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By Libby Hogan and wires
Posted Mon 17 Jun 2024
Showing posts with label Violence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Violence. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Fresh attacks against Rohingya in Myanmar, UN decries beheadings, violence
Friday, May 24, 2024
Rohingya groups call for urgent ‘humanitarian intervention’ after violence escalates in Myanmar’s Arakan
Rohingya organizations on Wednesday issued a dire warning about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Arakan, urging the international community to take immediate action to protect the persecuted ethnic minority from further displacement, violence, and potential mass atrocities.
Monday, May 20, 2024
OIC Expresses Deep Concern over Violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expresses deep concern and alarm over recent reports of violence, forced displacement, and property destruction against the Rohingya Muslim community in Buthidaung Township in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.
Saturday, July 15, 2023
HRW condemns armed gang violence against Rohingya in Cox's Bazaar
asianews
07/14/2023,
The human rights groups slams Bangladesh for failing to protect Rohingya refugees and take effective steps against drug dealing, human trafficking, and murder in the camps. In Myanmar, the military’s brutal crackdown continues, while ASEAN foreign ministers fail again to do anything in their latest meeting.
The human rights groups slams Bangladesh for failing to protect Rohingya refugees and take effective steps against drug dealing, human trafficking, and murder in the camps. In Myanmar, the military’s brutal crackdown continues, while ASEAN foreign ministers fail again to do anything in their latest meeting.
Cox's Bazar (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Bangladeshi authorities of failing to protect Rohingya refugees from armed gangs involved in drug trafficking, extortion, kidnappings, and murders inside refugee camps.
Sunday, June 13, 2021
‘A catastrophe’: UN warns of intensifying violence in Myanmar
Aljazeera
11 Jun 2021
11 Jun 2021
UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet says military government is ‘singularly responsible’ for violence and ‘must be held to account’.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said that multiple reports indicate that armed conflict is continuing, including in Kayah State, Chin State and Kachin State [File: Denis Balibouse/Reuters]
The United Nations human rights chief has warned that violence is intensifying across Myanmar, slamming the country’s military government for being “singularly responsible” for a “human rights catastrophe”.
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
China's UN envoy: Myanmar violence could lead to civil war
abc News
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press
4 May 2021,
China’s U.N. ambassador is urging stronger diplomatic efforts to resolve the confrontation in Myanmar since the Feb. 1 military coup
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press
4 May 2021,
China’s U.N. ambassador is urging stronger diplomatic efforts to resolve the confrontation in Myanmar since the Feb. 1 military coup
UNITED NATIONS -- China’s U.N. ambassador on Monday urged stronger diplomatic efforts to resolve the confrontation in Myanmar since the Feb. 1 military coup, warning that further violence could lead to a chaotic situation “and even a civil war.”
Zhang Jun also warned that “any wrong handling” might lead to further tension in Myanmar.
The U.N. Security Council on Friday strongly backed calls by Southeast Asian nations for an immediate cessation of violence and talks as a first step toward a solution following the military coup in Myanmar that ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her party and reversed years of slow progress toward democracy.
The council again demanded the restoration of democracy and the release of all detainees including Suu Kyi and condemned the use of violence against peaceful protesters and the deaths of hundreds of civilians.
Saturday, April 17, 2021
UN: 'refer conflict-related sexual violence to ICC'
MEM
MIDDLE EAST MONITOR
Published in: Africa, ICC, International Organisations, Iraq, Libya, Middle East, News, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, UN, YemenApril 16, 2021
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has recommended the Security Council to refer cases of conflict-related sexual violence in a number of countries to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The countries in question include six members of the Arab League: Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Yemen, Libya and Somalia.
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
‘Piles of bodies’ seen in Myanmar as violence escalates: reports
NEW YORK POST
Kerry J. ByrneApril 10, 2021
Young protesters flash a three-fingered symbol of resistance in Yangon, Myanmar on April 10, 2021.AP
“Piles of bodies” were seen in one city in Myanmar after another gruesome attack by the country’s security forces against its own people.
Dozens of people were killed in the city of Bago Friday, “leaving piles of bodies in pagodas and on school grounds” in the deadliest single incident in Myanmar since a coup toppled the elected government Feb. 1, according to Radio Free Asia and other reports.
Sunday, April 4, 2021
Stop ‘widespread violence’ against children in Myanmar, UN officials urge
UN News
Peace and Security
2 April 2021
Peace and Security
2 April 2021
Unsplash/Justin Min,The Sule pagoda in downtown Yangon, the commercial hub of Myanmar.
Senior United Nations officials on Thursday strongly condemned the ongoing violence by Myanmar’s security forces against civilians, including children, as the members of the Security Council expressed alarm at the rapidly deteriorating situation in the country.
