Rohingya Muslims: ‘The Hague court verdict means so much to us’

ARAB NEWS

SHEBAB SUMON

February 03, 2020

Rohingya rights activists claim that hundreds of refugees, including children, have been incarcerated for traveling without a permit, a rule which they allege is disproportionately imposed upon Rohingyas. (AFP)

 

• Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, presiding judge of the ICJ panel, gave Myanmar four months to report back on how it was implementing the ruling
• Young people realize Myanmar will not change unless they keep resisting and demanding a free and fair society, says Rohingya activist Yasmin Ullah

Rohingya, Bangladesh welcome ICJ’s genocide prevention ruling

ARAB NEWS
23 January 2020

In August 2017, Myanmar’s military launched what it called a clearance campaign in northern Rakhine State in response to an attack by a Rohingya insurgent group. (File/AFP)

• World court sets four-month deadline for Myanmar to comply with verdict

DHAKA: Bangladesh and members of the Rohingya community on Thursday welcomed a ruling from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering Myanmar to prevent a genocide against the Muslim minority group.

Bangladesh hosts more than 1.15 million Rohingya refugees at 34 camps in the city of Cox’s Bazar. Most fled from Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State following a brutal military crackdown.

Hague hearing offers ray of hope to Bangladesh’s Rohingya

ARAB NEWS
SHEHAB SUMON
December 10, 2019

Rohingya refugees stretch their hands to receive aid distributed by local organizations at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (Reuters/File)

• International Court of Justice seeks to address atrocities committed by Myanmar

DHAKA: Several members of the Rohingya community in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar expressed optimism on Monday that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) would rule in their favor once it began its three-day hearing against Myanmar on Tuesday.

Rohingya ‘genocide cards’ just another trap

ARAB NEWS

DR. AZEEM IBRAHIM
September 05, 2019

A Rohingya girl and her brother in Kutupalong makeshift camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh. (Reuters)

Since the creation of Myanmar’s 1982 Citizenship Law, the Rohingya have been excluded from the country’s list of “indigenous” ethnic groups.

The rationale for this move was that the Rohingya were not a “natural,” “indigenous” ethnic group in their native northern Rakhine state, but rather that they were imported to the region under British imperial administration in the 1800s.

Gigi Hadid tears up while championing Rohingya women.

ARAB NEWS

April 07, 2019

DUBAI: US-Palestinian model Gigi Hadid teared up while accepting Variety magazine’s Power of Women honour over the weekend.

The 23-year-old supermodel, who is regularly spotted on catwalks around the world, was recognized for her work as a UNICEF ambassador.

Rohingya divided over relocation as awareness campaign begins

ARAB NEWS
BY SHEHAB SUMON
March 18, 2019

Rohingya refugee children play on a swing at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 7, 2019. (REUTERS)

Camp authorities have been meeting Rohingya community leaders and imams so they can motivate other refugees to move

 

DHAKA: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are divided over an island that will become their new home, as government officials try to persuade them to relocate voluntarily.