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Violence in Myanmar sparked a huge exodus of Rohingya Muslims into Bangladesh

Rohingya refugees mark five years since fleeing Myanmar

Aid agencies are calling on the international community to do more as thousands of Rohingya refugees mark five years since they fled their homes in Myanmar, writes Eleanor Burnhill.

World • 25 Aug 22

Dozens of Rohingya refugees in the UK and US have sued Facebook

Facebook accused over Rohingya hate speech

Facebook has been accused of failing to detect and root out hate speech inciting violence and genocide against the Rohingya people, a Muslim minority group in Myanmar.

World • 21 Mar 22

Around one million Rohingya lived in Rakhine state before many were forced from the region during a 2017 military crackdown

Who are the Rohingya?

The United States will today officially declare that Myanmar military violence against Rohingya Muslims that sent more than 700,000 fleeing amounted to genocide and crimes against humanity.

World • 21 Mar 22

People gather on the ground after a fire gutted parts of a Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh, in January

Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya, says US

The United States has officially declared that violence against the Rohingya committed by Myanmar's military amounted to genocide, saying there was clear evidence of an attempt to "destroy" the Muslim minority.

World • 21 Mar 22

The complaint has been made by young people who live in Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh

Rohingya refugees seek Facebook action over hate speech

A group of young Rohingya refugees have submitted a complaint about Facebook Ireland to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

World • 09 Dec 21

Thousands of shanties were destroyed as people scrambled to save their meagre possessions

400 missing, 15 dead after fire at Rohingya camp

At least 15 people have been killed in a massive fire that ripped through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, while at least 400 remain missing, the UN refugee agency said.

World • 23 Mar 21

Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh where two cases were detected

Rohingya refugee tests positive for Covid-19 in camp

The coronavirus has been detected in one of the camps in southern Bangladesh that are home to more than a million Rohingya refugees.

World • 15 May 20

Nearly a million Rohingya live in squalid camps near Bangladesh's border with Myanmar

60 Rohingya die, hundreds rescued after weeks at sea

Sixty Rohingya are believed to have died on an overcrowded boat stranded in the Bay of Bengal for nearly two months, an official said after hundreds of "starving" people were rescued from the vessel.

World • 16 Apr 20

More than 730,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar after the military-led crackdown and were forced into squalid camps across the border in Bangladesh

UN urges Myanmar to prevent Rohingya genocide

The International Court of Justice has ordered Myanmar to take "all measures within its power" to prevent alleged genocide against Rohingya genocide.

World • 23 Jan 20

Rohingya refugees commemorate the second anniversary of the 2017 crisis

Rohingya refugees mark two years since crisis

At least 100,000 Rohingya refugees rallied in camps in Bangladesh, marking two years since the start of a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar that forced more than 730,000 to flee across the border.

World • 26 Aug 19

Camps in Banglades host nearly a million refugees who have fled persecution in neighbouring Myanmar in waves going back decades

UN weighs assisting with Rohingya relocation plan

The United Nations has said it was examining how to assist Bangladesh in relocating thousands of Rohingya refugees to a remote island despite warnings it could trigger fresh humanitarian upheaval.

World • 25 Mar 19

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in December 2017 and later jailed

Reuters journalists in Myanmar lose appeal

A Myanmar judge has dismissed an appeal by two Reuters journalists jailed for seven years while investigating atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims, dashing slim hopes that the pair could be freed early.

World • 11 Jan 19

Rohingya refugees protest against the disputed repatriation programme at a refugee camp in Bangladesh

Rohingya refugees reject Bangladesh repatriation bid

Frightened and angry Rohingya refugees have forced Bangladesh to call off efforts to start sending back some of the hundreds of thousands of the stateless Muslims to Myanmar.

World • 15 Nov 18

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi also defended a court decision to jail two Reuters reporters

Rohingya crisis 'could have been handled better'

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has defended the crackdown against "terrorists" from the Muslim minority, and also addressed the army's handling of the crisis.

Myanmar • 13 Sep 18

Around 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled to Bangladesh after Myanmar launched a crackdown on insurgents last August

Myanmar rejects UN Rohingya genocide report

A Myanmar government spokesman has rejected the report by United Nations investigators calling for top generals to be prosecuted for genocide, saying the international community was making "false allegations".

Myanmar • 29 Aug 18

In pictures: Myanmar's shame

A year on from shocking levels of ethnic violence against Rohingya by government forces and local militias in Myanmar's Rakhine state - 700,000 of them fled for their lives.

Myanmar • 28 Aug 18

More than 129,000 Rohingya Muslims remain in camps in Myanmar's Rakhine state

'Lost generation' looms for Rohingya refugee children

Rohingya refugee children who lack proper education in camps in Bangladesh could become a "lost generation", the United Nations has said.

Rohingya • 23 Aug 18

A child is seen behind a barbed wire fence in 'no man's land' at the border betweeen Myanmar and Bangladesh

Plight of Rohingya a 'human rights nightmare'

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said he heard "unimaginable" accounts of atrocities during a visit to vast camps in Bangladesh that are home to one million Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar.

Asia • 02 Jul 18

Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said forced displacement across an international border could potentially be classed as a crime against humanity

ICC prosecutor seeks Rohingya deportation jurisdiction

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague has asked it to rule on whether it has jurisdiction over the mass deportations of Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh.

World • 10 Apr 18

The investigation has prompted a demand from the US for a credible probe into the bloodshed in Rakhine State

UN 'alarmed' by report into killing of Rohingya Muslims

The United Nations has described the details of an investigation into the killing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar as "alarming" and said it showed the need for a thorough probe into the violence in the country's Rakhine state.

World • 09 Feb 18

Rohingya refugees trapped In limbo at Bangladesh's refugee camps

Eight countries push UN to take up Rohingya crisis

Britain, France, the United States and five other countries have asked the UN Security Council to discuss the fate of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees driven from Myanmar.

World • 08 Feb 18

Some refugees are opposing their transfer back to Myanmar because of lack of security guarantees

Delay in return of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar

Bangladesh has delayed the repatriation of Rohingya Muslim refugees to Myanmar because the process of compiling and verifying the list of people to be sent back is incomplete, a senior official has said.

World • 22 Jan 18

Children play at the Balukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh

UNICEF warns of potential catastrophe in Bangladesh

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that the already dire humanitarian situation faced by Rohingya children in Bangladesh risks becoming catastrophe as the cyclone and monsoon seasons approach.

News Lens • 16 Jan 18

More than 650,000 people have fled violence in northern Rakhine state

Deal aims to return Rohingya 'within two years'

The United Nations Children's Fund has warned that the already dire humanitarian situation faced by Rohingya children in Bangladesh risks becoming a catastrophe as the cyclone and monsoon seasons approach.

Rohingya • 16 Jan 18

Almost 870,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh

UN toughens warning of 'genocide' in Myanmar

The top UN human rights official has said he would not be surprised if a court one day ruled that acts of genocide had been committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar.

Myanmar • 18 Dec 17