The United Nations is awaiting “effective access” to the Myanmar region where 700,000 Rohingya Muslims were driven out in an army crackdown, months after agreeing with the government to aid the return of refugees, the U.N. country head said on Tuesday. The organisation’s agencies for development and refugees – UNDP and UNHCR – signed a […]
Continue ReadingThe bodies of at least 17 Muslim women and children were found on Thursday (August 31) in Teknaf, Bangladesh, as tens of thousands tried to flee the fighting in northern Myanmar. The victims were believed to have drown after their boat capsized while crossing the border through the Bay of Bengal. Around 38,000 Rohingya […]
Continue ReadingA prominent Myanmar Muslim lawyer assassinated in Yangon was being closely watched by intelligence agents, according to friends and colleagues, and had received past threats over his sensitive work as an adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling party. People close to advocate Ko Ni, whose killing has been described by the government as an […]
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