towards this goal. The repatriation of refugees is premised upon the free and informed decision by refugees, on an individual basis, to return. Refugee returns should only take place at their freely expressed wish based on relevant and reliable knowledge of the conditions within the country of origin and the area of return.
The best way to provide that knowledge to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is to allow them to go and see the conditions in Myanmar for themselves. Before making a choice of whether to return or not, the refugees reportedly verified by Myanmar as having the right to return should be allowed to visit their places of origin in Rakhine State, or other places to which they might choose to return, so that they themselves can make an independent assessment of whether they feel they can return there in safety and dignity. Myanmar authorities should allow these refugees to undertake such go-and-see visits without prejudice to their right to return at a later date, if indeed the refugees decide after the visits that the current conditions in Rakhine State would not allow them to return in safety and dignity..."
Source/publisher:
UNHCR - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of publication:
2018-11-11
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-13
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"I am concerned about the current situation and for the half million people who have left their homes to go to Bangladesh. I am also concerned for what it does to the transition in the country and we know that the government has very limited capacity to deal with the most pressing problems around economic reform and peace. On top of that there is the problem in Rakhine which they have really to focus on. So, it is a concern for people who want to see sustainable development in the country..."
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Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB)
Date of publication:
2017-10-23
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2018-10-26
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"?These are primitive people. At the end of the day they will go where they are told to go.? These were the words of a senior UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) staff member in 1993, during a meeting convened to discuss potential solutions for the 250,000 Rohingya refugees who had recently fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh. The dismissive tone of the statement was emblematic of the organisation?s engagement with the Rohingya, which for many years showed limited respect for their rights and a readiness to abandon UNHCR?s own protection principles. Drawing on previously unpublished material from the UNHCR archives, this article shows how, in both the 1970s and 1990s, large numbers of Rohingya refugees were returned to Myanmar in a manner that was premature, involuntary and unsafe. The article concludes by asking whether a similar scenario could develop in relation to the 700,000 Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh in the second half of 2017..."
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"Humanitarian Exchange Magazine" - The Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN)
Date of publication:
2018-09-30
Date of entry/update:
2018-10-25
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"1. Currently, Burma is in a dilemma over how to tackle the peace related issues, including the meeting ? to be attended by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, State Counsellor Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi and leaders of the 10 ceasefire signatory groups ? which has been scheduled to be held in Nay Pyi Daw on October 15. Unless the accountability issue, arisen out of the commission of heinous crimes committed against Rohingyas peoples and other ethnic nationalities in Rakhine, Kachin, Shan and Karenni States,1 is addressed in those so-called ?deadlock-breaking? peace talks, now and in future, genuine peace will never be achieved.
2. In the World Economic Forum, being convened in Hanoi, Vietnam, Oct 11 to 13, 2018, Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi didn?t answer directly to the moderator?s question on Rohingyas? plight whether the military had handled that issue well. She, nevertheless, responded indirectly by dividing the accountabilities between the military and her elected civilian government: for the former, she used the term, ?military aspect of operation?; and, for the latter, she highlighted by saying, ?from political aspect, the government has to take responsibility.”
3. According to that explication, it implies that Mrs. Aung San Suu and her government will not take any accountability for the military which launched military operation from military aspect. It is also conspicuous that in regard to accountability of the abovementioned heinous crimes Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi has kept a distance from the military. Only when she stands so, however, accountability issue cannot be circumvented..."
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Legal Aid Network (LAN) via "Progressive Voice"
Date of publication:
2018-10-14
Date of entry/update:
2018-10-24
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"On 12 December 2017, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested on suspicion of violating the 1923 Official Secrets Act almost immediately after meeting police officers at a restaurant in Yangon and being handed documents allegedly linked to security operations in Rakhine State. One of the witnesses for the prosecution, a senior policeman, admitted in court that a senior officer had ordered his subordinates to ?trap” the journalists by handing them the classified documents. He was subsequently sentenced to a one-year prison term for violating police discipline. At the time of their arrest, the two had been working on an investigation into the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys in September 2017 during military ?clearance operations? in Inn Din Village, Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State..."
Source/publisher:
Altsean-Burma, FIDH
Date of publication:
2018-09-03
Date of entry/update:
2018-10-19
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"The Burmese government has consistently refused to cooperate
with independent and impartial investigations into atrocity
crimes in Rakhine State. More significantly, it has refused to
recognize these crimes and rejected measures to secure justice
and accountability at the domestic level ? including steps to
halt and prevent the recurrence of such crimes. In doing so, it
has dismissed evidence of crimes, including allegations of rape
and murder, as ?fake news”, participated in the destruction of
evidence, and justified crimes by categorizing unarmed
civilians as ?terrorists”.
Since the first wave of anti-Rohingya/anti-Muslim violence hit
Rakhine State in 2012, the government has overseen eight
investigations, most recently the Commission of Enquiry
(CoE) initiated by State Counsellor (SC) Aung San Suu Kyi in
August 2018. All investigations largely concluded that state
forces had not committed crimes or denied that crimes had
taken place at all..."
Source/publisher:
Altsean-Burma, FIDH, "Progressive Voice"
Date of publication:
2018-10-18
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2018-10-19
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"In addition to ongoing oppressive conditions in Arakan
State, the Tatmadaw continues to act with impunity in
Kachin and Shan states where crimes against ethnic
nationality civilians go unpunished. In recent months
serious crimes perpetrated by the military include:
Rohingya in Arakan State: Living under lockdown
In August, following a visit to Arakan State, a Bangladeshi
official delegation revealed the ongoing oppressive
conditions the Rohingya are enduring in Burma. ?The
houses of the Muslims were under barricade. The
commercial establishments of the Muslims were completely
shut. There is no livelihood opportunity for them,” said
Habibul Kabir Chowdhury. Another official speaking under
condition of anonymity said: ?People inside the houses have
practically been under house arrest?none of the residents is
allowed to go out or nobody is permitted to enter the
houses. Aid agencies have been providing food to the
people inside the houses.” While a third anonymous official
said he ?saw mosques burned while the pagodas of the
Buddhists were intact,” and that he saw no sustainable
livelihood opportunities for returning Rohingya in
Maungdaw or Buthidaung..."
