Myanmar

Myanmar urged to allow passage of aid to Muslim-majority areas

Oct 21, 2016 17:04

Humanitarian agencies and rights groups have urged Myanmar to allow the passage of much-needed aid to the restricted Muslim-majority areas that they have no access to.
Rohingya Muslims flee Myanmar army assault

Oct 14, 2016 10:03

At least 26 people have been killed as terrified civilians flee violent attacks by Myanmar's security forces in northern Muslim-majority Rakhine state.
Two police officers killed, 6 missing in attacks in Myanmar's Rakhine state

Oct 09, 2016 11:39

Myanmar has announced that attacks on three police posts along the country’s western border with Bangladesh have claimed the lives of at least two officers while six more remain unaccounted for.
Thailand sentences man to 35 in jail for trafficking Rohingyas

Sep 01, 2016 08:12

A court in Thailand has sentenced a man to 35 years in prison for masterminding the trafficking of Rohingya Muslims, who have been fleeing violent prosecution by extremist Buddhists, from Myanmar.
UN says Rohingya entitled to Myanmar citizenship

Aug 30, 2016 15:35

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says Myanmar's stateless Rohingya Muslims should be given the right to citizenship.
Powerful 6.8-magnitude quake strikes Myanmar, tremors felt in Bangladesh, India and Thailand

Aug 24, 2016 10:26

An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale has hit north-central Myanmar, the US Geological Survey says, with tremors felt in neighboring Bangladesh, India and Thailand as well.
Kofi Annan to advise Myanmar on Rohingya Muslims

Aug 24, 2016 09:41

Myanmar has picked former UN chief Kofi Annan to lead a commission tasked with stopping human rights abuses in Rakhine State, where Rohingya Muslims long suffered from discrimination and violent attacks by the Buddhist majority.
Deadly floods hit Philippines, Myanmar

Aug 14, 2016 08:13

Days of nonstop raining have caused floods in the Philippines, leaving at least five people dead and tens of thousands of others displaced.
Myanmar police arrest 5 in connection with mosque burning

Jul 05, 2016 11:34

Police in Myanmar arrested five people Tuesday in connection with the recent burning down of a mosque in the northern state of Kachin.
Anti-Muslim Buddhists protest in Myanmar

Jul 03, 2016 14:27

Anti-Muslim Buddhists held protests in Myanmar Sunday against a government decree that orders officials to use “Muslim communities in Rakhine State” when referring to the Rohingya.