Persecution of the Rohingya Reports

This report by the Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG) is based on 1,024 interviews with Rohingya refugees conducted in March and April 2018 in the refugee camps and settlement areas in Eastern Bangladesh. PILPG, a global pro bono…

The Rohingya have been described by the UN as Burma’s most persecuted ethnic group. The government of Burma has policies targeting the Rohingya on the basis of their ethnicity and religion, which are applied almost exclusively to them. In 2017,…

The UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar concludes “that gross human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law have been committed since 2011 and that many of these violations undoubtedly amount to the gravest crimes under international…

The report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar (IIFFM Myanmar) to the Human Rights Council, released on 27 August 2018, found that Myanmar’s top military generals, including Commander-in-Chief Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing, must be investigated and prosecuted for…

Saturday 25th August marks the first anniversary of the beginning of a pre-planned military offensive against the Rohingya population in Burma, using the pretext of attacks by a small armed Rohingya organisation, ARSA. The military offensive drove around 700,000 Rohingya…

The denial of citizenship to the Rohingya people is one of the foundation stones which underpins prejudice and violence against the Rohingya. By denying Rohingya citizenship, the government is officially saying that they are foreign to Burma, and do not…

Fortify Rights’ new report documents and reveals preparations for genocide and crimes against humanity against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State. The report reveals that Myanmar authorities made extensive and systematic preparations for the commission of mass atrocity crimes against indigenous Rohingya…

Amnesty International’s new report presents evidence of ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingya, responsibility for which extends to the highest levels of the military, including Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services….

Six months after the military launched a scorched-earth campaign to drive the Rohingya population out of Myanmar, efforts to remake the region are well underway, according to Amnesty International’s new report. The scale of the change is matched only by…

Amnesty International’s new report exposes the human rights crisis that was, and remains, the backdrop to the Rohingya crisis. The report maps in detail the violations, in particular discrimination and racially-based restrictions in law, policy and practice that Rohingya living…

A new report by Fortify Rights with the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide documents the crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing committed by Burmese state security forces and civilian perpetrators in two waves of attacks on Rohingya men,…

Since August 25, 2017, Burmese security forces have committed widespread rape against women and girls as part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s Rakhine State. Human Rights Watch’s new report is based on interviews with…

A report by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK This new report, ‘I Thought I Would Die’ presents evidence of violations of international law being perpetrated against the Rohingya, including attacks on children, indiscriminate use of landmines, random firing on fleeing…

In this briefing, Amnesty International presents evidence that the Myanmar military has killed at least hundreds of Rohingya women, men, and children; raped and perpetrated other forms of sexual violence on Rohingya women and girls; and carried out organized, targeted…

Interviews with Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reveal a deliberate and systematic pattern of brutal human rights violations. The OHCHR’s report on its rapid response mission to Cox’s Bazar…

Burma Briefing No. 44 A persistent myth that the military in Burma are looking for an excuse to retake direct control of the country is now being used to justify inaction over the ethnic cleansing and possible genocide of the…

A report by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK This report documents physical evidence of atrocities committed against the Rohingya by the Burmese Army. On October 9th, 2016, the long saga of oppression endured by Myanmar’s Rohingya minority entered a new…

Mass gang-rape, killings – including of babies and young children, brutal beatings, disappearances and other serious human rights violations by Myanmar’s security forces in a sealed-off area north of Maungdaw in northern Rakhine State have been detailed in a new…

Burma Briefing No. 42 The commentary briefing paper argues that the international community has yet to develop a strategy for effectively promoting human rights under the new political structure in Burma, which now has two power bases, the military, and…

This briefing by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK provides information on the latest crackdown on Rohingya in Rakhine State. On 9th October border guard police posts on the Burma Bangladesh border were attacked by armed men, and police officers were…

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary In the present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to its resolution 29/21, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights examines the situation of human rights…

A report by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) Addressing the root causes of prejudice and human rights violations against the Rohingya will take many years, but in order to start this process, and to have an immediate impact saving lives…

A briefing by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK. The briefing paper provides analysis of the election from the perspective of the Rohingya and information on Rohingya political parties and candidates who have been banned from participating. When the people of Burma…

A report from Fortify Rights This report, prepared for Fortify Rights by the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School, finds strong evidence that the government of Myanmar is responsible for genocide against Rohingya Muslims. The…

Burma Briefing No. 40 Commentary by Mark Farmaner, Director at Burma Campaign UK. The briefing is in English and Burmese.

