Story Archive
2017-12-29
Those who return must not go out after 6 p.m. to ensure the safety of Maungdaw township, social welfare minister says.
2017-12-29
They are released a day after a court dropped additional charges against them.
2017-12-28
The group says the arrests of two Reuters journalists violate Myanmar’s constitution and a UN civil and political rights accord.
2017-12-27
Authorities are continuing to hold Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo in prison until their next hearing on Jan. 10.
2017-12-27
An unprecedented influx of Rohingya Muslim refugees entered Bangladesh amid allegations of “ethnic cleansing” in Myanmar.
2017-12-26
The United Nationalities Federal Council fears the murders allegedly committed by the Myanmar military could disrupt the country’s peace process.
2017-12-26
Lau Hon Meng and Mok Choy Lin, who are each serving a two-month prison sentence under the aircraft law, will be released during the first week of January.
2017-12-22
Maung Maung Soe is the first high-level military officer to be named for his involvement in the atrocities against the Muslim group in northern Rakhine state.
2017-12-22
Human rights groups urge government to pursue leads in New Straits Times report.
2017-12-21
The commission says it is concerned that the two men haven’t seen their lawyers and families.
2017-12-20
Yanghee Lee says she is ‘puzzled and disappointed’ by the move.
2017-12-19
Process of voluntary repatriation of refugees is to start in late January, officials say.
2017-12-19
Survivors of the attack tell the rights group that the army trapped thousands of residents along a riverbank where it slaughtered men, women, and children.
2017-12-19
China and Vietnam meanwhile remain stalled with rankings near the bottom of a list of 180 surveyed countries.
2017-12-18
Human Rights Watch reports that the Myanmar military is continuing to destroy Muslim homes in northern Rakhine state.
2017-12-18
NLD spokesman Win Htein says it’s obvious that the charges against the Reuters journalists had been planned.
2017-12-18
Many patients are women and girls who were raped in Myanmar.
2017-12-18
Five refugees and a suspected human trafficker were detained, police say.
2017-12-15
Yangon police say that a ‘group of authorities’ took the Reuters journalists away from the Htauk Kyant Police Station.
2017-12-14
Activists and the leader of the country’s Catholic Church hit back against the Letpadaung copper mine and Myitsone dam.
2017-12-14
Many of the victims were shot and others were burned in their homes, MSF reports.
2017-12-14
They call on the government to immediate free two Reuters journalists arrested on Tuesday.
2017-12-13
Win Myat Aye says the government is prepared to accept those who want to return to northern Rakhine state.
2017-12-13
The Reuters reporters are accused of illegally possessing government documents on the crisis in northern Rakhine state.
2017-12-11
The move follows the signing of an agreement with ASEAN members in November that protects the rights of migrant workers.
2017-12-08
The explosions are the latest attacks by unknown persons in the violence-ridden region.
2017-12-08
Unidentified people are using social media to spread false information that President Htin Kyaw will soon resign.
2017-12-07
The NGO warns that the situation could spawn cross-border violence with Bangladesh and recruitment by jihadists.
2017-12-06
Auto pistons and iron pipes used to make improvised explosive devices are discovered in Kyaut Pandu village.
2017-12-05
The UN’s top human rights official says the systematic discrimination and atrocities against the group may include elements of genocide.
