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Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh at Risk During Monsoon

Crowded Camp Conditions, Lack of Permanent Shelters

Heavy rains over the past week have displaced more than 21,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The resulting flooding and mudslides have destroyed about 6,418 shelters. With months of monsoon season still ahead, the refugees face heightened risks…
Rohingya refugees repair a shelter damaged following heavy rains at the refugee camp in Kutupalong, Bangladesh on July 28, 2021.
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Rohingya Arrested in Myanmar Just for Traveling

Oppressed Ethnic Group Denied Right to Freedom of Movement

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, government restrictions on movement in Myanmar have been widespread, but certain people have been more affected than others. On January 6, Myanmar police detained 99 ethnic Rohingya in Yangon for traveling without…
Police officers wearing facemasks stand on a street in Yangon, Myanmar, November 3, 2020. 
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A Step Forward for 10,000 Rohingya Refugee Children

Bangladesh Allows Kids to Receive Formal Education

Bangladesh will allow 10,000 ethnic Rohingya refugee children to get a formal school curriculum for the first time after the government approved a “pilot” education program. It’s a step in the right direction, but also an urgent reminder of how…
Rohingya refugee students demonstrate
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Bangladesh Turning Refugee Camps into Open-Air Prisons

Fencing, Internet Cutoff Restricts Rohingya Freedom of Movement, Information

Bangladesh Army Chief Gen. Aziz Ahmed said this week that a plan to surround the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar with barbed wire fences and guard towers was “in full swing.” The plan is the latest in a series of policies…
A refugee camp for Rohingya in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, August 21, 2019.
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Rohingya Refugees Disappointed Again

Myanmar Delegation Fails to Make Convincing Case for Safe Return

Myanmar officials arrived at the sprawling refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh this week to discuss the repatriation of the Rohingya population. Armed with “fact” sheets, colorful brochures, and PowerPoint…
Rohingya refugee girls cross a makeshift bamboo bridge at Kutupalong refugee camp, where they have been living amid uncertainty over their future after they fled Myanmar to escape violence a year ago, in Bangladesh, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018.
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Thailand Offers Persecuted Rohingya Little Hope

Prime Minister’s Racist Comments Reflect Inhumane Asylum Seeker Policy

Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha’s racist slurs directed at the Rohingya are bad enough. But they are made even worse because they reflect the Thai government’s cruel policy toward Rohingya asylum seekers who take perilous journeys to…
Rohingya refugees sit behind bars at a police station in Satun province, Thailand, June 12, 2019.
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For Rohingya, Bangladesh’s Bhasan Char ‘Will Be Like a Prison’

Relocating Refugees to Unsafe Island Would Risk Lives, Livelihoods

Bangladesh authorities say they will soon start relocating over 100,000 Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char, a tiny island in the Bay of Bengal. Officials said this is necessary to reduce pressure on the world’s largest refugee settlement…
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Q&A: Justice for International Crimes in Myanmar

  In March 2017, the United Nations Human Rights Council established the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar to “establish the facts and circumstances of the alleged recent human rights violations by military and security…
A group of Rohingya refugees cross a canal after travelling over the Bangladesh-Burma border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 1, 2017.
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A Woeful Anniversary for Rohingya Refugees

Governments Should Press Myanmar to Meet Necessary Conditions for Return

A few days shy of August 25 – the first anniversary of Myanmar’s massive and brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing that forcibly displaced 725,000 Rohingya Muslims into neighboring Bangladesh – Myanmar’s de facto leader, Nobel Peace Prize…
Rohingya refugees walk through rice fields after crossing the border from Myanmar into Palang Khali, Bangladesh, October 19, 2017.
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Don’t Expect Much from Latest Myanmar Commission

Chairwoman Declares ‘No Finger Pointing’ for Atrocities Against Rohingya

  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…
A Rohingya woman walks through Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, March 22, 2018.
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Rohingya Identity Is More Than Words on a Card

Myanmar Needs to Recognize Rights of Refugees in Bangladesh

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…
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Canada Promotes Justice for Myanmar’s Rohingya

New Strategy Seeks to End Impunity for Atrocity Crimes

The Canadian government is stepping up the call for justice for Myanmar’s embattled ethnic Rohingya population. On Wednesday, the government announced a series of measures to respond to the Rohingya crisis including…
Refugees are seen at the Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh, near Rakhine state, Myanmar, during a trip by United Nations envoys to the region April 29, 2018. Picture taken on April 29, 2018.
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Bangladesh’s Monsoon Season Threatens Rohingya Refugees

UN Security Council Should Act to Protect Population at Risk

When I last visited the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh at the end of last year, a new sort of everyday life was taking shape. No longer were countless desperate people milling about by the road, on paddy fields, and in public buildings.…
Rohingya refugees try to take shelter from torrential rain as they are held by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) after illegally crossing the border, in Teknaf, Bangladesh, August 31, 2017.
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Failing Rohingya Rape Victims in Bangladesh

Refugees from Burma Lack Access to Crucial Services

“Sanctuary.” What does that mean to you? Probably not a massive camp made of bamboo and tarps with muddy paths, exposed to torrential rains and disease. But for more than 650,000 Rohingya refugees who fled the Burmese…
Rohingya refugees walk inside Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh January 8, 2018.
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Call Them What They Are: Rohingya Refugees

Leaders at Asia Summit Skirt Around Burma Crisis

The summit of Southeast Asian leaders this week in the Philippines failed to make mention of the Burmese military’s campaign of ethnic cleansing that caused the flight of more than 600,000 Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh. Their draft…
Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Singapore
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Q&A: Road to Justice for Grave Crimes in Burma

Since August 25, 2017, when the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), a militant group, attacked about 30 police outposts and a military camp in northern Rakhine State, Burmese security forces have carried out mass arson, killings, rape, and looting,…
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He Escaped Burma, But Not Australia’s Abusive Refugee Policy

Rohingya Refugee Has Spent 4 Years on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island

He made the journey from Burma by boat to Thailand, to Malaysia, to Indonesia, and then to Australia’s Christmas Island. But when his boat reached Australian waters, Australian immigration officials questioned him and transferred him to a detention center…
Refugees and asylum seekers protest against Australia’s offshore processing policy at a detention center on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea.
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India Can’t Mistreat Refugees By Not Signing Refugee Convention

Customary International Law Prohibits Returning Rohingya to Burma

India’s home minister, Rajnath Singh, said in a tweet that his government is “not violating any international law” if it deports Rohingya refugees “as we are not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention.” Hold on. If India had not signed the…
A group of Rohingya refugees cross a canal after travelling over the Bangladesh-Burma border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 1, 2017.
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‘Safe Zones’ for Rohingya Refugees in Burma Could Be Dangerous

Deadly Experiences in Bosnia and Sri Lanka Should Serve as Warning

When Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, spoke at the United Nations General Assembly this week, she focused on the humanitarian challenges of hosting 400,000 Rohingya Muslims from northern Rakhine State in Burma. They have arrived destitute,…
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Witness to Carnage in Burma’s Rakhine State

Burmese Soldiers Kill Her Baby, Slaughter Her Family and Neighbors

Hasina is a soft-spoken 20-year-old Rohingya woman from Rakhine State in Burma. She asked us to use her picture and tell her story so the world knows what is happening there. Her village, Tula Toli, was attacked in late August by…
Hasina witnessed a massacre. Burmese army soldiers threw her infant into a fire. Her younger siblings were beaten to death. The soldiers attempted to rape her before leaving her for dead in a burning house. Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh, September 2

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