A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Rohingya Muslim refugees arrive from Myanmar after crossing the Naf river in the Bangladeshi town of Teknaf on September 12, 2017. Some 370,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar and entered Bangladesh since an upsurge in violence late last month, the United Nations said September 12. “An estimated 370,000 Rohingya have entered Bangladesh after fleeing violence […]
Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, who tried to cross the Naf river into Bangladesh to escape sectarian violence, are kept under watch by Bangladeshi security officials in Teknaf on December 25, 2016. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have intercepted 34 boats carrying some 340 Rohingyas at border points near Cox’s Bazar. / AFP PHOTO / STR […]
A boy puts money in a fund box placed by Raajje TV to raise aid for the persecuted Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar. PHOTO/TWITTER Local television channel Raajje TV announced that it has raised over MVR 1 million in less than 12 hours from capital Male City alone to relieve the plight of Rohingya Muslims who […]
Members of the state committee, assembled to coordinate a nationwide movement to relieve the plight of the persecuted Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, speak at press conference. PHOTO/ISLAMIC MINISTRY The Maldivian government has initiated a nationwide movement in conjunction with private associations and media to relieve the plight of Rohingya Muslims that are facing persecution in […]
Maldivian permanent secretary to UN, Ali Naseer at UN’s Security Council. Naseer condemned the genocide by Myanmar’s authority on Rohingya minority. Permanent Secretary to United Nations from Maldives and the Maldivian Ambassador to US has strongly condemned Myanmar and the Burmese government over the mass genocide on the Rohingya Muslims. He stressed that the Burmese […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Vaguthu.mv website on 4th September 2017. The following is a loose translation: Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Hulhu-Henveiru district member Reeko Moosa Maniku is one of the most experienced Maldivian politicians. He spent his youth also in the politics. He then invested most of his time to form […]
The Maldives has condemned the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and ceased all trade ties with the country. Citing “systematic repression” of the minority group as documented in the past by the UN, the Maldives expressed concern with “the recent cycle of violence that resulted in the death of dozens of Rohingya Muslims and displaced […]
Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, who tried to cross the Naf river into Bangladesh to escape sectarian violence, are kept under watch by Bangladeshi security officials in Teknaf on December 25, 2016. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have intercepted 34 boats carrying some 340 Rohingyas at border points near Cox’s Bazar. / AFP PHOTO / STR […]