Rohingya Muslims

For Myanmar's Muslims, little to cheer about historic election

In a refugee camp outside Myanmar's provincial capital Sittwe, Soe Hlaing was holding a pink card, t...

Nov 06, 2015 01:01 AM EST

Rohingya huddled in Bangladesh camps fear plan to move them on

More than 20 years after the first wave of Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar, fear is spreading through ...

Jun 02, 2015 06:43 PM EDT

Desperate Bangladeshi migrant families await calls for ransom

In Bangladesh's southernmost tip, families cling to scraps of paper with Malaysian and Thai hand pho...

May 31, 2015 05:18 AM EDT

Malaysian police reveal grim secrets of jungle trafficking camps

Malaysian police forensic teams, digging with hoes and shovels, on Tuesday began pulling out bodies ...

May 26, 2015 11:10 AM EDT

Malaysia finds 139 graves in 'cruel' jungle trafficking camps

Malaysia has found 139 graves, and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human traffickin...

May 25, 2015 06:44 PM EDT

Rohingya Muslims found on boat rescued by Myanmar navy

May 24 At least eight Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar were among some 200 migrants rescued from a traf...

May 24, 2015 04:44 AM EDT

Malaysia, Indonesia to let "boat people" come ashore temporarily

Malaysia and Indonesia said on Wednesday they would offer shelter to 7,000 "boat people" adrift at s...

May 20, 2015 11:17 AM EDT

Reunions and ransoms: a day online in Myanmar's Rohingya camps

In this teeming camp for displaced Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar, it's easy to overlook the in...

Feb 25, 2015 06:11 PM EST

In Rohingya camp, tensions mount over Myanmar plan to revoke ID cards

Myanmar's decision to revoke temporary identification cards for minorities is raising tensions among...

Feb 17, 2015 01:03 AM EST

Thai vigilantes take up fight against human trafficking

Bullet-proof vest, shotgun, sunglasses: Kompat Sompaorat could be mistaken for a member of a SWAT te...

Jan 30, 2015 12:29 AM EST