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Istanbul: Mayor Imamoglu, Erdogan's main rival, arrested for corruption

Today's news: More bombings overnight in Israel and Gaza, far-right leader Ben-Gvir welcomed back into Netanyahu's government; No truce in Ukraine in the two and a half hour phone call between Putin and Trump; Rohingya leader arrested in Bangladesh; Hanoi wants to halve the number of provinces and reduce the authorities at municipal level by up to 70%.

| 19/03/2025
| ASIA TODAY
 
Army mass killings still on the rise in the Burmese war

In the first nine months of the year at least 435 people were killed by the military. It was 113 in 2021. This is compounded by artillery strikes and air attacks against houses, schools and religious buildings, as well as massacres and arson attacks by troops in the field. The junta uses fear as a weapon. At least a thousand civilians trapped in fighting in Rakhine State.

| 29/10/2024
| MYANMAR
 
Cox's Bazar, Fr. Gomes: My mission as ‘Good Samaritan’ among Rohingya refugees
by Sumon Corraya

Seven years after the great flight of hundreds of thousands of members of the Muslim minority from Myanmar, the situation in Bangladesh's reception centres is still an emergency. The account of a Jesuit, who has been involved in aid and shelter work for years. Dhaka has limited resources, but we need stability and peace in former Burma before repatriating them.

| 26/08/2024
| BANGLADESH - MYANMAR
 
Allegations of Arakan Army 'ethnic cleansing' of Rohingya

Activist movements report testimony from survivors of persecution at the hands of the rebel group fighting the army. On Aug. 5, dozens (or hundreds) of Muslims, including young children, killed in a drone and artillery attack as they tried to flee. More than 250,000 Rohingya have been homeless in Buthidaung and Maungdaw since April. 

| 21/08/2024
| MYANMAR
 
For Aung San Suu Kyi's son, no one is free in Myanmar until everyone is free
by Alessandra De Poli

Kim Aris, 47, has accepted on his mother’s behalf the honorary citizenship awarded to her by the town of Abbiategrasso (Italy). Her family does not know where the 79-year-old is being detained nor her health conditions. According to her son, the international community did not understand Aung San Suu Kyi's actions with the Rohingya.

| 17/06/2024
| MYANMAR
 
Caritas Internationalis in Cox's Bazar calls on the world to do more for the Rohingya
by Sumon Corraya

Caritas Secretary General Alistair Dutton visits the refugee camps where Caritas Bangladesh has been active since 2017 together with the Government of Bangladesh. Global food aid has fallen to US$ 10 per person per month, which has serious consequences. “Rohingya families are among the most vulnerable people in our world today,” Dutton said. “Teenagers have now spent half of their life in these settlements.” The international community cannot leave Bangladesh alone.

| 08/06/2024
| BANGLADESH
 
Arakan Army targeting Rohingya, Myanmar's bitter future

Despite the Internet blockade imposed by the military junta, the United Nations has received “frightening and disturbing reports" of attacks against Rohingya civilians. Increasingly in difficulty on the ground, the junta is fuelling inter-ethnic tensions, enlisting (even forcibly) Rohingya to fight the local ethnic militia. The country is thus reverting to sectarian violence.

| 25/05/2024
| MYANMAR



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