DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The stateless Rohingya refugees living in congested camps in Bangladesh’s district of Cox’s Bazar have lauded the UK’s decision to intervene in their case against Myanmar before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The UK announcement has given persecuted Rohingya Muslims in the country and aroun...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan on Friday summoned the Indian charge d’affaires in Islamabad to formally protest what Islamabad described as the “extrajudicial” killing of a Pakistani citizen in Indian-occupied Kashmir. According to a Foreign Ministry statement, Islamabad lodged a strong protest against the “extrajudicial” ki...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Embassies of 13 countries and the European Union delegation in Bangladesh in a joint statement on Thursday said that their countries would continue pressure on Myanmar to solve the Rohingya crisis and stop human rights violations under the military junta in the Buddhist majority state. The joint statement by the ...
Kutupalong, Bangladesh (AFP): Thousands of Rohingya refugees held “Genocide Remembrance Day” rallies on Thursday across a huge network of camps in Bangladesh, marking five years since fleeing a military offensive in Myanmar. In August 2017, around 750,000 of the mostly Muslim minority streamed over the border with mainly Buddhist M...
BRUSSELS (AA) – Top diplomats of the EU, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, the UK, and US have called on Thursday to hold perpetrators accountable for human rights violations against Myanmar’s Rohingya minority. In a joint statement marking the fifth anniversary of the “brutal” military campaign against the Muslim minority, the for...
LONDON (AA) – The UK has said that it will work with Albania to expedite the removal of Albanians entering the country illegally. Home Secretary Priti Patel and Albania’s Interior Affairs Minister Bledi Cuci agreed to “intensify joint work to tackle the problem of large numbers of Albanians taking the treacherous journey to the UK [&hell...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Amid stalled efforts to repatriate Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh to Myanmar, many people from the persecuted ethnic minority are seeking a way out and playing into the hands of human smugglers. Hundreds of Rohingya refugees take perilous journeys on boats through the Bay of Bengal to reach Malaysia, Thailand an...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The wife of a Palestinian detainee said Thursday that her husband’s “health condition is very dangerous, and he may lose his life at any moment” to the hunger strike that he has continued for 166 days. Dalal said Khalil Awawdeh’s detention amounts to a “decision to kill him” and expressed fears [&he...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian inmates in Israel started a sit-in against the prison authorities, a non-profit group said on Thursday. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said all of the inmates left their cells and gathered in the prison yards. It added that the move is part of their “escalating program”...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union on Wednesday called for the investigation of crimes committed against the Rohingya and urged for their safe return to Myanmar. In a joint statement marking five years since more than 750,000 minority Rohingya women, men, and children fled Myanmar for neighboring Bangladesh, EU foreign policy chief Josep...
