Malaysian authorities start ‘witch hunt’ for Rohingyas fleeing migrant detention centre

Malaysian authorities start 'witch hunt' for Rohingyas fleeing migrant detention centre

Issued on: 26/04/2022 – 17:51Modified: 27/04/2022 – 11:37 Nearly 500 Rohingya refugees fled a detention centre where they were being held in Malaysia on April 20. Dozens of videos show them running along the highways, panicked. Most were later arrested by police. However, on April 26, Malaysian authorities called on the local population to find

Malaysian media, officials urged not to fan hatred of Rohingya amid hunt for escapees — Radio Free Asia

Kedah Police Chief Wan Hassan Wan Ahmad (right) and colleagues shows images of four Rohingya men accused of instigating a riot at an immigration depot two days earlier, Bandar Baharu, Kedah, April 22, 2022. Two of the four have been captured. Credit: BenarNews.

Malaysian police have detained two Rohingya they suspect of having instigated a riot and mass breakout at a detention center that led to six escapees being fatally struck by vehicles on a highway in the middle of the night, authorities in northern Kedah state said Friday. Eighty-eight Rohingya remained at large, including nine women and

Family of slain Rohingya leader leaves Bangladesh for Canada — Radio Free Asia

Nasima Khatun, the widow of Rohingya activist Muhib Ullah, speaks to reporters at her home in a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Sept. 30, 2021. Credit: BenarNews

Canada has actually agreed to provide sanctuary to 11 member of the family of a Rohingya rights activist who was assassinated at a refugee camp in Bangladesh last September, authorities in Dhaka and a human rights group said Friday. Nasima Khatun, the widow of Muhib Ullah, their 9 kids and the hubby of one of

Urgent action needed to protect rights in Myanmar amid ‘spiral of violence,’ UN says — Radio Free Asia

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet speaks during a news conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 9, 2020. Reuters

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet speaks during a news conference at the European head office of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 9, 2020. Reuters ” We understood after the NLD came to power, that we have certain rights.” That liberty and human rights we had enjoyed for five years is

Rohingya refugees reject return to Myanmar without assurances — Radio Free Asia

The International Court of Justice hears proceedings in a trial on charges of genocide against Myanmar in The Hague, Netherlands, Dec. 10, 2019. Reuters

Did they produce essential conditions for us to return to Rakhine state? Junta chief Snr. He is doing this due to the fact that of worldwide pressure and not because of goodwill. We are ready to go back, no matter who makes the decision to call us back, but it is impossible to return unless

Myanmar hits out at top UN court over Rohingya genocide case

Myanmar hits out at top UN court over Rohingya genocide case

Issued on: 21/02/2022 – 17:51 Banjul dragged Myanmar prior to the International Court of Justice in 2019, implicating the predominantly Buddhist nation of genocide versus the Rohingya Muslim minority after a bloody 2017 military crackdown.When the case opened in December 2019 Aung San Suu Kyi personally represented Myanmar at the Hague-based ICJ, but she was

International Court of Justice set to resume hearings on Myanmar genocide case — Radio Free Asia

International Court of Justice set to resume hearings on Myanmar genocide case — Radio Free Asia

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is holding hearings this week to figure out whether it has jurisdiction to evaluate if atrocities committed by the Myanmar armed force against Rohingya Muslims made up a genocide. The West African nation of Gambia filed a case at the ICJ in November 2019 implicating Myanmar of breaching the

Myanmar shadow government says junta should not take stand in genocide trial — Radio Free Asia

Myanmar shadow government says junta should not take stand in genocide trial — Radio Free Asia

A decision by Myanmars shadow federal government to withdraw initial objections to charges of genocide against ethnic Rohingyas at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) was made to guarantee the case is not battled by a celebration that does not represent the will of individuals, its foreign minister said Thursday. The National Unity Government (NUG)

Bangladesh challenges NGO report of intimidation against Rohingya — Radio Free Asia

Bangladesh challenges NGO report of intimidation against Rohingya — Radio Free Asia

It alleges that aid companies in Coxs Bazar district shared documents showing repeating dangers, browbeating and intimidation against Rohingya prior to transfers to Bhashan Char in December 2021 and January 2022.” I saw my other halfs face was inflamed from the whipping,” she said. I do not desire to go to Bhashan Char.”. ” A

Bangladesh, Burmese junta initiate Rohingya repatriation talks — Radio Free Asia

Bangladesh, Burmese junta initiate Rohingya repatriation talks — Radio Free Asia

Bangladeshi government authorities this week had their very first meeting with Burmese junta agents on the problem of repatriating Rohingya refugees who are sheltering in Bangladesh. The repatriation talks, the very first in more than a year, have been moving at a snails rate because more than 700,000 of Myanmars stateless Rohingya ethnic minority left

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