Story Archive
2017-09-12
Myanmar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes the Aug. 25 attacks were launched a day after release of the Commission's report.
2017-09-11
Mine explosions killed at least four people in the past few days, Bangladeshi officials said.
2017-09-11
Police fire rubber bullets to disperse the crowd of nearly 400, sources say.
2017-09-11
U.N.’s human rights chief says evidence points to campaign of ethnic cleansing in Rakhine.
2017-09-08
Residents meanwhile say Muslims did not set their own homes on fire.
2017-09-08
One fourth of the Muslim population of Myanmar’s Rakhine state has left since Aug. 25.
2017-09-07
Interfaith group visit to Rakhine to promote dialogue is met with protests.
2017-09-06
Officials in southeastern Bangladesh say refugees have been shot dead, injured in landmine blasts.
2017-09-06
Violence comes as leader Aung San Suu Kyi claims 'fake news photographs' are misleading world about the conflict.
2017-09-05
The number of new refugees from Myanmar soars past 120,000, U.N. says.
2017-09-03
Humanitarian resources are becoming strained under the pressure of new refugee arrivals, U.N. says.
2017-09-01
The new death toll suggests fighting is some of the worst seen in the region in years.
2017-08-31
More than 27,000 Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar within the past seven days, diplomatic sources say.
2017-08-30
About 18,000 Rohingya crossed into Bangladesh in the last week, the IOM says.
2017-08-29
The country’s National Defense and Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on restoring stability and security in the turbulent region.
2017-08-28
Clashes between Muslim insurgents and security forces continue in the aftermath of a wave of deadly attacks on police outposts.
2017-08-28
Pope Francis tells pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square that he is saddened by new of the persecution of the Muslim minority group.
2017-08-25
A militant Rohingya group claims responsibility for the violent raids on 30 police outposts.
2017-08-24
A report issued by an advisory commission on Rakhine state recommends a review of the country's Citizenship Law and an end to restrictions on Muslims.
2017-08-23
President Htin Kyaw says he will consider the group’s recommendations for improving the precarious situation in the western state.
2017-08-23
Guerrilla chief slams Myanmar, says group receives no foreign funding.
2017-08-23
The New Mon State Party will decide whether to sign the nationwide cease-fire agreement in the next three months.
2017-08-21
A members of the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society Group says it had permission from the state government to enter Sadone.
2017-08-21
Aung Ko Htway, who spent nearly a decade as a forced conscript in the Myanmar army, is charged with defaming the military.
2017-08-18
The amendments reduce the jail sentence for violators of Article 66(d) and allow judges to release on bail those charged with defamation.
2017-08-18
Aung Ko Htway, who was forced into the Myanmar army when he was 14, tells the story of his abduction, forced conscription, and time in prison.
2017-08-16
A local ruling party chairman had suggested a plan was in place to arm and train ethnic Rakhines.
2017-08-15
The military has accused Aung Htet of insulting it with a song his music group composed and sang.
2017-08-14
The military says it will use armored cars and helicopters to prevent attacks by militants on ethnic Rakhine residents.
