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Rohingya refugees gather near a fence during a government organized media tour, to a no-man's land between Myanmar and Bangladesh, near Taungpyolatyar village, Maung Daw, northern Rakhine State, Myanmar

Myanmar seeks to have Rohingya case thrown out of UN court

Justice

Myanmar’s military junta is attempting to throw out a case at the International Court of Justice that alleges it committed genocide against the country’s Rohingya minority. But a rights group is questioning the court’s decision to allow the military regime to represent the country in the first place.

People wait outside a shop where face masks and vitamins are being given away in Mandalay, Myanmar

6.2 million Burmese could go hungry by October. It’s the worst situation in ‘living memory,’ UN official says.

Food
A man sits down with flags in the background

Bill Richardson says Aung San Suu Kyi ‘doesn’t deserve credit’ for releasing two jailed journalists

Foreign policy
An elderly Rohingya man in the Kutapalong camp in Bangladesh.

July’s monsoon will exacerbate a public health crisis in Rohingya refugee camps

Hasina Khatun, 35, whose husband Dil Mohammed was among 10 Rohingya men killed by Myanmar security forces and Buddhist villagers

Conditions in crowded camps worsening for Rohingya ahead of heavy rains

Conflict
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Mohammed Shoaib, 7, who was shot on his chest before crossing the border from Myanmar in August, shows his injury

Bangladesh and Myanmar sign deal to start repatriating Rohingya refugees

Conflict

The United Nations says 620,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh since August to form the world’s largest refugee camp after a military crackdown in Myanmar that Washington has said clearly constitutes “ethnic cleansing.”

A Rohingya refugee helps children cross the mud after crossing the Naf River at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.

In Myanmar, fake news spread on Facebook stokes ethnic violence

Conflict

Violence against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar is being partially fueled by misinformation and propaganda spread on Facebook. But is the company doing anything about it?

A Rohingya man walks with a basket at Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Oct. 13, 2017.

Wild elephants kill four Rohingya refugees taking shelter in Bangladesh

Conflict

This is the second time Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have been attacked by wild elephants in the area. Earlier two Rohingya — an elderly person and a child — were killed by elephants as they were sleeping in a makeshift shelter.

A close-up photograph of Lalu Miya who is crying over the bodies of his wife and children.

A boat carrying Rohingya refugees has capsized, leaving more than 60 presumed dead

Conflict

More than 60 Rohingya refugees are feared dead after a boat carrying them from Myanmar capsized, leaving distraught relatives to hold burials on Friday in squalid Bangladesh camps which the Red Cross says are tipping into a health crisis.

A Rohingya refugee girl at a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

Myanmar’s critics call Rohingya-only enclaves ’21st-century concentration camps’

Conflict

Communal detention in Sittwe, Myanmar, might not fit the classic model of detention camps, but author Andrea Pitzer says the Rohingya-only enclaves are just as inhumane.

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