• Myanmar’s claims
about caseload are “dangerous and deeply irresponsible” • Bangladesh should lift restrictions in Rohingya refugee
camps The government of Myanmar is putting lives at risk,
including tens of thousands of Rohingya people trapped in camps in Rakhine
State, by turning a blind eye to the threat of coronavirus, the Burmese
Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) said today. Although Southeast Asia is among the regions in the world
most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Myanmar has so far
2020-03-25 14:03 | Burma Affairs, Rohingya in Arakan, BROUK | RVision
Kirin has stakes in two breweries and donated directly to the military, which the UN says is ‘indefensible’ Japanese beverages giant Kirin – parent brewer of a suite of Australian beer brands such as XXXX, Tooheys, and James Squire – could pull out of the brewery it co-owns with the Myanmar military, after facing international condemnation for its business partnership with an army accused of genocide. The company’s president and chief executive, Yoshinori Isozaki, said in a statement
2020-02-15 19:02 | Myanmar | Guardian
The death toll of a capsized boat full of Rohingya Muslim refugees has risen to at least 16. The death toll of a capsized refugee boat carrying about 125 Rohingya refugees from Bangladeshi camps has risen to at least 16, officials have said.
The boat sank early on Tuesday in the Bay of Bengal , according to officials.
The coast guard, navy divers and other rescuers recovered the bodies of 14
2020-02-11 12:02 | News | Al-Araby
Comment: President Trump has made Islamophobia one of the defining features of his presidency, writes Mobashra Tazamal. US President Donald Trump's actions in the first weeks of 2020 sent a clear signal about what lies ahead this election year. From ordering the assassination of a top Iranian general, despite the US not being formally at war with Iran, to threatening to bomb the country's cultural sites protected under international law, the twitter-loving leader is sure to
2020-02-04 23:02 | Comment | Al-Araby
The ICJ's ruling, while commendable and historic, does little to change realities on the ground for not only 1.3 million Rohingya refugees, but also the 200,000 who remain trapped. Last week, the United Nations' highest court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down a historic decision in finding Myanmar guilty of " causing irreparable damage to the rights " of its Muslim minority, the Rohingya, ordering its government to take emergency measures to prevent genocide.
2020-01-29 11:01 | In-depth | Al-Araby
The rollback of democracy and human rights in Bangladesh should matter to the UK. As a long-term ally, Britain is Bangladesh’s third largest
export’s destination, the fifth largest source of remittances, and the second
largest foreign investor. On the 17 th January, a court in Bangladesh issued
an arrest warrant for a respected independent newspaper editor, after a student
was killed at an event organised by a sister publication. Matiur Rahman edits
the Prothom Alo daily and has
2020-01-29 08:01 | Brexit & Foreign Policy, Media Bias, global britain | LeftFootForward
Comment: The ICJ ruling to protect Rohingya Muslims is a positive step, but by no means will guarantee their safety, writes Tasnim Nazeer. Rohingya Muslims, described by the UN as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world, have finally seen a beacon of light in the fight for justice driven forward by Gambia.
The historic decision by the UN's International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Myanmar is now legally bound
2020-01-29 01:01 | Comment | Al-Araby
Just days after the UN's top court ordered the country to protect the beleaguered Muslim minority, two Rohingya women were killed. Two Rohingya women were killed and seven others injured in shelling the Myanmar military and insurgents blamed on each other, days after the UN's top court ordered the country to protect the beleaguered Muslim minority.
One woman was killed on the spot by "heavy weapons" while another died after arriving at hospital in conflict-torn northern Rakhine state , military spokesperson Zaw Min Tun told
2020-01-26 11:01 | News | Al-Araby
The ICJ ruling on Myanmar is a rare bright point in a woeful international response. Unfortunately its powers are limited On Thursday the internet in Kutupalong, a city-sized refugee camp in south-eastern Bangladesh, was switched back on for a few hours. The camp’s residents gathered around their phones as, 5,000 miles away in The Hague, the international court of justice (ICJ) delivered a ruling on Myanmar’s treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority. They cheered as the court issued
2020-01-24 16:01 | Rohingya | Guardian
Some members of the Rohingya Muslim minority hailed the ruling by the UN's top court, while others were skeptical it would be implemented. The United Nations ' top court on Thursday ordered Myanmar to do all it can to prevent genocide against the Rohingya people, a ruling met by members of the Muslim minority with gratitude and relief but also some skepticism that the country's rulers will fully comply.
