JAKARTA: The United Nations refugee agency has appealed to Indonesia’s government to rescue a boat languishing off its western coast packed with more than 100 Rohingya refugees including women and children. The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar, and thousands risk their lives each year on long and dangerous sea journeys to try … Read more
The 50th session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers commenced on Thursday, August 30, in the capital, Yaoundé, under the patronage of Republic of Cameroon President Paul Biya. Cameroon Prime Minister Dr Joseph Dion Ngute inaugurated the session, as reported by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). Topics discussed The ongoing … Read more
Agartala: With 28 more Bangladesh nationals, including a tout, and two Rohingyas being arrested by security personnel, the influx of illegal entrants from the neighbouring trouble-torn country into Tripura continues unabated, officials said on Sunday. Officials said that the Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel arrested the Bangladeshi nationals at the Agartala railway station on Saturday … Read more
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. (File photo: PTI) The Assam chief minister at a BJP rally urged Jharkhand to avoid similar mistakes and to prevent the entry of Rohingyas, emphasising the importance of border protection and expressing support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s recent comments while campaigning … Read more
Jammu: With the Centre notifying the rules of CAA on Monday, the demand of relocation of Rohingya refugees settled in Jammu has come to the fore with some political parties and social organisations batting for fulfillment of their demand, while the opposition is calling it a move to polarise the electorate. According to government data, … Read more
GENEVA: The international community must take “targeted action” to restrict the Myanmar junta’s access to arms, jet fuel and foreign currency to prevent it from committing “atrocities” against its people, the UN human rights chief said on Friday (Mar 1). “I repeat my call to the international community to refocus its energy on preventing atrocities … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR: More than 40 exhausted and hungry Rohingya refugees have been recaptured by Malaysian police following a detention centre breakout by 131 migrants from Myanmar, a senior police official said Sunday (Dec 4). On Thursday, a total of 115 Rohingya migrants and 16 others – all of them men – rioted in their detention … Read more