Source/publisher:
Altsean-Burma
Date of publication:
2018-08-23
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2018-10-19
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"Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has told Myanmar?s leader that a credible investigation into alleged human rights violations against Rohingya Muslims is key to resolving the crisis.
Abe told a joint news conference after talks with Aung San Suu Kyi that Japan would support efforts by Myanmar to accommodate Rohingya who returned home from refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh..."
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The Guardian
Date of publication:
2018-10-10
Date of entry/update:
2018-10-18
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"Rohingya refugee girls are being sold into forced labour to raise money for desperate families in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh, according to the United Nations? migration agency.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said it had identified 99 cases of human trafficking during the year since September 2017, although it cautioned that the actual number was likely far greater.
Of the victims, 35 were girls and 31 were women, the IOM said in a report this week. Thirty-one of the girls ended up in forced labour as did 26 of the women..."
Source/publisher:
Al Jazeera
Date of publication:
2018-10-18
Date of entry/update:
2018-10-18
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"The United States and eight other countries requested that a UN fact-finding mission that accused Myanmar?s military of atrocities against the Rohingya minority brief the UN Security Council on its findings. The move comes as global pressure mounts on Myanmar to act on accountability after a military crackdown in the western state of Rakhine last year drove some 700,000 of the largely stateless minority over the border into Bangladesh..."
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Al Jazeera
Date of publication:
2018-10-17
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2018-10-18
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"The United Nations special envoy to Myanmar met with State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyidaw on Friday to discuss the Rohingya crisis in beleaguered Rakhine state, where the repatriation of some of the 720,000 Muslim refugees who fled to Bangladesh last year during a crackdown has yet to get fully under way.
Christine Schraner Burgener, appointed to her post in April by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, spoke with Myanmar?s leader about how the U.N. can help with the return and resettlement of the Rohingya, said Chan Aye, director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
A former Swiss diplomat, Burgener met with Aung San Suu Kyi, who also serves as Myanmar?s foreign affairs minister, at the start of a nine-day visit.
She had earlier met with Lt. Gen. Soe Win, vice chief of staff of the Myanmar Army, on Monday to discuss the Rakhine issue and the use of child soldiers by the military, Chan Aye said..."
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Radio Free Asia (RFA)
Date of publication:
2018-10-12
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2018-10-15
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"Does US President Donald Trump have a distinct policy towards Myanmar, and if so how does it differ from the engagement gambit championed by his predecessor Barack Obama?
Trump has paid little to no attention to Myanmar while pursuing ties with other Southeast Asian states, raising questions about his government?s stance towards the country. It?s still unclear if that?s because of Myanmar?s lingering strategic ties to North Korea or Trump?s political instincts to undo Obama?s legacy in the region. One of Trump?s few statements on Myanmar was made during his trip to the region last November, in which he pledged US support for an end to the violence in Myanmar?s Rakhine state and the safe return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who have fled military violence into neighboring Bangladesh..."
Source/publisher:
"Asia Times"
Date of publication:
2018-07-04
Date of entry/update:
2018-10-09
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"As Myanmar descends again into pariah status, its loudest critic is perhaps the one that matters most: the United Nations.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has castigated Aung San Suu Kyi?s National League for Democracy-led government for the military campaign that has expelled some 700,000 Rohingya Muslims from Rakhine state with widespread charges of ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity..."
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"Asia Times"
Date of publication:
2018-02-28
Date of entry/update:
2018-10-09
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"Facebook has been savaged by British comedian John Oliver, who said the social media giant?s lax oversight of posts allowed rampant ?hate speech? and extremist content on its pages in Myanmar because the company had only a small number of Burmese-language monitors.
Oliver mocked the Californian company?s focus on growth and ?connecting people,” saying the media giant became ?an echo chamber for Islamophobia” and took years to ban controversial figures such as Burmese monk Ashin Wirathu, who has been accused of conspiring to persecute Muslims..."
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"Asia Times"
Date of publication:
2018-09-25
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2018-10-08
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"BANGKOK — Myanmar?s military systematically planned a genocidal campaign to rid the country of Rohingya Muslims, according to a report released on Thursday by the advocacy group Fortify Rights based on testimony from 254 survivors, officials and workers over a 21-month period.
The 162-page report says that the exodus of around 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to Bangladesh last year — after a campaign of mass slaughter, rape and village burnings in Rakhine State in Myanmar — was the culmination of months of meticulous planning by the security forces..."
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Fortify Rights via "Asia Times"
Date of publication:
2018-07-19
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2018-10-08
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"If you don?t like maddening crowds of tourists and seek good value for money, now is a good time to visit Myanmar.
The Rakhine incident ? i.e. the brutal military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar?s western Rakhine state launched last August that sent 700,000 refugees across the border to Bangladesh and renewed the country?s pariah status as a serial rights abuser ? is starting to take a toll on the tourism sector....."
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"Asia Times"
Date of publication:
2018-05-24
Date of entry/update:
2018-10-08
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"When Aung San Suu Kyi?s National League for Democracy (NLD) triumphed at Myanmar?s 2015 general election she was riding high, supported by millions of hopeful citizens eager for change. Her party swept away its opponents from the former military regime and also garnered much approval from the country?s many minority groups. This groundswell of electoral support pulled together old-style socialists, ethnic subnationalists, tech-savvy youngsters, and millions of people simply fed up with government mismanagement..."
