Press release 2019/47 ,The Republic of The Gambia institutes proceedings against the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and asks the Court to indicate provisional measures

ICJ
11 November 2019

 

Bangladesh: Stop extrajudicial executions of Rohingya refugees and end restrictions to their freedom of movement

AMNSTY INTERNATIONAL
4 November 2019,
Index number: ASA 13/1317/2019

Amnesty International is deeply concerned about what appears to be a series of recent extrajudicial executions of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazaar refugee camps. Since the killing on 23 August 2019, of a local Bangladeshi youth leader from the ruling political party Awami League, at least seven Rohingya refugees have been killed by Bangladesh police in alleged ‘gunfights’ in the span of just three weeks. Bangladesh authorities must respect and protect the human rights of Rohingya, including the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, expression and movement, as well as their other rights as refugees. 

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Bangladesh: Halt Plans to Relocate Rohingya Refugees

SCOOP World
Saturday, 26 October 2019,
Press Release: Fortify Rights 

Bangladesh: Halt Plans to Relocate Rohingya Refugees to Isolated Island

Testimonies indicate relocations slated for next month would be involuntary

(BANGKOK, October 25, 2019)—The Government of Bangladesh should immediately halt plans to relocate Rohingya refugees from camps in Cox’s Bazar to Bhasan Char, an isolated and flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal, Fortify Rights said today. On October 20, Bangladeshi officials announced plans to begin relocating refugees in early November.

Fortify Rights interviewed 14 Rohingya from three different refugee camps in Bangladesh, including Rohingya identified on lists of people slated for imminent relocation to Bhasan Char. None of those on the lists for relocation interviewed by Fortify Rights had been consulted about the plan and all opposed it.

“The island is not a sustainable solution for refugees and no one knows that better than the Rohingya themselves,” said Matthew Smith, Chief Executive Officer at Fortify Rights. “Threats of forced relocation cause unnecessary harm to refugee families already struggling to survive. Bangladesh authorities should engage in meaningful consultations with Rohingya and identify options to ensure rights and protection.”

Fears for 'a lost generation' of Rohingya children in Bangladesh - new briefing

Amnesty International UK
29 Aug 2019, 

Press releases

Two years after a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign forced around 700,000 Rohingya to flee Myanmar for Bangladesh, refugees are still trapped in unbearable conditions in overcrowded camps, Amnesty International said in a new briefing published today (August 29).

The 70-page briefing, ‘I don’t know what my future will be’: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, warns that a ‘lost generation’ of Rohingya children are being systematically denied an education, and documents the sense of hopelessness and uncertainty expressed by many young people in the camps.

Amnesty researchers travelled to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and spoke to 97 refugees in nine camps in February this year. With the situation still dire, Amnesty is calling on the Bangladeshi government to look beyond emergency measures and develop a long-term response to respect and protect the rights of refugees.

MHA arrests at least six supporters of Myanmar insurgent group in Singapore

THE STRAITSTIMES

Linette Lai

Political Correspondent

SINGAPORE - The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has arrested a group of Myanmar nationals for using Singapore to mobilise support for armed violence against their government.

Their actions in support of the Arakan Army (AA), an armed group that has conducted violent attacks in Myanmar, are “inimical to Singapore’s security”, MHA said in a statement on Wednesday (July 10). It added that those found involved in activities of security concern will be deported.
The ministry’s statement came following reports in the Myanmar media that six leaders of the Arakan Association (Singapore) had been picked up, and that their computers and mobile phones were seized.

Myanmar: Call for continued pressure on human rights crisis

SCOOP
Thursday, 4 July 2019, 1:41 pm
Press Release: United Nations

  Myanmar: Expert calls for continued pressure as situation reaches “human rights crisis”

GENEVA (3 July 2019) – A UN human rights expert implored the international community to maintain pressure on Myanmar amid a deterioration of human rights in the country, citing concerns about possible war crimes in Rakhine State, the treatment of minorities, the environment and freedom of expression.

The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, addressed the Human Rights Council in Geneva and welcomed the Government’s reforms to the accounting requirements of extractive industry State-owned economic enterprises. “This is an opportunity for the Government to improve transparency in the sector, and to ensure that departments tasked with enforcing environmental and social safeguards are properly resourced,” the expert said.

