If the ICJ fails the Rohingya, international law will be irreparably weakened - COMMENT: A trial at the International Court of Justice will decide whether the Rohingya’s suffering is legally genocide ...

Tiny The Gambia is the first to drag another country to the ICJ as a third-party rights defender.

For Rohingya women, the question is not whether violence can be legally defined or classified, but whether such naming alters ...

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya in Bangladesh marked the seven-year anniversary of displacement from their homes in neighboring Myanmar on Aug. 25, 2024. It was a somber occasion for the ...

The Rohingya people have long been inhabitants of the Rakhine State, also known as Arakan, in present-day Myanmar. Throughout their winding history in the region, the Rohingya have routinely faced ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — For generations, Rohingya Muslims have called Myanmar home. Now, in what appears to be a systematic purge, they are, quite literally, being wiped off the map. After a series of ...

The Rohingya are desperate to escape oppression for a chance at better lives. — -- Thousands of men, women and children from a minority group in Myanmar called the Rohingya are desperate enough ...

The influx of Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh has reached staggering proportions, dominating the headlines amid international outcry. Since violence erupted in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in late August, ...

Amnesty International on Monday cautioned against what it called a “dangerously premature” push to repatriate Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar, warning that repatriation under existing ...

Genocide hearings in The Hague offer a ray of hope for the Rohingya, but aid cuts are worsening a humanitarian crisis in refugee camps.

The IRC and UNICEF warn of dire humanitarian concerns for child refugees. — -- Nearly 450,000 Rohingya refugee children are in urgent need of assistance and the scale of the humanitarian crisis ...

Nur Kalam, 21, sits cross-legged on the floor of a community health centre in southern Bangladesh’s sprawling Kutupalong camp listening carefully to the soft voice of a Rohingya mother. The young ...