Burma Briefing No. 38 As thousands of Rohingya refugees from Burma lie starving in boats off the coasts of Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, this commentary looks at the root causes of the crisis. Attention is rightly focussed on these countries…

A report by ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) In April 2015, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), an organization of members of parliament from several ASEAN countries, conducted a fact-finding mission in Myanmar. APHR is deeply concerned about the…

Report by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK This briefing paper reveals the escalation of repression of the Rohingya by President Thein Sein by withdrawing their right to vote. On February 11th 2015, President Thein Sein announced that all Temporary Registration…

Report by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK. This report compiles evidence from the United Nations, Human Rights Watch and others detailing violations of international law against the Rohingya in Burma. The briefing paper concludes that the overwhelming evidence indicates that…

Briefing by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK. This report outlines the problems with the 1982 Citizenship Law. The effect of the Burma Citizenship Law 1982 is to make it almost impossible for the Rohingya to gain citizenship. This violates the Universal…

Report by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK. In June and October 2012 there were large scale violent attacks against the ethnic Rohingya in Rakhine State. Ethnic Kaman Muslims were also targeted. In addition there were widespread and numerous other incidents…

A report by Refugees International Two years after a wave of violence hit the region, Rakhine State has become a segregated zone. Two million ethnic Rakhine live apart from 1.2 million stateless Rohingya, who are trapped inside displacement camps or…

Report by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, to the United Nations General Assembly. “The important transition and far-reaching reforms in Myanmar must be commended. Yet, possible signs of backtracking should be addressed…

Report by United To End Genocide In ‘Marching to Genocide in Burma’, United to End Genocide find that deteriorating conditions have put Burma on a downward trajectory that could end in the world’s next genocide without immediate action by the international…

Burma Briefing No. 31 This briefing analyses the many problems surrounding the upcoming census in Burma and calls for the census to be postponed. Burma is due to hold its first census in 30 years from 30th March to 10th…

This report by The Sentinel Project assesses the risk of genocide against Muslim minorities in Burma and has found the risk level to be high in light of intensified persecution. The purpose of the research was to explore the threat…

A report by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) documenting the violence against Muslims throughout Burma, showing how the government has created a culture of impunity for the violators and has failed to protect the Muslim minority. The report details many…

Burma Briefing No. 26 President Thein Sein has been hailed by the British government and many other world leaders as a reformer. He has even been described as courageous. In their rush to embrace Thein Sein as a democratic reformer,…

Burma Briefing No. 23 This briefing paper examines Burma’s treatment of the Rohingya in the context of international law, treaty obligations, and international guidelines and norms. It examines two particular areas; the general treatment of the Rohingya before the violence…

Burma Briefing No. 21 This briefing paper provides examples of some of the anti-Muslim propaganda being spread in Burma. Examples are provided here in the original Burmese and English translations.

Burma Briefing No. 20 Tensions are again rising in Rakhine State. Organisations and individuals are actively stirring up anti-Rohingya hatred, and there are fears that large scale violence could erupt again. The violence in Rangoon, and in Meiktila and surrounding…

Burma Briefing No. 19 The consequences of failing to address the growing religious tensions in Burma are so serious that they justify the urgent creation of a task force which helps Burma’s political and religious leaders, both in government and…

Report by Refugees International Despite an abundance of natural resources, Rakhine State is the second-poorest state in Burma. The simmering tension that exists between the Rakhine and stateless Rohingya communities has been stoked by poverty for decades. However, in June…

Report by Refugees International For decades, Burmese Rohingya fleeing persecution have sought refuge in Bangladesh. June’s inter-communal violence in Burma’s Rakhine State, as well as subsequent state-sponsored persecution and targeted attacks against Muslim populations, have cast an international spotlight on…

Sectarian Violence and Ensuing Abuses in Burma’s Arakan State This report by Human Rights Watch describes how the Burmese authorities failed to take adequate measures to stem rising tensions and the outbreak of sectarian violence in Arakan State in June…

Burning Homes, Sinking Lives: A situation report on violence against stateless Rohingya in Myanmar and their refoulement from Bangladesh A report by the Equal Rights Trust This situation report provides an overview of the violence against and human rights abuse…

Crimes against Humanity in Western Burma: The Situation of the Rohingyas is published by the Irish Centre for Human Rights. The report was supervised by Prof Schabas, an expert on international human rights law, who served as one of the…

This report by The Equal Rights Trust (ERT) provides first hand testimony from Rohingya who have been subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention, violence, extortion, human trafficking and forced labour in Malaysia. The report reveals for the first time the patterns…