Headlines
  • On Monday at 14:00 GMT, the US military says it would start blockading Iranian ports, preventing ships from entering or leaving Iran from passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
  • In the southern town of Biyyada, Hezbollah claims that its men have attacked Israeli soldiers with "a swarm of attack drones."
  • US President Donald Trump's threat to block the Strait of Hormuz was deemed "ridiculous" by Iran's navy chief, Shahram Irani.
  • Any military ships approaching the Strait of Hormuz "will be considered a violation of the ceasefire and will be met with severe force," according to a statement released on Sunday by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
  • The speaker of Iran's parliament Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf ​ is leading the delegation that has arrived to Pakistan for talks with the United States.
  • Nawaf Salam, the prime minister of Lebanon, stated that he was working to ensure the withdrawal of Israeli forces and to put an end to the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
  • Viktor Orban, the longtime prime minister of Hungary, has conceded defeat to Peter Magyar in the country's legislative election.

Tag: Rohingya Crackdown

March 11, 2019

Rohingya Refugee Women Are Meditating To...

Approximately one million Rohingya refugees live in Cox’s Bazar camp in Bangladesh and according to the United Nations, majority of them are women and girls. Most have had severe traumatic experiences

February 2, 2019

Jailed Reuters Reporters File Appeal With...

Officials are charging journalists under Section 505(b) under Myanmar’s Penal Code and Section 66(d) of the Telecommunications Act, though they should be using the country’s Media Law to pursue complaints, especially for journalists who write about issues related to the government or the military

December 26, 2018

Rohingya End Hard Year Still in...

More than 750,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled military attacks in Myanmar remain in Bangladesh camps as future repatriation and resettlement plans remain unclear

December 13, 2018

Brexit/Rohingya Update

Did the 2016 crackdown on the country’s ethnic Muslim minority amount to genocide, as some human rights groups claim?

December 12, 2018

Twitter CEO Acknowledges Suffering of Myanmar’s...

Dorsey responded Wednesday that he was “aware of the human rights atrocities and suffering in Myanmar,” and that he did not “intend to diminish them by not raising the issue.”

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