Story Archive
2020-07-13
The villager has accused three soldiers of abducting and raping her.
2020-07-10
Anger over villager’s death follows days of clashes that displaced hundreds.
2020-07-09
Rohingya were allowed to vote and contest in 2010 elections, but the right was taken from them several years later.
2020-07-09
Myanmar’s newest war zone joins many parts of a country riddled with mines from decades of war.
2020-07-09
Advocates for desperate miners say only systemic reform will stop tragic deaths.
2020-07-08
The rights group says a ‘relentless pattern of violations’ merits UN Security Council action.
2020-07-07
The jade-mining center of Hpakant is in a lawless conflict zone that has resisted supervision.
2020-07-07
Cries of newborn grandchild alerted patrolling soldiers to women hiding in a bomb shelter.
2020-07-06
Police Brigadier General Zaw Moe Than faces up to three years in prison under the Myanmar Police Force Maintenance of Discipline Law.
2020-07-03
Some 20,000 ethnic Rakhines from southern Ratheduang township swell the ranks of the displaced.
2020-07-02
Rescue crews struggle in “lake of mud” at a site of frequently deadly accidents.
2020-06-30
A report on a secret court-martial reveals few details on the convictions in the Gu Dar Pyin village killings.
2020-06-29
About 10,000 civilians have already fled Kyauktan village and nearby areas.
2020-06-26
Residents confirm the army has been stationed among Buddhist temples in historic Mrauk-U.
2020-06-25
Save the Children interviewed 223 kids at camps in southeastern Bangladesh about the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-06-25
Fishermen and other community members in North Aceh help 94 Rohingya come ashore.
2020-06-25
Move to cut supplies to the Arakan Army leave the mostly ethnic Chin civilians to survive on bananas and vegetables.
2020-06-24
A charity spokeswoman praises Acehnese people for preparing to feed and shelter the refugees.
2020-06-24
Police have charged them under the country’s Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law.
2020-06-23
Aung San Suu Kyi and senior officials are allotted plots of land in the capital at special prices.
2020-06-23
An army spokesman cites separatist incitement and security breaches for the year-long ban, which has cut off residents from needed information and help from aid groups.
2020-06-19
Coronavirus response, journalism, and humanitarian aid have been crippled by the shutdown, Human Rights Watch says.
2020-06-18
Phyo Min Thein was accused of flouting coronavirus restrictions and budget irregularities.
2020-06-17
Malaysian official denies it; foreign minister defends country’s treatment of Rohingya.
2020-06-17
Rights groups say holding so many dissenters does not befit a hard-won democracy.
2020-06-15
The detainees were arrested in mid-March, when government soldiers entered the region amid fighting.
2020-06-15
Phyo Min Thein, once a rising star in the NLD, cites an unspecified ‘health condition.’
2020-06-12
The boat was reported by Malaysian authorities to be in Thai waters, but Thai patrols have seen no sign of it.
2020-06-12
The prediction comes a day after unknown assailants knifed a government army officer and abducted another soldier.
2020-06-10
Thai naval official denies presence of the boat, said to be carrying 300 people.
