Story Archive
2018-05-18
Committee members say they saw men in plainclothes beating reporters at a rally in Yangon.
2018-05-17
A lawyer for the defendants says he is interested in seeing who will take the stand and what they will say.
2018-05-16
Lance Corporal Naing Lin denies handing over classified documents to Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone, who reject the testimony as wrong.
2018-05-16
The army uses an old defamation law to silence critics, amid mounting humanitarian concerns for thousands displaced by fighting.
2018-05-15
Authorities claim they did not obtain official permission to hold demonstrations.
2018-05-15
District administrator Hlaing Soe says those who died were visiting the border town.
2018-05-14
The call by the Union-Level Committee CSOs for Peace Forum follows a crackdown on demonstrators in Yangon protesting against civil war in Kachin state.
2018-05-14
Twenty people die during an attack by an ethnic armed group on security posts and a casino in Muse.
2018-05-11
Reporters Without Borders wants Aung San Suu Kyi’s government to free the two men and guarantee press freedom throughout the country.
2018-05-10
The Foreign Affairs Ministry rejects the Muslim organization’s ‘irresponsible labeling’ of a military crackdown in response to attacks by a terrorist group.
2018-05-09
Government authorities are still trying to evacuate others trapped in war zones.
2018-05-08
The NGOs say “impunity is entrenched” in Myanmar and reject government denials of atrocities.
2018-05-08
A religious aid group is helping the latest batch of roughly 200 displaced civilians to be taken to Kachin state's capital.
2018-05-07
Organization of Islamic Cooperation vows to mobilize support for Rohingya and put pressure on Myanmar.
2018-05-07
Clashes between the government military and Kachin Independence Army have displaced about 4,000 residents.
2018-05-04
Eight are injured and sent to hospital as rescue workers continue the search for survivors.
2018-05-03
From North Korea to Cambodia, journalists are subject to harassment, arrest, and detention for practicing their profession.
2018-05-03
Rallies continue in Myitkyina as protesters call for humanitarian access to villagers displaced by government attacks.
2018-05-02
He says the jailed cop’s account didn’t differ from an earlier one, as prosecutors alleged.
2018-05-01
Many work for low pay and no benefits, with raises in minimum wage still not enough to live on, sources say.
2018-05-01
One diplomat suggests that Myanmar can set up an investigation through an International Criminal Court referral or by holding its own thorough inquiry.
2018-04-30
Fifteen diplomats hold talks on the security situation in Rakhine state with Myanmar’s military commander-in-chief.
2018-04-30
Fighting between the Kachin Independence Army and Myanmar military has forced thousands to flee their homes.
2018-04-29
“We are not closing our eyes” but there is “no magic solution,” Russian diplomat says.
2018-04-27
Residents from 20 villages flee fighting between the government army and Kachin Independence Army in Injanyang township.
2018-04-26
They say the pair should never have been arrested, amid claims they were entrapped by police.
2018-04-25
Instead, they tell the relatives of Police Captain Moe Yan Naing that he is being detained ‘in a safe place.’
2018-04-25
They want the Security Council to hold the country’s army accountable for war crimes in Kachin state.
2018-04-25
China, Vietnam, Laos, and North Korea meanwhile hold rankings near the bottom of the list, unchanged from last year.
2018-04-24
The main opposition parties and others say the move is ‘dangerous for the country.’