Condemnations pour in over release of Myanmar soldiers

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Md. Kamruzzaman 
DHAKA, Bangladesh
27.05.2019

7 soldiers who murdered Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state set free, report claims
Human rights activists across the world have expressed concerns over the release of seven Myanmar soldiers who murdered 10 Rohingya Muslims in a 2017 military crackdown in its western Rakhine state.

“The only reason these seven soldiers were arrested is because Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo exposed these cold-blooded murders in an investigative news story that could not be refuted,” Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director of Human Rights Watch tweeted.

Rohingya And Burmese Muslims Urge EU To Act On UN Call To Sanction Military-Linked Businesses – Statement

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May 23, 2019  

Arakan Rohingya National Org 

Flag of Burma (Myanmar)

The UN Fact Finding Mission last week issued a statement urging the international community to financially isolate Myanmar’s military for its involvement in the genocidal campaign against the Rohingya people. It made clear that the Government of Myanmar had made no movement towards genuinely resolving the crisis.

Military Releases 126 Detainees in N. Rakhine

The Irrawaddy
By The Irrawaddy
3 May 2019

Military spokesman Brig-Gen. Zaw Min Tun attends the ‘four pillars’ meeting in Naypyitaw on April 30. / Htet Naing Zaw / The Irrawaddy

The Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, on Friday said they have released 126 innocent civilians out of 275 villagers from Rathedaung Township in northern Rakhine State whom they have held in detention for three days on suspicion of having ties with the Arakan Army (AA). The military also reiterated that it would take action against those who they claim are either AA members or have affiliations with the group.

Myanmar : 2018 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Myanmar.

INTERNATIONAL MONETRAY FUND
IMF Country Report No. 19/100

Author/Editor: International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept

Publication Date: April 12, 2019

 

SOURCE:
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2019/04/10/Myanmar-2018-Article-IV-Consultation-Press-Release-Staff-Report-and-Statement-by-the-46748

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani

UNITED NATIONS 

HUMAN RIGHTS
Location: Geneva
Date: 5 April 2019
Subject: Myanmar

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Myanmar: Fighting must stop
Myanmar: We are deeply disturbed by the intensification of the conflict in Rakhine State in recent weeks, and condemn what appear to be indiscriminate attacks and attacks directed at civilians by the Myanmar military and armed fighters. The consequences of impunity will continue to be deadly. We call on the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army to immediately cease hostilities and to ensure that civilians are protected. Learn more: http://ow.ly/468q30okS2I
Posted by United Nations Human Rights on Friday, April 5, 2019

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Myanmar

We are deeply disturbed by the intensification of the conflict in Rakhine State in recent weeks, and condemn what appear to be indiscriminate attacks and attacks directed at civilians by the Myanmar military and armed fighters in the context of the ongoing fighting with the ethnic Rakhine Arakan Army (AA).

Malaysia: Ensure Accountability for Mass Graves, Human Trafficking Atrocities Against Rohingya

FORTIFY RIGHT
RIGHTS

News Release

Malaysia: Ensure Accountability for Mass Graves, Human Trafficking Atrocities Against Rohingya

Report finds trafficking syndicate committed crimes against humanity

(KUALA LUMPUR, March 27, 2019)—In a new joint report released today, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) and Fortify Rights find reasonable grounds to believe that a human-trafficking syndicate committed crimes against humanity in Malaysia and Thailand against Rohingya men, women, and children from 2012 to 2015.

The 121-page report follows the Government of Malaysia’s recent creation of a Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate human trafficking and mass graves—believed to contain the bodies of trafficked Rohingya and Bangladeshis—discovered in Wang Kelian, Perlis State in 2015. The Royal Commission of Inquiry is expected to submit its final report in June.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Leadership Calls on Administration to Recognize Rohingya Genocide

Press Releases

February 27, 2019

WASHINGTON—Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, led a bipartisan group of members in calling on the Trump Administration to formally designate the Burmese military atrocities against the Rohingya people as genocide. In a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on February 15, the members urged the Department to follow the lead of the United Nations, Congress, and non-governmental expert organizations in properly denouncing these crimes as genocide.

Asia World Sees Myanmar's New Concrete Road as Catalyst.

