German filing alleges war crimes in Burma

Democrat Gazette
by GRANT PECK
The Associated Press
January 25, 2023 

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Fortify Rights Matthew Smith talks to reporters during a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. The human rights group and 16 people from Myanmar have filed a criminal complaint in Germany seeking punishment of Myanmar's generals for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity they alleged were committed in that country after their 2021 government takeover and during a 2017 crackdown on Muslim Rohingya. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

BANGKOK -- A human-rights group and 16 people from Burma have filed a criminal complaint in Germany seeking punishment of the country's generals for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity that alleged to have been committed in that country after their 2021 government takeover and during a 2017 crackdown on minority Rohingya Muslims.

Fortify Rights, a complainant in the case announced Tuesday in Bangkok, said "the individuals responsible for crimes related to both have yet to be held accountable."

German aid for Rohingyas reaches US$30 million

THE Financial Express
FE Online Report
July 22, 2020

The country provides another US$4.5 million aid

Rohingya refugees look out from a shelter in Cox's Bazar — Reuters/Files

The German government has made a fresh contribution of US$4.5 million for the welfare of Rohingya families and their host communities in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

With the latest, the German contribution to the Rohingyas now reached US$30 million since the onset of the refugee crisis in 2017, says a WFP statement on Wednesday.

“This contribution will support the Government of Bangladesh to meet its commitment to the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals as well as their host communities in Cox’s Bazar. Lifesaving assistance is particularly important now with the ongoing pandemic and heavy monsoon rains, both of which are posing great risks to vulnerable families,” said Md. Mohsin, Secretary, Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief.

German minister set to arrive Tuesday, visit Rohingya camps Wednesday

Dhaka Tribune
Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan
February 24th, 2020

Dr Gerd Müller AFP

On Tuesday, he would be visiting some RMG factories in Gazipur and meet with government representatives and labour unions

A delegation, led by the German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development Dr Gerd Müller, is set to arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday on a two-day visit that would focus on the Rohingya crisis and the readymade garment (RMG) sector of the country, according to the Embassy of Germany in Dhaka.

German delegation due Wednesday to see Rohingya situation

 

 

Publish Date - February 25, 2019, 04:33 PM

 

Rohingya people enter Bangladesh territory through Teknaf bordering area. UNB File Photo

Dhaka, Feb 25 (UNB) – A German delegation of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of South Asia arrives here on Wednesday mainly to see Rohingya situation in Cox’s Bazar district.

Three German journalists among 6 injured in Rohingya camp

NEWAGE

 Our Correspondent . Cox’s Bazar | Published: 00:53, Feb 23,2019 | 

Six people including three German journalists were attacked inside the Rohingya camp during their filming at Lambashia camp of Kutupalnong in Ukhiya of Cox’s Bazar on Thursday afternoon.

The ARD German TV cameraman, Gunder Stegner, 61, along with his German colleagues Stefanie Appel, 49, and Ernico Leube, 44, and Bangladeshi fixer Mohammad Shihabuddin was beaten and were given treatment at a nearby hospital afterwards.