A recent Burma Army report of an attack by “ARSA terrorists” on security forces in northern Maungdaw differs markedly from a video put out by ARSA of the same attack,...
On April 8, the Burma Army Commander in Chief’s website announced that security forces had found a temporary “ARSA terrorist camp” in northern Maungdaw, consisting of two tents, containing a...
By Min KhantProfessor Dr.Jacque P. leider, who has been one of the staunchest and anti Rohingyas giant, being cooperated with Dr. Aye Chan, was appointed as the advisor to the...
By Fayas Ahmed On February 11, 2015, President Thein Sein announced that all temporary Registration Certificates (TRCs) known as ‘white cards’ would expire on March 31, and had to be returned...
By M. Mizanur Rahman and Tasfi Sal-sabil REFERRING to statements by some residents and an expert, Aljazeera reported on October 25 that a growing sense of despair had caused a...
By Fakhruddin Ahmed ROHINGYA crisis has been weighing on the world's conscience for decades. The UN Human Rights Council lists Myanmar's 800, 000 Rohingya Muslims among the world's most persecuted...
By Zahedul Amin On May 28, as the latest skirmish unfolded between Bangladesh’s Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP), leaving one BGB member dead, the uneasy relationship...
By Andrea Gittleman In some areas of remote Rakhine State in western Burma (officially the Union of Myanmar), mothers struggle to find medicine for their sick children, people avoid visiting clinics...
An extraordinary event took place on Thursday (December 12, 2019) in The Hague, the Netherlands. An International Court of Justice (ICJ) (https://www.icj-cij.org/en/multimedia/5de79a721e1ac927e3c2eb56) panel wound up the first phase of a...
By Habib Siddiqui I have repeatedly said that genocide never happens suddenly. It's planned over a long period of time by perpetrators that require support top-down so that it becomes a...
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines Xenophobia as – fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign. As can be seen, for...
By Habib SiddiquiOn Saturday, December 10, 2016, the Guardian ran a story on two Rohingya women, Noor Ayesha and Sayeda Khatun. “Noor Ayesha held her last surviving daughter tight as...
By Habib SiddiquiA genocide is taking place against the Rohingyas of Myanmar. It has been an on-going ethnic cleansing national program in this Buddhist-majority country to erase Muslim presence soon...
By Habib SiddiquiLast week the Myanmar Police Force announced a plan to recruit and arm ethnic Rakhine and other non-Muslim civilians in restive Maungdaw Township, a predominantly Muslim township in...
By Habib SiddiquiMyanmar’s government said that the October 9 raids were conducted by the Aqamul Mujahidin organization, which it described as being affiliated with an extremist group. On the other...
By Habib SiddiquiMyanmar’s government said that the October 9 raids were conducted by the Aqamul Mujahidin organization, which it described as being affiliated with an extremist group. On the other...
Introduction This briefing note focusses on the upcoming hearing between The Gambia and Myanmar on the narrow issue of “provisional measures,” set down for 10-12 December 2019 at the...
The Court meets this morning to hear the first round of oral observations of Myanmar on the Request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by The Gambia. I shall...
The Court meets today and will meet in the coming days to hear the oral observations of the Parties on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by...
Request for the indication of provisional measures The Court to hold public hearings from Tuesday 10 to Thursday 12 December 2019 THE HAGUE, 18 November 2019. The International Court of...
THE HAGUE, 11 November 2019. The Republic of The Gambia (“The Gambia”) today instituted proceedings against the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (“Myanmar”) before the International Court of Justice, the...
To the Registrar of the International Court of Justice, The undersigned, being duly authorized by the Government of the Republic of TheGambia, states as follows:1. In accordance with Articles 36(1)...