Hundreds of civilians, including at least 44 children (as of 31 March) have been killed in the crackdown across the country, including a 7-year-old girl, who was shot while in her home. Countless more have been seriously injured, since the military coup on 1 February.
Saturday, April 3, 2021
BURMA: STICK TO NON-VIOLENCE
KASHMIR TIMES
Gwynne Dyer. Dated: 4/2/2021
“Federalism is the ultimate political heresy in Burma. The army’s self-assigned task ever since independence has been maintaining the hegemony of the ethnic Bamar majority (about two-thirds of the country’s 54 million people) over the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, Kachin, Rakhine, Rohingya and Karenni minorities.”
The non-violent democratic resistance in Burma (or Myanmar, as the army renamed it in 1989) is living through terrible times, but statistics are on its side: most non-violent movements eventually win. But it’s hard to stay non-violent when you are up against a force as ruthless and brutal as the Tatmadaw.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Sunday, March 14, 2021
US imposes sanctions on Myanmar companies as violence against protesters continues
JURIST
Robert Kaufman | U. Pittsburgh School of Law, US
MARCH 12, 2021
Robert Kaufman | U. Pittsburgh School of Law, US
MARCH 12, 2021
The US Department of the Treasury sanctioned the two adult children of commander-in-chief of the Myanmar military, Min Aung Hlaing, on Wednesday in response to the continued violence by military forces against protesters.
In a press release, the Treasury Department labeled Min Aung Hlang as the leader of the military coup against Myanmar’s democratically elected government, saying:
The United States stands in solidarity with the people of Burma, and we remain committed to promoting accountability for those responsible for the coup and ongoing violence. The United States urges the immediate release of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint, as well as all others unjustly detained since February 1, including members of civil society, journalists, and human rights activists.
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
MEDIA STATEMENT – UN Human Rights Office urges military to halt violence against peaceful protestors across Myanmar
Comment by UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani on Myanmar
Geneva, 28 February 2021
“We strongly condemn the escalating violence against protests in Myanmar and call on the military to immediately halt the use of force against peaceful protestors.
Throughout the day, in several locations throughout the country, police and military forces have confronted peaceful demonstrations, using lethal force and less-than-lethal force that – according to credible information received by the UN Human Rights Office – has left at least 18 people dead and over 30 wounded. Deaths reportedly occurred as a result of live ammunition fired into crowds in Yangon, Dawei, Mandalay, Myeik, Bago and Pokokku. Tear gas was also reportedly used in various locations as well as flash-bang and stun grenades.
Friday, October 16, 2020
UN voices ‘deep alarm’ over violence against children in Myanmar
UNB
UNB News,Dhaka
October 15, 2020,
UN agencies in Myanmar have voiced “deep alarm” over an alarming increase in reports of killings and injuries of children in Myanmar.
The UN agencies also expressed "sadness and shock" over the killing of two boys, allegedly used as human shields by security forces in the country’s northern Rakhine State, earlier this month.
The UN agencies also expressed "sadness and shock" over the killing of two boys, allegedly used as human shields by security forces in the country’s northern Rakhine State, earlier this month.
In a statement, the UN agencies -- co-chairs of the UN Country Taskforce on Monitoring and Reporting on Grave Violations against Children in Myanmar (CTFMR) -- called for a “full, transparent, and expedited investigation into the incident” and for anyone responsible for the use and killing of the children to be held accountable.
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Rohingya militants condemn violence in refugee camps amid reports of killings
KFGO
FM Fargo-Moorhead
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's Rohingya militants urged their followers on Wednesday to refrain from crime in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, following reports of killings and abductions attributed to the group, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA).
FM Fargo-Moorhead
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Rohingya refugees gather at a market inside a refugee camp in Cox's
Bazar, Bangladesh, March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's Rohingya militants urged their followers on Wednesday to refrain from crime in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, following reports of killings and abductions attributed to the group, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA).
Monday, November 21, 2016
Monday, November 14, 2016
Myanmar violence: dozens killed as army clashes with Rohingya in Rakhine state
The Guardian
Agence France-PresseMon 14 Nov 2016
Restive region on border with Bangladesh sees weekend of violence after army claims Rohingya militants rushed at them
Myanmar police officers patrol the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh in Maungdaw, Rakhine State, in this photo from October. Photograph: Thein Zaw/AP
Myanmar’s Rakhine state erupted in violence over the weekend with more than 30 insurgents killed, the military said, as fears grow for the strife-torn region.
Northern Rakhine, which is home to the Muslim Rohingya minority and borders Bangladesh, has been under military lockdown ever since surprise raids on border posts killed nine police last month.
Northern Rakhine, which is home to the Muslim Rohingya minority and borders Bangladesh, has been under military lockdown ever since surprise raids on border posts killed nine police last month.
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