The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Chittagong, Bangladesh : Foreign Minister Dipu Moni yesterday asked Burma envoy for early repatriation of the Rohingya refugees from Nayapara and Kutupalong camps in Cox's Bazar district, according to a press release of Foreign Minister Office. Foreign Minister Dipu Moni is giving press-briefing“The Foreign Minister made the request when Min Lwin, Burma’s Ambassador in Bangladesh, called on her at the Foreign Ministry.” “Terming Bangladesh-Burma relations excellent, Foreign Minister stressed enhancing and deepening the bilateral ties further for the benefit of two countries.” Besides, Dipu Moni put due importance on the improvement of connectivity through direct air services, costal shipping lines, and direct road, railway links.

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and NGO groups plan to discuss the call for a Commission of Inquiry (COI) into war crimes in Burma with European Union (EU) diplomats ahead of a European Council meeting on human rights in Brussels on Monday. UN special envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana will speak to EU representatives about war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. In this file photo, he reads a press statement while on a visit to Burma. Photo: Mizzima The institute has arranged the meeting for diplomats on Tuesday with the aim to discuss the urgent need for the establishment of a United Nations COI into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma, according to a press release. To this end, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana, together with a representatives from Burma Campaign UK; the Burma Lawyers’ Council and the International Federation of Human Rights