Thousands of Rohingya Muslims tried to flee from Myanmar to Bangladesh via the border in Palong Khali, on Tuesday (October 17).

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh threatened by diseases

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, UNITED NATIONS -- Nearly 590,000 Rohingya refugees have been admitted to camps in Bangladesh and 320,000 refugee children among them are threatened by water-borne diseases and desperate living conditions, a UN spokesman said Friday. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that 589,000 Rohingyas have fled Myanmar's northern Rakhine State since alleged retaliation following a deadly rebel...

A Rohingya refugee was carried into the waters of the Bay of Bengal while smoke billowed from a distance of Myanmar, in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Tuesday (September 11).

Myanmar authorities must be tried in international court: Lawmaker

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Myanmar authorities should be tried in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for committing genocide and crimes against humanity. "We also urge Myanmar to grant full citizenship to its Rohingya Muslim minority," lawmaker of the Prosperous Justice Party Sukamta stated here on Friday. The Rohingya issue has become a global concern. Any country can level...