In response to today’s ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering Myanmar to take “provisional measures” to prevent genocidal acts against the Rohingya community, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International’s South Asia Regional Director, said: “Today’s decision sends a message to Myanmar’s senior officials: the world will not tolerate their atrocities, and will not blindly […]
Two years after a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign forced more than 740,000 Rohingya men, women and children to flee Myanmar for Bangladesh, the majority remain trapped in unbearable conditions in overcrowded camps, denied security and education. Amnesty International Australia campaigner Nikita White said: “So long as Rohingya people cannot return to safety and with citizenship […]
With the threat of returns to Myanmar once again looming over Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, Amnesty International warned that Rakhine State remains unsafe while those responsible for atrocities continue to evade justice. This Sunday marks two years since the Myanmar military launched operations in Rakhine State which forced more than 740,000 Rohingya women, men and […]
Amnesty International researchers are meeting with Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh to find out more about their experiences and conditions in the camp. This is the first in a series of blogs about the trip by Alex Neve, Secretary General Amnesty International Canada. Dhaka, Bangladesh As I arrive in Bangladesh, joining an Amnesty […]
The Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have yet to come to terms with the trauma they had experienced in Myanmar. Multimedia Producer Ahmer Khan visited Cox’s Bazar to document in photographs the Rohingya people with what they held dearest to them during their troubled escape from home. Words by Saad Hammadi, Amnesty International South Asia Campaigner. […]
Since August 2017, more than 720,000 Rohingya people have fled a vicious campaign of violence by the Myanmar security forces and sought refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh. A planned repatriation program has stalled after no Rohingya refugees living in camps in Cox’s Bazar agreed to voluntarily return to Myanmar. Under a joint agreement between Myanmar and […]
Bangladesh and Myanmar authorities must immediately halt plans to send Rohingya refugees back to Rakhine State, and Australia must cease its training and support to the Myanmar military who are continuing to commit crimes against humanity today, Amnesty International has said. A first wave of organised returns could begin as soon as today (15 November), […]
Following the Australian Government’s vote at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva overnight in support of creating a new evidence-collection and case-building body to hold the Myanmar military accountable for crimes against the Rohingya population, Diana Sayed, Amnesty International Australia’s Rohingya Rights Campaigner, said: “We welcome the Australian Government’s vote in support of […]
Since we launched the Rohingya crisis campaign in August momentum has been building and thanks to the hard work of activists across Australia our campaign calls are being heard. Just last week Foreign Minister Marise Payne announced the Australian Government is considering options in response to the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission to Myanmar’s report. This […]
