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A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) tells a Rohingya girl not to come on Bangladesh side, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, August 27, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Myanmar Hints It May Not Take Back Rohingya

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 18, 2017 | World

Yangon- Aung San Suu Kyi is preparing to address Myanmar on the violence against Rohingya Muslims for the first time in an attempt to soothe global outrage. The nationally-televised turn will break a near silence since the ulcerous ethnic and religious hatreds in...

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Rohingya refugees arrive near the a makeshift refugee camp Bangladesh. (Reuters)

Bangladesh Starts Immunization of Rohingya Refugees amid Health Fears

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...

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New Rohingya refugees wait to enter the Kutupalang makeshift refugee camp, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, August 30, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Bangladesh Pledges Building 14,000 Shelters for Rohingya

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 16, 2017 | World

Bangladesh said it will provide some 14,000 new shelters to house Rohingya Muslim refugees left astray in fields and on hills, an official said Saturday. “The government has decided to build 14,000 shelters for some 400,000 Rohingya,” Bangladesh’s...

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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (AFP)

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to Skip UN General Assembly as Aid Pours in for Rohingya

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...

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Rohingya refugees travel on an open-back truck near the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh. (AFP)

UN Condemns ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Rohingya in Myanmar

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 11, 2017 | World

The UN human rights chief urged on Monday the government of Myanmar to end its “cruel military operation” against the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, said that more than...