Joint Statement on Myanmar oint Statement on Myanmar

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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Jonathan Allen
Published 11 September 2020

Joint statement by the UK, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Tunisia, and the United States after Security Council consultations on Myanmar

Malaysia: Threat to force 269 Rohingya boat people back to sea is a 'new low'

Amnesty International UK 
Press releases
19 Jun 2020

Security sources told journalists that Malaysian authorities were planning to send back the 269 Rohingya people who had landed at Langkawi (library picture) © Andrew Stanbridge / Amnesty International

Vessel landed at Langkawi island on 8 June, with woman’s dead body and many survivors barely able to walk

Coastguard says it has pushed other boats back out to sea

‘This is an unprecedented and dangerous situation. It will not be accepted by the international community’ - Anna Shea

Responding to reports that the Malaysian authorities are planning to force 269 Rohingya people back into exile on dangerous open waters after they landed on the island of Langkawi earlier this month, Anna Shea, Amnesty International’s Researcher on Refugee and Migrant Rights, said:

United States Announces New Humanitarian Assistance for Displaced Rohingya and Members of Other Affected Communities in Bangladesh and Burma

U.S DEPARTMENT of  STATE

Press Statement

Morgan Ortagus, Department Spokesperson

March 5, 2020

On March 3, the United States announced more than $59 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh and internally displaced Rohingya and members of other affected communities in Burma. This funding will help address the emergency needs of more than 900,000 refugees in Bangladesh, many of whom are Rohingya women and children from Rakhine State, Burma, as well as the needs of Bangladeshi host communities. This funding will also provide life-saving assistance to internally displaced persons, including Rohingya, and members of other affected communities in Burma, including those affected by the fighting between the Burmese military and the Arakan Army.

Press Releases & Meeting Summaries

UNITED NATIONS
GENEVA
 2018

• 12 March 2018
  HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN MYANMAR

• 23 March 2018
  HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATES ON DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, SYRIA, IRAN, SOUTH SUDAN AND MYANMAR
• 27 June 2018
  HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SEPARATE INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES WITH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON BURUNDI AND WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MYANMAR
• 4 July 2018
  HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE SITUATION IN MYANMAR

• 26 July 2018
  NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MYANMAR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

• 18 September 2018
  HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL FACT-FINDING MISSION ON MYANMAR

 2019

• 18 February 2019
  COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN HEARS FROM CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS FROM COLOMBIA, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, ETHIOPIA AND MYANMAR

• 11 March 2019
  HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN MYANMAR
• 22 March 2019
  HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS FIVE RESOLUTIONS, EXTENDS MANDATES ON MALI AND MYANMAR, AND CLOSES FORTIETH SESSION

• 29 August 2019
  COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES STRESSES THE NEEDS TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION OF WOMEN, GIRLS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES IN DIALOGUE WITH MYANMAR

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.

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.

Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishmentof the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v.Myanmar)Fixing of time-limits for the filing of the initial pleading

Press Statement on the decision by the ICJ on ‘provisional measures’ in the case brought by The Gambia against Myanmar.

Press release 2019/49 ,Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) - Request for the indication of provisional measures - The Court to hold public hearings from Tuesday 10 to Thursday 12 December 2019

ICJ
18 November 2019

 

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

eurasiareview

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).