Myanmar

Myanmar’s top court upholds jail terms for Reuters journalists

Apr 23, 2019 06:29

Myanmar’s top court has upheld seven-year jail sentences for two Reuters journalists who had been reporting the massacre of Rohingya Muslims by the country’s military and Buddhist mobs, despite a testimony by one police official that the two were set up.
Five killed as Myanmar military chopper attacks Rohingya Muslims

Apr 04, 2019 15:07

At least five people have been killed and more than a dozen others wounded after a military helicopter attacked a group of Rohingya Muslims gathering bamboo in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state.
Bangladesh stops 30 Rohingya Muslims from leaving

Feb 08, 2019 16:13

Bangladeshi security forces have stopped 30 Rohingya refugees from heading to the more prosperous and Muslim-majority Malaysia, officials say.
Myanmar villagers flee fresh fighting in Rakhine state

Feb 08, 2019 02:21

Scores of tribal villagers in western Myanmar have crossed into Bangladesh in recent days amid fierce fighting between the army and ethnic rebels in the restive Rakhine state.
Bangladesh summons Myanmar envoy over new influx of refugees

Feb 06, 2019 11:32

Bangladesh has summoned Myanmar’s ambassador to protest against a new influx of refugees fleeing clashes in the restive Rakhine state.
UN urges Myanmar to enact Annan's counsel on Rohingya

Jan 28, 2019 14:51

The United Nations (UN) has urged Myanmar to implement the recommendations of a panel on the Rohingya crisis that was led by a former UN head, the late Kofi Annan, including ensuring freedom of movement and access to education for children from the persecuted Muslim minority.
UN envoy says Myanmar army chief must be tried for genocide

Jan 26, 2019 04:46

The United Nations (UN)’s envoy for Myanmar says the country’s army chief should be prosecuted for committing genocide against minority Rohingya Muslims, many of whom have now fled but face repatriation to the Buddhist-majority state.
Bangladesh denies entry to 31 Rohingya Muslims fleeing India

Jan 21, 2019 11:52

Bangladesh has denied entry to dozens of Rohingya Muslims seeking to enter the country from neighboring India, leaving them stranded in the no man’s land on the border.
Hundreds of Rohingya families flee India for fear of deportation, persecution

Jan 19, 2019 11:38

Some 2,000 Rohingya Muslims, who had fled to India from death and violence in Myanmar, have reportedly left the South Asian country too, fearing continued harassment there and possible deportation.
UN calls for 'rapid and unimpeded' aid access to Myanmar's Rakhine

Jan 19, 2019 11:25

The United Nations has expressed grave concerns about the condition of civilians in Myanmar’s state of Rakhine, calling on the government to allow “rapid and unimpeded” humanitarian access to the region.