Rohingya
15 EC staff involved in providing NIDs to Rohingyas: NID DG
Dhaka, Sept 23 (UNB) - Director General of the National Identity Registration Wing of the Election Commission (EC) Brig Gen Saidul Islam on Monday said some 15 EC staff were involved in providing NID cards to Rohingyas.
China potentially can help resolve Rohingya crisis, says British envoy
Dhaka, Sept 22 (UNB) - British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson on Sunday said Chinese involvement has a “great deal of potential” to help bring the Rohingya crisis to an end noting that involvement of wide range of countries can resolve the crisis.
Rohingya crisis: UK announces extra £87 million funding
Dhaka, Sept 22 (UNB) - The United Kingdom will give an additional £87 million for sustaining the Rohingya operation in Cox's Bazar, lifting their contribution to a total of 226 million pounds since the start of the Rohingya crisis in August 2017.
Rohingya couple killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Cox’s Bazar, Sept 22 (UNB) – A Rohingya couple was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Leda Rohingya camp hilly area on early Sunday.
Talks with Cameron: Suu Kyi lies over Rohingyas’ identity
Dhaka, Sept 21 (UNB) - Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, during her conversation with former British prime minister David Cameron, claimed that Rohingyas are not from her country but are Bangladeshis, reports Newsweek.
24 Rohingyas detained in Chattogram
Chattogram, Sept 20 (UNB) – Police detained 24 Rohingyas from Gobindarkhil area of Patiya Upazila on early Friday.
Rohingya children share their dreams in London art exhibition
Dhaka, Sep 19 (UNB) - The half a million Rohingya refugee children living in the camps of Bangladesh risk becoming a “lost generation” if they continue to be denied an education, Amnesty International UK said today, as it launched an exhibition featuring artwork by refugee children.
The “When I grow up” exhibition hosted at the Human Rights Action Centre in London on 19 September 2019 will continue until 4 October 2019. It features 13 drawings by Rohingya refugee children who were forced to flee their homes in Myanmar when the military there waged a campaign of ethnic cleansing two years ago.
Amnesty International UK is calling on the UK government to do more as part of the international community’s efforts to support education for all including the Rohingya in Bangladesh.
“For the past two years, Rohingya refugee children have had their lives put on hold. They have not seen the inside of a classroom since the Myanmar military violently forced them from their homes. At this rate, they risk becoming a lost generation. The international community must act and the UK government has a key role to play. No child should be stopped from chasing their dreams,” said Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK.
The exhibition includes the work of a nine-year old who dreams of becoming an engineer so that he can rebuild the homes that were destroyed in his community when the Myanmar military carried out their crimes against humanity in August 2017. In another drawing, a 12-year-old sees herself becoming a teacher so that she can educate her community. And a 10-year-old has drawn a plane, depicting his hopes of becoming a pilot so that he can visit his father in Malaysia, where he lives as a refugee.
In Bangladesh, the children currently have no access to formal education. They continue to languish with their families in makeshift camps – uncertain of their future. There has been no accountability for the horrific crimes against humanity committed against them.
Most of the Rohingya say they would like to return to their homes in Myanmar one day, but only if the conditions are right – when peace returns to the area, when the oppressive conditions of discrimination and segregation that made them so vulnerable in the first place are lifted, and when they are able to secure their rights as citizens.
“Receiving an education will help the Rohingya children build a future for themselves and their communities. There is only something to gain by helping them return to classrooms. By denying them this most basic of human rights, we leave them at the mercy of criminal gangs, human traffickers, armed groups and others who seek to exploit their suffering,” said Kate Allen.
Amnesty International UK supporters signed a letter to the Secretary of State for International Development Right Honourable Alok Sharma MP, urging UK to support Bangladesh in providing accredited primary and secondary education to all children, including the Rohingya.
During the exhibition, visitors, activists and supporters will also be able to send postcards to the Secretary of State showing solidarity for right to education for all in the affected community in Cox’s Bazar.
“The UK must support Bangladesh with assistance that promotes an atmosphere of peace and coexistence with the host community until the Rohingya refugees are able to return to Myanmar in safe, voluntary and dignified conditions,” said Kate Allen.
China to mediate, promote Rohingya repatriation actively: Envoy
Dhaka, Sept 19 (UNB) - Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has said China stands ready to “mediate and promote” Rohingya repatriation in an “active manner” to help find a solution as soon as possible.
2 Rohingyas among 3 ‘criminals’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Cox’s Bazar, Sept 19 (UNB) – Three suspected criminals, including two Rohingyas, were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Baharchhara in Teknaf upazila early Thursday.
18 ‘Rohingyas’ detained with Bangladeshi passports in Ctg
Chattogram, Sept 19 (UNB) – Police’s Detective Branch (DB) detained 18 suspected Rohingyas with Bangladeshi passports from in front of the Indian Assistant High Commission in the port city on Wednesday night.