Rappler's latest stories on ethnic cleansing
Scepticism as Myanmar announces repatriation of first Rohingya family
(UPDATED) Bangladesh and Myanmar are supposed to begin repatriation in January but the plan is repeatedly delayed as both sides blame the other for a lack of preparation
Myanmar minister makes landmark visit to Rohingya camp
This is the first time a Myanmar cabinet member visits the fetid and overcrowded camps since a military crackdown that began last Augustsome 700,000 of the Muslim minority to flee to Bangladesh
Myanmar events 'bear hallmarks of genocide': UN rapporteur
'I am becoming more convinced that crimes committed... bear the hallmarks of genocide, and call in the strongest terms for accountability,' says the report to the UN Human Rights Council
U.S. Holocaust Museum strips rights award from Myanmar's Suu Kyi
The Museum says it is rescinding the award due to Aung San Suu Kyi's inaction over what it called 'mounting evidence of genocide' committed by the Myanmar military against civilians from the Rohingya minority
'Ethnic cleansing' of Myanmar's Rohingya continues – UN
'The ethnic cleansing of Rohingya from Myanmar continues. I don't think we can draw any other conclusion from what I have seen and heard in Cox's Bazar,' says UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Andrew Gilmour
Pope Francis sidesteps Rohingya crisis in Myanmar address
Sharing a stage with Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the capital Naypyidaw, the Pontiff does not address the Rohingya crisis head-on, instead he tip-toes around the unfolding humanitarian emergency
'Butcher of Bosnia' faces historic war crimes verdict
The judgement and possible sentencing before the Yugoslav war crimes court in The Hague marks the culmination of a case spanning 22 years against Ratko Mladic
Myanmar troops systematically gang-raped Rohingya women – UN envoy
Many of these atrocities 'could be crimes against humanity,' says UN envoy Pramila Patten
Over 600,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh, UN says
Authorities in Bangladesh are bracing for another possible surge in Rohingya arrivals
14,000 lone children among Rohingya refugees – Bangladesh
'Majority of them said they lost one or both parents in the violence in Rakhine,' says Bangladesh's social services department deputy director
Suu Kyi denies ethnic cleansing of Myanmar minority
Suu Kyi to BBC: I don t think there is ethnic cleansing going on I think ethnic cleansing is too strong an expression to use for what is happening
'Catastrophe of unspeakable proportions' in Central Africa
UN commissioner for refugees: Massive ethno religious cleansing is continuing Shocking barbarity brutality and inhumanity have characterized this violence
'Ethnic cleansing' taking place in Central Africa – Amnesty
The rights group said it had documented at least 200 killings of Muslim civilians by Christian militia groups known as the anti balaka
