Story Archive
2019-11-27
The Arakan Army says indiscriminate firing on villages by the national army is the main factor displacing civilians.
2019-11-27
Student Myat Thura Tun suffered torture during a 45-day involuntary stint on a bamboo fishing raft.
2019-11-26
The trial comes as the country faces heavy international scrutiny over the 2017 crackdown in Rakhine state.
2019-11-26
Military spokesman Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun says Myanmar has neither used nor stored chemical weapons.
2019-11-25
The suggestion comes as Myanmar gears up to defend itself on genocide charges at the International Court of Justice.
2019-11-22
Myanmar’s army views the Arakan Army as illegal, so its won’t trade captives.
2019-11-21
Paul Reichler sees copious evidence of intent to ‘destroy the Rohingya’ backing Gambian case.
2019-11-20
Legal proceedings filed by Gambia allege Myanmar is trying to exterminate the Rohingya and other minority groups
2019-11-20
Zaw Win, a critic of government, gets two years in prison with hard labor on defamation-related charges.
2019-11-19
The four get four years in jail for interacting with an illegal group.
2019-11-19
The International Court of Justice will hold public hearings on the genocide case on Dec. 10-12.
2019-11-18
Critics says the ruling is the result of the military's involvement in politics.
2019-11-18
Villagers blame the government military, which denies responsibility.
2019-11-15
Residents say they fear beatings by soldiers looking for Arakan Army supporters.
2019-11-15
The Muslim refugees said they were sailing for Malaysia in search of better lives.
2019-11-14
Activists say Myanmar’s leader is being sued because she failed to speak out against the military’s actions against the minority group.
2019-11-14
Tourists coming from China eat and stay only at restaurants and hotels selected by their guides, and shun local attractions charging entrance fees.
2019-11-13
Thuzar Aye was told she could get a better paying job in China, but was sold to an older man.
2019-11-13
Local officials and residents fear an influx of settlers from China and vices such as gambling.
2019-11-12
Ethnic Salones say the expansion of pearl farms to their islands would wipe out their seafaring livelihoods.
2019-11-11
Gambia spearheads case on behalf of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
2019-11-08
UNESCO officials Mechtild Rössler and Jing Feng discuss threats to World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia.
2019-11-07
Villagers blame Myanmar forces for the attack in Buthidaung township, which also set homes ablaze.
2019-11-06
Government had announced plans to move 3,000 to Bhashan Char from Cox’s Bazar camps by early November.
2019-11-06
They are freed a day after the Arakan Army released 25 other civilian captives taken from a passenger ferry.
2019-11-05
Numbers still held remain unclear, though, as AA figures for captives' status clash with government estimates.
2019-11-04
The woman, who is now mentally disabled, says her captors broke her leg.
2019-11-01
‘What we would prefer to see is a Myanmar domestic process that people who commit human rights [abuses] are held accountable,’ says US Ambassador Scot Marciel.