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"New Mandala"
Date of publication:
2018-06-13
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2018-10-06
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??Along downtown Rangoon?s Pansodan Street, this city?s hub of humming bookstores and street stalls, there are rich discoveries to be had. From bestseller novels, political investigations, bodice-ripper love stories, biographies, textbooks, TOEFL tomes, poetry, photocopied versions of Western works on Burma, and, in the dustier corners of the Lower Pansodan venders, dog-eared Mickey Spillane pulp fiction, distressed Marxist-Leninist texts in Russian, almost nostalgic Myanmar Socialist-era propaganda magazines, and sinister ? yet laughable ? military State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)-era xenophobic conspiracy theory agitprop. A few years ago I found a prize for my library: an original Ian Fleming picture book of his classic Chitty Chitty Bang-Bang to join the collection of James Bond novels...??
Source/publisher:
Teacircleoxford
Date of publication:
2018-09-17
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2018-10-06
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"In 2017, the world watched in horror as hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled their homes in Myanmar?s northwestern state of Rakhine into Bangladesh, following a crackdown by the Myanmar military against the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), an insurgent group active in Northern Rakhine State that claims to defend the Rohingya population against state oppression. The Myanmar government, however, considers it a terrorist group..."
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Teacircleoxford
Date of publication:
2018-06-26
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2018-10-06
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"THE COVER of the State Department?s latest report on violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar says it provides ?Documentation.” There is ample documentation, through the experience of 1,024 refugees now in Bangladesh, and satellite imagery, of how the Rohingya were subject to brutal attacks last year by the security forces of Myanmar, also known as Burma. The report says it was ?extreme, large-scale, widespread, and seemingly geared toward both terrorizing the population and driving out the Rohingya” from Myanmar. But then the report just stops, as if the United States lost its voice..."
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The Washington Post
Date of publication:
2018-09-27
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2018-10-01
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Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of publication:
2018-10-01
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2018-10-01
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"Myanmar is defending itself against a United Nations report released in August which accused the Southeast Asian country of committing genocide against the Rohingya.UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The latest on the United Nations General Assembly (all times local): 9 p.m. Myanmar is defending itself against a United Nations report released in August which accused the Southeast Asian country of committing genocide against the Rohingya. In a speech at the U.N. General Assembly Friday, Kyaw Tint Swe, the country?s union minister for the state counsellor, said the report was "based on narratives and not hard evidence."
The official accused Bangladesh, which is hosting over a million Rohingya refugees, of failing to repatriate them to Myanmar based on three agreements the countries have signed..."
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U.S News
Date of publication:
2018-09-28
Date of entry/update:
2018-09-30
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"?The ICC decision was made on dubious legal grounds and applied to a situation where domestic remedies have not yet been exhausted,” said Kyaw Tint Swe, Union Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. ?Such action can only erode the moral and legal authority of the Court,” he said, noting that his country is ?committed to ensuring accountability where there is evidence of human rights violations committed in Rakhine state.” In his address, the Minister also voiced ?serious concerns” over a report by the UN Human Rights Council Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, noting his Government?s objection to the Mission?s establishment, composition, and mandate..."
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UN News
Date of publication:
2018-09-28
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2018-09-30
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"Investigators interviewed hundreds of witnesses who confirmed indiscriminate shootings, executions, sexual violence, and the destruction of villages.The Myanmarese military would often attack Rohingya villages in the early hours of the morning, in an attempt to ?instill immediate terror.” Residents would wake to the sound of gunfire, explosions, or victims? screams, as soldiers shot ?indiscriminately” into homes or set them on fire. The military also shot at villagers as they tried to flee..."
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Vox
Date of publication:
2018-09-18
Date of entry/update:
2018-09-30
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Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of publication:
2018-09-30
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2018-09-30
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"The U.N. Human Rights Council voted Thursday to establish an international body that will collect evidence and prepare case files of alleged atrocities in Myanmar, where the military has been accused of committing genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
Creation of the new body marks a major step toward criminal prosecution over the violence that caused more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee across the border into Bangladesh since August last year, many alleging army abuses such as arson, rape and murder..."
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Time
Date of publication:
2018-09-28
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2018-09-30
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"(CNN)A United Nations fact-finding mission has released an extensive 440-page report detailing atrocities carried out by the Myanmar military against Rohingya Muslims, in support of its call for the country?s generals to face an international tribunal on charges of genocide..."
"Peace will not be achieved while the Tatmadaw remains above the law," Marzuki Darusman, chair of the UN fact-finding mission said in a statement Tuesday referring to the Myanmar military by its Burmese name..."
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CNN
Date of publication:
2018-09-18
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2018-09-30
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"(Geneva) ? Myanmar?s domestic commissions on violence in Rakhine State have all failed to report credibly on atrocities against Rohingya or advance justice, Human Rights Watch said today in a report on eight Myanmar government commissions since 2012. The United Nations Human Rights Council, which is expected to adopt a resolution on the human rights situation in Myanmar as part of its 39th session, should create a body to gather evidence and prepare case files for future prosecutions..."
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Human Rights Watch
Date of publication:
2018-09-18
Date of entry/update:
2018-09-27
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"Mr President,
This Council session will be apprised of the deeply shocking findings of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar. The Mission has determined that many of the gross human rights violations, and serious violations of international humanitarian law, in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine states amount to the gravest crimes under international law. In addition to crimes against humanity and war crimes ? reported to have been committed in all three states ? there is strong evidence indicating genocide, extermination and deportation of the Rohingya. It is shocking that journalists involved in documenting some of the massacres which occurred have been prosecuted, and now given a harsh sentence. They should be immediately released. Attacks and persecution appear to be continuing in Rakhine: at least 12,000 new Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh so far this year. In Kachin and Shan States, the Fact Finding Mission found indications of extrajudicial execution and unlawful killings, torture and other forms of ill-treatment, including against children ; sexual violence; arbitrary arrests; and forced labour. The persistence of these patterns of violations underscores the total impunity accorded to the Myanmar security forces..."
Source/publisher:
Michelle Bachelet/UN High Commissioner for Human Rights via "Progressive Voice"
Date of publication:
2018-09-10
Date of entry/update:
2018-09-26
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"Following the UN fact finding mission, over 160 Parliamentarians call for justice over the Rohingya crisis.