The
2020-01-24 10:01 | News | Al-Araby
BBC The International Court of Justice has ordered measures to prevent the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar (formerly Burma). The decision comes despite de facto leader Aun San Suu Kyi defending her country against the accusations in person last month. Thousands of Rohingya died and more than 700,000 fled to Bangladesh during an army crackdown in 2017. UN investigators have warned that genocidal actions could recur. The ICJ case, lodged by
2020-01-23 10:01 | Rohingya in Arakan, Genocide, ICJ | RVision
Momentous pronouncement at Hague rejects Aung San Suu Kyi’s defence of her country’s military Myanmar has been ordered by the United Nations’ highest court to prevent genocidal violence against its Rohingya Muslim minority and preserve any evidence of past crimes. In a momentous and unanimous decision, the international court of justice (ICJ) in The Hague imposed emergency “provisional measures” on the country – intervening in its domestic affairs by instructing the government of Aung San Suu Kyi to respect
2020-01-23 10:01 | Rohingya | Guardian
Government-appointed investigators failed to meet alleged rape victims living in Bangladesh A Myanmar government-backed inquiry that dismissed allegations of genocide against the Rohingya has been condemned as a deeply flawed cover-up, after it failed to interview a single victim of rape. The full report of the panel inquiry, which has been criticised by the UN , was not made publicly available. It is not clear how many Rohingya were interviewed by the panel. Related:
2020-01-22 05:01 | Rohingya | Guardian
Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK For Immediate Release 20th January 2020 Myanmar’s deeply flawed investigation into human rights
abuses in Rakhine State is another attempt to whitewash the Tatmadaw’s brutal
violence against the Rohingya, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK)
said. The Independent Commission of Enquiry (ICOE) today announced
that its investigation into the Tatmadaw’s “clearance operation” in 2017 found
evidence of “war crimes” and “serious human rights abuses”, but not genocidal
intent.
2020-01-21 07:01 | Rohingya in Arakan, BROUK, Genocide | RVision
THE HAGUE — In a press release issued on January
15, ICJ announced that the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will
deliver, on Thursday 23 January 2020, its Order on the request for the
indication of provisional measures made by The Gambia in the case concerning
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar). The Gambia filed the suit in November, alleging Myanmar was
committing “an ongoing genocide” against its minority Muslim Rohingya
population.
2020-01-15 20:01 | Rohingya in Arakan, Rohingya | RVision
The International Court of Justice, the United Nations’ highest court, will issue a decision on a request for emergency measures in a genocide case against Myanmar on January 23, the Gambian Ministry of Justice said on Twitter on Monday. The
mainly Muslim West African country filed the suit in November, alleging Myanmar
was committing “an ongoing genocide” against its minority Muslim
Rohingya population. The ICJ did not immediately respond to a request
for comment. Gambia has accused Myanmar of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention
2020-01-15 08:01 | Rohingya in Arakan, Genocide, ICJ | RVision
Brewer’s parent company, Kirin, provides foreign currency to military accused of genocide Australian craft beer brewer Lion Little World has faced international criticism over a business partnership with the Myanmar military, which is accused of genocide in its persecution of the Rohingya ethnic and religious minority. Australia-based Lion Little World Beverages is a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese beverage giant Kirin, which owns a little over half of both Myanmar Brewery and Mandalay Brewery in partnership with Myanmar Economic
2019-12-28 13:12 | Myanmar | Guardian
The UN's budgets for war crimes investigations in Syria and Myanmar will now receive compulsory contributions from all 193 member states. The United Nations General Assembly on Friday adopted a $3.07 billion operating budget which for the first time includes funding for the investigation of war crimes in Syria and Myanmar .
The budget represents a slight increase from 2019's figure of $2.9 billion.
The increase is due to additional missions assigned
2019-12-28 10:12 | News | Al-Araby
General assembly’s vote in favour of resolution also calls on Myanmar to urgently combat incitement of hatred The United Nations general assembly has approved a resolution condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention. The 193-member body voted 134-9 with 28 abstentions on Friday in favour of the resolution, which also calls on Myanmar’s government to take urgent measures to combat incitement of hatred against the Rohingya
2019-12-28 01:12 | Myanmar | Guardian
A Myanmar ruling party official has been killed after being held for weeks by an armed group in Rakhine state. An official from Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party was killed in Myanmar's Rakhine state, as accusations over genocide mount against the country's leaders.
