Thai Smuggling Crackdown Leaves Myanmar’s Rohingya In Limbo
Five years have passed since Hla Hla Sein was forced into a displacement camp in western Myanmar for Rohingya Muslims, ...
Tag: Internal conflict in Myanmar
Cornered By Poverty, Stalked By Violence
Hemmed in by Myanmar security forces and menaced by abductions and killings, Rohingya Muslims in a conflict-scarred corner of Rakhine ...
Three Killed In Rakhine Explosion
Three people, including two teenage boys, were killed by an explosion in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state on Saturday, a police ...
US Pressures Myanmar To Accept UN Rights Probe
US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Monday ramped up pressure on the Myanmar government to accept a UN fact-finding mission tasked ...
Rohingya Man Killed In Myanmar Buddhist Mob Attack
A Rohingya Muslim was stoned to death and six others wounded by a mob of Buddhists in the capital of ...
Myanmar Forces Kill 3 In Raid On ‘terrorist Training Camps’
Myanmar security forces have killed three people in raids on "terrorist" training camps run by Rohingya Muslim militants in the ...
Suu Kyi, Trudeau Talk Federalism For Myanmar
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi sat down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wednesday to learn about Canadian ...
UN Rights Council Names Team To Probe Myanmar Rohingya Abuses
The UN rights council on Tuesday named a three-person team to probe alleged atrocities against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, a key ...
Secession Fears Cloud Myanmar Peace Talks
Talks to end decades of bitter civil war in Myanmar have faltered, a government spokesman warned Sunday, blaming ethnic rebel ...
Myanmar Must Investigate ‘army Beating’ Video
Myanmar authorities must investigate a video showing men in military uniforms viciously beating handcuffed detainees suspected of being ethnic rebel ...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Defends Slow-Moving Peace Process
Peace talks got underway in Myanmar on Wednesday, with de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi defending her government's stuttering ...
Myanmar Seeks To Kick Start Stalled Peace Process
Hundreds of representatives from Myanmar's ethnic insurgent groups gathered in the capital on Wednesday for talks aimed at reviving Aung ...
EU Pushes Myanmar For Aid Access In Northern Rakhine
A senior European Union official has urged Myanmar to allow full aid access to the north of Rakhine state, where ...
Myanmar Army Chief Compares Rohingya Crackdown To Northern Ireland
Myanmar's army chief defended his military's violent crackdown on Rohingya Muslims by comparing it to Britain's campaign to tackle sectarian ...
Myanmar Police Make Arrests After Nationalist, Muslim Scuffle
Yangon police arrested several Buddhist nationalists Thursday for inciting violence after at least one man was left injured in a ...
Myanmar Police Fire Shots To Break Up Nationalist, Muslim Scuffles
Police in Myanmar fired warning shots to break up scuffles between Buddhist nationalists and Muslims in Myanmar's biggest city in ...
Sayeegu, Sambiluk Deserted For Fear of Reprisal Attacks
Two communities, Sayeegu and Sambiluk in the Northern Region engaged in a long-standing long dispute have been deserted because the ...
Suu Kyi Rejects UN Myanmar Probe
Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday rejected a decision by the UN's rights council to investigate allegations of crimes by ...
15-Day-Old Baby Among the 30 Rohingya Refugees Rescued By Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's coastguard have detained an Indian boat which illegally entered the island's territorial waters and rescued 30 Rohingya refugees ...
UN Pushes Myanmar To Release Detained Rohingya Children
The UN children's agency UNICEF has called on Myanmar's government to release Rohingya children detained as part of a sweeping ...