Over 160 Parliamentarians across parties have signed a letter urging PM Theresa May and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt MP to refer the Myanmar military to the International Criminal Court. This is ahead of the Foreign Secretary?s visit to Myanmar later this month.
This follows the UN independent international fact finding mission report in August 2018 which found patterns of gross human rights violations and abuses committed in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States that ?undoubtedly amount to the gravest crimes under international law”, principally by Myanmar?s military, the Tatmadaw, but also by other security forces..."
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Office of Rushanara Ali MP via "Progressive Voice"
Date of publication:
2018-09-19
Date of entry/update:
2018-09-26
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"We, the Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN), welcome the August 27 report of the UN Independent International Fact Finding Mission, which called for six top Burmese military leaders including Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to be investigated by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for genocide against Rohingya Muslims, and for crimes against humanity and war crimes in Arakan, Shan and Kachin States.
We also welcome the ruling by the ICC last week that it has jurisdiction over crimes committed in Burma, even though Burma is not a member state of the ICC. This is clearly the right decision, and will go down in history as such.
Burma Army crimes detailed by the Fact Finding Mission include imprisonment, enforced disappearance, torture, rape, and burning of villages. These crimes have all also been committed against the people of Karenni State..."
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Karenni Civil Society Network via "Progressive Voice"
Date of publication:
2018-09-16
Date of entry/update:
2018-09-26
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"(Geneva, September 10, 2018) ? The United Nations Human Rights Council should act to preserve evidence and create a path to justice for victims of atrocities in Myanmar, Human Rights Watch said today in issuing a question and answer document. The Human Rights Council is expected to adopt a resolution on the human rights situation in Myanmar as part of its 39th session, which starts on September 10, 2018.
The session follows the report in August by the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, which detailed crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide by Myanmar?s security forces in Rakhine State. The council created the panel in March 2017 to document violations by Myanmar?s security forces and non-state armed groups ?with a view to ensuring full accountability for perpetrators and justice for victims.” The report also examined abuses in Shan and Kachin States.
?The Human Rights Council should demonstrate its resolve to bring Myanmar?s generals to justice for their heinous crimes,” said John Fisher, Geneva director at Human Rights Watch. ?The council should underline the UN Security Council?s responsibility to refer Myanmar to the International Criminal Court and create an evidence-gathering body to prepare case files for future trials.”..."
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Watch via "Progressive Voice"
Date of publication:
2018-09-10
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"GENEVA (27 August 2018) ? Myanmar?s top military generals, including Commander-in-Chief Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing, must be investigated and prosecuted for genocide in the north of Rakhine State, as well as for crimes against humanity and war crimes in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan States, a report by the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar* today urged.
The Mission, established by the UN Human Rights Council in March 2017, found patterns of gross human rights violations and abuses committed in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States that ?undoubtedly amount to the gravest crimes under international law”, principally by Myanmar?s military, the Tatmadaw, but also by other security forces. ?Military necessity would never justify killing indiscriminately, gang raping women, assaulting children, and burning entire villages. The Tatmadaw?s tactics are consistently and grossly disproportionate to actual security threats, especially in Rakhine State, but also in northern Myanmar,” the report states..."
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UN Fact Finding Mission, UN Human Rights Council via "Progressive Voice"
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2018-08-27
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2018-09-05
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"(Bangkok/Geneva, 27 August 2018) ? Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Progressive Voice, Equality Myanmar, Kachin Women?s Association Thailand, and Rohingya Women?s Welfare Society welcome the findings of the Independent International Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar (IIFFMM) as a major turning point in international efforts towards justice and accountability in Myanmar. The findings of the Fact Finding Mission released today said that there is room to believe that the gravest international crimes had taken place in Myanmar and that Myanmar?s security forces should be investigated and prosecuted for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. These findings have confirmed concerns repeatedly highlighted by civil society, independent observers and UN experts.
?If the UN fails to adequately address these findings it will be a monumental failure for the world body, which has already been criticised for not doing enough. It is important for the UN Human Rights Council to take immediate action on the body?s recommendations at its forthcoming 39th session,? said R. Iniyan Ilango, UN Advocacy Programme Manager of FORUM-ASIA..."
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Forum-Asia,Progressive Voice, Equality Myanmar, Kachin Women?s Association Thailand, and Rohingya Women?s Welfare Society
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2018-08-27
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2018-09-05
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"SITTWE, Myanmar -- In mid-October, Maung Hla Tun, a 45-year-old Buddhist, fled his village in the remote district of Maungdaw, in Myanmar?s western Rakhine State, after it became a virtual war zone. Six days earlier, more than 250 people armed with knives, spikes and old guns had launched coordinated attacks against the Border Police Guard in the area, and a joint force of soldiers and police responded by launching a sweeping search for armed militants..."
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"Nikkel Asia Review"
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2016-11-23
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2018-09-04
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"Four months ago, while walking to his house from the mosque in his village in Maungdaw in Myanmar?s Rakhine state, Rasheed Ali was approached by a mullah from the local madrassa, the same man who taught him to recite the Koran as a child, with an offer he literally couldn?t refuse. The mullah, or Islamic teacher, implored him to join the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), an insurgent group originally known as the Harakah Al-Yakin, or ?Faith Movement”, that came to public light last October 9 in a series of coordinated lethal attacks against Myanmar?s Border Guard Police (BGP)..."
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"Asia Times"
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2017-10-31
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2018-09-04
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"On the morning of Oct. 10, Hussein Muhammad, an old Rohingya man who doesn?t know his age, was awoken at 6 a.m. by a noise outside his home. When he stepped outside, he saw that dozens of soldiers and members of Myanmar?s Border Guard Police had his hut surrounded.
?They asked us if there was any ?terrorist? in our house,” he says, speaking from his home in Myo Thu Gyi village near Maungdaw town, in Myanmar?s western Rakhine state. ?Then they dragged two of my grandsons. I tried to stop them and give them my family list to show them they were my grandsons, but they beat me up and threatened me with their weapons,” Muhammad recounts, breaking into tears..."
