Kaladan Press
2014-08-05
Maungdaw, Arakan State: The Rohingya community in Maungdaw District has been subject to ongoing coercive pressure by local authorities to participate...
2014-08-04
Maungdaw, Arakan State: People from Borgarbill Village—part of Kyauk Hlai Khar Village Track—fled after their village was surrounded by 11 trucks...
2014-08-04
Chittagong, Bangladesh: At a press conference held at Rangoon International Airport on July 26th, the new Special Rapporteur on the human rights...
2014-07-28
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Illegal drugs such as yaba, heroin, and Phensidyl (a brand of medicinal syrup which is addictive because it contains codeine)...
2014-07-28
Maungdaw, Arakan State: A clash between police and villagers occurred yesterday in northern Maungdaw Township after police officers forcibly took...
2014-07-28
Maungdaw, Arakan state: Several villagers were injured by Hluntin (riot police) in northern Maungdaw Township on July 22nd because they refused to...
2014-07-25
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Ten Rohingyas were arrested and pushed back into Burma by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on July 22nd, according to a local from...
2014-07-21
Maungdaw, Arakan State: The UN’s new human rights envoy to Burma, Ms. Yanghee Lee, didn’t meet any Rohingya from Maungdaw District, according to a...
2014-07-14
Chittagong, Bangladesh: Bangladesh’s justice minister, Syed Anisul Haque, issued a circular on July 10th stating that Bangladesh would no longer...
2014-07-10
Maungdaw, Arakan State: In recent weeks, Burmese army personnel have been increasingly harassing and extorting Rohingyas in southern Maungdaw...
2014-07-09
Kutupalong, Bangladesh: Burmese Rohingya refugees who are living in the Kutupalong makeshift refugee camp are facing enormous hardship, said a...
2014-07-07
Maungdaw, Arakan State: On July 3rd, a soldier from the Burmese army’s Marrawaddy out-post severely tortured an elderly Rohingya man on a new...
2014-07-07
Maungdaw, Arakan State: On July 5th, the deputy director general of Burma’s Border Guard Police (BGP) held a meeting at BGP headquarters, inviting...
2014-07-04
Chittagong, Bangladesh: Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told parliament on July 2nd that her government is attempting to repatriate...
2014-07-04
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Drug smugglers are now using waterways instead of land routes to transport drugs from Burma to Bangladesh due to heightened...