Ye Thein, who was the the National League for Democracy (NLD) party's chairman in Buthidaung township died after planning a show of support for Suu Kyi’s defence of Myanmar
2019-12-26 17:12 | News | Al-Araby
MAUNGDAW — A Rohingya youth is believed to be shot dead by the military in Kyun Pauk Pyu Su village of Northern Maungdaw, Arakan State on December 21, 2019. Following
multiple gunshots in the evening, the military officers informed the village
administration of a dead body laying down in an old grave. The
villagers along with the members of village administration found the dead body
with bullet injuries at the head. After a
postmortem conducted in General Hospital Maungdaw, the dead
2019-12-25 03:12 | Rohingya in Arakan, military, Rohingya | RVision
Khartoum has seen warmer ties with Washington in recent months as it attempts to be removed from the state sponsors of terrorism list. The United States dropped Sudan from its list of nations that severely violate religious freedoms, signalling increased support for Sudan's transitional government .
The US State Department said it had upgraded Sudan to a special watch list for religious freedom, citing "significant steps taken by the civilian-led transitional government".
2019-12-22 14:12 | News | Al-Araby
Representatives from Rohingya genocide survivors described Myanmar’s preparation for the repatriation of its deported citizens as “meaningless” as it is the same as the previous plan presented in the last meeting, without refugees’ least demands being met. It has been
presented in the meeting between refugee representatives and delegation from
Myanmar and ASEAN held on Dec. 18, 2019 at CiC office of Camp 4
extension, Kutupalonga, Cox’s Bazar and organized by RRRC. The meeting focused on the three main topics: dialogue,
2019-12-19 07:12 | Rohingya in Bangladesh, Myanmar, Repatriation | RVision
A boat carrying nearly 200 Arakanese
Rohingya trying to flee the genocide arrested by Myanmar navy at around 155
miles off the coast of Kawthaung, the southernmost township of Myanmar on Dec.
15, at 8 pm, according to VOA. Myanmar Army media spokesman Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun
confirmed that they are Rohingya and mostly women and minors. They were about to be brought to Kawthaung by the Navy for
further interrogation and investigation, perhaps, before being jailed like the
previous group of 95.
2019-12-17 02:12 | Rohingya in Arakan, Boat people, Rakhine | RVision
By Christian
Caryl An extraordinary event took
place in the Netherlands this week: a hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that is a
first small step toward justice for one of the world’s longest-suffering
minority groups. On Thursday, an ICJ panel
wound up the first phase of a legal process aimed at determining
whether Myanmar committed an act of genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority. In
August 2017, using a counterterrorism operation
2019-12-15 04:12 | Opinions | RVision
Muslim victims of Myanmar ‘clearances’ voice outrage as peace prize winner dismisses atrocity charges When Aung San Suu Kyi rose to denounce genocide charges against her country at the “world court” last week, three victims of Myanmar’s ethnic violence were sitting close behind the Nobel peace prize winner – disbelieving and seething with anger. Hamida Khatun, Yousuf Ali and Hasina Begum had travelled from the sprawling Kutupalong refugee camp outside Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh to sit on the legal delegation
2019-12-14 14:12 | Rohingya | Guardian
Contrary to NLD’s stand over the naming of Rohingya, household lists and birth certificates are being issued to Rohingya in Sittwe labeling them racially as Bengali, in the wake of the continued attempt to Bengalize Rohingya ethnically. On Dec. 7, 2019, the township directorate from the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population ordered IDP camp in-charges to issue household lists, NV Cards, and birth certificates and begin e-ID process. As Rohingya normally refuse to cooperate if the government
openly
2019-12-14 05:12 | Rohingya in Arakan, Myanmar, NLD | RVision
Bethlehem/PNN/ The Haaretz newspaper has shed light on Israel’s “shameful role” in Myanmar’s state-sponsored genocidal campaign against Rohingya Muslims, citing Tel Aviv’s arms sales to the Southeast Asian as well as the regime’s attempts to forge closer relations with the country’s officials. An opinion piece written by journalist Charles Dunst and published by the Israeli …
2019-12-13 09:12 | International, IOF, Israel | PNN
Criticism of Aung San Suu Kyi’s defence of her country must not overshadow the issue at the heart of the case at the international court of justice: the ongoing suffering of Rohingya Muslims Aung San Suu Kyi’s decision to personally defend Myanmar in the genocide case at the international court of justice this week has torn away any scant remaining shreds of moral credibility from the figure once lauded as a champion of democracy and the fight against
2019-12-12 18:12 | Myanmar | Guardian
Appearing before 17 judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Aung San Suu Kyi, the de facto civilian leader of Myanmar, became a public apologist for the military government of Myanmar which has long been accused of genocide and forcing over 730,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighboring Bangladesh since a […] The post The Ignoble Fall of a Nobel Peace Prize Winner appeared first on Inter Press Service .
