Leaders from Southeast and South Asia are acting both illegally and immorally by not helping Rohingya “boat people”.
A human rights group has filed a lawsuit in Germany against Myanmar’s military leadership.
Sixteen survivors ask German prosecutors to investigate crackdowns on Rohingya as well as opponents of military coup.
More than 3,500 Rohingya refugees risked the dangerous sea crossing to escape Myanmar or Bangladesh last year.
Rights group says the Armed Police Battalion is engaged in extortion, harassment and wrongful arrests of the refugees.
State media says group, including children, sent to prison for two to five years for not having documents.
Wirathu has long been known for his ultranationalist, anti-Muslim rhetoric, particularly against Myanmar’s Rohingya.
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The boat came ashore in Ujong Pie village, a day after a wooden vessel with 57 Rohingya landed in another part of Aceh.
Dozens of hungry and weak Rohingya landed on a beach in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh.
A boat carrying 180 Rohingya is missing at sea and presumed sunk, a UN agency says.
Local police say 58 men arrived on Indrapatra beach at a fishing village in Indonesia’s Aceh Besar district.
As many as 16-20 refugees may have died of thirst and hunger or have drowned, according to relatives and activists.
Governments asked to launch search and rescue mission amid reports of refugee deaths on vessel drifting for weeks.
Navy says 104 people found on board a trawler suspected to have originated from Myanmar and heading to Indonesia.
