Story Archive
2017-09-29
National Security Adviser Thaung Tun says the country ‘will never espouse a policy of genocide or ethnic cleansing’ and ‘will do everything to prevent it.’
2017-09-28
Rakhine state officials cite rainy weather as reason for calling off Thursday's trip to the focal point of recent strife.
2017-09-27
The announcement comes amid growing pressure from the international community for Myanmar to address and resolve the crisis in Rakhine state.
2017-09-26
Some 480,000 refugees have fled from Myanmar since Aug. 25, new figures show.
2017-09-25
Sixty percent of newly arrived refugees are children, the United Nations says.
2017-09-25
Malaysia says statement by association chairman omitted any reference to Rohingya Muslims.
2017-09-25
A community leader says Muslim militants arrested and killed about 100 residents from Kha Maung Seik village tract.
2017-09-22
Expert panel cites “systematic policies” of killing, and active denial of identity and culture.
2017-09-21
Non-Muslims displaced by recent violence ask Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to continue deploying troops.
2017-09-20
They shot the trio in May after taking them into custody while they were returning to their camp after collecting firewood.
2017-09-19
But the UN and rights groups blame the army for abuses and ethnic cleansing in Rakhine state.
2017-09-19
The state counselor doesn’t acknowledge the violence that Rohingya Muslims have endured at the hands of the Myanmar military.
2017-09-18
Hundreds gather to denounce the recommendations of an advisory commission on the causes of unrest in the western state and international 'interference' in the Rohingya crisis.
2017-09-14
No Muslims would be left in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, should this “worst case” scenario materialize, IOM official says.
2017-09-13
“Inhuman, inhuman” some diplomats muttered as they listened to refugees recount tales of torture.
2017-09-13
Students delivering aid to Rakhine meanwhile accuse international media of biased reporting from the region.
2017-09-12
Myanmar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes the Aug. 25 attacks were launched a day after release of the Commission's report.
2017-09-11
Mine explosions killed at least four people in the past few days, Bangladeshi officials said.
2017-09-11
Police fire rubber bullets to disperse the crowd of nearly 400, sources say.
2017-09-11
U.N.’s human rights chief says evidence points to campaign of ethnic cleansing in Rakhine.
2017-09-08
Residents meanwhile say Muslims did not set their own homes on fire.
2017-09-08
One fourth of the Muslim population of Myanmar’s Rakhine state has left since Aug. 25.
2017-09-07
Interfaith group visit to Rakhine to promote dialogue is met with protests.
2017-09-06
Officials in southeastern Bangladesh say refugees have been shot dead, injured in landmine blasts.
2017-09-06
Violence comes as leader Aung San Suu Kyi claims 'fake news photographs' are misleading world about the conflict.
2017-09-05
The number of new refugees from Myanmar soars past 120,000, U.N. says.
2017-09-03
Humanitarian resources are becoming strained under the pressure of new refugee arrivals, U.N. says.
2017-09-01
The new death toll suggests fighting is some of the worst seen in the region in years.
