US asks Myanmar to provide security in Rakhine state

Last Updated: Friday, November 16, 2012, 23:30

The Rohingya are described by the UN as among the world`s most persecuted minorities, and are not officially recognised as citizens in Burma since 1982.

‘Myanmar authorities not doing enough to protect Rohingyas’

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 16:11

Human Rights Watch has said that the authorities in Burma need to do more to protect displaced Rohingyas.

Myanmar sets up internal probe of sectarian unrest

Last Updated: Saturday, August 18, 2012, 10:14

Myanmar`s government has formed a commission to investigate the causes of recent sectarian violence in which at least 83 people were killed.

Bangladesh under fire from MSF for refugee crackdown

Last Updated: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 13:45

Bangladesh has unleashed a crackdown of unprecedented violence against Muslim refugees from neighbouring Myanmar, a report by humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Thursday.

Thailand repatriates illegal Bangladeshi migrants

Last Updated: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 11:15

A group of 200 ethnic Rohingyas was repatriated to Bangladesh late Wednesday from Thailand, more than a year after the group tried to illegally migrate to Malaysia before being detained in Thai waters.