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"Time"
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2017-04-06
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2018-09-04
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"Early on the morning of October 10, last year, two military men stormed into the small wooden house of Noor Begun (not her real name), a fragile Rohingya woman, in Myo Thu Gyi, a village in Maungdaw township, in the north of Rakhine state, Myanmar.
?They beat up my husband in front of me and my seven children, we cried and pleaded with them, but they didn?t listen to us. They kept beating him and I passed out. When I regained consciousness, he wasn?t there,” she recounts to Post Magazine, speaking in the covered porch of her house and trying to contain her tears..."
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"Post Magazine"
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2017-04-17
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2018-09-04
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"Burma — officially known as Myanmar — celebrated the seventieth anniversary of its independence at a moment when the failures of its incomplete nation-building project have become increasingly evident. Last year saw the almost complete ethnic cleansing of the Muslim Rohingya minority in the northwestern state of Arakan. More than 600,000 Muslims fled to overstretched refugee camps in Bangladesh. Meanwhile, wars between the Tatmadaw, as the Burmese Army is known, and several ethno-nationalist armed groups continued to rage..."
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"Jacobin"
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2018-01-12
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2018-09-04
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"One of the rationales underlying the persecution of the Rohingya by the Burmese state is that they are ?illegal immigrants from Bangladesh”, having flooded Rakhine State (formerly known, and referred to here, as Arakan State) over the last century. But how valid are such claims in the face of available evidence?
The border between Bangladesh and Burma is extremely porous and has been poorly guarded on both sides for long stretches of time; smuggling of all kind of goods, including narcotics, is a common feature there, and often happens with the connivance of corrupt officials. Moreover, the grip of the Burmese state in border areas is very tenuous, and Northern Arakan is no exception.
Nobody, however, has provided any evidence of massive waves of ?illegal Bengalis”. Nevertheless, the government and institutions linked to it have repeated such claims over and over again, and they are believed by many Burmese..."
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"New Mandala"
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2018-08-16
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2018-09-03
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FOREWORD: "One year ago this week, a startled international
community watched a dramatic humanitarian crisis
unfold on the north-eastern edge of the Bay of Bengal. In
a matter of weeks, hundreds of thousands of desperate
and terrorized people ? 60 per cent of them children ?
poured across the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh,
bringing with them accounts of the unspeakable violence
and brutality that had forced them to fl ee.
Twelve months on, memories of those experiences remain
raw among the roughly one million Rohingya refugees ?
including many from previous cross-border infl uxes ? who live
in cramped and primitive shelters inside the congested and
often insanitary camps of Cox?s Bazar.
The unstinting support of local Bangladeshi communities, and
a multi-national aid effort led by the Government, has averted
the more dire fears for the Rohingyas? safety and well-being.
Disease outbreaks have been largely kept at bay and famine
has been averted. Safe water, sanitation, nutrition and other
basic services have been installed, even if large gaps remain.
For about one third of children up to the age of 14, a network
of learning centres and child-friendly spaces offer a chance
to begin healing, and a respite from their harsh surroundings.
A semblance of normality has descended on the camps and
the neighbouring communities, but it?s a normality that cannot
last indefi nitely. The refugees live on a knife-edge, gripped
by uncertainty about their future, and still traumatized by
their experiences in Myanmar. Their homes ? many built on
precarious hillsides -- risk being washed away by the monsoon
rain, or destroyed by a cyclone. A cholera or measles epidemic
remains a real possibility.
With no end in sight to their bleak exile, despair and
hopelessness are growing among the refugees, alongside
a fatalism about what the future has in store. Older children
and adolescents who are deprived of opportunities to learn or
make a living, are at real risk of becoming a ?lost generation”,
ready prey to traffi ckers and those who would exploit them for
political or other ends.
This UNICEF Child Alert calls for a concerted effort to
build a new foundation for the rights and opportunities of
Rohingya children over the longer term. By taking resolute
action together, we ? the international community as well
as the Governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar ? can give
Rohingya children?s lives a stability and sense of hope that is
currently absent. At the same time, we can strengthen the
solidarity between Rohingya children and those living in host
communities (whose situation is often not much better than
that of the refugees).
Central to our call is the promise of a quality, multi-lingual
education, built around the acquisition of essential life-skills,
and competencies in literacy, language and numeracy.
Of course, a lasting solution to the plight of the Rohingya
requires tackling the root causes of the Rohingya crisis inside
Myanmar itself. The refugees cannot and will not agree to
return home until the discrimination and violence that they
have experienced for decades are ended, until their basic
rights -- to citizenship, free movement, health, education, and
jobs ? have been established, and their property restored.
But it is not only in Myanmar that diffi cult choices are
needed. As our Call to Action makes clear, Bangladesh and
the international community have critical responsibilities to
address. This is a crisis that will require a complex, multilayered
approach underpinned by long-term fi nancial resources
and infrastructural development, and bold political will.
Given the untenable situation in which the refugees fi nd
themselves, and its implications for both countries, this is a
challenge that must be addressed, and rapidly. The Rohingya
? and their children especially ? demand and deserve nothing
less."
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UNICEF
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2018-07-31
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2018-09-03
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"On this day of Remembrance, we, the undersigned Rohingya organisations, reiterate that the international community takesgenuine action against the perpetrators of the Myanmar genocide of Rohingya and prevents it from recurring in the future.
On this day of 25 August last year, the Myanmar military, police and non-state actors launched a carefully preplanned vicious operation in northern Rakhine State killing thousands of Rohingya, torching hundreds of their villages, and raping a large number of women and girls, resulting into an unprecedented exodus of more than 700,000 genocide survivors into Bangladesh. The attack was the latest chapter in Myanmar?s decades-long genocide which surpassed all previous campaigns of violence, including the onslaughts in 1978 and 1991-92. But the perpetrators are still enjoying full impunity while the Rohingya continue to suffer without justice and protection.
