As US pressures Dhaka, Rohingya Crisis Looms on the Horizon

THE GEOGRAPHIC (TGP)
Mehjabin Maliha Hossain
September 2, 2023

With the election approaching, Dhaka is busy greeting foreign delegates and observers. The foreign observers are all invariably pressing for a free and fair election. It appears a balanced goal of the Westerners holding to their deep convictions of democracy and freedom. However, the policy is riddled with inconsistency and only appears subordinate to the geostrategic goals. The esteemed values of democracy and freedom are not sacrosanct per se — rather only viewed from a narrow geostrategic prism. 

Rohingya repatriation: Beijing to act as bridge for early results

Dhaka Tribune
UNB
June 25th, 2021

File Photo: Nearly one million Rohingyas are living in Bangladesh now since fleeing a military crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine state in 2017 Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Myanmar coup caught everyone by surprise, says the Chinese envoy in Dhaka

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has said China will continue to serve as a “bridge of communication” and try its best to facilitate early results as Bangladesh seeks swift repatriation of Rohingyas to Myanmar.

“We fully understand the keenness of Bangladesh to start repatriation, and our determination to help the two friendly neighbours resolve this long-standing issue will never change,” he said while speaking at an online symposium hosted by the Cosmos Foundation.

Dhaka urges Canada to send 2m vaccines

Dhaka Tribune

BSS
May 18th, 2021

Foreign minister also separately proposed that Canada help vaccinating forcibly displaced Rohingyas in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh on Tuesday urged Canada to send at least two million doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to Bangladesh to meet immediate second dose vaccine requirements in the country.

The request was made when Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Benoit Préfontaine called on Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at the Foreign Ministry in Dhaka, a foreign ministry press release said.

Dhaka seeks serious regional, multilateral initiatives over Rohingya repatriation

Dhaka Tribune

UNB
April 7th, 2021

Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

The crisis might turn into a broader regional and global security issue, speakers said during the webinar

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said they should now seriously consider regional or multilateral initiatives for the repatriation of Rohingyas to Myanmar as it remains a compelling priority for Bangladesh.

"Canada, with its global stature and standing on human rights issues, may consider taking a lead in such initiatives. Bangladesh always stands ready to work with Canada and other partners in this direction," he said.

Dhaka asks UN to do more to solve Rohingya crisis

Dhaka Tribune

Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan

September 30th, 2020

Newly-appointed Permanent Representative to UN, Geneva Mustafizur Rahman presents his letter of credentialsto Tatiana Valovaya, director-general of the UN, Geneva on Sept 28, 2020 Courtesy

Newly-appointed Permanent Representative to UN, Geneva, Mustafizur Rahman presents his letter of credentials

Dhaka has urged the United Nations to play a more proactive role to find an acceptable solution at the earliest to the protracted Rohingya crisis that has been affecting Bangladesh in a bad manner for a long time.

Bangladesh’s newly-appointed Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva Mustafizur Rahman made the call while presenting his letter of credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, director-general of the UN, Geneva, on Monday.

Washington assures Dhaka of continuing support to solve Rohingya crisis

theindepedent
BSS, Dhaka
11 September, 2020

US Defence Secretary Dr. Mark T Esper called Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over phone today and assured her of continuing his country’s support in bringing a peaceful solution to the protracted Rohingya crisis.

“The US defence secretary phoned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this evening and assured her of continuing US support in bringing a peaceful solution to the Rohingya problem,” PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS.

The press secretary said the US defence secretary expressed his appreciation for the generosity shown by Bangladesh on the Rohingya issue and thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in this regard.

Dhaka suggests engaging foreign civilian observers for Rohingya repatriation

Dhaka Tribune
September 12th, 2020

Photo: SYED ZAKIR HOSSAIN

Bangladesh foreign minister is seeking support from ARF partners

Dhaka on Saturday suggested Myanmar to engage non-military civilian observers from its friendly countries in Rohingya repatriation process to reduce trust deficit among the forcibly displaced people for returning to their land of origin in Rakhine with safety and security.

“In order to decline trust deficit and build confidence, we suggested Myanmar to engage non-military civilian observers from their friendly country like ASEAN, China, Russia, India or other friends of their choice,” said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.

