Story Archive
2019-06-28
Truck convoy was hired by the Red Cross and was traveling close to nighttime curfew hours.
2019-06-27
Yanghee Lee, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, discusses the Myanmar military, Rohingya refugees, displaced ethnic Rakhines, and Aung San Suu Kyi.
2019-06-26
A military spokesman says the truth will come out during their trial on terrorism charges.
2019-06-25
Some see hypocrisy in purportedly reformist Aung San Suu Kyi government’s silencing of social media in conflict zones.
2019-06-24
The latest eruption of hostilities occurs as parts of the state grapple with an internet service shutdown by the government.
2019-06-21
The Arakan Army says government forces used choppers to ‘randomly bomb’ mountains near a Rakhine village.
2019-06-20
Original 27 were arrested after a skirmish on suspicion of helping the AA.
2019-06-20
Some also call for the resignation of UN top leadership for mishandling the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya in 2017.
2019-06-19
Nay Zar Htun faces charges for a court protest aimed at winning her brother’s release.
2019-06-19
Than Maung Chae left his village in April after receiving the anonymous threat and was murdered six days after he returned in June.
2019-06-18
The elderly suffer atrocities at the Myanmar Army’s hands and poor treatment from the humanitarian community.
2019-06-18
The Buddha Dhamma Prahita Foundation was outlawed last year, but observers say shutting it down could foment public unrest.
2019-06-18
Panel’s chairman says he does not know if report due in September will be made public.
2019-06-17
UN resident coordinator’s office confirms that letter was sent.
2019-06-17
Former Inspector General Khalid Abu Bakar defends delay in probing camp that held graves of Rohingya and Bangladeshis.
2019-06-14
Government forces and the Arakan Army both deny responsibility for the shooting, which sent five including a nine-year-old boy to a hospital.
2019-06-13
A survivor of the shootings rejects the Commission's findings, though, saying soldiers fired on detainees unlawfully.
2019-06-13
After being arrested for non-immigration related violations, they were discovered to be in the country illegally and charged with breaking immigration laws.
2019-06-12
Myo Nyunt Than was being investigated in connection with the death of jailed protester Tun Myint Win, who authorities said had died of a 'fever.'
2019-06-11
Monks looking after civilians sheltering there had feared they might panic at the sight of uniformed troops coming into the camp.
2019-06-11
Separately, 38 Myanmar nationals were rescued in a possible trafficking case, officials said.
2019-06-10
Row emerges as leaked ASEAN report predicts half a million Rohingya refugees will return to Myanmar in two years.
2019-06-10
They say that ethnic army soldiers are hiding among the displaced civilians sheltering there.
2019-06-07
Rakhine political leaders and NGOs meanwhile say that many in Rakhine have given up on political parties and prefer armed action.
2019-06-06
Tun Myint Win had been jailed for protesting against a Chinese-backed cement factory in Mandalay, and died on June 5.
2019-06-05
Three still held face charges from the May 15 protest against a Chinese-backed cement works in which company vehicles were set on fire.
2019-06-05
Meanwhile, a Southeast Asian rights group calls for humanitarian access to civilians trapped by clashes in Rakhine.
2019-06-04
Meanwhile, two Sapar Htar villagers injured on Sunday by mortar fire die in hospital, bringing the number killed to six.
2019-06-03
Mortar fire kills and injures civilians taking shelter in a monastery, as clashes spread to Rakhine's Minbya township.
2019-06-02
Nations are making progress in dealing with people who have no citizenship from any state, U.N. officials say.