History will show the warnings of a genocide: Why ICJ's ruling won't save Rohingya Muslims

The New Arab
29 January 2020

Last week, the United Nations' highest court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down a historic decision in finding Myanmar guilty of "causing irreparable damage to the rights" of its Muslim minority, the Rohingya, ordering its government to take emergency measures to prevent genocide.

Immediately following the international criminal court's verdict, the Aung San Suu Kyi led government responded with typical defiance, claiming "there's been no genocide in Rakhine," while accusing human rights organisations of creating a "distorted picture."

US issues strong new warning to Myanmar on Rohingya amid growing concerns

KSRO
September 27, 2019
National News

(WASHINGTON) — The United States’ top official for foreign aid issued a firm and emotional warning Thursday to Myanmar about the lack of progress over how it treats the Rohingya and other ethnic minority groups.

Two years after violent attacks by Myanmar security forces and local militias against the Muslim ethnic minority killed thousands and sent more than 750,000 across the border as refugees, little has changed on the ground in Myanmar’s northwest Rakhine state. Critics say it’s because the U.S., the United Nations and others have not done enough to pressure the government.

Senior US official issues strong new warning to Myanmar on Rohingya amid growing concern about refugees' future

abc NEWS
conor finnegan
Sep 27, 2019,

The United States' top official for foreign aid issued a firm and emotional warning Thursday to Myanmar about the lack of progress over how it treats the Rohingya and other ethnic minority groups.

Two years after violent attacks by Myanmar security forces and local militias against the Muslim ethnic minority killed thousands and sent more than 750,000 across the border as refugees, little has changed on the ground in Myanmar's northwest Rakhine state. Critics say it's because the U.S., the United Nations and others have not done enough to pressure the government. 

"They're not on the right path and a democratic journey, and I worry a great deal," Mark Green, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, told ABC News in an interview.

(MORE: One year later, no end in sight for Rohingya crisis as enormous needs remain unmet)

 

Situation may worsen without more funding for Rohingyas, warns WFP

Dhaka Tribune

Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan  

September 15th, 2019 

 

 Distressed rohngya women and children at a camp in Cox Bazar Mahmud Hossain Opu

At a regular briefing in Geneva on Friday, WFP spokesperson Hervé Verhoosel explained that it costs the food-assistance branch of the global body $16 million every month to feed almost 900,000 Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar

The World Food Programme (WFP), the food-assistance branch of the United Nations, has warned that the situation in regards to feeding hundreds of Rohingyas sheltered in Cox’s Bazar could deteriorate ‘rapidly’ if the adequate funding is not made available.

AA issues 2nd warning against police ( Supplymentry )

BNI 

Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Development Media Group

 

The Arakan Army (AA) issued a statement against the Myanmar Police on August 12 warning its officers to stop arresting and torturing Arakan people by misusing their authority. The letter also warned the police force not to frighten people or disturb Arakan national activities.

The AA released a similar warning to police on February 8, 2019.  

 

UN Warns Bangladesh Government Against Relocation Of Rohingya Refugees

LATEST LY
  Marisha Dolly Singh Mar 12, 2019 

Toronto, March 12: Despite strenuous efforts by the Bangladesh government, Myanmar has made no efforts to create conditions that make the repatriation of Rohingya refugees possible. As a result, the Sheikh Hasina government is making provisions to relocate more than 23,000 refugees of the over 7.5 lakh Rohingyas in Bangladesh to an uninhabited island.