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
Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday authorized an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity, namely deportation, which have forced between 600,000 and one million Rohingya refugees out of Myanmar, into neighboring Bangladesh since 2016. The pre-trial judges “accepted that there exists a reasonable basis to believe widespread and/or systematic acts of violence may have been committed that could qualify as crimes against […] The post ICC Gives Greenlight for Probe into Violent Crimes Against Rohingya appeared first on Inter Press Service .
2019-11-15 21:11 | Asia-Pacific, Headlines, Human Rights | IPSnews
On 14 November 2019, Pre-Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or the “Court”) authorised the Prosecutor to proceed with an investigation for…
2019-11-15 03:11 | Rohingya in Arakan, Crimes against Rohingya, ICC | RVision
Myanmar is accused of mass persecution and ‘ongoing genocide’ of Muslim minority Judges at the international criminal court (ICC) have authorised a full-scale investigation into allegations of mass persecution and crimes against humanity that forced at least 600,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee Myanmar into neighbouring Bangladesh. The ruling, which sets a significant precedent in expanding the jurisdiction of the war crimes court, is the second move against Myanmar this week at international tribunals in The Hague.
2019-11-14 18:11 | [object Object], [object Object], [object Object] | Guardian
Case launches in Argentina under ‘universal jurisdiction’ demanding justice over ‘existential threat’ to minority Aung San Suu Kyi is among several top Myanmar officials named in a case filed in Argentina for crimes against Rohingya Muslims, the first time the Nobel Laureate has been legally targeted over the crisis. Rohingya and Latin American human rights groups submitted the lawsuit in Argentina on Wednesday under the principle of “universal jurisdiction,” a legal concept enshrined in many countries’ laws.
2019-11-14 04:11 | [object Object], [object Object], [object Object] | Guardian
Former democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and military chief Min Aung Hlaing are among several top Myanmar officials named on Wednesday (Nov 13) in…
2019-11-14 03:11 | Burma Affairs, Argentine, Aung San Suu Kyi | RVision
The Gambia instituted proceedings against Myanmar on Monday before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal UN judicial organ, alleging violations of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Specifically, The Gambia argues that “from around October 2016 the Myanmar military and other Myanmar security forces began widespread and systematic ‘clearance operations’ against the Rohingya group,” noted an ICJ press release. It said that the genocidal acts were aimed to destroy the Rohingya as
2019-11-12 15:11 | News | AbrarOnline
Canada has said it will support a genocide prosecution of the Myanmar government for systemic violence that forced more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee their country. Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said in a statement the move will advance accountability for the crime of genocide, which includes mass murder, systemic discrimination, hate speech and sexual and gender-based violence. The foreign minister noted that Canada, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Turkey, and France “have asserted that Myanmar committed genocide against the Rohingya.”
2019-11-12 15:11 | News | AbrarOnline
Canada has said it will support a genocide prosecution of the Myanmar government for systemic violence that forced more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee their country.
2019-11-12 13:11 | News | IINA
The Gambia instituted proceedings against Myanmar on Monday before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal UN judicial organ, alleging violations of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
2019-11-12 10:11 | News | IINA
Rohingya in homeland and diaspora individually and collectively thank Gambia, its people and government for seeking justice for Rohingya, a victim of genocide by Myanmar.…
2019-11-12 06:11 | Rohingya in Arakan, Gambia, Genocide | RVision
THE HAGUE: Gambia said on Monday it had filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its…
2019-11-11 17:11 | Rohingya in Arakan, Gambia, Genocide | RVision
Application seeks punishment for culprits, compensation for victims and end to attacks Myanmar is to face accusations of genocide at the UN’s highest court over its treatment of Rohingya Muslims. A 46-page application has been submitted to the international court of justice by the Gambia, alleging Myanmar has carried out mass murder, rape and destruction of communities in Rakhine state. The Rohingya are Muslims who live in majority-Buddhist Myanmar. They are often described as "the world's
2019-11-11 12:11 | [object Object], [object Object], [object Object] | Guardian
Buthidaung – Three Rohingya civilians including a toddler and a woman are critically wounded in Kyar Nyo Pyin village of south-east Buthidaung and in Thayak…
2019-11-07 14:11 | Rohingya in Arakan, Genocide, military | RVision
Kyauktaw – A Buddhist Rakhine extremist killed a Rohingya elderly man in Pike Sei village (ပိုက်ဆိပ်ကျေးရွာ – locally known as Zailla Fara) of Kyawktaw township…
2019-11-06 07:11 | Rohingya in Arakan, Murder, Rakhine | RVision
Kyauktaw – A Buddhist Rakhine extremist killed a Rohingya elderly man in Pike Sei village (ပိုက်ဆိပ်ကျေးရွာ – locally known as Zailla Fara) of Kyawktaw township…
2019-11-06 07:11 | Rohingya in Arakan, Murder, Rakhine | RVision
Rights groups and NGOs say male rape victims are too ashamed to talk about their ordeal and they have been largely overlooked by humanitarian agencies.