The human rights and humanitarian situation of those Rohingya still left inside Rakhine State remains under constant threat facing high levels of poverty and malnutrition. At the same time, Myanmar continues to impose a callous system of state-sponsored segregation that amounts to apartheid, which often confines Rohingya to ghettos and villages in virtual open-air prisons. The situation inside Rakhine State is not conducive for voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable repartition of the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh. It warrants urgent international protection..."
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26 Rohingya organisations via Progressive Voice
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2018-08-25
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2018-08-31
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"JAKARTA ? More than 130 lawmakers from across Southeast Asia today demanded the international community bring officials in Myanmar to justice for atrocity crimes committed against the Rohingya population of Rakhine State.
In the joint statement released today, 132 sitting MPs from five countries*, including 22 members of ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights, called on members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) to refer the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Since Myanmar is not a signatory to the Rome Statute, the ICC does not have jurisdiction in the country and only the UNSC can trigger an investigation by the Court.
?One year has passed since the Myanmar military launched its murderous operation in Rakhine State, yet we are no closer to seeing those responsible brought to justice. As Myanmar is clearly both unwilling and unable to investigate itself, we are now at a stage where the international community must step in to ensure accountability,” said APHR Chairperson Charles Santiago, a member of the Malaysian Parliament..."
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ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights
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2018-08-24
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2018-08-31
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"(Bangkok) ? Myanmar authorities have tortured and imprisoned Rohingya refugees who returned to Rakhine State from Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch said today. The mistreatment reinforces the need for international protection, including United Nations monitors on the ground, before Rohingya will be able to return safely to Myanmar.
?The torture of Rohingya returnees puts the lie to Myanmar government promises that refugees who return will be safe and protected,” said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director. ?Despite Myanmar?s rhetoric guaranteeing a safe and dignified return, the reality is that Rohingya who go back still face the persecution and abuses they were forced to flee.”
Six Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh in 2017 to escape the Myanmar army?s ethnic cleansing campaign told Human Rights Watch that Border Guard Police (BGP) apprehended them at different times when they returned to Rakhine State to earn money before going back to Bangladesh. Security forces tortured them during pretrial detention, they said. Each was summarily tried and sentenced to four years in prison, apparently for illegally crossing the border..."
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Human Rights Watch via Progressive Voice
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2018-08-21
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2018-08-31
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"On August 27, 2017, Myanmar security forces and Rakhine Buddhist civilians attacked the village of Chut Pyin in northern Rakhine state, massacring its Rohingya Muslim residents and burning their homes to the ground.
The attackers perpetrated a vast array of human rights violations on the Rohingya villagers, including killings, disappearances, beatings, stabbings, rape, and forcible displacement. It is estimated that some 400 Chut Pyin villagers, including 99 children, were killed that day or are missing ? including a group of 50 men who were taken away and never seen again..."
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Physicians For Human Rights
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2018-07-19
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2018-08-29
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"A UN report has said top military figures in Myanmar must be investigated for genocide in Rakhine state and crimes against humanity in other areas.
The report, based on hundreds of interviews, is the strongest condemnation from the UN so far of violence against Rohingya Muslims.
It says the army?s tactics are "grossly disproportionate to actual security threats". Myanmar rejected the report.
At least 700,000 Rohingya fled violence in the country in the past 12 months.
The report names six senior military figures it believes should go on trial and sharply criticises Myanmar?s de facto leader, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, for failing to intervene to stop attacks..."
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BBC
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2018-08-27
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2018-08-27
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"Mission concludes army has carried out ?gravest crimes? against Rohingya in Rakhine and minorities elsewhere...Myanmar?s military has been accused of genocide against the Rohingya in Rakhine state in a damning UN report that alleged the army was responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity against minorities across the country.
The UN report said it found conclusive evidence that the actions of the country?s armed forces, known as the Tatmadaw, ?undoubtedly amounted to the gravest crimes under international law” in Rakhine as well as in Kachin and Shan, states also riven by internal conflicts.
The UN investigators were denied access to Myanmar by the government but interviewed 875 witnesses who had fled the country. They found that the military were ?killing indiscriminately, gang-raping women, assaulting children and burning entire villages” in Rakhine, home to the Muslim Rohingya, and in Shan and Kachin. The Tatmadaw also carried out murders, imprisonments, enforced disappearances, torture, rapes and used sexual slavery and other forms of sexual violence, persecution and enslavement ? all of which constitute crimes against humanity.
I am a Rohingya refugee: we will become like animals if we stay in these camps
Noor Ilyas in Jamtoli refugee camp, southern Bangladesh
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In northern Rakhine, the mission also found evidence of mass extermination and deportation..."
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"The Guardian"
Date of publication:
2018-08-27
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2018-08-27
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Links to the text of the report, background material, Webcast of press briefing, satellite images.
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UN Human Rights Council
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2018-08-27
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2018-08-27
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Summary:
"The Human Rights Council established the independent international fact-finding mission on Myanmar in its resolution 34/22. In accordance with its mandate, the mission focused on the situation in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States since 2011. It also examined the infringement of fundamental freedoms, including the rights to freedom of expression, assembly and peaceful association, and the question of hate speech.
The mission established consistent patterns of serious human rights violations and abuses in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States, in addition to serious violations of international humanitarian law. These are principally committed by the Myanmar security forces, particularly the military. Their operations are based on policies, tactics and conduct that consistently fail to respect international law, including by deliberately targeting civilians. Many violations amount to the gravest crimes under international law. In the light of the pervasive culture of impunity at the domestic level, the mission finds that the impetus for accountability must come from the international community. It makes concrete recommendations to that end, including that named senior generals of the Myanmar military should be investigated and prosecuted in an international criminal tribunal for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes."
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Human Rights Council (A/HRC/39/64) Advance Edited Version...19 pages
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2018-08-27
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2018-08-27
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"Late at night, Dudu Mia and his family wash up on the shores of Bangladesh. Their village in neighboring Myanmar was attacked by the military in an ongoing campaign to purge the Rohingya Muslim minority from the country; the refugees bring with them countless horror stories of rape, bombings and shootings. As the newly arrived refugees process the loss of family, they must also navigate a new reality of living in the camps..."
