An appeal for nearly $1 billion to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is more than a third funded, the head of the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday.

Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world body and Southeast Asian countries Monday to take swift and strong action to stop the deadly crackdown that has followed the military coup in Myanmar, saying he had tried unsuccessfully to make a diplomatic visit himself.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has made urgent calls across the region to offer refuge and protection to all those fleeing Myanmar for safety amid escalating violence in the country.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, has called for an emergency summit of the UN member states, including ASEAN, European Union, the United States and China, to head off the deepening crisis in Myanmar.

Zoramthanga, the chief minister of north eastern Indian state of Mizoram, has opposed the Indian government’s order to stop illegal immigration from Myanmar and ensure speedy deportation of refugees.

Myanmar’s ousted President Win Myint is facing two new charges, his lawyer Khin Maung Zaw said on Wednesday, including a breach of the constitution that is punishable by up to three years on prison.

Myanmar’s neighbours pressed its ruling military today to release ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and cease what Singapore called the disastrous use of lethal force against opponents of their Feb. 1 coup and work out a solution to the crisis.

Lawmakers from ASEAN countries have called on all parliamentarians worldwide to act in solidarity, demanding restoration of democracy in Myanmar where the military took control since February 1 and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her political colleagues.

Thousands of opponents of Myanmar’s Febuary 1 military gathered again today in towns from north to south, undeterred by the bloodiest episode of their campaign the previous day when police and soldiers opened fire in the city of Mandalay, killing two.

Myanmar’s military denied on Tuesday that its ouster of the elected government was a coup, saying its action was justified because fraud in a November election was not addressed, and it would hand back power after a new election.

The United Nations special envoy has warned Myanmar’s army of “severe consequences” for any harsh response to protesters demonstrating against this month’s coup in a call with the military leadership, a UN spokesman said.

Security forces in Myanmar opened fire to disperse protesters at a power plant and armoured vehicles rolled into major cities as the new army rulers faced a ninth day of anti-coup demonstrations that saw hundreds of thousands on the streets.

UN Security Council members have reiterated the need for addressing the root causes of the crisis in Rakhine state and creating conditions necessary for the safe, voluntary, sustainable and dignified return of Rohingyas.

Myanmar has raised objection over Gambia's eligibility in filing the November 2019 case that alleged that Myanmar’s atrocities against the Rohingya in Rakhine state violate the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in camps in Bangladesh condemned the military coup in their homeland and said it makes them more fearful to return.

The military coup in Myanmar and the arrest of de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint, and the imposition of a state of emergency have provoked mixed reactions in the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen told The Daily Star today that the agreement on Rohingya repatriation was signed with the Myanmar state, and it doesn’t matter who is in power, the agreement must be followed.

Myanmar is committed to begin the repatriation of Rohingyas as per the bilateral agreement signed with Bangladesh in 2017, said Myanmar's International Cooperation Affairs Minister Kyaw Tin in a letter to Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen.

More than 100 UK MPs have called on the British government to make an intervention supporting The Gambia’s Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as human rights violations against the Rohingyas continue.

Mahmuda Khatun’s desire for peace and comfort is what made her leave the congested Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar for Bhasan Char on Thursday.