2019-12-12 11:12 | Active Citizens, Asia-Pacific, Civil Society | IPSnews
Leaders in refugee camps says justice will be delivered based on the evidence they have provided of Myanmar atrocities Rohingya refugees have hit back at Aung San Suu Kyi’s claims at the international court of justice in testimony on Wednesday after she denied that Myanmar’s armed forces were guilty of genocide against the Muslim minority. Suu Kyi told the court that the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to neighbouring Bangladesh was the unfortunate result
2019-12-12 05:12 | Rohingya | Guardian
Myanmar leader tells court in The Hague that civilian deaths were not genocide but part of a civil war She might have been saving her best defence for the highest stage of all. But the arguments advanced by Aung San Suu Kyi at The Hague in response to allegations including genocide were much the same as the Burmese leader has been making for years. Most had been discredited long before she delivered her 20-minute address at the international court of
2019-12-11 14:12 | Aung San Suu Kyi | Guardian
De facto PM defends actions of government, saying attacks were initiated by insurgents The Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has defended Myanmar’s government against accusations of genocide at the international court of justice, calling the allegations an “incomplete and misleading factual picture of the situation”. Addressing a bench of 17 judges from around the world, the 74-year-old leader dismissed reports of state violence against Rohingya Muslims and blamed the conflict on an uprising by sectarian insurgents.
2019-12-11 11:12 | Myanmar | Guardian
Aung San Suu Kyi has dismissed allegations of state violence against Rohingya Muslims at The Hague. Speaking on the second day of hearings at the International Court of Justice in the genocide case against Myanmar, the country's de facto prime minister denied there had been genocidal intent in her government't treatment of the Rohingya and blamed the conflict on an uprising by separatist insurgents Aung San Suu Kyi tells ICJ: Myanmar genocide claims ‘factually misleading’ Continue
2019-12-11 11:12 | Myanmar | Guardian
Seventeen Shan organizations jointly released a statement
supporting the ongoing legal case rehearsal in ICJ against Burma. The statement was released a day before the hearings begin
in the Hague signed by seventeen communities. “We, the undersigned Shan
communities, strongly support the international legal cases being brought
against Burma’s military leaders, who have authorized atrocities against the
country’s ethnic peoples for decades with impunity.” The statement emphasized
that like Rohingya the people of Shan have been suffering from state-sponsored atrocities
for decades.
2019-12-11 09:12 | Burma Affairs, Genocide, Justice | RVision
Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived at the Hague to defend Myanmar at the International Court of Justice, against charges of genocide of the Rohingya people, as brought on by the Gambia. Gambia’s Minister of Justice Abubacarr Tambadou on Tuesday said in his opening remarks: “All that the Gambia asks is that […] The post A Reflect on Why the Current Case Against Myanmar in ICJ Is Crucial appeared first on Inter Press Service
2019-12-11 09:12 | Crime & Justice, Featured, Headlines | IPSnews
World’s failure to act over Myanmar is ‘stain on collective conscience’, UN court told Aung San Suu Kyi has sat impassively through graphic accounts of mass murder and rape perpetrated by Myanmar’s military at the start of a three-day hearing into allegations of genocide at the UN’s highest court. “I stand before you to awaken the conscience of the world and arouse the voice of the international community,” Abubacarr Marie Tambadou, the Gambia’s attorney general and justice minister,
2019-12-10 15:12 | Aung San Suu Kyi | Guardian
From democracy champion to defending Myanmar against genocide charges, the shock decision by civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to face the UN's top court risks further damaging her image overseas and deepening the siege mentality at home. The post High stakes: Myanmar’s Lady gambles image in Rohingya genocide lawsuit appeared first on Asian Correspondent .
