Reporters without Borders 1
Jan 16, 2018
RSF calls for release of Bangladeshi blogger held on blasphemy charge
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for all charges to be dropped against Asaduzzaman Noor, a 25-year-old Bangladeshi blogger held for...
The Independent
Jan 16, 2018
UK Government has been 'unacceptably' slow to respond to persecution of Rohingya in Myanmar,
An influential committee of MPs has criticised the Government for an “unacceptable” failure to respond to the plight of the Rohingya...
Amnesty International
Jan 15, 2018
Returning Rohingya to Myanmar 'alarmingly premature'
Responding to an announcement by the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry today that it intends to repatriate all Rohingya refugees within two...
Daily Mail
Jan 12, 2018
Four Rohingya killed in Bangladesh camp fire
A Rohingya woman and three children perished when a fire gutted their tent shelter in a UN camp in Bangladesh, authorities said Friday....
21st Century Wilberforce Initiative 11
Jan 9, 2018
U.S. Government Puts Pakistan on Religious Freedom Watch List
In a press statement released last week, the State Department announced it has re-designated Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea,...
Geoff Curfman | Just Security
Jan 9, 2018
ICC Jurisdiction and the Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar
Over the past four months, Myanmar’s armed forces, officially known as the Tatmadaw, have driven over 600,000 Rohingya Muslims into...
Daily Star
Jan 7, 2018
Rohingyas need protection, not relocation to Bashan Char
My recent op-eds in The Daily Star on Rohingya repatriation and resettlement sparked many responses from readers in Bangladesh as well as...
Reporters without Borders 1
Jan 5, 2018
Three years after Charlie tragedy, death still threatens “blaspheming” journalists
On the eve of the third anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deplores the fact that dozens of...
VOA (Voice of America)
Jan 3, 2018
Disease Outbreaks Plague Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
At Balukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh, unclean water, cramped living quarters and squalid conditions create a prime environment for...
International Crisis Group 1
Jan 2, 2018
10 Conflicts to Watch in 2018
It’s not all about Donald Trump. That’s a statement more easily written than believed, given the U.S. president’s erratic comportment on...
Daily Star
Jan 1, 2018
Rohingya crisis: A postscript
THE year 2017 will be remembered for many reasons but the most significant of these is perhaps the Rohingya crisis. Because of its...
The Independent
Dec 31, 2017
Rohingya Muslim refugees face fresh misery as Bangladesh welcome runs out
After a year that has seen them subjected to a brutal Burmese military crackdown described as “ethnic cleansing” by the UN and US,...
