Hours after Indian TV channels flashed that the country was deporting seven Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, Sahidullah said he received a call from his nephew: "Uncle, please get us out of here.

India’s Rohingya refugees struggle with hatred, fear as first group is expelled

Southeast Asian foreign ministers have urged Myanmar to give a full mandate to an inquiry commission to hold accountable those responsible for the violence in Rakhine state, Singapore said on Tuesday.

Myanmar's neighbours urge accountability for Rakhine violence

UN chief Antonio Guterres has said that the Rohingya people are one of the most discriminated against people in the world, emphasising that there must be accountability for the gross violations and abuses committed in Myanmar's Rakhine state.

There must be accountability for gross violations, abuses committed in Rakhine state: UN chief

According to the media reports, the refugees are willing to go back to their home in Rakhine, Myanmar, but have concerns regarding their protection

Rohingyas are upset over UN agreement not addressing citizenship demand

For the 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled to southeast Bangladesh in the past nine months, the approaching monsoon season poses the most serious threat since they were violently expelled from Myanmar

'Our families would be killed': Rohingya brace for monsoon

It takes a few moments to sift through the years of chaos and dislocation before Rohingya refugee Robi Alam settles on the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, August 2012, as the last time he saw his seven brothers together in Myanmar

One family, four countries: The dispossession of the Rohingya

There was an urgent need for a credible and independent investigation into the human rights violations in Myanmar's restive Rakhine province, US said

US seeks credible investigation into killing of Hindus by ARSA in Myanmar

Around 6,000 refugees from the persecuted minority have been camping on the narrow stretch of land since fleeing a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar's west last August

Myanmar orders Rohingya to leave tense border zone

The UN Security Council met on Monday to discuss a visit by envoys to Myanmar and Bangladesh two weeks ago

US criticises China for shielding Myanmar from UN action

Swaraj may discuss the situation of the Rakhine state and the displacement of over thousands of Rohingya Muslims from there since August

Sushma Swaraj may discuss Rohingya issue on two-day visit to Myanmar

She also urged the international community to continue putting up strong pressure on the Myanmar government to take back their Rohingya nationals from Bangladesh

Bangladesh PM urges India, China, Japan, Russia to help in resolving Rohingya crises

Security Council envoys visited Hasina in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, before travelling to Myanmar for meetings with its government leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and military Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing later on Monday

Bangladesh PM urges UN Security Council to press Myanmar on Rohingya repatriation

A Bangladesh official said Thursday that Myanmar had approved several hundred Rohingya from a list of thousands to return to their homeland, but provided no indication of when the long-delayed process would begin

Myanmar clears some Rohingya for return but no date on horizon

The blasts occurred around 4 am (2130 GMT Friday) in the compound of the state government secretary's home

Three bombs hit capital of Myanmar's Rakhine state: Police

'Myanmar faces a very serious crisis -- with a potentially severe impact on the security of the region,' said Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein

Rohingya abuses could spark regional conflict: UN rights chief

Police acting on a tip-off raided a home near the coastal town of Teknaf in southeastern Bangladesh, where five people had assembled ahead of a promised voyage across the Bay of Bengal. Two Rohingya Muslims, both men, were among the group

Bangladesh stops Rohingya preparing to board boat to Malaysia

Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar's Rakhine state and other communities in the violence-racked region are so terrified of each other that life has basically ground to a halt, the Red Cross says

Life has 'stopped in tracks' in Myanmar's Rakhine state: Red Cross

Rohingya refugees continue to flee Myanmar for Bangladesh even though both countries set up a timetable last month to allow them to start to return home, the UN?refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday

Rohingya refugees still fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh - UNHCR

Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to take help from the UN?refugee agency to safely repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who had fled violence in Myanmar, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said on Saturday

Bangladesh says agreed with Myanmar for UNHCR to assist Rohingya's return

More than 600,000 Rohingya have fled Buddhist-majority Myanmar since late August this year for neighboring Myanmar, driven out by a military clearance operation in Rakhine State

Rohingya refugees 'drained' by trauma, says UN refugee chief

Tillerson urged the army chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, to support the Myanmar government in ending the violence and allowing the safe return of ethnic Rohingya who have fled the area, the statement said.

US concerned about atrocities against Rohingyas: Tillerson to Myanmar army chief

The US may target Myanmar with sanctions under its Global Magnitsky law, the State Department said.

Considering sanctions on Myanmar over treatment of Rohingyas: US

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj discussed?the issue of Rohingya displacement in her meeting with?Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday

'Normalcy will only be restored with return of displaced people to Rakhine': Sushma Swaraj

Bangladesh's High Commissioner to India said the 'fire in the neighbourhood' has the potential to engulf the entire region and it would be prudent for India to act in 'mutual interest'

Bangladesh for greater Indian role to contain Rohingya influx

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