Rohingya Muslims
In Thailand, ‘socially engaged Buddhism’ goes beyond meditation to seek justice
By Kalpana Jain — July 17, 2023
BANGKOK (RNS) — A network of socially conscious Buddhists is challenging conceptions of personal devotion to tackle pressing problems in the faith and even beyond their country's borders.
UN court to rule on jurisdiction in Rohingya genocide case
By Mike Corder — July 22, 2022
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Lawyers representing Myanmar argued in February that the case should be tossed out because the world court only hears cases between states and the Rohingya complaint was brought by Gambia on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
Boat with 120 Rohingya refugees disembarks in Indonesia port
By Rahmat Mirza — December 30, 2021
LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia (AP) — A group of 120 Rohingya Muslims disembarked from a boat that had drifted for days off Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh and was towed by a navy ship into port, officials said Friday. The refugees’ wooden boat was reportedly leaking and had a damaged engine. Efforts to rescue its passengers, who […]
Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burnings
By Rishabh R. Jain, David Rising, and Sam McNeil — December 30, 2021
BANGKOK (AP) — When the young farmhand returned to his village in Myanmar, he found the still smoldering corpses in a circle in a burned-out hut, some with their limbs tied. The Myanmar military had stormed Done Taw at 11 a.m. on Dec. 7, he told the AP, with about 50 soldiers hunting people on […]
Indonesia to turn away boat with 120 Rohingya refugees
By Yayan Zamzami — December 29, 2021
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — The decision comes despite calls from the United Nations refugee agency to allow the passengers to disembark.
Bangladesh sends hundreds more Rohingya refugees to island
By Julhas Alam — November 26, 2021
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh on Thursday began relocating hundreds of Rohingya refugees to an island in the Bay of Bengal, despite ongoing concerns from rights groups over the conditions on the vulnerable low-lying island and that no refugees should be sent forcibly. The Rohingya are a Muslim ethnic group, over 700,000 of whom fled […]
Rohingya refugee leader shot dead in Bangladesh camp
By Julhas Alam — September 30, 2021
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An international representative of ethnic Rohingya refugees was shot to death in a camp in Bangladesh by unknown gunmen late Wednesday, police said. Mohibullah, who was in his 40s, was a teacher who emerged as a key refugee leader and a spokesman representing the Muslim ethnic group in international meetings. He […]
Myanmar says Rohingya minority will get COVID-19 vaccine
By Associated Press — August 30, 2021
BANGKOK (AP) — A spokesman for Myanmar’s military-installed government said Friday that COVID-19 vaccines will be given to members of the country’s persecuted Rohingya ethnic group.
‘We cannot wait!’ pleads Catholic missionary in Myanmar
By Claire Giangravé — May 13, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Democratic protests have sparked all over the embattled country, with some Catholics taking center stage in opposing the violence of the military junta.
Russia, China, Myanmar recommended for State Department list of religious freedom violators
By Adelle M. Banks — April 21, 2021
(RNS) — The U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom highlighted atrocities against Rohingya Muslims by Myanmar’s military, persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses by Russia’s government and China’s detention of millions of Uighurs and other Muslims.
Civil rights group sues Facebook over anti-Muslim posts
By Alejandra Molina — April 8, 2021
(RNS) — 'Hateful, anti-Muslim attacks are especially pervasive on Facebook,' the lawsuit alleges.
Ousted Myanmar leader warned of possible army obstruction
By Associated Press — February 1, 2021
(AP) — On Monday, those warnings proved prescient. The military detained Suu Kyi and other senior politicians and announced it was seizing control of the country for one year under a state of emergency.
Rohingya American voters ‘grateful,’ ‘excited’ to cast ballots for the first time in Chicago
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 21, 2020
CHICAGO (RNS) — About a dozen Rohingya refugees voted for the first time Tuesday (Oct. 20) at an early voting site in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood.
On Capitol Hill, persecuted Muslims unite to protect religious minorities’ rights
By Aysha Khan — April 2, 2019
(RNS) — More than 125 members of the minority Ahmadi Muslim sect spent the day on Capitol Hill lending their voices on behalf of beleaguered Uighur Muslims.
Far from home, Rohingya Muslim refugees count their blessings at Eid
By Priyadarshini Sen — June 15, 2018
(RNS) — Among the 17,500 Rohingya refugees who fled persecution in Myanmar, a small band has landed in near Kolkata where they can observe the holiday ending the holy month of Ramadan with a semblance of security and the flavors of home.
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