The United States will provide more than $116 million in additional humanitarian assistance to support vulnerable populations in Burma, Bangladesh, and the region, including more than $74 million to support Rohingya refugees and their host communities.
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 21 September, 2023 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Burma, human rights, Humanitarian Aid, Humanitarian Assistance, Office of the Spokesperson, PRM, Rohingya, Rohingya Refugees
Today marks six years since the Burma military’s brutal campaign of violence, rape, and murder against Rohingya men, women, and children.
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 25 August, 2023 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor, Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration, Bureau of South and Central Asia, Burma, Genocide, human rights, Humanitarian Assistance, Rohingya, Rohingya Genocide, Rohingya Refugees, U.S. Funding
Today, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya met with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and announced more than $74 million in additional U.S. humanitarian assistance to support humanitarian responses in the region, including nearly $61 million to support Rohingya internally displaced in Burma as well as Rohingya refugees and their ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 13 July, 2023 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, Press Releases | Tags: Bangladesh, Burma, Democracy, Humanitarian Aid, Office of the Spokesperson, Under Secretary for Civilian Security Democracy and Human Rights
The United States today announced more than $170 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Rohingya inside and outside Burma, as well as for host communities in Bangladesh.
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 23 September, 2022 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, Burma, Genocide, Humanitarian Aid, Humanitarian Assistance, Office of the Spokesperson, Rohingya Refugees, The Secretary of State, U.S. & Bangladesh
Five years ago, Burma’s military launched a brutal campaign against Rohingya – razing villages, raping, torturing, and perpetrating large-scale violence that killed thousands of Rohingya men, women, and children.
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 25 August, 2022 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: Bangladesh, Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor, Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Burma, Genocide, human rights, Humanitarian Aid, Office of the Spokesperson, Rohingya, Rohingya Refugees, Secretary Blinken, The Secretary of State
Today, five years on, we reflect on the horrific events of August and September 2017 that forced around 800,000 Rohingya to flee from their homes in Myanmar to seek refuge in Bangladesh.
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 25 August, 2022 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, Burma, human rights, Humanitarian Aid, Myanmar, Rohingya, Rohingya Refugees
Today, the United States is announcing new sanctions against Burma’s military regime in response to its continued violence and repression against the people of Burma, most recently in Mindat, Chin State, and its failure to take any steps to restore Burma’s democratic transition.
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 17 May, 2021 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Burma, Office of the Spokesperson, The Secretary of State
Members of the Burmese military have taken increasingly disturbing actions aimed at their own citizens since February 1.
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 25 March, 2021 | Topics: Press Releases, South & Central Asia | Tags: Burma, human rights, Office of the Spokesperson
USAID has stood shoulder to shoulder with the people of Burma for decades in their struggle for peace, democracy, and freedom.
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 12 February, 2021 | Topics: Press Releases, South & Central Asia | Tags: Burma, USAID
The United States is alarmed by reports that the Burmese military has taken steps to undermine the country’s democratic transition, including the arrest of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian officials in Burma.
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 1 February, 2021 | Topics: Press Releases, South & Central Asia | Tags: Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor, Burma, Democracy, The White House, White House Spokesperson
The United States expresses grave concern and alarm regarding reports that the Burmese military has detained multiple civilian government leaders, including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, and civil society leaders.
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 1 February, 2021 | Topics: Press Releases, South & Central Asia, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Burma, Democracy, Development, elections, Office of the Spokesperson, Peace, Secretary Blinken, The Secretary of State
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale spoke today with Burmese State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi to reaffirm American support for democratic reforms and humanitarian relief efforts in Burma and a credible, transparent, and inclusive national election in November.
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 28 October, 2020 | Topics: Press Releases, South & Central Asia, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Burma, Myanmar, Office of the Spokesperson, Rohingya Refugees
On March 3, the United States announced more than $59 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh and internally displaced Rohingya and members of other affected communities in Burma.
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 3 March, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Human Rights, Press Releases, U.S. & Bangladesh | Tags: Bangladesh, Burma, Humanitarian Assistance, Office of the Spokesperson, Rohingya, Rohingya Refugees, United States, USAID
Special Briefing Office of the Spokesperson Press Correspondents Room Washington, D.C. November 15, 2019. We spent about three days in Myanmar, in Burma. I met with senior government leaders in Nay Pyi Taw, including State Councilor Aung San Suu Kyi. I traveled to an internally displaced personnel camp in the Rakhine State and heard directly ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 5 December, 2019 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, Economic Affairs, Press Releases | Tags: Bangladesh, Burma, China, Economic Affairs, Myanmar, Peace, security, Xinjiang
Today, the Department of State is publicly designating the following individuals and their immediate family members for the named individuals' responsibility for gross human rights violations, including in extrajudicial killings in northern Rakhine State, Burma, during the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya:
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Dhaka | 18 July, 2019 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Burma, SECRETARY POMPEO
