Invitation to the Rohingya youths for Human Rights training
Rohingya Khobor (RK) is inviting Rohingya refuge youths to join its one-day human rights training. The objective of this training is to provide a basic concept of human rights including UDHR. What will you learn in this training? Human rights and UDHRCivil and...
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Refugee hut damaged in heavy wind and rain In Bangladesh refugee camp
Today morning heavy wind and rain wrecked refugee shelters in Rohingya refugee camp, Bangladesh. "On 24/10/2020, Saturday morning heavy rain and wind blew over the camps and left many refugee shelters damaged", says Mohammed Rofique, block mazi of camp 10. Lal Mia,...
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Virtual International donor conference successfully raises about $600 million for the Rohingya and achieves its target.
On Thursday, October 22, 2020, the international virtual donor Conference on Sustaining Support for the Rohingya Refugee Responseraised about $600 million. This additional donation will bridge the gap initially proposed for a fund of $1 billion by the UN JOINT...
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Joint Press Statement of the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
OCTOBER 22, 2020 Following is the text of a joint press statement by the Government of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Begin text: Conference on Sustaining Support for the...
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Candidates of Myanmar Parliament request to hold the election in Pauktaw township
On Thursday, four Myanmar Parliamentary candidates requested theUnion Election Commission of Myanmar (UEC) to reverse its decision of not holding a voting poll in Pauktaw Township. The candidates' names are, Daw Ma Tin Nyunt (a Pyithu Hluttaw/ Lower House nominee), U...
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While Rohingya will not be able to vote in Myanmar, they have cast their vote in the USA
On Tuesday, 30 individuals from Chicago Rohingya community were able to vote for the very “first” time in their life at Warren Park. Rohingyas have been denied their citizenship and were rendered stateless in their own country and effectively, their right to vote is...
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Does History Shape Destiny? The Case of Myanmar – Dr Thant Myint-U
On 20 October 2020, United Nations University hosted “Does History Shape Destiny? The Case of Myanmar”, a virtual conversation with Dr Thant Myint-U, Chairman of U Thant House and the Yangon Heritage Trust. Myanmar has existed throughout its history in a variety of...
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257 Covid19 Positive Cases and 8 Death in the Rohingya Refugee Camp
This page contains the latest update of the Covid-19 positive cases based on the available information in the public domain. WHO CXB COVID-19 update as of 28 Sep 2020 15 additional cases from Cox's Bazar district including 5 new cases from FDMN/Rohingya Refugees...
Abdul Habes age 9 missing
Abdul Habes age 9, son of Md Amin and Nur Baher is missing since 6 October 2020. He is from Lambasia camp, block D. The name of camp mazi is Md Zubair. If anyone see him please contact the following number...
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Press Release – Burma: Reverse Undemocratic Decision to Cancel Voting for Ethnic Regions
21 October 2020 -- London, UK -- Burma Human Rights Network denounces Burma’s decision to cancel voting for ethnic regions of the country with the general election only weeks away. The Union Election Commission cancelled voting in parts of Arakan, Kachin, Kayin, Mon,...
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Statements from the Donor Conference on Sustaining Support for the Rohingya
Yesterday on 22 October 2020, a virtual conference was organized by The Secretary of State of the United States of America, The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, The Minister of...
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JOINT STATEMENT ON THE ROHINGYA PLEDGING CONFERENCE By the Rohingya community
[22 October 2020] Today governments met to alleviate the suffering of millions of Rohingya refugees and internally displaced persons. On behalf of our fellow Rohingya, we thank the international community for its generosity and welcome the outpouring of support for...
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ARNO – Press Release – International Donor Conference on Rohingya to take place October 22, 2020
The governments of the US, UK, EU and the UN Refugee Agency will be hosting a virtual international donor conference on October 22, 2020. The United Nations has made a request for $1 billion dollars in order to meet the needs of the Rohingya refugees who are currently...
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Security guards extort money from Rohingya car drivers in Sittwe
Recently, the security guards of the quarantine centre located at Thet Kay Pyin village, Sittwe, are extorting money from Rohingya drivers. The guards demand a sum of 1000 kyat and say they are collecting tax for the government. "There are many police checkpoints in...
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Malaysia’s Rohingya refugee field hospital has been closed down
Today Malaysian authority has stated that they will shut down the operation of their field hospitals in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar due to reduction of patients. The hospital was originally planned to shut down by December 2021. According to the Malaysian...
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Humaira’s endless agony
Inside a small bamboo makeshift, Humaira Begum, a Rohingya survivor, who's face was draped with a pink Lummal (scarf), recounted the evening when her family left their homeland Myanmar. Humaira was only 15 when the Myanmar military attacked her village. While Humaira...
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Myanmar’s speech on the 75th Session of UN General Debate and Bangladesh’s response
Kyaw Tint Swe, Union Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor of Myanmar, addresses the general debate of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 22 – 29 September 2020). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMAZIfU93Ls&t=634s 1st Right of...
