International aid for Rohingya in Cox's Bazar camps declines

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05/20/2021

Bangladesh is concerned about funding cuts to the refugee aid programme for Muslims who fled Myanmar. Donor conference comes up with only 35 per cent of what is required. UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi tells donors not to take for granted the host community’s patience, asks Asian donors to step up to the plate.

Dhaka (AsiaNews/Agencies) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) issued an appeal this week to fund the 2021 Joint Response Plan destined for Rohingya refugees in Bangladeshi camps. So far this year, funding is down.

Rights group says Israel may still be arming Myanmar; NGOs call for arms embargo

THE TIMES OF ISREAL

EDITH M. LEDERER
8 May 2021,

Israel’s police training and vehicle supplies ended in 2017, but deliveries of surveillance equipment may be ongoing amid coup, Amnesty International official says

Myanmarese residents in Israel protest agaisnt the military coup wich took place in Myanmar, outside The Chinese Embassy in Tel Aviv on February 15, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 200 global organizations urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to impose an arms embargo on Myanmar, saying the time for statements has passed and immediate action is needed to help protect peaceful protesters against military rule and other opponents of the junta.

A statement by the non-governmental organizations said the military “has demonstrated a callous disregard for human life” since their February 1 coup, killing at least 769 people including 51 children as young as six years old and detaining several thousand activists, journalists, civil servants, and politicians. Hundreds of others have disappeared, it said.