Azizah’s mother was a victim of human trafficking when she met her future husband. “He had to buy her from her agent in order to free her from bondage,” Azizah …
As 2023 draws to a close, This Week in Asia reflects on its coverage of the hurdles faced by women and gender minorities in the region: Rohingya women sit inside …
They wanted to help, but they also wanted to live. Ethnic Rohingya women sit under a tent at their camp near a beach in Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, on December …
On Monday, more than 200 people protested against the settlement of Rohingya in Sabang, Aceh. The refugees, who initially fled Myanmar following genocidal attacks by the country’s security forces from …
And so, the teenager – identified along with other girls in this story by her first initial to protect her from retaliation – tearfully hugged her parents goodbye. Then M …
Myanmar’s Rohingya face a wave of hostility and rejection in Indonesia, where regional communities say they are fed up with a spike in the numbers of boats carrying the persecuted …
Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Friday his government suspected a human trafficking network was behind the rising number of Rohingya refugees reaching his country by boat. The mostly Muslim …
There are an estimated 40,000 Rohingya Muslims in India. The United Nations Human Rights Council has granted some 20,000 of them official refugee status, which is meant to protect them …
About 250 Rohingya refugees crammed onto a wooden boat have been turned away from western Indonesia and sent back to sea, residents said Friday. The group from the persecuted Myanmar minority …
About 250 Rohingya refugees in an overcrowded wooden boat have been turned away from western Indonesia and sent back to sea, residents said on Friday. The group from the persecuted …