2019-10-28 10:10 | News | Aljazeera
Yan Naing 1. NVC, National Verification Card has just introduced in 2014 by the Myanmar government and has been forcing Rohingya to accept it since…
2019-10-26 18:10 | Rohingya in Arakan, Genocide, Myanmar Military | RVision
Yan Naing 1. NVC, National Verification Card has just introduced in 2014 by the Myanmar government and has been forcing Rohingya to accept it since…
2019-10-26 18:10 | Rohingya in Arakan, Genocide, Myanmar Military | RVision
How the world's largest social media company got into the questionable cryptocurrency market – and where it started to go wrong.
“Today,” began a Facebook announcement in June of this year, “we’re sharing plans for Calibra”. Calibra is a financial services company, owned wholly by Facebook, which will “let people access and participate in the Libra network ”. At the
2019-10-25 07:10 | News | NewStatesman
A few years ago, cops raided the home of a teenager in Brooklyn and arrested him for posting a sequence of emoji on Facebook. Two officers on patrol had recently been killed in the borough, and tensions were running high. The offending post contained an emoji of a police officer followed by three emoji handguns, enough to procure an arrest warrant, apparently, on charges of making a “terroristic threat.” (The teen’s bail was set at $150,000, though
2019-10-23 10:10 | Magazine, November 2019, Culture | NewRepublic
The head of a U.N. fact-finding mission on Myanmar warned Tuesday that “there is a serious risk of genocide recurring” against the estimated 600,000 members…
2019-10-23 09:10 | Rohingya in Arakan, Genocide, Marzuki Darusman | RVision
Despite the NVC became the subject-matter of the dispute between Myanmar and its Rohingya at the final point, even in this NVC and related issues…
2019-10-12 15:10 | Rohingya in Arakan, Genocide, NVC | RVision
The decision to honour the Ethiopian prime minister recognises the astonishing changes he has pushed through. But the country’s progress remains precarious The list of Nobel peace prize winners encompasses the good and great, but also a few more curious nominees. Some were controversial from the first. Barack Obama was honoured before he had a chance to do anything significant with his office. Henry Kissinger was given the prize when he had already done far too much; the
2019-10-11 17:10 | [object Object], [object Object], [object Object] | Guardian
The decision to honour the Ethiopian prime minister recognises the astonishing changes he has pushed through. But the country’s progress remains precarious The list of Nobel peace prize winners encompasses the good and great, but also a few more curious nominees. Some were controversial from the first. Barack Obama was honoured before he had a chance to do anything significant with his office. Henry Kissinger was given the prize when he had already done far too much; the
2019-10-11 17:10 | [object Object], [object Object], [object Object] | Guardian
Experts from Bangladesh and abroad will meet at an international conclave on Rohingya crisis to be held in The Hague, Netherlands on October 18 to…
2019-10-09 03:10 | Rohingya in Bangladesh, Accountability, Bangladesh | RVision
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Deadly protests rock Iraq
At least 44 people have been killed in three days of demonstrations across Iraq , with security forces in Baghdad reportedly firing at protesters who defied a curfew in Baghdad. Demonstrators have been taking to the streets over a lack of public services, unemployment, and alleged corruption. On Friday, Prime Minister Adel Abdel
2019-10-04 15:10 | News | IrinNews
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
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Deadly protests rock Iraq
