Thread by @Benjamin_P_Ward, The UK parliament’s development committee @CommonsIDC has just released a strong report [...]

The UK parliament’s development committee @CommonsIDC has just released a strong report on the #Rohingya crisis [thread] https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/98/international-development-committee/news/146583/rohingya-refugees-are-being-fenced-in-and-communication-blocked-just-as-coronavirus-cases-are-confirmed-in-camps/

The report contains strong recommendations to the UK government, including need for keep up pressure on Bangladesh to allow internet access for Rohingya refugees & halt fencing around refugee camps

Importantly it also calls on UK to maintain aid efforts to help refugees and to press Myanmar to comply with the International Court of Justice order to take steps to halt abuses against Rohingya

. @HRW was pleased to contribute to the inquiry. A lot has happened since we did. Here’s what you need to know:

The UK has joined others in calling on Bangladesh to turn on internet in the camps so aid workers can coordinate emergency services & Covid-19 prevention, but the government refuses. #KeepItOn

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/26/bangladesh-internet-ban-risks-rohingya-lives

The UK has joined others in calling on Bangladesh to turn on internet in the camps so aid workers can coordinate emergency services & Covid-19 prevention, but the government refuses. #KeepItOn https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/26/bangladesh-internet-ban-risks-rohingya-lives

Bangladesh authorities restricted humanitarian aid in the camps, impacting access to essential needs and medical care. Meanwhile, aid workers, including Rohingya volunteers, need protective equipment to keep them safe from Covid19 https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/28/bangladesh-covid-19-aid-limits-imperil-rohingya

Bangladesh: Covid-19 Aid Limits Imperil Rohingya

The Bangladesh government’s new Covid-19 restrictions on access to aid put Rohingya refugees at greater risk, Human Rights Watch said today. The lockdown measures cut humanitarian workers in refugee

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/28/bangladesh-covid-19-aid-limits-imperil-rohingya

Sexual and gender-based violence has gone up in the camps under the new lockdown measures. Protection services have been cut, deemed “non-critical.”

This month Bangladesh rescued >300 Rohingya refugees floating at sea. Now authorities are holding them on a remote silt island. They first called it a temporary quarantine, now say Rohingya will “most likely” be held on the island indefinitely https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/05/bangladesh-rohingya-refugees-risky-covid-19-quarantine

We interviewed Rohingya refugees who described beatings, prison-like conditions, and lack of adequate medical care on the island https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/20/bangladesh-cyclone-endangers-rohingya-silt-island

Bangladesh: Cyclone Endangers Rohingya on Silt Island

The Bangladesh government has kept over 300 Rohingya refugees confined on Bhasan Char, a remote silt island in the path of a “super cyclone” without adequate protections or safety measures, Human

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/20/bangladesh-cyclone-endangers-rohingya-silt-island

What should the UK govement do?
Act on recs from @CommonsIDC report.
Press Bangladesh to respect refugee rights.

Above all, unequivocally back accountability in Myanmar, both for the atrocities that caused the crisis and those that make a safe and dignified return for Rohingya impossible. [ENDS] https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/09/myanmars-directives-not-enough-protect-rohingya-0

Myanmar’s Directives Not Enough to Protect Rohingya

This week, Myanmar’s government issued two presidential directives in response to the ICJ’s January order that the government and military prevent genocide of the Rohingya Muslim ethnic group and

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/09/myanmars-directives-not-enough-protect-rohingya-0

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