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UN body petitioned over enforced disappearance of Rohingya in Rakhine State

A joint statement by FIDH, Odhikar and ALTSEAN-Burma Bangkok, Dhaka, Geneva, Paris, 27 August 2020: The Myanmar government must determine the fate or whereabouts of scores of Rohingya who remain missing nearly four years after the beginning of Myanmar government security forces’ “clearance operations” in northern Rakhine State, FIDH and its member organizations Odhikar and […]

August 29, 2020 | Read full story | Comments are closed

FACT FINDING MISSION REPORT ON THE ROHINGYA FROM 4-13 FEBRUARY 2018

Odhikar has been monitoring the situation of Rohingyas since 2012. Subsequent to the genocidal attacks on the Rohingya community by the Myanmar military and Buddhist extremists on 9 October 2016 and 25 August 2017, Odhikar took the testimonials of 150 Rohingya victims who took refuge in Bangladesh. Based on these testimonials, Odhikar and the Asian […]

August 26, 2018 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Half-yearly Human Rights Monitoring Report : January – June 2018

The first six months of 2018 human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Statistics of Human Rights Violations: January-June 2018 Executive Summary Main Report A. State Repression and Impunity      -Extrajudicial killings      -Enforced disappearances      -Torture and lack of accountability of law […]

July 1, 2018 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Gang raped and set on fire: ICC pushes to investigate Myanmar Rohingya atrocities

  Report Published on 23 Jun 2018 at www.theguardian.com

June 23, 2018 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Burma: UN body urged to establish a Commission of Inquiry into recent atrocities in Rakhine State

On 3 March 2017 FIDH, its member organizations Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma) and Odhikar urged the Human Rights Council to establish a United Nations (UN)-mandated Commission of Inquiry or similar international mechanism to investigate serious human rights violations in Burma, particularly the country’s northern Rakhine State.  “The statements by Rohingya refugees who recently […]

March 4, 2017 | Read full story | Comments are closed

International support needed to protect Rohingyas from persecution

Joint Statement from Human Security Alliance, Asian Muslim Action Network and Odhikar We, the undersigned organizations are deeply concerned at the recent reports in the international media that scores of Rohingyas were killed in the fresh outbreak of violence in the northern Arakan state. We are also alarmed by the reports that hundreds of Rohinyga […]

October 26, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed