Feb 1, 2020 | Genocide, ICJ, Latest, Refugee, Rohingya Issues, United Nation
John Packer is Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) at the University of Ottawa. Previously, he directed the Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, after serving as a UN staff member...
Jan 30, 2020 | ARNO, ARNO Press Release, Bangladesh, Latest, Refugee, Rohingya Education, Rohingya Issues
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) greatly welcomes the decision of the Government of Bangladesh to offer schooling and skills training opportunities to Rohingya refugee children, two and half years after they were forced to flee genocide in Myanmar. ...
Nov 10, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
The Associated Press Washington’s Holocaust Memorial Museum is highlighting the plight of Myanmar’s beleaguered Rohingya Muslims this week. An exhibition of stark, black-and-white images of the stateless Rohingya is being projected at night onto the...
Nov 9, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
By ALIRAN Human rights defender Kyaw Hla Aung remains arbitrarily detained in Myanmar over three months after he was arrested in connection with his peaceful activities. reports Amnesty International. Kyaw Hla Aung – Photograph: Nils Horner/Sveriges Radio He has been...
Oct 20, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
By IRIN Access to water just got more difficult YANGON, 18 October 2013 (IRIN) – Water access for tens of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State could worsen after the dry season begins in November, with...
Oct 17, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
By Associated Press MAUNGDAW, Myanmar — The 10-year-old struggles up the hill, carrying buckets filled with rocks. Though he tries to keep a brave face in front of his friends, his eyes brim with tears. Every inch of his body aches, he says, and he feels sick and...