Tag: Myanmar
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Bangladesh continues efforts to repatriate Rohingyas to Myanmar
Bangladesh officials on Thursday travelled to several camps in the western part of the country but did not find any refugee willing to return to Myanmar.
November 16, 2018 -
Will plan for Rohingya repatriation work?
On October 30, Bangladesh and Myanmar reached an agreement to begin the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh to escape a Myanmar army crackdown last year. Following the bilateral meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque said, “We are looking forward to start the repatriation by mid-November,” which …
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November 16, 2018 -
SE Asian nations in tussle with China
Countries in the Mekong basin, notably those located in the lower part of the river – Asia’s seventh longest – are in need of a collective strategy to secure their future, given China’s control of the upstream and ongoing changes in global geo-politics. The 4,909-km long river runs from Tibet in China through Myanmar, Laos, …
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November 14, 2018 -
Another award less
It is yet another subtraction from the garland of accolades that were once reserved for the “lodestar of democracy”. That embroidery has frayed over time, to say the least. Amnesty International has eventually sized up Aung San Suu Kyi with Monday’s assertion that Myanmar’s civilian leader “is no longer a symbol of hope”. Hopeless too …
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November 14, 2018 -
Bangladesh plans to repatriate Rohingyas from Thursday
The two governments agreed to repatriate 2,251 of over 700,000 Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh camps, in the first of a phased process.
November 13, 2018 -
Conditions not safe for Rohingya’s return to Myanmar: UNHCR
The UNHCR said Myanmar authorities should allow refugees to assess the conditions in Rakhine themselves before taking the decision on their return.
November 12, 2018 -
Myanmar signs investment agreements with India, 9 other countries
Besides India, the other nine countries are the Philippines, Vietnam, China, Japan, Laos, Thailand, Kuwait, Israel and South Korea, reports Xinhua agency.
November 9, 2018 -
Facebook promises more action to curb hate speech in Myanmar
In Myanmar, "Facebook has become a means for those seeking to spread hate and cause harm, and posts have been linked to offline violence", according to the assessment by BSR.
November 6, 2018 -
Myanmar to receive over 2,200 returnees from Bangladesh
On Jun, Myanmar also signed a MoU with the UNDP and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on assisting the government's repatriation process of displaced persons from Rakhine state.
November 5, 2018 -
Reuters reporters file appeal against prison sentence in Myanmar
The reporters were investigating a massacre of the Rohingya minority in the village of Inn Dinn in Rakhine state.
November 5, 2018 -
India welcomes repatriation of Rohingyas
Teams of diplomats from Bangladesh and Myanmar met in Dhaka on Tuesday and agreed on the repatriation plan.
November 1, 2018 -
Bangladesh, Myanmar to start Rohingya repatriation in November
It remains a concern of the international community whether the repatriation of Rohingyas to Myanmar will be voluntary and dignified.
October 30, 2018 -
Free for now
The discharge on bail of three journalists of Myanmar’s Eleven Media group, two weeks after they had been charged under provisions of the country’s penal code that allow no bail, suggests that the country is belatedly realising there are lines it cannot cross if it wishes to prolong the fiction that it is a democracy. …
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October 28, 2018 -
Incitement case: Myanmar court releases 3 journalists on bail
The three were charged under Article 505 (b), which criminalizes the publication of reports that could cause "fear or alarm to the public" and carries a maximum punishment of two years' imprisonment.
October 26, 2018 -
Rohingya plight: 12 families shifted to camp in N-24 pgns
District administration & police tight-lipped over the matter, pol leaders have conceded the fact.
October 12, 2018 -
Myanmar charges 3 journalists over report criticizing government
The group was sent to the same jail where Reuters journalists Ko Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were imprisoned following their trial that ended in September.
October 10, 2018 -
Myanmar ‘unwilling’ to probe Rohingya abuse, UN must act: rights envoy
Myanmar is "unable and unwilling" to investigate its abuses against Rohingya Muslims, a UN rights envoy has said, bolstering calls for the country's generals to be hauled before an international court.
October 9, 2018