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Rohingya Muslims

6 dead as dozens of Rohingya refugees ‘stranded’ in Indonesia by traffickers

The Incident underscores the ongoing crisis faced by the Rohingya, who are fleeing persecution in Myanmar.

31 Oct 2024 - 4:43PMvideocam

Myanmar ‘risks becoming a forgotten crisis’, UN envoy warns

30 Oct 2024 - 11:42AM

‘I’m unwanted here’: Rohingyas’ Malaysian dreams dashed amid prejudice

28 Oct 2024 - 1:51PMvideocam

Boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya sighted near western Indonesia

The boat is anchored off the coast of South Aceh district, with at least one dead body on board.

19 Oct 2024 - 5:53PM

FILE: The Nayapara refugee camp in Teknaf, Bangladesh. Photo: AFP

Rohingya caught in new violence in Myanmar, with children among the dead

Rohingya face new violence in Myanmar, and forced recruitment and attacks by the Arakan Army, worsening their plight.

27 Aug 2024 - 7:19PM

Bangladesh’s Yunus reassures on Rohingya refugees, garment exports

Bangladesh will support both its immense Rohingya refugee population and its vital garment trade, said new leader Muhammad Yunus.

18 Aug 2024 - 11:59PM

‘Lots of gunshots’: wounded Rohingya flee deadly attacks in Myanmar

Many Rohingyas fled Myanmar’s Rakhine state in recent days, as fighting escalates between the troops of the ruling junta and the powerful ethnic militia.

17 Aug 2024 - 12:25PMvideocam

A 15-year-old Rohingya boy, who said he was abducted for conscription by a military-aligned Rohingya insurgent group, poses for a picture in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo: Reuters

Drone attack kills dozens of Rohingya fleeing Myanmar, including children

Witnesses described survivors wandering between piles of bodies to identify dead an injured relatives.

10 Aug 2024 - 5:02PM

Joe Biden pushes Gaza ceasefire deal in Eid message

The United States as been pressing Israel and Hamas to accept a deal passed by the UN Security Council last week.

17 Jun 2024 - 10:52AM

Arson, abductions, beheadings: Myanmar’s Rohingya face wrath of junta, rebels

Muslim minority residents ‘pushed to the wall’ as security forces and the Arakan Army target villages with arson attacks and killings.

6 Jun 2024 - 6:08PMvideocam

A woman cooks next to destroyed houses and burned trees following fighting between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army in a village in Rakhine state on May 21. Photo: AFP

Myanmar’s ‘genocidal’ junta forcing Rohingya youths to fight as ‘human shields’

Rohingya groups have been “selling” the youths to Myanmar’s military in its fight against insurgents, including the Arakan Army.

25 May 2024 - 6:00PMvideocam

Rohingya refugees look through the debris of their houses charred by a fire at a camp in Cox’s Bazar. Photo: AFP

Indonesia’s Rohingya crisis a ‘ticking time bomb’ amid government ‘neglect’

Analysts point to social-media disinformation to ‘discredit’ and ‘demonise’ Rohingya refugees in the lead-up to the presidential election in February.

6 Apr 2024 - 12:30PMvideocam

‘Extremely dangerous’: India lambasted for deporting Rohingya to Myanmar

The move to deport the Rohingya refugees happened just as India enacted a controversial new citizenship law.

5 Apr 2024 - 1:17AMvideocam

2 people killed in Bangladesh as fighting rages on Myanmar border

Last month’s China-mediated ceasefire between Myanmar’s junta, the Arakan Army and other ethnic minority fighters doesn’t apply to areas near the Bangladeshi and Indian borders.

5 Feb 2024 - 6:45PMvideocam

A wounded man is carried to a Médecins Sans Frontières facility in Ukhia, Bangladesh on Sunday as fighting raged at the Myanmar border. Photo: AFP

More than 100 Myanmar migrants flee Malaysia detention, 1 dies in crash

An official said 131 people escaped from the Bidor immigration detention depot in Perak state.

2 Feb 2024 - 11:51AMvideocam

Members of Malaysia’s paramilitary civil volunteer corps guard the main gate of a Penang detention centre following the 2022 breakout. Photo: AFP

‘A good life’? Rohingya women trafficked to India face detention threat

Young Rohingya women in Bangladesh are trafficked to India on the pretext of ‘marriage to a good man’, but often end up arrested and detained in shelters.