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INDEPENDENT NEWS 

Saturday, 23 February 2019,

Press Release: Asia Corporate News Network - ACN Newswire

The Asia World Foundation said today that a new, all-weather 54-kilometer concrete road will serve as a major confidence booster and catalyst for direct investments in Rakhine State which today kicked off a three-day investment fair that was inaugurated by Myanmar's State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

Penny Mordaunt: the Rohingya crisis must not be forgotten

GOV.UK

 Published 19 February 2019

Press release  

From:

Department for International Development and The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP

The UK is providing vital humanitarian aid to many of the one million Rohingya refugees and vulnerable local communities in Cox’s Bazar.

The plight of the Rohingya refugees must not be forgotten, International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt said during her second visit to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh.

Switzerland provides additional 10 million francs for Rohingya refugees

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Government of Switzerland
Published on 15 Feb 2019 — View Original

Press release, 15.02.2019

In 2019, Switzerland will provide CHF 10 million and deploy experts from the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit (SHA) to help tackle the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh. The humanitarian crisis in eastern Bangladesh, a region that has taken in large numbers refugees, remains acute. The international Joint Response Plan seeks to raise USD 920 million to meet basic needs.

Amnesty International UK Press releases; Myanmar: Fresh evidence of new violations during military operations in Rakhine State.

Amnesty International UK

Press releases
11 Feb 2019

Military blocking access to food and indiscriminately shelling villagesArmy units responsible for past atrocities involved in operations

More than 5,000 civilians displaced since December

“The Myanmar military have operated from the same brutal playbook for decades” – Tirana Hassan

Myanmar's security forces have shelled villages and blocked civilians from accessing food and humanitarian assistance in Rakhine State in recent weeks, Amnesty International said today.

Myanmar Army Chief Must be Prosecuted for Rohingya "Genocide": U.N. Rights Envoy Says.

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Bangkok, Dhaka, Jan 25, 2019, SPA -- Myanmar's army chief should be prosecuted for genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority, a U.N. human rights investigator said, adding that holding perpetrators to account for crimes was necessary before refugees who fled the country could return.

Yanghee Lee, the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar, was speaking during a trip to Thailand and Bangladesh, where she met officials and Rohingya driven out of western Rakhine state after an army crackdown in 2017.

( 17.04.2018 ) ျပစ္ဒဏ္လြတ္ၿငိမ္းသက္သာခြင့္အမိန္႔

                                                 ၿပည္ေထာင္စုသမၼတျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံေတာ္

                                                             ႏိုင္ငံေတာ္သမၼတရံုး

                                                          အမိန္႔အမွတ္၊ ၁၈ /၂၀၁၈

                                                  ၁၃၈၀ ျပည့္ႏွစ္၊ ကဆုန္လဆန္း ၃ ရက္

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 ျပစ္ဒဏ္လြတ္ၿငိမ္းသက္သာခြင့္အမိန္႔

ျမန္မာႏွစ္သစ္ကူးအခါသမယ အထိမ္းအမွတ္အားျဖင့္လည္းေကာင္း၊ ႏုိင္ငံအခ်င္းခ်င္း မိတ္ဝတ္မပ်က္ ဆက္ ဆံေရးကိုေရွးရႈေသာအားျဖင့္လည္းေကာင္း၊ လူသားခ်င္းစာနာေထာက္ထားမႈကို အေလးထားေသာ အား  ၿဖင့္လည္းေကာင္း အက်ဥ္းေထာင္အသီးသီးတြင္ အက်ဥ္းက်ခံေနၾကရေသာ ႏုုိင္ငံျခားသားအက်ဥ္းသား/သူ (၅၁) ဦးအား ရာဇဝတ္က်င့္ထုံးဥပေဒပုဒ္မ ၄၀၁၊ ပုဒ္မခြဲ (၁)အရ စည္းကမ္းသတ္မွတ္ခ်က္မထားဘဲ လြတ္ၿငိမ္းသက္သာခြင့္ျပဳ၍ ျပည္ႏွင္ဒဏ္ေပးလိုက္သည္။

                                                                   (ပုံ) ဝင္းျမင့္

                                                                   ႏိုင္ငံေတာ္သမၼတ
                                                                       ျပည္ေထာင္စုသမၼတျမန္မာႏိုင္ငံေတာ္

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