World Nov 16 Boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya Muslims lands on Indonesian beach for 2nd day in a row By Yayan Zamzami, Associated Press
Politics Mar 21 WATCH: Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Myanmar repression of Muslim Rohingya is genocide U.S. officials say the Biden administration intends to declare that Myanmar's years-long repression of the Rohingya Muslim population is a "genocide."… By Ben Fox, Associated Press
World Jun 23 Watch 5:53 Myanmar’s armed forces show no signs of restraint amid rising revolts The general who led a coup in Myanmar just over 4 months ago criticized foreign interference Wednesday, days after the U.N. General Assembly approved an arms embargo resolution, and as new ethnic militia began fighting his military amid the country's… By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran
World Sep 08 Myanmar army deserters confirm atrocities against Rohingya Two soldiers who deserted from Myanmar's army have testified on video that they were instructed by commanding officers to "shoot all that you see and that you hear" in villages where minority Rohingya lived. By Grant Peck, Associated Press
World May 30 Watch 7:43 In world’s largest refugee camp, Rohingya children face a desperate choice On the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, the world’s largest refugee camp houses a generation of lost Rohingya children. Because Bangladesh bans them from school, they face a hard choice: Break the law, or relinquish dreams of a better future. In response, some… By Tania Rashid
May 07 Watch 7:52 Why these reporters spent 18 months in a Burmese jail After nearly 18 months, two Reuters journalists have left prison in Myanmar. The crime that put them there: Revealing information the country’s government wanted to suppress, about its persecution campaign against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority. John Yang talks to Priscilla… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch 5:42 Facing Myanmar’s brutal persecution, Rohingya refugees still can’t return home The Rohingya people of Myanmar have long been persecuted by their government, primarily for their Muslim faith amid a Buddhist majority. A million of them have fled the violence to camps in neighboring Bangladesh, which is tiring of their presence. Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch 8:19 Amid ‘mounting evidence of atrocities,’ UN calls for investigation into Rohingya crackdown The U.N. is calling for an investigation into Myanmar’s violent crackdown last year against the Rohingya, a Muslim minority group. But Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are finally receiving aid, and despite repatriation discussions, many are reluctant to return to the… Continue watching
Aug 27 UN team says Myanmar military chiefs should face genocide case By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Investigators working for the U.N.'s top human rights body said that Myanmar military leaders should be prosecuted for genocide against Rohingya Muslims, taking the unusual step of identifying six by name among those behind crimes against the ethnic minority. Continue reading
Jul 06 Support family or go to school? Rohingya refugee teen juggles competing demands By Aditi Malhotra, The Teacher Project Salamat Khan Bin Jalil Khan, 19, a Rohingya Muslim refugee, has missed crucial time in school so that he can help support his family, including sending money to his parents back in Myanmar. Continue reading