Myanmar – Bangladesh
Le drame des Rohingya
3 000 Rohingya ont fui la Birmanie pour le Bangladesh
Cette communauté paria tente d’échapper à une flambée de violence qui secoue le pays depuis vendredi. Au moins 3 000 membres de la minorité musulmane rohingya sont passés au Bangladesh ces trois derniers jours pour fuir une nouvelle vague de violences en Birmanie, ont...
The Empty Rhetoric of Unity
Ethnic Issues Two events indicating the prospect of peace and conflict were simultaneously taking place on Aug. 11, 2017. One was a meeting between the Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN), the negotiating body of the ethnic alliance the United...
Bangladesh ramps up border patrols to deter fresh Rohingya inflow
Bangladesh has stepped up patrols on its border with Myanmar, following reports that about 1,000 Rohingya Muslims crossed into the country in the past two weeks, amid fresh tension in its neighbor's northwestern Rakhine state. Security forces in Buddhist-majority...
Displaced Kachin Mothers Struggle to Feed Their Children
On a foggy evening, a few women trundled along the slope of a valley, grasping bundles of green leaves, and carrying their babies in slings on their backs. They entered a compound of dozens of bamboo homes roofed with blue tarpaulin, some displaying the UNHCR logo, in...
Myanmar Govt to Send Special Envoy to UN
The Myanmar government will dispatch a special envoy to be stationed in New York where the UN is headquartered to explain the Rakhine issue to the international community, said U Kyaw Zeya, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He mentioned...
USDP-Led Coalition Calls on Govt to Reject Rohingya Ethnicity
A coalition of 20 political parties led by the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) called on the Myanmar government to declare to the international community that there is “no Rohingya ethnicity” in the country. Party representatives—largely from minor...
More Than 1,000 New IDPs Reported in Kachin State
More than 1,000 locals abandoned their homes and have sought refuge at Baptist and Catholic churches in Namti, Kachin State, due to fighting between the Myanmar military and the Kachin Independence Organization/Army (KIO/A). The displacement followed clashes near...
Families Unplanned in Kachin IDP Camps
Holding her eight-month-old baby close to her chest, young mother Roi San chased after her other child, a toddler running in front of her. The toddler ran barefoot across the ground. Married at 16, the 20-year-old had two miscarriages before giving birth to her two...