At least 44 people have been killed in three days of demonstrations across Iraq , with security forces in Baghdad reportedly firing at protesters who defied a curfew in Baghdad. Demonstrators have been taking to the streets over a lack of public services, unemployment, and alleged corruption. On Friday, Prime Minister Adel Abdel
2019-10-04 15:10 | News | IrinNews
Little Khatun perhaps escaped rape in Myanmar, but she could not in Bangladesh. Teknaf – A Rohingya refugee minor girl fell prey to sexual assault…
2019-10-01 05:10 | Rohingya in Bangladesh, Bangladeshi Army, Minor Rohingya | RVision
NEW YORK: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday (Sep 24) called on the international community to urgently resolve the Rohingya crisis. “Let’s start by calling a spade, a…
2019-09-26 05:09 | Rohingya in Arakan, Rohingya in Bangladesh, Genocide | RVision
Demands of over a million Rohingya genocide survivors are totally ignored by China, Myanmar and Bangladesh jointly during a tripartite meeting over repatriation on the…
2019-09-25 06:09 | Rohingya in Bangladesh, Bangladesh, China | RVision
YANGON — Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar still face a “serious risk of genocide”, UN investigators said Monday, warning the repatriation of a million already…
2019-09-17 04:09 | Rohingya in Arakan, Burma genocide, Genocide | RVision
ROHINGYA Muslims remaining in Burma still face a "serious risk of genocide", UN investigators said Monday, warning the repatriation of a million already driven from the country by the army remains "impossible". The post 600,000 Rohingya still in Burma at ‘serious risk of genocide’: UN appeared first on Asian Correspondent .
2019-09-17 00:09 | Bangladesh, Burma, News | AsianCorrespondent
Maungdaw, ARAKAN: Though Myanmar government summarizes, of course deceitfully, solution of the Arakanese Rohingya problem in Rohingya’s acceptance of NVC, behind the practices of NVC…
2019-09-06 15:09 | Rohingya in Arakan, Genocide, NVC | RVision
After the massive gathering of 2nd Genocide Anniversary commemoration, failure of second repatriation attempt and intentional false accusation against refugees of murdering Jubo leader, many…
2019-09-03 04:09 | Rohingya in Bangladesh, Bangladesh, Rakhine | RVision
World Leaders Pledge Amazon Help as Trump Sends Mixed Signals About China at G7 Summit, Iran's Foreign Minister Zarif Makes Surprise Appearance at G7 to Hold Talks with European Officials, Protesters Call Out G7 Leaders over Corporate Ties, Climate Inaction and Inequality, Wildfires Continue to Consume Amazon as Public Outrage Grows, Police Deploy Water Cannons, Fire a Live Warning Shot at Hong Kong Protesters, Attacks in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq Add to Mounting Tensions in Middle East, EU Countries Say
2019-08-26 12:08 | News | DemocracyNow
SOME 200,000 Rohingya rallied in a Bangladesh camp Sunday to mark two years since they fled a violent crackdown by Myanmar forces, just days after a second failed attempt to repatriate the refugees. During the brutal August 2017 offensive, around 740,000 of the Muslim minority escaped Myanmar’s Rakhine state — joining those who had fled... Read more »
The post 200,000 Rohingya rally to mark ‘Genocide Day’ in Bangladesh camps appeared first on Asian Correspondent
2019-08-26 00:08 | Bangladesh, Burma, bangladesh | AsianCorrespondent
Kuala Lumpur: Rohingya diaspora globally commemorated 2nd anniversary of Genocide Remembrance Day on 25 August 2019 as it marks the day of starting the last…
2019-08-25 18:08 | Rohingya in Bangladesh, 25 August, Genocide Day | RVision
Aung San Suu Kyi, a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is an essential part of the decimation of the Rohingya Muslims in Burma. She should face trial. The post It’s Time to Indict Aung San Suu Kyi for Genocide Against the Rohingya in Myanmar appeared first on The Intercept .
