by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 11, 2017 | World
The United Nations human rights office accused on Wednesday security forces in Myanmar of not only violently driving away Muslim Rohingya from their homes in Rakhine state, but of also implementing “clearance operations” to prevent their return. The security forces...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 19, 2017 | World
In her first public remarks on the violence against Rohingya Muslims, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned on Tuesday any human rights violations in the turbulent Rakhine state as rights groups said a systematic purge was being committed against the minority...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 18, 2017 | World
Human Rights Watch urged world leaders to impose sanctions on Myanmar’s military, which is accused of driving out more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims in an orchestrated “ethnic cleansing” campaign. The call from the rights group came as the United...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 17, 2017 | World
Authorities in Bangladesh kicked off on Sunday an immunization campaign among Muslim Rohingya refugees as an aid group warned that many could die due to a lack of food, shelter and water. The campaign started in a crowded border camp as the country struggled to take...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 13, 2017 | World
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not attend next week’s United Nations General Assembly as international aid poured in to the Rohingya Muslims that have continued to flow into Bangladesh to escape the violence in their country. Suu Kyi was skipping the assembly in...
