Myanmar seizes more Rohingya Muslims fleeing Rakhine
Press TV – Myanmar’s authorities have intercepted a boat with 93 Rohingya Muslims who were fleeing apartheid conditions at internal displacement camps…
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Myanmar roundly shamed over human rights inquiry panel
Press TV – Various human rights activists and observers have roundly denounced Myanmar’s decision to appoint a commission of inquiry into widespread…
Rohingya Muslims subjected to systematic massacre, rape in Myanmar: Rights group
Press TV – An international group of medical experts says evidence collected from Rohingya Muslims’ accounts proves that the highly-persecuted minority is…
Rohingya lawyer Kyaw Hla Aung awarded Aurora Prize
Iranian Diplomacy- Rohingya Lawyer recently awarded the $1.1m Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity says his people are under serious discrimination just because…
Myanmar detains Rohingya refugees ‘voluntarily’ returning
Press TV- Myanmar has detained dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees it claims voluntarily crossed the border back into their home country from…
Rohingya to be safe in areas ‘designated’ for them: Myanmar army chief
Press TV- Myanmar’s military chief claims that Rohingya Muslim refugees who return to the country will be safe as long as they…
UN has strong suspicion genocide has happened in Myanmar
Press TV- The United Nations (UN)’s human rights chief has expressed strong suspicion that “acts of genocide” may have been carried out…
UN: Myanmar continuing ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya
Press TV- A United Nations (UN) official says the “ethnic cleansing” of the Rohingya Muslim community is continuing in Myanmar, despite denials…
Bangladesh hands over list of Rohingya repatriation to Myanmar
Press TV- Bangladesh has formally handed over to Myanmar’s Home Minister Lieutenant General Kyaw Swe a list of more than 8,000 Rohingya…
Symbolic court in Iran sentences Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to 25 years in jail
Tasnim– Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing went on trial during a ‘popular court’ in…
100,00 Rohingya refugees in grave danger from monsoon rains, UN warns
Press TV- The United Nations has warned that more than 100,000 Rohingya Muslims in Bangladeshi refugee camps will be in grave danger…
UN demands unhindered access to Rohingya camps newly built in Myanmar
Press TV- The United Nations (UN) has called on Myanmar to grant aid agencies unhindered access to camps that have been built…
Iran urges global community to solve Rohingya crisis
IRNA – The situation of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar is very serious, an Iranian diplomat said Sunday urging the global community…
Myanmar’s admission to Rohingya massacre for first time ‘tip of the iceberg’: Amnesty
Press TV- Amnesty International has strongly denounced the first admission by Myanmar’s military that its soldiers executed Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state,…
UNICEF: Rohingya children trapped in appalling conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
FNA- The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported that more than 60,000 Rohingya children remain nearly forgotten, trapped in appalling camps in…
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi avoids topic of abuse against Rohingya in meeting with UN official
Press TV – Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has conspicuously avoided talking about reports of Rohingya Muslim women and…
Why Iran abstained from voting on Myanmar resolution?
MNA – The office of the Permanent representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to New York explained the reason for Iran’s…
UN General Assembly calls on Myanmar to stop military campaign against Rohingya Muslims
Press TV – The United Nations General Assembly has called on Myanmar to halt its military campaign against Rohingya Muslims. On Sunday, a…
Rohingya refugees must return to own homes, aid groups say
Press TV- Aid groups from across the world have stressed that the Rohingya Muslim refugees returning to Myanmar from Bangladesh must be…
Myanmar, Bangladesh sign deal to repatriate Rohingya Muslim refugees
Press TV- Bangladesh says it has agreed with Myanmar on repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees back to Myanmar amid…
Rights groups urge intl. monitoring of Rohingya’s return
Press TV- Prominent human rights groups have called on international agencies to monitor the safe return of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, as…
Myanmar forces burning Rohingya Muslims alive: Report
Press TV – A human rights group says Myanmar’s army has been slitting the throats of Rohingya Muslims and burning them alive.…
UNSC strongly condemns violence against Muslims in Myanmar
Press TV – The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has strongly condemned government-sanctioned violence against Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority. The UNSC expressed…
Iran to build field hospital for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: Official
Tasnim– Head of the Relief and Rescue Organization of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) Morteza Salimi said the Islamic Republic plans…
Iranian cleric urges Muslims not to remain silent on plight of Rohingya
Tasnim– Senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi deplored the appalling conditions of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and called on all Islamic…
Myanmar, Bangladesh agree to stop ‘outflow’ of Rohingya Muslims to Bangladesh
Press TV- Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed to immediately halt the “outflow” of Rohingya Muslims into Bangladesh and take steps to return…
Iranian jurists urge UN action on Rohingya Muslim crisis
Tasnim– A number of Iranian jurists and lawyers called on the United Nations secretary general to push for an end to the…
Iran Leader donates funds for Myanmar refugees
IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday donated funds for the Myanmar refugees. According to…
Third batch of Iran’s aid reaches Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh
Tasnim – Iran’s third consignment of humanitarian aid for the Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence at home in Myanmar has reached Bangladesh, the…
UN gearing up for heavy influx of Rohingya Muslim refugees
Press TV – The UN has announced that it is on “full alert” for a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims as reports show…
Myanmar turning a deaf ear to world demands
October 5, The Iran Project – World countries continue to harshly react to a deadly crackdown by Myanmar’s government on minority…
Iran working on humanitarian aid roadmap to Rohingya Muslims
MNA – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has held a meeting to finalize a roadmap for humanitarian assistance to Myanmars Rohingya Muslims. The Tuesday meeting on…
10,000 Rohingya waiting at border to cross into Bangladesh: Report
Press TV- Over 10,000 more Rohingya refugees fleeing a military crackdown at home in Myanmar’s Rakhine State have amassed near a crossing…
Who is responsible for ethnic cleansing in Myanmar?
American Herald Tribune | GEARÓID Ó COLMÁIN: On the 15th of September the dead bodies of a family were discovered by Burmese…
FM spox: Myanmar’s disregard for intl. community’s calls ‘unacceptable’
MNA– Iran’s FM Spokesman Ghasemi said the Burmese government’s disregard for international community’s calls on stopping violence against Rohingya Muslims is unacceptable.…
Iran to airlift new aid supplies for Myanmar Muslims
Tasnim – Iran’s Red Crescent Society is going to deliver the third consignment of humanitarian aid to the Muslim people of Myanmar…
Amnesty urges UNSC to impose arms embargo on Myanmar
Press TV- Amnesty International has called on the United Nations Security Council to spare no efforts to end the brutal crackdown against…
900,000 Rohingya Refugees: The moment when humanitarian spirit failed
American Herald Tribune | HARUN YAHYA: In the face of the historical disasters humanity has experienced, a majority of the world has…
Dozens of cases approve Myanmarese forces rape Rohingya women: UN Medics
Alwaght– United Nations doctors’ have confirmed numerous reports of sexual assaults committed by Myanmarese military against Rohingya women. According to Reuters, doctors…
Iran to send 2nd humanitarian aid cargo to Myanmar Muslims on Thursday
FNA- Iran is due to send its second cargo of humanitarian aid to Myanmar’s Muslim refugees in Bangladesh on Thursday. Commander of…