2019-12-10 02:12 | Burma, Insights, News | AsianCorrespondent
Many Rohingya activists and friends from all over the world arrived
at the Hague in pursuit and hope of justice for the victims of genocide. They came to join the Mass Rohingya Solidarity Rally (the Right
Rally) that will be ongoing for two days, 10 – 11 December, before ICJ of the
Hague. The participants in the rally are scheduled to gather at Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ, The Hague, Nederlands between 09:30-14:00 today and tomorrow. The rally
2019-12-10 01:12 | Burma Affairs, Gambia, Genocide | RVision
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) published a legal briefing on the hearing on provisional measures to be held at the International Court of Justice on 10-12 December 2019 in the case of The Gambia v Myanmar . Introduction This
briefing note focusses on the upcoming hearing between The Gambia and Myanmar
on the narrow issue of “provisional measures,” set down for 10-12
December 2019 at the International Court of Justice (ICJ)[1] and does not seek
to address the
2019-12-09 20:12 | Analysis | RVision
On the occasion of International Genocide Day on 9th December 2019, Rohingya Campaigners have launched a global boycott movement in London, UK calling corporations, foreign investors, professional and cultural organizations to cut off their institutional ties with Myanmar ahead of Myanmar’s genocide trial at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Full text is as follows: Boycott Myanmar Campaign Logo London, UK: On the 9th December 2019,
2019-12-09 06:12 | Burma Affairs, Boycott, ICJ | RVision
Karen (48 organizations) and Mon communities worldwide welcome the ICJ lawsuit filed by the Gambia against Myanmar for committing genocide against its Rohingya minority. They…
2019-12-05 07:12 | Burma Affairs, Gambia, Genocide | RVision
On Nov. 11, the Gambia filed a lawsuit against Myanmar in the International Court of Justice for the southeast asian country’s atrocities against the Rohingya population. Over the past years, hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh for refuge, sparking one of the more dire refugee crises of the decade. They continue […] The post The Story Behind The Gambia’s Lawsuit against Myanmar over the Rohingya Genocide appeared first on Inter Press Service .
2019-12-03 08:12 | Armed Conflicts, Asia-Pacific, Crime & Justice | IPSnews
With rape and domestic abuse endemic in the lawless refugee camp, safe spaces have been set up to help the women affected In a small, dark hut within the world’s largest refugee settlement, a fan hums quietly as Faizal speaks. He says that last month his 12-year-old sister was raped here in their home. The little girl sits in silence beside him wearing a pink headscarf and red dress. Rape is endemic in the camp in Cox’s Bazar. Although
2019-12-03 07:12 | Sexual violence | Guardian
Members of Northern Alliance MNTJP/MNDAA, PSLF/TNLA and ULA/AA excluding KIA jointly released a self-contradictory statement on Nov. 28, 2019 in support of the trial against…
2019-11-29 12:11 | Rohingya in Arakan, Genocide, Rakhine | RVision
Around a hundred Rohingyas gathered for paying thanks to the global community for fighting Rohingya’s justice at the international level in Kampung Pandan of Kuala…
2019-11-22 16:11 | Rohingya in Malaysia, Genocide, ICC | RVision
The 15-member UN Security Council (UNSC) stands virtually paralyzed in the face of genocide charges against the government of Myanmar where over 730,000 to one million Rohingya Muslims have been forced to flee to neighboring Bangladesh since a 2016 crackdown by Myanmar’s military. A team of U.N. investigators has declared that the crackdown was carried […] The post With the UN Security Council in Paralysis, Are there New Hopes for Rohingya Muslims? appeared first on Inter Press
2019-11-19 18:11 | Active Citizens, Asia-Pacific, Civil Society | IPSnews
Kachin Nation Organization (KNO) overwhelmingly welcomes Gambia’s filing of a lawsuit against Myanmar at the UN’s highest court, International Court of Justice (ICJ) supporting the…
2019-11-17 14:11 | Rohingya in Arakan, Genocide, Lawsuit | RVision