Rohingya migrant girl Halima Khatun (6), who arrived in Bangladesh in October, holds a whistle and a razor blade that she uses as toys at the Shamlapur refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Dec. 1, 2017.

Lately, the government of Myanmar has set up a committee to survey the Muslims of Arakan (the Rohingya people are historically also termed Arakanese), and their properties and other types of wealth.

An estimated 700,000 Rohingya people have fled to Bangladesh since August 2017 to escape a brutal campaign of violence by Myanmar’s military. Another 40,000 have taken refuge in parts of India. Fewer ...

Muslim Rohingya insurgents said on Saturday they are ready to respond to any peace move by the Myanmar government but a one-month ceasefire they declared to enable the delivery of aid in violence ...

It is part of a systematic campaign by the Indian government to criminalize, dehumanize and expel the Rohingya, a majority Muslim people, millions of whom who have been stateless since fleeing a ...

The Rohingya people, who escaped brutal persecution at the hands of the Myanmar military, have fled into neighboring Bangladesh since August 2017.

Second, all Rohingya people should be granted citizenship so that they can enjoy freedom of movement and have access to health care, education and other facilities granted to Buddhists.

In Jaipur city, 2,000-2,500 people were picked up under the pretext of being Bangladeshi Rohingya, and they were asked for ID and passports. The labourers did not have passports.

Mahathir noted that Myanmar has not responded to requests to be more humane. “Instead, it continues the merciless killing of people,” he said, adding that the Rohingya did not deserve such a fate.

The reduction in support for Rohingya refugees is highlighted in a new UNHCR report about the impacts of the global humanitarian funding crisis for people forced to flee. It warns that in Bangladesh, ...