Nine years since the 2017 crackdown forced Rohingya people to flee Myanmar. Over 1.2 million remain in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Safe return still isn't possible. The EU remains a reliable aid donor: €15.3 MIL. for food & nutrition assistance in 2025. https://t.co/km2qtPIS76 #Rohingya #CoxsBazar #HumanRights #MM #BD #EU
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees protested in Bangladesh against the precarious living conditions in the camps, nine years after the beginning of the forced exodus of their Muslim minority from Myanmar, denouncing the ongoing humanitarian crisis and demanding justice and the return to their lands. (translated)
Nearly a decade since the horrific events of 2017, I call for renewed global attention & action to the plight of the Rohingya. Rohingya people in Myanmar, Bangladesh & across the region face deepening insecurity, shrinking protection space and diminishing prospects for durable #Rohingya #HumanRights #Refugees #MM #BD
The UN documents an alarming escalation of violence against the civilian population in Myanmar, particularly through targeted airstrikes on civilian facilities such as residential buildings and schools, which have significantly increased since the parliamentary elections in January. (translated)
Myanmar's junta leader Min Aung Hlaing was recently received with great respect in Thailand, despite international condemnation of his regime and an arrest warrant for war crimes, indicating a shift in diplomatic relations in the region and renewed attempts by Myanmar to break its isolation. (translated)
The former leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, was seen publicly for the first time since her detention in 2021, during a visit from the ICRC representative who helped alleviate concerns about her health. (translated)
The Red Cross has confirmed that Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese Nobel Peace Prize winner, is alive and was seen in a meeting with her representative in Myanmar, after years of speculation about her whereabouts and health status since the coup in 2021 that left her disconnected. (translated)
After five years of uncertainty, the former leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, received a visit from the Red Cross, which is seen by her son as a first positive development. (translated)
Aung San Suu Kyi, the former leader of Myanmar, had verified contact with the outside world for the first time in 2.5 years during a meeting with a representative of the International Red Cross, following an international campaign by her son to demand evidence of her well-being. (translated)
Myanmar's military has released rare images of Aung San Suu Kyi during a meeting with a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross, which may indicate an upcoming state visit and simultaneously raises hopes for greater humanitarian access and information about her condition. (translated)
Aung San Suu Kyi, the former leader of Myanmar, has had a meeting with the Red Cross for the first time in two and a half years, confirming that she is still alive, while serving a 27-year prison sentence following a political trial that critics say is based on fabricated facts. (translated)
For the first time since the military coup in 2021 in Myanmar, a public meeting between former leader Aung San Suu Kyi and ICRC representative Arnaud de Baecque was revealed, during which the junta released images from a wood-paneled room and from Suu Kyi's birthday, while her son interpreted this as a glimmer of hope for better access to information and her eventual release. (translated)
For the first time in five years, images of Aung San Suu Kyi have been released, showing her at a meeting with a representative of the Red Cross, while her health condition and the exact location of her house arrest remain unclear. (translated)
Ich habe den Myanmar-Repräsentanten des Internationalen Komitees vom Roten Kreuz, Arnaud de Baecque, getroffen.
Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under arrest since the military coup in 2021, has had a publicly known meeting for the first time in five years with the Myanmar representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Arnaud de Baecque. (translated)
Aung San Suu Kyi met with a Red Cross official in Naypyitaw for the first time after more than three years of absence from public contacts, raising interest and concerns about her condition since she was under house arrest and there had been no direct news of her since 2022. (translated)
For the first time since the military coup in 2021, Aung San Suu Kyi, who is under house arrest, has had a publicly reported meeting with a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Myanmar, marking the first meeting with a foreign representative since her arrest. (translated)
