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UNHCR urges Bangladesh to lift NGO ban in southeast

© UNHCR / S. Kritsanavarin NGOs are providing essential help to the unregistered people who came to Bangladesh from Myanmar's Rakhine state, such as this mother who had been unable to feed her baby properly. GENEVA, 7 August (UNHCR)  – UNHCR appealed on Tuesday to the government of Bangladesh to ensure that NGO assistance continues to be provided to unregistered people from Myanmar's Rakhine state. Last Thursday, three non-governmental organizations -- Médecins Sans Frontières, Action Contre La Faim and Muslim Aid UK -- were ordered by the Bangladeshi authorities to stop activities in and around unofficial camps near Cox's Bazar in the southeast of the country.

Saudi accuses Myanmar of 'ethnic cleansing' of Rohingya Muslims

RIYADH // Saudi Arabia has accused authorities in Myanmar of "ethnic cleansing" against the Muslim Rohingya minority in the west of the country, state media reported today. The Saudi cabinet said it "condemns the ethnic cleansing campaign and brutal attacks against Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya citizens, as well as violation of human rights by forcing them to leave their homeland," in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.

Authority still going set on fire, arrests and kills in Arakan

By KPN Kyauktaw, Arakan State:    Authority  force – police with  Rakhine are going set on fire   more than 320 Rohingyas’ houses  from  5 villages and killed more than 20 Rohingyas , said sources from Kyauktaw township. “The Rakhines and police personnel set on fire yesterday -  gufidaung village at 1;30 pm , Ambawri village at about 3:00pm and Saybirgong village at about 4:pm- where most of the Rohingyas’ houses become ashes and Rohingyas were killed  with poisonous arrows and lethal knives by Rakhine in the present of  police forces.” Today, early morning, the Rakhines with police forces attacked Ywanya village and set on fire Rohingyas’ houses which was burned and become ashes. The Rakhines were giving us trouble and harassing whole night. We informed to the authority about the situation of our village but there was no help from authority side, said a student from Kyauktaw. “Rakhine people were attaching again with new systems of Rohingyas’ villages from Kyauktaw, Ponnagyua

Saudi Arabia accuses Myanmar of ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Muslims

Violence which erupted in June in the Myanmar state of Rakhine, between Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya, has reportedly left about 80 people dead on both sides. (Reuters) By AL ARABIYA WITH AGENCIES  Saudi Arabia accused authorities in Buddhist-majority Myanmar on Monday of “ethnic cleansing” against the Muslim Rohingya minority in the west of the country, state media reported on Tuesday. The Saudi cabinet said it “condemns the ethnic cleansing campaign and brutal attacks against Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya citizens, as well as violation of human rights by forcing them to leave their homeland,” in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.

Does the United Nation Have Any Power to Maintain the World's Peace and Security?

It has been well documented that, since 1942, about 1.5 million Rohingyas have fled their homeland of Arakan for various destinations for their lives. Two men sit under the the remnants of their homes in Sittwe, the provincial capital of Myanmar's western Rakhine State. Photo: IRIN/Khine Thurein  UN News Centre (SITTWE Akyab, Myanmar) - In this Modern World, our human journey becomes more and more complicated; balance of power has no meaning, we claim ourselves the best creature on Earth but some humans are still lower than animals.