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Aug 19, 2026
PoliticsBangladesh calls Myanmar's Rohingya verification figures 'erroneous', presses for faster returns
Dhaka's foreign ministry rejected the numbers in Myanmar's 15 August statement and urged Naypyidaw to speed up verification and turn repatriation pledges into action. No refugee has yet returned under the process.
The Financial Express / Reuters
Aug 18, 2026
PoliticsRohingya council rejects junta narrative, demands UN-supervised, rights-based return
The United Council of Rohingya rejected Myanmar's continued use of the term 'Bengali' and said any return must come with restored citizenship, security guarantees, land rights and international supervision — not a screening exercise run by the army.
United Council of Rohingya
Aug 15, 2026
PoliticsMyanmar says 308,797 Rohingya verified for repatriation as the exodus enters its ninth year
Out of 828,824 names submitted by Bangladesh as of 31 July 2026, Myanmar's foreign ministry says it has verified 308,797 as former Rakhine residents, could not verify 113,507, and alleges 4,241 were involved in 'terrorist' activity. Return, it says, waits on 'security conditions'.
AP News
Jun 15, 2026
AidMSF: patient testimonies show malnutrition rising after the April ration cuts
MSF clinics in Cox's Bazar report families skipping meals, selling rations for medicine, and more children admitted with acute malnutrition since food assistance was re-tiered in April.
Médecins Sans Frontières
May 20, 2026
Aid2026 Joint Response Plan appeals for US$710.5 million — a 26% cut from 2025
The 'hyper-prioritised' appeal covers only minimum lifesaving assistance for up to 1.56 million refugees and host-community members. Resilience, education and preparedness activities are the first to be dropped.
UNHCR / Joint Response Plan
Apr 1, 2026
AidFood assistance re-tiered to US$7, $10 and $12 per person per month
WFP's Targeting and Prioritisation Exercise replaced a flat ration for nearly 1.2 million refugees in Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char with three needs-based tiers. Many households saw their monthly support fall; in Sittwe's IDP camps, families report being removed from aid lists entirely.
WFP / AP News
Mar 2, 2026
DisplacementUN human rights office documents abuses by both the military and the Arakan Army
OHCHR's annual update on Myanmar finds Rohingya in northern Rakhine facing forced labour, extortion, movement restrictions and displacement at the hands of both the junta and the Arakan Army, with humanitarian access still blocked.
OHCHR
Jan 29, 2026
JusticeICJ concludes merits hearings in The Gambia v. Myanmar genocide case
Public hearings on the merits ran from 12 to 29 January 2026 at the Peace Palace, with 11 states intervening and witness affidavits filed by both parties. The Court's judgment is now awaited — the first ruling on whether the 2017 operations amounted to genocide.
International Court of Justice
Oct 1, 2025
AidAid groups warn of a hunger catastrophe inside Rakhine State
Conflict, movement restrictions, soaring prices and donor cuts push Rakhine toward famine conditions, with the Rohingya — barred from moving freely to find work — among the most exposed.
Reuters / WFP
May 12, 2026
AidCox's Bazar operation faces funding gap of over 60% for 2026
UNHCR warns that without new pledges, food, shelter, and protection services for 1.5 million Rohingya could collapse further in the second half of the year.
UNHCR
Mar 4, 2026
DisplacementArakan Army consolidates control of northern Rakhine; Rohingya civilians squeezed
Rights monitors report new displacement, forced labour, and property confiscation in Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships since the AA takeover.
Reuters
Dec 18, 2025
JusticeIIMM annual report: evidence file on 2017 atrocities passes 2 million items
The UN Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar says its evidence archive is now being shared with courts in The Gambia, Argentina, and Germany.
OHCHR / IIMM
Featured · Aug 2026
Nine years on: Myanmar verifies 308,797 refugees for return, but no one has gone home
Myanmar's foreign ministry said on 15 August 2026 that it had verified 308,797 of the 828,824 names submitted by Bangladesh as former Rakhine residents, while alleging 4,241 were linked to 'terrorist' activity. Dhaka called the figures erroneous; the United Council of Rohingya rejected the process outright and demanded UN-supervised return with restored citizenship, security and land rights.
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- JusticeJan 2026
ICJ concludes merits hearings in The Gambia v. Myanmar
Public hearings on the merits of the genocide case ran from 12 to 29 January 2026 at the Peace Palace, with eleven states intervening and witness affidavits filed by both parties. The Court's judgment — the first ruling on whether the 2017 clearance operations amounted to genocide — is now awaited.
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- CampsApr 2026
Food assistance re-tiered to $7, $10 and $12 per person per month
WFP's Targeting and Prioritisation Exercise replaced the flat camp ration for nearly 1.2 million people in Cox's Bazar and Bhasan Char with three needs-based tiers. MSF clinics reported rising acute malnutrition within weeks, and Rohingya in Sittwe's IDP camps said they were removed from aid lists entirely.
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- Conflict2026
Arakan Army consolidates control of Rakhine — Rohingya again caught in the middle
The Arakan Army now controls most townships in Rakhine State. Rohingya villages have been burned and civilians forcibly conscripted by multiple sides, raising fears of a new displacement wave from northern Maungdaw and Buthidaung.
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- Camps2025
WFP rations cut again as Cox's Bazar funding falls short
Repeated funding shortfalls have forced the World Food Programme to reduce monthly rations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh below survival thresholds, with measurable rises in child wasting and stunting.
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- Conflict2024
Renewed fighting in Rakhine displaces tens of thousands
Heavy fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army has once again forced Rohingya and Rakhine civilians from their homes, with credible reports of attacks on Rohingya villages from both sides.
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- Diaspora2024
Indonesian fishing villages turn back Rohingya boats in the Andaman Sea
Hundreds of Rohingya attempting to reach Aceh by boat in the 2023–2024 sailing season were pushed back or abandoned at sea, prompting urgent calls from UNHCR for regional rescue protocols.
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- Camps2023
World Food Programme cuts rations in Cox's Bazar
Successive funding shortfalls forced WFP to cut monthly rations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, with measurable impacts on child nutrition.
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- Justice2022
More states join The Gambia's ICJ case
Canada, the Netherlands, the UK, Denmark, Germany, France, and others have intervened in support of The Gambia's genocide case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice.
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- Camps2020
Bhasan Char relocations begin
Bangladesh begins relocating Rohingya families to the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal, raising humanitarian concerns about freedom of movement and cyclone risk.
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- Justice2019
The Gambia files genocide case at the ICJ
On behalf of the OIC, The Gambia files an unprecedented case against Myanmar under the Genocide Convention.
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- Conflict2017
The August exodus — more than 750,000 driven into Bangladesh in weeks
Within weeks of the start of military clearance operations in northern Rakhine, more than 750,000 Rohingya cross the Naf River into Bangladesh. UN investigators later conclude the operations carried genocidal intent.
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