by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 14, 2017 | World
Myanmar’s military has said it is investigating its operations in Rakhine state, where the United Nations has accused troops of waging an ethnic cleansing campaign against minority Rohingya Muslims, who have fled in droves to Bangladesh. According to statements...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 6, 2017 | World
Thousands of Rohingya Muslims continue to flee from Myanmar to Bangladesh and the United Nations is bracing for a possible “further exodus”, the UN humanitarian aid chief said on Friday. Around 515,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh from Myanmar’s western state...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 27, 2017 | World
The United Nations on Wednesday raised concern for the safety of stateless Rohingya Muslims seeking asylum in Sri Lanka after Buddhist monks and hardline nationalists forced them to flee a UN shelter in the capital Colombo. According to Reuters, in Tuesday’s incident,...
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...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 14, 2017 | World
The UN Security Council on Wednesday broke its weeks-long silence on the crisis in Myanmar and called for an end to the violence in Rakhine state that has sparked the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims who according to UN chief Antonio Guterres are the victims of ethnic...
