Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak called on Burma on Thursday to stop all discrimination and attacks on Rohingya Muslims, and urged the world’s Islamic countries to act to end an…
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Ahead of OIC meeting on Rohingya, envoy urges Arakan intervention
The United Nations should intervene in Arakan State to stop further escalation of violence against Rohingya Muslims and avoid another genocide like in Cambodia and Rwanda, said the Organisation of…
Calls mount for international probe into Arakan State abuses
Human rights advocates both at home and abroad this week issued calls for the creation of an independent, international commission of inquiry into allegations of serious human rights abuses committed…
More arrested for suspected role in 9 October attacks
Arrests of Muslims suspected of involvement in the deadly 9 October assault on border police posts in northern Arakan State are continuing, with at least nine men detained over the…
Burma, Bangladesh agree to start talks on Rohingya refugees
Burma has agreed to begin talks with Bangladesh over an estimated 65,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled Burma’s northwestern Arakan State since attacks on border posts three months ago.
Burma sends envoy to Bangladesh as Rohingya crisis deepens
A special envoy of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will begin top-level talks in Bangladesh on Wednesday, as the United Nations said the Rohingya crisis prompted 65,000 people to…