Rohingya people

Black and white illustration of a boat on rocky waters
Refugees
A boat carrying 180 Rohingya refugees vanished. A frantic phone call helped untangle the mystery.
Anti-coup protesters walk through a market with images of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi at Kamayut township in Yangon, Myanmar, April 8, 2021. They walked through the markets and streets of Kamayut township with slogans to show their disaffection
Conflict & Justice
‘Our unity is our hope,’ exiled Myanmar envoy says
People walk along a deserted road blocked with improvised barricades build by anti-coup protesters to secure a neighborhood in Yangon, Myanmar, March 18, 2021.
Inside Myanmar, calls for UN intervention grow louder
A man cast his ballot during the early voting ahead of the Nov. 8 general election, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread in Yangon, Myanmar, Oct. 30, 2020.
Elections
Myanmar prepares for a remarkable but messy election 
A man wearing a face mask is seen under a bridge of Yangtze river
Top of The World
China raises coronavirus death toll; political shakeups in Brazil; restoring Notre Dame’s soundscape
Rohingya refugees walk along the road in the evening at Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Nov. 16, 2018. 
COVID-19
Rohingya women are traditionally kept out of leadership roles. Will the coronavirus change that? 
Gambia's Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou speaks on the first day of hearings in a case against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands.
Justice
Gambian minister brought Myanmar to The Hague ‘in the name of humanity’
A man looks at a screen showing the face of another man projected on a wall
Conflict
In Myanmar, underground poetry nights build bridges between Rohingya and Burmese writers
A judge shakes hands with a man at his citizenship ceremony
Refugees
What it’s like to become a US citizen after a lifetime of statelessness
Three young men sit closely together and look at a cell phone
Refugees
Fast friends, Rohingya refugees in exile rebuild their lives in Malaysia
Rohingya refugees stand in a makeshift refugee camp made mostly of tents.
Conflict & Justice
A new report on the Rohingya crisis reveals systemic problems within the UN
Portrait of a Myanmar poet wearing a blue shirt.
Arts, Culture & Media
A spoken word poet in Myanmar speaks out against hate and injustice
Two detained journalists in handcuffs give two thumbs up and fists raised.
Justice
Lawyers of jailed reporters in Myanmar appeal case, citing police setup
Rohingya refugees crew on a fishing boat
Rohingya survivors face a new indignity: Banishment to a half-sunken island
Hundreds of Rohingya refugees shout slogans as they protest against their repatriation
Conflict & Justice
Bangladesh pauses Rohingya repatriation plans amid refugee protests
Aung San Suu Kyi  on a stage dressed in white
In symbolic move, Canada votes to strip Suu Kyi of citizenship
rohingya women lined up, carrying large baskets
When reporting sexual assault, Rohingya women are being lost in translation
a young Rohingya man with intellectural disabilities sits in his makeshift home
Health & Medicine
Help is scarce for Rohingya children with intellectual disabilities
a young Rohingya boy
Conflict
‘A soldier cut off her breast:’ Rohingya survivors recount atrocities
rohingya
Conflict
Grieving Rohingya survivors tell of massacre, escape and those left behind
Children at a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh.
Conflict
With already tenuous housing, the looming monsoon season threatens Rohingya refugee camps
Ayesha Khatun
Conflict
What it’s like to live in the world’s toughest places for women
Myanmar military troops take part in a military exercise at Ayeyarwaddy delta region in Myanmar, February 3, 2018.
Conflict
Myanmar’s government vows action against members of security forces connected to killing of Rohingya Muslims
A girl from the Pauktaw township stands in front of her family's shelter in a Rohingya internally displaced persons camp
Conflict
The Rohingya crisis lead to a falling out between Bill Richardson and Aung San Suu Kyi
Rohingya refugees walk at Jamtoli camp in the morning in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Jan. 22, 2018.
Conflict
I visited the Rohingya refugee camps and here is what Bangladesh is doing right
Busara Khatun, right, is a Rohingya refugee living in a camp in Bangladesh. Her son was killed in an elephant attack.
Conflict
What elephant attacks tell us about the state of the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh
(From right) Muhammad Anwar and Hussein Muhammad (wearing a hat) chat with Ibrahim Rashid, an intern with IINE (center), and a community member.
Conflict
Two Rohingya refugees start a new life in Boston
Rohingya refugees Saddam Hussein, 23, and his wife Shofika Begum, 18, pose in their temporary shelter at the Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Culture
A wedding provides an occasion for hope in a Rohingya refugee camp
Pope Francis is welcomed as he arrives at Yangon International Airport, Myanmar November 27, 2017.
Conflict
The pope may not use the term ‘Rohingya’ during his trip to Myanmar. Here’s why.
Mohammed Shoaib, 7, who was shot on his chest before crossing the border from Myanmar in August, shows his injury
Conflict
Bangladesh and Myanmar sign deal to start repatriating Rohingya refugees
Rohingya 'human fleas'
Conflict
Myanmar state media alludes to Rohingya Muslims as ‘human fleas’
Rohingya Muslim women look out from their home at Aung Mingalar quarter in Sittwe, Myanmar
Conflict
Holocaust museum researcher finds early warning signs of genocide in Myanmar
Some of the lucky ones: A group of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants admitted into Indonesia in May 2015. Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are now pushing away boats holding thousands of migrants.
Conflict
Another migrant crisis is brewing in the Bay of Bengal
Thae Chaung IDP camp
Conflict
Human traffickers find easy prey among Myanmar’s minorities
Salima, a Rohingya woman, talks to her husband, son and daughter, who are all being held by traffickers abroad, from an Internet hut in Thae Chaung village. She has to pay $600 and they discuss how to raise it.
Justice
The heartbreaking look of sadness and desperation on the faces of stateless Rohingyas
Recent violence in Myanmar displaces thousands of Muslim minorities
Conflict & Justice
Muslims Attacked in Myanmar