Why the UN failed to save the Rohingya

Al Jazeera
by Joshua Carroll

28 Jun 2019

Insiders say UN sought to downplay criticism of Myanmar and was hamstrung by China, Russia opposition to firm response.

A Rohingya refugee and her children wade ashore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat in September 2017 [File: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]

Yangon, Myanmar - When Liam Mahony travelled to Myanmar to advise the United Nations on its handling of the Rohingya crisis, the dozens of aid workers he spoke to were almost unanimous in their appraisal of the organisation's approach.

Their view, the researcher recalls, was "this was all screwed up... this was not going to help the Rohingya population".

Rohingya group backs ICC probe into Myanmar’s atrocity

AA

Zuhal Demirci | 

27.06.2019

ANKARA 

 

International court forms bench to look into request for probing Myanmar's deportation of Rohingya Muslims

A Rohingya group Thursday called for an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into Myanmar’s crimes against humanity after an ICC prosecutor announced her intent to submit a request to probe deportation of Rohingya Muslims.

The ICC said that it assigned a three-judge panel to hear prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s request to open an investigation into the Rohingyas' deportation from Myanmar.

Rohingya Activists Share Stories of Community's Plight.

Fars News Agency

Sun Feb 10, 2019

TEHRAN (FNA)- Fear, intimidation, repression and genocide; The words used by members of the Rohingya community to describe what is happening to them at the hands of Myanmar's military forces.

"Some may think that by leaving a repressive, genocidal regime, Rohingya will be free," Yasmin Ullah, a Rohingya activist, said, Anadolu news agency reported.

( 13.09.2018 ) Starbucks backtracks on Myanmar investment deal By Coconuts Yangon

Starbucks has cancelled a major investment in Myanmar that would have brought its first outlet to the country, a spokesperson for the American coffee company announced today.

“Even though our company is avidly trying to break into the international market, we haven’t decided on establishing a business in Myanmar just yet,” the company’s Asia-Pacific public relations director Marianne Duong told 7Day.