Story Archive
2020-02-28
Activists say the Rohingya will keep leaving unless treatment, conditions improve in Rakhine state.
2020-02-27
The U.N. rights agency catalogs what it calls the ‘institutionalized persecution of the Rohingya in Rakhine state.’
2020-02-27
Minister says Dhaka now focused on repatriating refugees to Myanmar.
2020-02-25
Villagers in Kachin state are short of rice and other staples in area also hit by armed conflict.
2020-02-24
Police wore plainclothes to arrest students on campus of Yangon University.
2020-02-24
Unable to move without guards, many still pine for homes in their burned-out former villages.
2020-02-21
Rights experts say the Tatmadaw cannot be trusted to investigate and try its own men.
2020-02-20
Rights activists say escape attempts will continue until the root causes of the Rohingya exodus are addressed.
2020-02-19
The military and the Arakan Army blame each other for the death of a Rohingya man in Buthidaung township.
2020-02-18
UN experts sound a warning on rising casualties among children in Rakhine.
2020-02-14
A senior official says farmers will receive compensation for land, crops, and lost livelihoods.
2020-02-14
Many workers are afraid to approach authorities because they are working illegally in China.
2020-02-13
Ethnic groups say the military always finds excuses to cling to power.
2020-02-13
Activists say they must be treated well under Myanmar’s International Court of Justice obligations.
2020-02-12
Ethnic leaders, meanwhile, say the ruling party has not kept pledges to address their issues.
2020-02-12
Government soldiers routinely block vehicles from transporting injured villagers to hospitals, locals say.
2020-02-11
Dozens missing, at least 15 bodies recovered after boat sank in Bay of Bengal, survivors and officials told BenarNews.
2020-02-10
The Buddhists were angry about references to ‘hate speech’ in reports on their rally.
2020-02-10
Villagers are fleeing constant firing of heavy artillery by Myanmar military, a lawmaker says.
2020-02-07
The pair faces charges under the country’s Unlawful Associations Act.
2020-02-07
Some observers say the outgoing minister was seen as too close to Aung San Suu Kyi.
2020-02-06
Myanmar authorities are still working to determine the places of origin of 20 others.
2020-02-06
Government forces say they are using unmanned aerial vehicles to survey land for roadwork.
2020-02-05
Some say Myanmar’s compliance with an international court will help fix its reputation.
2020-02-05
With roads closed, most go back on foot, staying shelters set up by Chinese aid groups along the way.
2020-02-05
Some 70,000 Muslims face few job prospects, travel curbs, and violence from ongoing fighting.
2020-02-04
Rights groups tie the new service blackout to an order by the UN’s top court concerning Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims.
2020-02-04
'Justice will be done,' a prosecutor with the International Criminal Court tells reporters in Bangladesh.
2020-02-03
Muslims who were expelled in 2017 are trying to rebuild in places were their homes were destroyed.