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2017-10-31
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2018-08-25
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Link to Rohingya: Unpeopled. Genocide survivours are invited back to their homeland. RT Documentary https://youtu.be/KXWG4NQNIlo
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RT Documentary (RTD)
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2018-07-11
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2018-08-25
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"The denial of citizenship to the Rohingya people is one of the foundation stones which underpins prejudice and violence against the Rohingya. Their right of citizenship is one of the top demands of Rohingya, including a key condition for refugees before returning to Burma.
A new briefing ?Rohingya Citizenship. Now or Never?? published today by Burma Campaign UK warns that political developments such as Burma?s 2020 election may mean that there is only a window of 12-18 months where there is a realistic chance of a change in the 1982 Citizenship Law and all Rohingya receiving citizenship. After this time, the election cycle and political changes in the country may mean there will never again be the opportunity that exists right now..."
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Burma Campaign UK
Date of publication:
2018-07-23
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2018-08-22
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"Serious questions and doubts hang over the new MOU signed between the United Nations and the government of Burma on a supposed framework for creating conditions for safe return for Rohingya refugees For a start, to date, it?s a secret deal. It?s about the Rohingya but the Rohingya are not allowed to see it, let alone have an input into what it contained.
It allows the UN some access in Rakhine State but it is not clear how much. Will the UN have unrestricted access at last, or have they compromised? Even before the latest Rohingya crisis began in August last year, restrictions on humanitarian aid in Rakhine state were unacceptable and costing lives. Does this deal even take us back to that previous unacceptable situation?..."
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Parliament of the Union of Burma
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2018-06-08
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2018-08-22
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"When Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military, launched his military offensive against Rohingya civilians in August 2017, there was international outrage. One year on, the European Union (EU) has yet to implement a single practical sanction or other action to hold Min Aung Hlaing to account for his crimes.
In a submission to the British Parliament?s Foreign Affairs Committee, Burma Campaign UK detailed the role the EU played in enabling the crisis, amounting to complicity. By consistently backing down over the rights of the Rohingya since 2012, the EU sent a signal to the military that it considered the Rohingya expendable and would not act on abuses against them. It was a green light to Min Aung Hlaing. Despite what the United Nations describes as ethnic cleansing and possible genocide, one year on, the EU approach to the Burmese government and military remains barely changed..."
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Burma Campaign UK
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2018-08-20
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2018-08-22
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"It?s now clear that Myanmar?s new ?independent commission of inquiry” into human rights violations committed in Rakhine State will not be a serious and impartial investigation that will identify alleged perpetrators to be brought to justice.
The most recent crimes occurred during deadly attacks on over two-dozen police posts by Rohingya militants and Myanmar security forces? brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing involving murder, rape, and arson that forced more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh in late 2017..."
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Human Rights Watch
Date of publication:
2018-08-17
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2018-08-21
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"1) In the said press release, issued on August 9, 2018, there are many flaws from legal, ethical and accountable aspects. Firstly, it stated that Myanmar is not a party to the Rome Statue and the Court has no jurisdiction on Myanmar whatsoever. It is an incomplete utterance. In addition to that situation, under Article 13 (2) and (3) of the Rome Statue, the ICC will have jurisdiction if a situation is referred to the Prosecutor by the UN Security Council and if the ICC prosecutor has initiated the investigation.
2) The Myanmar Government argues that there can be no ICC jurisdiction in the Rohingya case given the general principle of treaty law that no state is bound by a treaty it is not a party to, citing Article 34 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. This however ignores the fact that the consent of a state (through treaty or otherwise) is not required for a court to exercise criminal jurisdiction over a state?s nationals. We may note that national courts often exercise criminal jurisdiction over foreign defendants for crimes against national law but indeed also for international crimes (e.g., crimes against humanity) regardless where in the world the latter have been committed. The exercise of such jurisdiction is based on customary international law grounds such as territoriality and universality. There is no reason to assume that the ICC?s jurisdiction is less extensive than that of the national courts..."
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Legal Aid Network
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2018-08-11
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2018-08-21
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"Myanmar authorities have tortured and imprisoned Rohingya refugees who returned to Rakhine State from Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch said today. The mistreatment reinforces the need for international protection, including United Nations monitors on the ground, before Rohingya will be able to return safely to Myanmar.
?The torture of Rohingya returnees puts the lie to Myanmar government promises that refugees who return will be safe and protected,” said Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director. ?Despite Myanmar?s rhetoric guaranteeing a safe and dignified return, the reality is that Rohingya who go back still face the persecution and abuses they were forced to flee.”
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Human Rights Watch
Date of publication:
2018-08-21
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2018-08-21
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"While changing a few words on a refugee?s ID card may seem inconsequential, for the 700,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh who fled ethnic cleansing in Myanmar a year ago, it is essential.
In negotiating with Myanmar for the repatriation of the Rohingya, Bangladesh recently agreed to change the wording on their ID cards from ?Myanmar nationals” to ?displaced persons from Rakhine State.”
This change signals that Myanmar doesn?t intend to honor the citizenship rights of the Rohingya, nor acknowledge the causes of their displacement ? security force operations that included murder, widespread rape, mass arson, and pillage. It also suggests Bangladesh?s willingness to dismiss the Rohingya?s rights as refugees as repatriation plans move forward.
Although the vast majority of the Rohingya are officially stateless, many have long and deep roots in Myanmar. Despite living in miserable, dangerous conditions in grossly overcrowded camps in Bangladesh, the refugees I visited there were unwilling to criticize their hosts because, as they frequently said to me, ?Bangladesh is not my country.” I heard this phrase so often that I made it the title of our report on their plight. Their country, they said, was Myanmar, and to their homes and homeland they wanted to return, they said..."
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Human Rights Watch
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2018-08-15
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2018-08-21
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2018-03-31
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2018-08-12
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"Situation Overview
Heavy rains from 23-25 July 2018 triggered landslides and flooding throughout Cox?s Bazar district. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department recorded 463mm of rainfall in under 24 hours on 25 July—the second highest recorded rainfall in one day for the district.
