Myanmar

Myanmar replaces general amid new reports of crimes against Rohingya Muslims

Nov 13, 2017 19:50

Myanmar's military has replaced the general in charge of Rakhine state, where an army operation has forced over hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighboring Bangladesh.
Child exploitation rife in Rohingya refugee camps: IOM

Nov 13, 2017 12:28

A probe by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reveals numerous cases of exploitation and trafficking in Bangladesh’s refugee camps, where Rohingya children have been subjected to forced labor, beatings and sexual assaults.
UN chief says violence against Myanmar's Rohingya must end

Nov 11, 2017 07:50

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on Myanmar's government to immediately cease the ongoing violence against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority and let those who have fled return to their ancestral homeland.
Myanmar sentences drone-flying journalists to prison

Nov 10, 2017 13:52

A court in Myanmar has sentenced two journalists hired by Turkey’s state broadcaster to two months in prison over flying a drone near the country’s parliament without a license.
UNSC strongly condemns violence against Muslims in Myanmar

Nov 07, 2017 14:46

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has strongly condemned government-sanctioned violence against Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority.
Rohingya children in Bangladesh face worsening malnutrition crisis: UNICEF

Nov 03, 2017 18:42

The United Nations children's agency, UNICEF, says life-threatening malnutrition has spread perilously among Rohingya child refugees who have fled Myanmar and entered Bangladesh.
Over half a million Rohingya Muslims must return to Myanmar's Rakhine as citizens: UN

Nov 03, 2017 06:48

The head of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says Myanmar must grant citizenship to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims so that they can return to the Southeast Asian country, where they fled government-run violence against the persecuted minority group.
Myanmar leader visits Rakhine long after crisis began

Nov 02, 2017 14:05

Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has visited the country’s Rakhine State, long after government-sanctioned violence against minority Muslims in the area drove out almost half of the Muslim population living there.
Tragedy strikes Rohingya Muslims again

Oct 31, 2017 12:41

At least seven Rohingya Muslims, including three babies, have drowned in two separate incidents near the Bangladeshi coastline while fleeing violence in Myanmar.
Myanmar charges reporters covering news for Turkish media

Oct 29, 2017 13:11

Myanmar has arrested two journalists working for Turkish state media for allegedly flying a drone over the parliament building in Naypyidaw for reporting.