The Rohingya Post

• 03/12/2020
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By Poppy McPherson, Ruma Paul (Reuters) - Refugees and humanitarian workers said on Thursday some of the thousands of Rohingya being shipped to a remote island had been coerced, despite...

• 20/11/2020
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By Amnesty The Bangladeshi authorities must abandon plans to relocate more than 100 Rohingya families to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal which has not yet been declared...

• 31/10/2020
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By Akbar Hossain, BBC After fleeing a brutal crackdown which left thousands dead in their homeland of Myanmar, the Rohingya are once again under threat. In Cox's Bazar, the massive...

• 30/10/2020
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By Beenish Ashraf, International Policy Digest An estimated 730,000 Rohingyas had crossed into Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh three years ago in order to flee persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Although...

• 18/10/2020
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By Dhaka Tribune Government has a plan to begin relocating 100,000 Rohingyas to Bhashan Char this year from Cox's Bazar camps Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Sunday said...

• 15/10/2020
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By Areeb Ullah, Middle East Eye Riyadh threatens Dhaka with curbing migration if it fails to adhere to its request, which could be disastrous for Bangladesh's economy Rohingya living in Saudi Arabia...

• 13/10/2020
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By Zachary Frye, ASEAN Today According to Fortify Rights, a human rights organization in Southeast Asia, the Malaysian government has yet to release its report on mass graves of Rohingya...

• 10/10/2020
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By WHO The onset of meaningful community self-help and social support for the Rohingya people In spite of their tragic nature and adverse effects on mental health, emergencies are also...

• 01/10/2020
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By Human Rights Watch Return Detainees on Bhasan Char Island to Cox’s Bazar Camps The Bangladesh government has failed to honor its pledge not to involuntarily hold Rohingya refugees on the remote, unprotected island of...

• 01/10/2020
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By Human Rights Watch Authorities Prepare to Relocate Thousands to Dangerous Island Bangladesh authorities beat refugees protesting their detention on Bhasan Char Island with sticks and tree branches, Human Rights Watch...

• 30/09/2020
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By Mohammed Rafique, The Rohingya Post “We once ate and slept on the side of the road and forest. At that time, there were people who have shown compassion towards...

• 17/09/2020
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By Mohammed Rafique, The Rohingya Post “[Buddhist] Rakhine students are standing up for the truth. That is why we [Muslim Rohingya students] are protesting in solidarity with them” On September...

• 06/09/2020
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By The Rohingya Post Bangladesh arranged a 40-strong delegation team to visit Bhasan Char where the first batch of 'temporarily' relocated Rohingya refugees met in desperation to get out of...

• 08/08/2020
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By UNHCR For Salma, a community health volunteer and Rohingya refugee living in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh, a typical day begins with morning meetings with Rohingya community leaders followed by her...

• 30/07/2020
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By UNHCR As the most vulnerable in Bangladesh face emergency on top of emergency, UNHCR continues to deliver aid and provide services in increasingly challenging conditions. At the forefront of...

• 24/07/2020
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By Areez Tanbeen Rahman and Iffath Yeasmine in Kutupalong refugee settlement, Bangladesh, UNHCR Trained community health workers – all of them Rohingya refugees – refer suspected COVID-19 patients in the...

• 22/07/2020
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By Reuters KUALA LUMPUR — A Malaysian high court spared 27 Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar from caning on Wednesday, their lawyer said, setting aside a lower court's sentence following...

• 09/07/2020
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By Human Rights Watch Refugees on Bhasan Char Urgently Need UN Protection, Services (New York) – Bangladesh authorities should immediately move over 300 Rohingya refugees, including at least 33 children, from the silt...

• 29/06/2020
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By Inmanuel Chayan, Caritas Bangladesh communications officer based in Cox’s Bazar One of the key measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic is social distancing, yet the poorest...

• 27/06/2020
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By Rebecca Ratcliffe and Febriana Firdaus, The Guardian Governments across south-east Asia are turning away boats but in Aceh locals took matters into their own hands On Thursday afternoon, residents...

• 08/06/2020
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By Dave Grunebaum, VOA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av0G1bLJdQU   KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - Humanitarian aid groups operating in southern Bangladesh say if there’s a major outbreak of COVID-19 in the weeks or months...

• 05/06/2020
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By Poppy McPherson and Ruma Paul, Reuters BANGKOK/DHAKA (Reuters) - Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh with symptoms of the novel coronavirus are not coming forward to get tested because they fear...

• 27/05/2020
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By Riyaz ul Khaliq, Anadolu Agency Internet shutdowns in India, Pakistan, Kashmir, Myanmar, Bangladesh hinder fight against COVID-19, say rights groups ANKARA The World Health Organization (WHO) has been urged...

• 26/05/2020
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By Mike Cummings, Yale News Cox’s Bazar, a coastal city in southeast Bangladesh, is home to about 900,000 Rohingya refugees living in overcrowded camps. Like other forcibly displaced people across...