Nearly 60 incidents of landslides, winds, floods, and waterlogging reported in all settlements by the InterSector Coordination Group (ISCG) 2 on 25-26 July 2018, with 445 shelters damaged.
Floods and landslides damaged major road access to settlement in Ukhiya and Teknaf sub-districts, including parts of Marine Drive and Ukhiya-Teknaf highway linking Cox?s Bazar to settlements in both subdistricts, and the arterial road (?Army Road”)? connecting Kutupalong in the north and Balukhali in the south.
Blocked access and damaged infrastructure restrict aid distribution and movement of personnel.
No reported settlements fatalities thus far. However, landslides in the morning of 25 July killed five local children, according to Cox?s Bazar police...
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2018-07-27
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2018-07-30
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"In the face of the ethnic cleansing, some argue genocide, of the Rohingya by the Burmese authorities—and with a return to attacks against ethnic groups in the North East of Burma—it is time for the DFID once again to review its engagement with Burma.
The UK Government should adopt a frame of reference for relating to Burma that reflects that country?s deliberate, state-sanctioned long-term, ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people which has resulted in huge costs, of all kinds, for the Rohingya, Bangladesh and the international community as well as potentially protracted and intractable displacement challenge on a huge scale..."
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UK Parliament
Date of publication:
2018-05-22
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2018-07-30
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"A Rohingya armed group brandishing guns and swords is responsible for at least one, and potentially a second, massacre of up to 99 Hindu women, men, and children as well as additional unlawful killings and abductions of Hindu villagers in August 2017, Amnesty International revealed today after carrying out a detailed investigation inside Myanmar?s Rakhine State.
Based on dozens of interviews conducted there and across the border in Bangladesh, as well as photographic evidence analyzed by forensic pathologists, the organization revealed how Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) fighters sowed fear among Hindus and other ethnic communities with these brutal attacks.
?Our latest investigation on the ground sheds much-needed light on the largely under-reported human rights abuses by ARSA during northern Rakhine State?s unspeakably dark recent history,” said Tirana Hassan, Crisis Response Director at Amnesty International..."
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Amnesty Interntional
Date of publication:
2018-05-22
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2018-07-30
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"Preparations for Genocide
and Crimes Against Humanity
Against Rohingya Muslims in
Rakhine State, Myanmar...This report documents and reveals a sinister subplot: Myanmar authorities
made extensive and systematic preparations for the commission of mass
atrocity crimes against indigenous Rohingya civilians during the weeks and
months before Rohingya-militant attacks on August 25, 2017. While the Myanmar authorities have subjected Rohingya to widespread
and systematic human rights violations for decades, the Myanmar Army?s
preparations for the most recent attacks on civilians in northern Rakhine
State occurred between October 2016 and August 2017. On October 9, 2016,
Rohingya men and boys armed mostly with sticks and knives attacked three
police outposts, reportedly killing nine police and sparking a Myanmar Armyled
attack on Rohingya civilians in approximately 40 villages in Maungdaw
Township, displacing more than 94,000 civilians.
Following that wave of brutal violence, the international community
failed to act, and Myanmar officialdom evidently took note: The military,
administrative, and civilian authorities subsequently made a series of
decisions and enacted several measures that contributed to the commission of
the crime of genocide and crimes against humanity beginning August 25, 2017..."
Source/publisher:
Fortify Rights
Date of publication:
2018-07-19
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2018-07-19
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"Over half a million Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar have fled brutal ethnic violence carried out by their government. While unprecedented numbers of refugees have found safety across the border in Bangladesh, their fates are uncertain. The international community has been reluctant to take action against Myanmar, and plans are underway to return those who escaped. VICE correspondent Gianna Toboni gives a debrief about her shoot on the ground on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border, where she got a behind the scenes look at what the future holds for the world?s most persecuted minority. Watch Next: We Spoke To Rohingya Muslims Fleeing Ethnic Cleansing - http://bit.ly/2rxV7mt
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Vice News
Date of publication:
2018-05-10
Date of entry/update:
2018-07-06
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"In recent years, democratic reforms have swept through Myanmar, a country that for decades was ruled by a military junta. As the reforms took hold, however, things were growing progressively worse for the Rohingya, a heavily persecuted ethnic Muslim minority concentrated in the country?s western state of Rakhine.
The 2012 gang rape and murder of a Buddhist woman by three Muslim men ignited violent riots in which hundreds were killed as Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya attacked each other. In the following months, tens of thousands of Rohingya were rounded up and forced to live in squalid camps; Human Rights Watch deemed the attacks crimes against humanity that amounted to ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya. Thousands of Rohingya have since attempted to leave the country, fueling the region?s intricate and brutal human trafficking network."
VICE News traveled to Myanmar to investigate the violence and discrimination faced by the country?s Muslim minority.
Watch "The Struggle of the Rohingya: Escape From Myanmar” - http://bit.ly/1O1SQk2
Read "Dozens of Countries Committed War Crimes or Illegally Deported Refugees in 2015” - http://bit.ly/1rCGb48
Source/publisher:
VICE News
Date of publication:
2016-05-12
Date of entry/update:
2018-07-06
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"*** Warning: This report contains distressing scenes including explicit descriptions of sexual violence ***
These are the harrowing accounts of villagers of Tula Toli where Rohingya Muslims were massacred - a special investigation by Gabriel Gatehouse, James Clayton and Jack Garland."
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BBC Newsnight
Date of publication:
2017-11-14
Date of entry/update:
2018-07-04
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??The United Nations refugee agency and its partners are ramping up to assist Bangladesh?s efforts to mitigate some expected impacts of the upcoming monsoon season in the country, during which, according to an initial risk analysis, at least 100,000 Rohingya refugees could be in grave danger from landslides and floods...??
Source/publisher:
UN News
Date of publication:
2018-02-02
Date of entry/update:
2018-07-03
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