Myanmar: The social atrocity: Meta and the right to remedy for the Rohingya
2 October 2023 | 12:10 pm
Beginning in August 2017, the Myanmar security forces undertook a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims.
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Myanmar: Time for Meta to pay reparations to Rohingya for role in ethnic cleansing
25 August 2023 | 9:01 am
All companies have a responsibility to respect all human rights wherever they operate in the world and throughout their operations.
Myanmar: Facebook’s systems promoted violence against Rohingya – Meta owes reparations
28 September 2022 | 5:33 pm
Facebook owner Meta’s systems contributed to violence against the Rohingya people and Meta owes reparations.
Myanmar: Five-year anniversary of Rohingya crisis must mark ‘turning point’ in quest for justice
25 August 2022 | 8:37 am
The anniversary of the Rohingya crisis – an urgent quest to deliver justice to the victims and hold those responsible to account.
Myanmar: Momentum for justice as US to label Rohingya crackdown genocide
22 March 2022 | 9:12 am
Responding to reports that the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to announce that Myanmar’s military has committed genocide and crimes against humanity during its violent campaign against the Rohingya minority, Erwin van der Borght, Amnesty International’s Interim Regional Director, said: “Nearly five years after 740,000 people were driven from their homes at […]
Indonesia: Hundreds of Rohingya need urgent rescue near Aceh waters
20 October 2020 | 10:33 am
Responding to reports that a boat carrying around 250 Rohingya refugees was sighted near Indonesian waters, off Aceh, Amnesty International Indonesia’s Executive Director Usman Hamid said: “The Indonesian authorities must urgently rescue Rohingya people currently adrift off the coast of Aceh. This is a matter of life and death. Indonesia has a chance to lead […]
Malaysia: Stop plans to cane Rohingya refugees and release those already imprisoned
22 July 2020 | 10:44 am
The Malaysian authorities must immediately abandon plans to whip at least 20 Rohingya men who are being punished simply for trying to seek safety. The government should release all other jailed Rohingya refugees – including women and children – who have been unlawfully singled out, convicted and imprisoned for alleged “immigration offences,” which are contrary […]
Bangladesh: COVID-19 response flaws put older Rohingya refugees in imminent danger
6 April 2020 | 11:14 am
Older Rohingya refugees in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh are being left behind in the humanitarian response to COVID-19, which could have devastating consequences given the high risks older people everywhere face from this deadly pandemic, Amnesty International said today. Bangladesh, together with the UN and other humanitarian partners, has made efforts to reduce the risk […]
Bangladesh: Rohingya children get access to education
29 January 2020 | 11:42 am
The Bangladesh government has announced it will offer schooling and skills training opportunities to Rohingya refugee children, two and a half years after they were forced to flee crimes against humanity in Myanmar. Amnesty International and other human rights organizations have been campaigning for the nearly half a million Rohingya children in Bangladesh’s refugee camps […]