Story Archive
2018-11-28
Authorities are investigating suspected traffickers who intended to take 93 Rohingya to Malaysia.
2018-11-27
An alliance of civil society and green groups sends an open letter to the president to stop all development projects in the western state.
2018-11-27
Tanintharyi region officials are keeping the 93 Rohingya at sea until the central government tells them what to do with them.
2018-11-26
They object to the cards identifying them as ‘forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals’ instead of as ethnic Rohingya.
2018-11-21
The recent thwarted exodus of 106 came as Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh resisted efforts to repatriate them.
2018-11-20
The Southeast Asian country has been plagued by hate speech on social media that has contributed to communal violence.
2018-11-19
Win Myat Aye says it’s important to consider whether the refugees want to return or not.
2018-11-16
The Rohingya fled displaced persons camps in Rakhine state in hopes of getting more food and finding work.
2018-11-15
Chanting “we won’t go back,” hundreds of refugees protested while none agreed to leave.
2018-11-14
But officials from both countries say they are still seeking willing participants for repatriation plan.
2018-11-14
Mike Pence tells the state counselor that the violence by the military and vigilantes against the Muslim group is ‘without excuse.’
2018-11-13
A Bangladesh official says process of sending refugees to Myanmar should begin this week.
2018-11-12
Rohingya will not be sent back to Myanmar unless the UN confirms they are willing to leave, a foreign ministry official says.
2018-11-09
Government has yet to ask people slated for repatriation for their opinion, an official says.
2018-11-09
The government recommends arbitration to settle the case.
2018-11-09
Ei Myat Thu faced a cumbersome process and was repeatedly denied travel permits she needed to sit for exams in her country's largest city.
2018-11-08
Myanmar has requested that Bangladesh take action against them but declined to discuss the cases in detail.
2018-11-07
A US deputy assistant secretary of state promises to raise the issue with officials in Naypyidaw.
2018-11-06
About 300 returning Rohingya and Hindus will be processed each day at two reception centers in Rakhine state.
2018-11-05
National League for Democracy wins fewer than half of contested seats as voters are drawn to ethnic-based parties.
2018-11-05
A review of the case by the High Court will take months, while Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo remain in jail.
2018-11-05
Reporters encouraged to apply for access, but permit paperwork is shuffled among authorities.
2018-11-02
They cite lack of safety guarantees for returnees, days after officials said repatriations will begin in mid-November.
2018-11-01
Screenings and treatments for the disease along with other health care services have reduced malaria transmission in remote villages.
2018-10-31
The head of their textile factory agrees to rehire 30 workers sacked after demanding better conditions.
2018-10-31
They urge Aung San Suu Kyi to show ‘evidence of your political commitment to treat us as equal citizens.’
2018-10-30
Joint Working Group members plan to visit refugee camp in Ukhia.
2018-10-30
A new flurry of stakeholder meetings is set for early November.
2018-10-29
They say the withdrawal of tariff-free access to the bloc will lead to factory closures and job losses.
2018-10-26
Jailing of Sittwe man for Facebook post meanwhile underscores the country’s fragile freedom expression.
