Myanmar, Bangladesh :Rohingya Repatriation Plan
Hamid Hussain, a 71-year-old Rohingya Muslim farmer, first fled Myanmar for Bangladesh in 1992. He went home the next year under a repatriation deal between the two neighbors, only to repeat the journey last September when violence flared once more....
A nation cursed by the legacy of colonialism
In November 1885 Burma’s last monarch, King Thibaw, and his queen were transported by a British flotilla from Mandalay into exile in India, where the King spent the rest of his lives. Burma soon became a colony of the British. Thibaw was no doubt a feeble...
Rohingya Crisis
The International Crisis Groups (ICG) has picked the Rohingya crisis for its ignominious list of the top 10 conflicts around the world to watch in the coming year, warning of persistent risks for both Myanmar and Bangladesh. More than 650,000 Muslim...
Rohingyas Myanmar Bangladesh
La crise des Rohingyas au Myanmar. Lire ICI https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar/292-myanmars-rohingya-crisis-enters-dangerous-new-phase Executive Summary Three months after militant attacks triggered a brutal army...
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Comprendre la crise des Rohingya en Birmanie
En près de deux semaines, ils sont quelque 379 000 Rohingya à avoir fui la Birmanie pour trouver refuge au Bangladesh, échappant ainsi aux violences qui frappent l’Etat d’Arakan (appelé Rakhine par le gouvernement). Quelle est l’origine de cette crise qui dure depuis...
Rakhine Statement by Malala Yousafszai Met With Ire
A tweet by Pakistani female education activist and Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafszai in support of Myanmar’s self-identifying Rohingya Muslim population has attracted criticism from some in Myanmar. The 20-year-old winner of the Nobel Peace Prize called on Myanmar’s...
Rohingya Flee as More Than 2,600 Houses Burned in Rakhine
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh — More than 2,600 houses have been burned down in Rohingya-majority areas of Myanmar’s northwest in the last week, the government said on Saturday, in one of the deadliest bouts of violence involving the Muslim minority in decades....
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...