Int’l community’s stronger role sought for Rohingya repatriation

UNB 

February 18, 2020

UNB News
Dhaka

Speakers the panel discussion titled ‘Rohingya: The Need for Justice and Rights in Rakhine 2020’ at the Brac Centre Inn on Tuesday, Feb 18. 2020. Photo: UNB

Speakers at a programme here on Thursday urged the global community to play a stronger role for the sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas to their place of origin in Rakhine state of Myanmar.

While addressing the panel discussion titled ‘Rohingya: The Need for Justice and Rights in Rakhine 2020’ at the Brac Centre Inn, they also called for imposing strict economic sanctions on Myanmar and putting pressure on its military to resolve the Rohingya crisis.

Official: ICC Will Prosecute People Who Committed Crimes against Rohingya in Myanmar

RADIO FREE ASIA
2020.02.04

Phakiso Mochochoko, with the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC), talks to reporters in Dhaka, Feb. 4, 2020.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is gathering evidence against people suspected of crimes against Rohingya in Myanmar, a senior prosecutor told reporters in Dhaka on Tuesday, after a sister court ruled last month in a genocide case brought against Naypyidaw.

ICC officially opens investigation into atrocities against Rohingya

Prothum Alo------  
Feb 04, 2020
Diplomatic Correspondent . 
Dhaka

A delegation of ICC prosecutor`s office holds a media conference in Dhaka on 4 February 2020. Photo: Prothom Alo

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has officially lanunched an investigation into atrocities committed against the Rohingya in the Rakhine state of Myanmar.

Phakiso Mochochoko, director of the Department of Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division of the ICC prosecutor's office, on Monday told newsmen that the justice would be delivered for Rohingya victims though the Hague-based court process would take years to conclude their investigation.

ICC: Rohingyas to finally get justice

Dhaka Tribune
February 4th, 2020

Photo shows a rohingya camp in Cox 's Bazar Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Bangladesh is now hosting over 1.1 million Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar district and most of them entered Bangladesh since August 25, 2017 amid military crackdown in Rakhine State of Myanmar against Rohingyas
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has expressed optimism that justice will finally be done to Rohingyas though this is going to be a long, hard and challenging process of investigation.

Statement of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court as delivered at the press conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh

2020.02.04

Statement of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court as delivered at the press conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ladies and Gentlemen,

We welcome you to today’s press conference and thank you for your interest in the activities of the International Criminal Court (the “ICC” or the “Court”).

My name is Phakiso Mochochoko, and I am the Director of Jurisdiction, Complementary and Cooperation Division of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor. This is not the first delegation that ICC Prosecutor, Mrs Fatou Bensouda, has sent to Bangladesh to explain the Court’s judicial process to the wider public. You will recall that my colleague, Deputy Prosecutor, Mr James Stewart, was here in July last year, but this is the first such visit by her Office since the opening of a formal investigation.

Myanmar probe team on Rohingya abuse in Dhaka

Dhaka Tribune

Tribune Report
August 18th, 2019

 This photo taken recently shows a makeshift rohingya camp in cox’s Bazar Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka Tribune

The probe team led by former Japanese ambassador Kenzo Oshima arrived in Dhaka on Saturday

A delegation of Myanmar’s Independent Commission of Enquiry (ICOE) has arrived in Dhaka to investigate allegations of human rights violations against the Rohingyas.

Crimes against RohingyasICC seeks to sign agreement with Dhaka

Bangla Tribune

Sheikh Shahariar Zaman

Jul 13, 2019

Rohingya refugee children play at the Palongkhali refugee camp near Cox`s Bazar, Bangladesh

December 22, 2017. REUTERS/File Photo

A delegation of the International Criminal Court is due in Dhaka this week to open talks with Bangladesh on signing an agreement as a prerequisite to open a full investigation into alleged crimes against the Rohingyas who were driven from Myanmar to Bangladesh.

The ICC team led by one of its deputy prosecutors is expected to arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday (Jul 16), an official told Bangla Tribune.

24 Rohingyas held in Dhaka with 56 Bangladeshi passports

Dhaka Tribune 
Arifur Rahman Rabbi 
May 10th, 2019

Representational photo

The group was trying to go Malaysia

The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested 24 Rohingya women and children along with 56 Bangladeshi passports.