23 Jan 2024 - 7:30PMvideocam

In India, chorus of anti-Muslim hatred grows louder with rise of H-pop

A wave of young Hindu nationalist singers are releasing songs that ‘spew hatred against Muslims’ and other minorities in an emerging genre known as Hindutva pop.

22 Jan 2024 - 9:47PMvideocam

Indonesians rejecting Rohingya slammed for showing ‘same hatred as Israelis’

Indonesians are showing hypocrisy by treating Rohingya refugees as ‘subhuman’ while supporting Palestinians, a Palestinian-American journalist says.

1 Jan 2024 - 4:51PMvideocam

University students burn tyres as they protest against the arrival of Rohingya refugees in Banda Aceh on December 27. Photo: AFP

‘Only bring problems later’: more Rohingya refugees arrive in Indonesia

Nearly 150 Rohingya refugees arrived at a beach in North Sumatra on Saturday in a leaky wooden boat that brought them from Bangladesh.

1 Jan 2024 - 12:52PM

Indonesians storm shelter demanding Rohingya deportation

28 Dec 2023 - 3:11PM

Indonesian protesters storm refugee shelter, call for deportation of Rohingya

Rohingya refugees have experienced increasing hostility in Indonesia as locals grow frustrated at the numbers of boats arriving with the ethnic minority, who face persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar.

27 Dec 2023 - 9:12PM

A Rohingya Muslim woman reacts as she is relocated from her temporary shelter following a protest for the deportation of the Rohingya refugees in Banda Aceh, Indonesia on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

Rohingya refugee recounts realities of being displaced in Indonesia

Rohingya refugees like Nur Azizah reach Indonesia after perilous boat journeys, but are unable to work and have to rely on support from international organisations.

27 Dec 2023 - 12:07PMvideocam

Rohingya refugee Nur Azizah attending a multicultural festival at Makassar’s University of Hassanudin in 2023 in Indonesia. Photo: Nur Azizah

Underage Rohingya girls forced into abusive marriages

27 Dec 2023 - 9:16AM

Violence and prejudice in 2023: a year of hurdles for Asia’s women, LGBT folk

Violence in the region has meant increased risks of women and girls becoming victims of abuse and sexual attacks.

4 Jan 2024 - 2:32PMvideocam

Eyewitnesses reveal first clues about missing boat with Rohingya refugees

Survivor Muhammad Jubair, of another refugee boat, says the ailing vessel disappeared from view after a storm destroyed the engine on Jubair’s vessel and severed the ropes between the two boats.

23 Dec 2023 - 11:50PM

Ethnic Rohingya children sit around a fire at their camp near a beach in Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, on December 15, 2023. Photo: AP

Fake UN accounts spewing anti-refugee hate feed Indonesia’s Rohingya rejection

Much of the resistance to Rohingya refugees stems from online misinformation, human rights activists say, as well as organised attacks against the United Nations and its refugee agency.

22 Dec 2023 - 7:00PMvideocam

Rohingya refugees disembark from a boat upon landing in Indonesia’s Aceh province in November. More than 1,500 Rohingya Muslims have arrived in the province in recent weeks. Photo: AP

‘I feel trapped’: Rohingya girls forced into abusive marriages in Malaysia

Deteriorating conditions in Myanmar and at Bangladesh’s refugee camps are driving scores of underage Rohingya girls to Malaysia for arranged marriages.

1 Jan 2024 - 2:38PMvideocam

'Parasites': Aceh Indonesians turn on Rohingya refugees

13 Dec 2023 - 10:00PM

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Rohingya Muslims

Rohingya Muslims are an ethnic group who practice Islam and speak a language related to Bengali. The origin of this group of people is disputed with some saying they are indigenous to the state of Rakhine in Myanmar while others contend they are migrants who came from Bengal (now Bangladesh), to Myanmar during the period of British colonial rule. According to the United Nations, Rohingyas are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Many have fled Myanmar to refugee camps in Bangladesh and areas along the Thai-Myanmar border.

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27 August, 2024