02-02-21 The Afternoon Beat
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Imagery shows ‘200 buildings burned’ in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
27 May 2020| 03 Shawaal 1441| Al Jazeera Satellite imagery shows that about 200 homes and other buildings were destroyed by fire in recent weeks in an ethnic Rakhine village in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, Human Rights Watch ...
UN warns Bangladesh of ‘new crisis’ over Rohingya relocation plan
12 March 2019| 04 Rajab 1440| Al Jazeera Bangladesh risks creating a “new crisis” for Rohingya refugees if it goes ahead next month with plans to relocate 23,000 refugees to an uninhabited island prone to cyclones, a United Nations human rights ...
Rohingya long for an end to their suffering
17 January 2019| 11 Jumadul Ulaa 1440| Anadolu agency Rohingya Muslims, forced to emigrate from their homeland to escape oppression and horrific massacres, cannot escape their painful memories. Nearly 1.5 million Rohingya Muslims who fled from ethnic and religious persecution in ...
Mike Pence tells Suu Kyi Rohingya violence inexcusable
14 November 2018|06 Rabi ul Awwal 1440| Al Jazeera US Vice President Mike Pence told Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday the violence and persecution by her country’s military and vigilantes that sent more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims ...
UN official urges Bangladesh to halt Rohingya returns
07 November 2018| 28 Safar 1440| Anadolu Agency A UN human rights official has implored Bangladesh to shelve its plans to start the repatriation of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar this month, fearing they may face violence or abuse. “I have not ...
UN investigator says Myanmar genocide against Rohingya ‘ongoing’
25 October 2018|15 Safar 1440|Al Jazeera Genocide continues to take place against Muslim-majority Rohingya in Myanmar and the government is increasingly demonstrating it has no interest in establishing a fully functioning democracy, a UN investigator said. Marzuki Darusman, chair of the UN ...
Independent UN body to collect data on Myanmar killings
28 September 2018|18 Muharram 1440|Anadolu Agency The top United Nations human rights body on Thursday decided to establish a new independent mechanism to collect and analyze evidence of genocide and human rights violations against Rakhine Muslims in Myanmar. The UN Human Rights ...
ICC opens preliminary probe into Myanmar crimes
19 September 2018|09 Muharram 1440|Anadolu Agency The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday launched a preliminary investigation into the crimes committed by Myanmar against the Rohingya people. In a written statement, ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said: “I have decided to proceed to ...
Judges rule ICC ‘has jurisdiction’ over Rohingya crimes
07 September 2018|26 Dhul Hijjah 1439|Anadolu Agency The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday ruled that it has jurisdiction to investigate the crimes against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. “The Court has jurisdiction over the crime against humanity of deportation allegedly ...