Oct 18 As Rohingya refugees continue to flee from persecution, here’s how you can help By Jennifer Hijazi More than 500,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled their homes since August to escape systematic violence at the hands of government soldiers in Myanmar. The U.N. has called the actions taken by Myanmar forces against the group “a textbook… Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch 7:06 What can stop the extreme violence against Rohingya Muslims? By Travis Daub The mass exodus from Myanmar continues for Rohingya Muslims, who are fleeing what the U.N. has called “a textbook case of ethnic cleansing.” Judy Woodruff speaks with Eric Schwartz of Refugees International and Daniel Russel of Asia Society about the… Continue watching
Oct 09 5 overlooked stories that are worth your time By Joshua Barajas, Larisa Epatko, Jennifer Hijazi, Erica R. Hendry The latest on protests in St. Louis, a plague sweeping Madagascar and other stories you may have missed in the rush of news. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch 4:49 News Wrap: U.N. estimates 500,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar By PBS News Hour In our News Wrap Thursday, the U.N. now says half a million Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh to escape attacks by the military in majority-Buddhist Myanmar. Also, the imminent eruption of a volcano on the island of Bali has… Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch 9:54 Flooding into Bangladesh, Rohingya refugees flee harrowing violence By PBS News Hour Hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh in the past three weeks after suffering violent attacks by Myanmar troops and Buddhist vigilantes. The sudden influx of Rohingyas is causing tensions with local Bengalis, who fear becoming the… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch 2:49 More than 400,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh By PBS News Hour About 400,000 Rohingya, members of a Muslim minority group, have fled majority-Buddhist Myanmar into Bangladesh during the last month. The wave began when Myanmar's military cracked down on an armed resistance by the Rohingya minority, who have long been persecuted… Continue watching
Sep 13 5 important stories you may have missed By Erica R. Hendry, Larisa Epatko, Jenny Marder There are more drug overdose deaths than we thought, China is phasing out the production of gas-powered vehicles and other news you might have missed. Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch News Wrap: North Korea warns U.S. over UN sanctions By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, North Korea rejected a new set of U.N. sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs that banned exports of textiles and capped imports of crude oil. President Trump played down the U.N. vote as Pyongyang… Continue watching
Sep 06 Rohingya refugees, caught in crosshairs, flood into Bangladesh By Larisa Epatko “We are running out of space in the existing settlements and new arrivals are pitching camp wherever they can erect some plastic sheeting to protect themselves from the elements,” said Sarat Dash of the International Organization for Migration. Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch 7:18 Myanmar’s Rohingya stuck in limbo between persecution and relocation By PBS News Hour The Rohingya people, an ethnic Muslim minority group, have fled murder and persecution by the army of Myanmar to seek refuge in camps in Southern Bangladesh, but their arrival has been less than welcome. Special correspondent Tania Rashid reports. Continue watching