2019-08-24 11:08 | Mehdi Hasan, World | TheIntercept
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees in Camp No. 27, Block B, Jadimura, Teknaf are violently attacked by a local mob on Friday morning, following the murder…
2019-08-24 00:08 | Rohingya in Bangladesh, Genocide, Refugee Camp | RVision
Two years after the start of an exodus of Rohingya civilians from genocide-like attacks in Myanmar, members of the mainly Muslim minority have little hope of securing justice, rights or returning to their homes, according to the United Nations and aid groups. Reports this week from the U.N. and Oxfam, a charity, show that, on […] The post Little Hope of Justice for Rohingya, Two Years after Exodus appeared first on Inter Press Service .
2019-08-23 16:08 | Aid, Asia-Pacific, Development & Aid | IPSnews
U.N. Calls for Protection of the Amazon as Rainforest Burns at Record Pace, Indigenous Communities Say Brazil's President Is Encouraging Destruction of Forests, Bernie Sanders Unveils Ambitious Green New Deal to Avert Climate Catastrophe, Democratic Leaders Reject Resolution Calling for Candidate Climate Debate, French Authorities to Crack Down on Protest as 13,000 Police Mobilize for G7 Summit, Syrian Forces Encircle Last Major Rebel-Held Stronghold in Hama Province, U.N.: Burmese Troops Had "Genocidal Intent" in Targeting Rohingya for Sexual Violence, Indonesia
2019-08-23 12:08 | News | DemocracyNow
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Zimbabwe’s government digs in
Zimbabwe’s season of discontent is reaching a critical point. Police banned and broke up an opposition demonstration in Harare last Friday, and then this week prohibited protest gatherings in Bulawayo and Gweru . The main opposition party, the MDC, described the bans as “a crude form of political asphyxiation.” When the
2019-08-23 11:08 | News | IrinNews
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
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Zimbabwe’s government digs in
Zimbabwe’s season of discontent is reaching a critical point. Police banned and broke up an opposition demonstration in Harare last Friday, and then this week prohibited protest gatherings in Bulawayo and Gweru . The main opposition party, the MDC, described the bans as “a crude form of political asphyxiation.” When the
2019-08-23 11:08 | News | IrinNews
The State of Kuwait has urged all parties to abide by and respect their obligations under International Humanitarian Law (IHL). This came in a speech by Kuwait’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi at a UN Security Council meeting held on Tuesday evening on the promotion and encouragement of respect for IHL. The year 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, which resulted in the most devastating war in humanity, the Second World War
2019-08-14 18:08 | News | AbrarOnline
Israel’s sale of weapons to Myanmar has been criticised by the UN in a report calling on the international community to impose targeted sanctions and an arms embargo on the south-east Asian nation. The UN report found that Myanmar companies bankrolled “brutal operations” in villages in Rakhine state stormed by soldiers during which thousands were slaughtered, many were burned alive in their homes, and women and children were raped. In its report submitted to the 39th session of the Human
2019-08-06 13:08 | Asia & Americas, International Organisations, Israel | MiddleEastMonitor
A United Nations fact-finding mission called on Monday for an embargo on arms sales to Myanmar and for targeted sanctions on businesses with connections to the military after finding they are funding human rights abuses. UN investigators [...]
The post UN Report Slams Israel for Selling Arms to Myanmar Army despite Muslim Rohingya ‘Genocide’ appeared first on Palestine Chronicle .
2019-08-05 20:08 | Blog, News, Human Rights | PalestineChronicle
Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK today welcomed the report from the United Nations Independent International Fact Finding Mission on…
2019-08-05 13:08 | Rohingya Elsewhere, Arakan, BROUK | RVision