Following the sanctions imposed on them on Tuesday, Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Soe Win, Brigadier-General Than Oo and Brigadier General Aung Aung along with their immediate family members have been banned from entering the United States.
Buddhist-majority Myanmar doesn't recognise the Rohingya as an ethnic group, insisting they are Bengali migrants from Bangladesh living illegally in the country.
Myanmar does not recognise Rohingya as an ethnic group and insists that they are Bangladeshi migrants living illegally in the country.
Nearly 600,000 minority Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh since late August to escape violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.
The issue of Rohingya influx into Bangladesh is also expected to come up during the two-day visit of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
Students at the Oxford college where Aung San Suu Kyi studied have voted to remove her name from the title of their junior common room because of her response to the Rohingya crisis.
India and China can jointly lead efforts to solve the Rohingya crisis by offering humanitarian aid to Myanmar's conflict-ridden Rakhine state, an article in the state-run media has said.
The apex court had made it clear that it will hear the arguments only on the points of law and asked the parties to desist from advancing emotional arguments.
The 73-day Dokalam standoff and the Rohingya issue will be examined by a parliamentary panel on external affairs headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor
At least 12 people, mostly children, were killed after a boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized in a river near the coast of Bangladesh on Sunday.
The BSF concluded its bi-annual four-day talks with their counterparts, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), and chalked out plans to keep a vigil on the border.
Thousands of Rohingyas fled their homes in Myanmar's Rakhine state recently to escape a military crackdown.
The 'Freedom of Oxford' had been granted to the de facto leader of Myanmar in 1997 for her "long struggle for democracy" by the Oxford City Council.
The Supreme Court will hear matter of Rohingyas on October 13. The apex court has made it clear that the arguments should be based on law points and not on emotional aspects
The Supreme Court will hear matter of Rohingyas on October 13. The apex court has made it clear that the arguments should be based on law points and not on emotional aspects
Mohan Bhagwat said that the problems of the people, who were displaced from the Kashmir Valley in 1990s, are yet to be addressed
India on Friday hoped that the country will bring to justice those involved in the crime.
"They have absolutely nothing... Evidently they had to flee from a very urgent situation, from very sudden violence -- so they need everything."
The Myanmar official even admitted that Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) is responsible for Hindu killings in Myanmar.
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