’They raped us one by one,’ says Rohingya woman who fled #Myanmar
TEKNAF, Bangladesh: The brutal gang rape that Habiba and her sister endured is a story that is becoming depressingly familiar among the thousands of Rohingya refugees fleeing to #Bangladesh to escape the violence of Myanmar’s soldiers.
▻http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/They-raped-us-one-by-one-says-Rohingya-woman-who-fled-Myanmar/articleshow/55619653.cms
Who will help Myanmar’s Rohingya?
Rejected by the country they call home and unwanted by its neighbours, the Rohingya are impoverished, virtually stateless and have been fleeing Myanmar in droves and for decades.
Outcast: Adrift with Burma’s Rohingya
Persecuted Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar face a dangerous journey on their way to freedom in Thailand and Malaysia.
▻http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/rewind/2016/11/outcast-adrift-burma-rohingya-161128063953657.html
Dozens of Rohingya missing as boat sinks off Bangladesh
Boat packed with at least 31 people reportedly chased by a Myanmar army speedboat as it tried to reach Bangladesh.
▻http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/dozens-rohingya-missing-boat-sinks-bangladesh-161205132909880.html
Rohingya Face Health Care Bias in Parts of Asia, Study Finds
HONG KONG — Members of the Rohingya ethnic group face chronic discrimination in access to medical care in Myanmar and other Asian countries, with severe consequences for health and mortality rates, a study has found.
Burmese military killed seven of my children, says Rohingya refugee
Woman’s account is one of a wave of reports of murder and rape by soldiers in Myanmar, amid claims of genocide
▻https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/10/burmese-military-killed-seven-of-my-children-says-rohingya-refugee?CMP=
#génocide
A family torn apart at sea
The trawler’s captain had abandoned the ship and naval authorities in the region had pushed it back out to sea, bereft of fuel and potable water with over 800 refugees and migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh onboard. With passengers crammed above and below deck in sweltering heat, a deadly brawl over water erupted.
▻http://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/2016/12/58453b454/a-family-torn-apart-at-sea.html
Myanmar stops migrant workers going to Malaysia after Rohingya row
YANGON, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Myanmar has stopped workers going to Malaysia after Malaysia’s leader criticised its treatment of Muslims, while Indonesia joined a growing chorus of concern about the fate of Myanmar’s stateless Rohingya Muslims.
▻http://news.trust.org/item/20161207111227-90q04/?source=dpagetopic
UN getting daily reports of rapes, killings and other abuses against Rohingya Muslims in Burma
UN human rights chief accuses Burmese government of taking ‘short-sighted, counterproductive, even callous’ approach to crisis
▻http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/burma-rohingya-muslims-rape-murder-accusations-un-aung-san-suu-kyi-a7
Burma: Security Forces Raped Rohingya Women, Girls
(New York) – Burmese government forces committed rape and other sexual violence against ethnic Rohingya women and girls as young as 13 during security operations in northern Rakhine State in late 2016, Human Rights Watch said today. The Burmese government should urgently endorse an independent, international investigation into alleged abuses in northern Rakhine State, including into possible systematic rape against Rohingya women and girls.
▻https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/02/06/burma-security-forces-raped-rohingya-women-girls
Rohingya Villagers Bear Witness to a Brutal Crackdown in Myanmar
On the morning of Oct. 10, Hussein Muhammad, an old Rohingya man who doesn’t know his age, was awoken at 6 a.m. by a noise outside his home. When he stepped outside, he saw that dozens of soldiers and members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police had his hut surrounded.
Rohingya Muslims tell of gang rapes and secret killings in Myanmar’s hidden region
As the last of the foreign reporters walked over a bamboo bridge a young Rohingya woman dressed in black, with a black umbrella, raised her hand hesitantly.
