ICC Chief Counsel Karim Khan Visits Rohingya Camps in Ukhia for Investigation into Crimes Against Humanity

Voice 7 News
Report By: Ukhiya Correspondent
Publish: Tuesday, November 26, 2024 

Picture: Collected

Cox's Bazar, Nov 26 (V7N)- Karim Khan, Chief Counsel of the International Criminal Court (ICC), visited the Rohingya camps in Ukhia, Cox's Bazar, as part of the ICC’s ongoing investigation into crimes against humanity committed during the mass expulsion of Rohingya from Myanmar's Rakhine state.

ICC delegation visits Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar

daily observer
Farhad Iqbal/Shakib Ahmed
Published : Tuesday, 26 November, 2024 

A 15-member delegation of International Criminal Court (ICC) visited Rohingya camps at Ukhiya upazila in Cox’s Bazar district on Tuesday.

The visit is part of ongoing investigations into alleged crimes against humanity committed during the 2017 Rohingya crisis in Myanmar's Rakhine State.

Statement: Humanitarian Crisis in Rohingya Camps, Cox’s Bazar

JUSTICE
FOR ALL
JFA Admin
Burma Task Force, Statements
September 25, 2024 

Justice For All is deeply concerned about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. According to our field staff, the seasonal monsoon rains have once again caused significant devastation, leading to landslides and flooding that have destroyed the homes and tents of hundreds of refugees. 

Rohingya Camps Turn Into Hub Of Global Terrorism; Pose Big Security Threat To India, B’Desh: OPED

The Eur Asia
Guest Author
June 3, 2024

OPED By: Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

Officials of law enforcement agencies in Bangladesh have been consistently saying radical Islamic militancy outfit Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) is involved in murders, and members of this outfit regularly enter Bangladesh from Myanmar and commit a series of crimes while they also run drug peddling, arms trafficking, human trafficking, and kidnapping.

Recently, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan told reporters that Rohingya camps in Bangladesh may become the hub of international terrorists. He said, “There may be an influx of arms. Many things can happen. And we already see some signs of these”.

UN assistant secretary general visits Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps

Dhaka Tribune
UNB
Publish : 27 Sep 2023, 

Unaisi Lutu Vuniwaqa, United Nations assistant secretary general for Safety and Security, visits a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Baza on Tuesday, September 27, 2023. Photo: UN

Unaisi Lutu Vuniwaqa, United Nations assistant secretary general for Safety and Security, has visited the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.

She visited the Kutupalong-2 and Balukhali-8 refugee camps, as well as the extended part of the 20-year-old refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila on Tuesday.

Prestigious 'Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA)' committee visited Rohingya Camps

brac
Wednesday, 20 September 2023 

A five-member delegation from the 'Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA)' committee visited the Rohingya Camps in Cox's Bazar today (Tuesday, 19 September). Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman, former adviser to the caretaker government and chairperson of BRAC, along with senior officials from the organisation, joined the delegation during the visit.

After Killing, Bangladesh Launches Crackdown in Rohingya Camps

THE I DIPLOMAT

By Sebastian Strangio
October 14, 2021

Bangladeshi police have made nearly 40 arrests, including five in connection with last month’s murder of a prominent Rohingya advocate.

Police in Bangladesh police have arrested nearly 40 refugees at the crowded refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar after the killing of a well-known Rohingya community leader last month. According to a report by Benarnews that cited local officials, the Bangladeshi police have undertaken a blitz against criminal activities in the camps, and arrested many suspected of involvement with illegal weapons and drugs.

“Police so far arrested 38 Rohingya from different refugee camps since the murder of Muhib Ullah,” Rafiqul Islam, an additional police superintendent in Cox’s Bazar, told BenarNews on Tuesday. “Law enforcers are continuing the drives to reduce any offenses or illegal activities in refugee camps.”

According to the officials, five of the suspects were arrested in connection with the recent killing of Mohib Ullah, the head of the Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights (ARSPH), who was reportedly shot and killed by unidentified gunmen outside his office at the Kutupalong refugee camp on September 29.

FIRE INCIDENT ACROSS ROHINGYA CAMPS BRAC