Rohingya People

Buddhists in Rakhine stoking hatred of Rohingya, Myanmar's leader says

25 Aug 2012

Buddhist monks, politicians and other ethnic Rakhine figures are stoking hatred towards Muslim Rohingya in the country's west, plagued by sectarian violence, Myanmar's president warns in a report...

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Risks of Muslim pressure over Rohingya

14 Aug 2012

Leaders of the Muslim world are putting pressure on Myanmar over the treatment of Rohingya Muslims in the country and calling for urgent action by the government.

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What drives desperate men to risk everything

23 Jul 2012

It's a sea journey with potentially deadly consequences: drowning, or a slow torturous death by thirst, exposure and starvation.

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Thai army detains Rohingya boatpeople

5 Dec 2011

A boatload of Rohingya are in the custody of the Thai army after being apprehended north of Phuket.

Local authorities confirmed that 54 would-be refugees were in the vessel...

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Thais accused of abusing more Rohingya

21 Aug 2011

It has been more than two years since the Thai government publicly repudiated its military's deadly policy of casting adrift Muslim Rohingya boatpeople - a clandestine abuse that cost hundreds of...

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Cut-price fares on offer as refugees take to the water

24 Jan 2011

At least three boats carrying Rohingya refugees have set sail from Bangladesh in recent weeks, according to insiders in Cox's Bazar who said snakeheads were slashing journey prices by almost...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

Updated 4:18AM

Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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Post cleans up with a record 16 prizes at HK press awards

The South China Morning Post has won a record 16 prizes in the 2009 Hong Kong News Awards.

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Rohingya returnee counts his blessings

Returnee Rohingya refugee Enamul Haque has been beaten by soldiers in Myanmar and detained for more than a year in Thailand after attempting to flee Bangladesh, but the 22-year-old still...

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Rohingya still dream of fleeing poverty

The boats that once brought Rohingya to an uncertain fate on Thai shores have stopped sailing. But the poverty and the persecution that spurred their journeys continue, reports Shaikh Azizur...

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Thai military says refugee boats from Myanmar have been stopped

Rohingya people are not coming to the Andaman coast this sailing season, according to the army colonel who has led his country's campaign to keep them out of Thailand.

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Sea change

November 2008 - January 2009

The Thai army conducts a secret policy of towing Rohingya boatpeople out to sea and abandoning them in unpowered boats. Hundreds die as a result.

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Laughable allegations against Rohingya

It was always a line that was going to raise more questions than answers.

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