They were arrested from a house in the Khilkhet Madhyapara area of Dhaka on Friday.

Police also arrested Kajol, son of the owner of the house, and broker Ayub, on charges of providing shelter to Rohingyas.

4 Rohingyas detained at Dhaka airport

The Daily Star
March 31, 2019

Four Rohingya people including three women were detained at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka today while attempting to fly to Indonesia.

Tipped off, a team of Airport Police detained the four from the outdoor around 11:00am, Airport Police’s Additional Superintendent Alamgir Hossian told The Daily Star.

Detainees Anwar, 30, Rokeya, 19, Marijan, 23, and Amena Begum, 26, were attempting to fly to Indonesia via Malaysia by a flight of a Malaysian Airlines at noon.

They are the residents of Maungdaw in Rakhine State of Myanmar but they were bearing Bangladeshi passports, the police official said.

Legal actions will be taken against them, he added.

Link :https://www.thedailystar.net/rohingya-crisis/4-rohingya-detained-at-dhaka-international-airport-1722916

4 Rohingyas held at Dhaka airport

Dhaka Tribune
Sunday, Mar 31, 2019
Arifur Rahman Rabbi

 

Airport Armed Police has detained four Rohingyas at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Sunday, March 31, 2019 Dhaka Tribune

They were all carrying Bangladeshi passports

Four Rohingyas have been held by Airport Armed Police at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

The incident occurred around 11am on Sunday, said Md Alamgir Hossain, additional superintendent (operations and media) of Airport Armed Police.

Bhashan Char ကၽြန္း ေျပာင္းမယ့္အေရး ႐ိုဟင္ဂ်ာ ဒုကၡသည္ေတြ ရတက္မေအး

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ဗီြအိုုေအ (ျမန္မာဌာန)
မဆုမြန္၊ 22 မတ္၊ 2019 

 ဘဂၤလားေဒ့ရွ္ႏိုင္ငံ Cox's Bazar ခ႐ိုင္ Kutupalong ဒုကၡသည္စခန္း ေစ်းကေန ႐ိုဟင္ဂ်ာ ဒုကၡသည္ အမ်ိဳးသမီး ျပန္လာစဥ္ (ႏို၀င္ဘာ၊ ၂၁၊ ၂၀၁၇)

႐ုိဟင္ဂ်ာ ဒုကၡသည္ေတြကုိ Bhashan Char ကၽြန္းေပၚ ေျပာင္းေရႊ႕ေပးမယ့္ ဘဂၤလားေဒ့ရွ္အစိုးရ အစီအစ ဥ္အေပၚ ကုလသမဂၢ အႀကီးတန္း အရာရွိတဦးက ႀကိဳဆုိလုိက္ေပမဲ့၊ ဒုကၡသည္ေတြရဲ႕ ဆႏၵအတုိင္းျဖစ္ဖုိ႔ လုိတဲ့အေၾကာင္း ေျပာဆုိလုိက္တဲ့အေပၚ ဘဂၤလားေဒ့ရွ္ေရာက္ ဘယ္ဒုကၡသည္ကမွ သူတို႔အတြက္ အ သက္ အႏၱရာယ္ရွိတဲ့ ကၽြန္းေပၚ မေျပာင္းေရႊ႕ၾကလိုဘူးလို႔ တုန္႔ျပန္ ေျပာဆိုလုိက္ၾကပါတယ္။ လိုအပ္တဲ့ အစားအေသာက္ေနထိုင္မႈေတြ စီစဥ္ထားေပးမယ္လို႔ဆိုေပမဲ့ အသက္ေဘးရန္ေၾကာက္လို႔ ျမန္မာျပည္က ထြက္ေျပးလာၾကတဲ့သူတို႔အတြက္ ေဘးထပ္ျဖစ္ႏုိင္မယ့္ ေနရာကို မသြားလိုၾကသလို လူသားတဦးခ်င္းစီရဲ႕ လူ႔တန္ဖိုးကို ေလးစားေစလိုပါတယ္လို႔ ဆိုပါတယ္။ မဆုမြန္က ဆက္သြယ္ေမးျမန္းထားပါတယ္။