Former Malaysian Foreign Minister Dr Syed Hamid Albar on Monday described the Rohingya crisis as a serious violation of human rights, genocide, and crime against humanity with implications at the regional level. 

With Dhaka battling every day with toxic air, environmental and rights activists think the ‘ineptitude’ of the authorities concerned to protect people from exposure to ‘hazardous’ and ‘unhealthy’ air is a serious violation of human rights.

The Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has agreed to convene a pledging conference, during the upcoming Council of Foreign Ministers meeting to be held in Niger on April 3-4, to mobilize resources for the ICJ case against Myanmar on accountability for human rights violations against the Rohingyas.