Amid Rohingya Crisis, White House Mulls Sanctions On Myanmar's Military
The State Department says it is considering using the Global Magnitsky Act to freeze assets and deny visas for the country's top generals.
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Boat Carrying Rohingya Refugees Capsizes Off Bangladesh
At least 12 people are dead and 30 others missing, many of them children. Meanwhile, the situation in refugee camps in Bangladesh grows dire.
Aung San Suu Kyi To Skip U.N. Meeting As Criticism Over Rohingya Crisis Grows
The Myanmar leader has garnered international opprobrium for her handling of what the United Nations and watchdog groups say appears to be a genocide against the country's Muslim minority.
Long-Persecuted Rohingya Find Refuge, But Not Acceptance, In Bangladesh
Rohingya Muslims fleeing a recent crackdown in Myanmar are just the latest wave of refugees to arrive in Bangladesh. But patience is wearing thin in the impoverished country with scarce resources.
Rohingya Fleeing Myanmar Describe Military Tactic Of Systematic Rape
Witnesses say Myanmar forces waged a six-month campaign of murder, arson and mass rape after Rohingya militants attacked border guards. The Muslim minority has long faced persecution in Myanmar.
Barricaded In, Myanmar's Rohingya Struggle To Survive In Ghettos And Camps
Habibullah considers himself lucky. His movements are restricted but he and his family live in their longtime house in a police-guarded ghetto. Many of his neighbors were forced into internment camps.
Thai Prosecutors Seek Indictments Against Scores Of Alleged Human Traffickers
Charges have been recommended for more than 100 people after the discovery of mass graves containing the remains of migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Desperate Rohingya Granted Temporary Shelter. But What Next?
Malaysia and Indonesia will allow migrants stranded at sea to come ashore. But it's a one-year, one-off deal, with no signs the flow of the Muslim minority fleeing persecution in Myanmar will stop.
The Human Rights Issue A Nobel Laureate Doesn't Want To Touch
Aung San Suu Kyi has been universally praised in her battle for democracy in Myanmar. But she has been conspicuously silent about the worsening plight of the Rohingya minority in her homeland.
Police: Malaysia Uncovers 139 Mass Graves Believed To Hold Migrants
Most of the victims are believed to be Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar. They are held until their families pay more money, which few can afford to do.