Malaysia vows not to return Myanmar refugees if lives at risk
Authorities are screening 5,000 refugees as rights groups warn they remain at risk of persecution in Myanmar.
![Activists gather in Buffalo, New York’s Elmwood Village neighbourhood following the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a near-blind refugee from Myanmar who was missing since his release from a jail into the custody of the US Border Patrol, and who was later found dead on Feb. 26, 2026. [Craig Ruttle/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/image-1772224025.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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‘No expectations’: Bangladesh election means little to 1m Rohingya refugees
The two main parties say they will push for repatriation to Myanmar. But that’s unrealistic, say experts.
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Why The Gambia wants Myanmar punished for Rohingya genocide
Tiny The Gambia was the first to take another country to the ICJ as a third-party rights defender.
![Gambian Justice Minister and Attorney General Dawda Jallow sits in the courtroom, next to lawyer Arsalan Suleman, as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) starts hearings in a landmark case brought by The Gambia, which accuses Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingya, a minority Muslim group, in The Hague, Netherlands, on January 12, 2026 [Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-01-12T094241Z_1499227565_RC2LZIAI6JY3_RTRMADP_3_MYANMAR-ROHINGYA-WORLD-COURT-1768496092.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Myanmar says Rohingya genocide case at The Hague is ‘flawed, unfounded’
International Court of Justice is deciding if Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya in a 2017 military crackdown.
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Myanmar Rohingya genocide case begins at International Court
The UN’s top court is hearing a genocide case against Myanmar, accused of mass killings of Rohingya Muslims.
Published On 12 Jan 2026
UN’s top court opens landmark Myanmar Rohingya genocide case
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh hope for justice as the ICJ begins its first full genocide case in more than a decade.
From: NewsFeed
Video: What do Rohingya refugees think about Myanmar’s election?
Myanmar’s election is unlikely to change the reality for more than 1M Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
Published On 28 Dec 2025
UN’s top court to hold Myanmar genocide hearings in January
Witnesses from Myanmar’s Rohingya community will also address closed-door ICJ hearing.
Rohingya refugee bride Mushorofa is escorted by her father to her husband's house on her wedding day in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh [Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo]
Rohingya refugee girls attend a class at their school in the Rohingya refugee camp. [Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo]
Rohingya refugees carry food rations in Cox's Bazar. [Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo]
An aerial view of a Rohingya refugee camp, home to more than a million of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya minority, is pictured in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. [Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo]
Ten-year-old Rohingya refugee Mohammed Arfan, left, sells snacks in Cox's Bazar. [Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo]
A Rohingya refugee boy plays with a football inside a Rohingya refugee camp. [Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo]
Rohingya refugee 13-year-old Rahamot Ullah, his eye bloodied from a bamboo stick that pierced it 10 days earlier while slogging through sewage, poses for a photo. [Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo]
Noor Kaida, a 17-year-old Rohingya refugee, poses inside the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar. [Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo]
A Rohingya refugee girl sells goods at her stall. [Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo]
Rohingya refugee children leave their school premises after finishing classes. [Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo]
Rohingya refugee girls attend a class at their school in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar. [Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo]
Mohib Ullah, father of 13-year-old Mohammed, shows his son's schoolbooks inside their shelter in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. [Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo]
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Refugee boat sinks near Malaysia, Thailand; 21 dead, search continues
The boat was carrying dozens of refugees from Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority when it sank.
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Malaysia recovers more bodies from capsized Rohingya refugee boat
Malaysian search and rescue teams discovered five more bodies off the coast of Langkawi after a refugee boat capsized.
Published On 10 Nov 2025
