• Lost generation of Rohingya kids face a bleak future

    Lost generation of Rohingya kids face a bleak future

    Aug 01, 2019 21:10

    The boy’s eyes lit up when he talked about his dream of becoming a doctor. Seven-year-old “Mohammad” is a Rohingya Muslim from Myanmar. I met him at a learning center at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, in early July 2019. After sharing his aspirations, Mohammed quickly remembered reality. “I know my dreams will never come true,” he said with a faint smile.

  • US imposes sanctions on Myanmar army chief over Rohingya crimes

    US imposes sanctions on Myanmar army chief over Rohingya crimes

    Jul 17, 2019 05:20

    The United States has imposed sanctions on Myanmar's military chief and three other top officers over their role in the atrocities against the Rohingya Muslim minority group in the Buddhist-majority country.

  • Why Myanmar is losing the Rakhine war

    Why Myanmar is losing the Rakhine war

    Jul 05, 2019 23:41

    The military regime in what used to be Burma has carried out a genocide of the Rohingya Muslims, who are now determined to fight and defeat the aggressors of their homeland.

  • UN: Army, Buddhists committing war crimes in western Myanmar

    UN: Army, Buddhists committing war crimes in western Myanmar

    Jul 03, 2019 16:41

    United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur to Myanmar says its security forces and rebels are committing human rights violations against civilians in the country’s west that may amount to new war crimes.

  • Myanmar must grant citizenship to Rohingya: UN official

    Myanmar must grant citizenship to Rohingya: UN official

    Jun 27, 2019 07:49

    A top UN investigator says Myanmar must grant citizenship to Rohingya Muslims, who have fled genocide in the Buddhist-majority country and who are currently living squalidly in neighboring Bangladesh.

  • Myanmar military charged with ‘war crimes’ in Rakhine

    Myanmar military charged with ‘war crimes’ in Rakhine

    May 29, 2019 11:34

    Rights group Amnesty International has charged Myanmar’s military with committing “war crimes” against an ethnic Buddhist group in Rakhine State, after worldwide condemnation of the army for committing horrific atrocities against local Muslims there.

  • Bangladesh stops 84 Rohingya from perilous sea journey

    Bangladesh stops 84 Rohingya from perilous sea journey

    May 18, 2019 13:45

    Bangladesh authorities prevented 84 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar from attempting a perilous boat journey to Malaysia, officials said Saturday.

  • UN calls for 'sustained' aid access to people in need in Rakhine

    UN calls for 'sustained' aid access to people in need in Rakhine

    May 15, 2019 15:20

    "We need access, predictable, sustained access, to reach the people in need," a UN official has said regarding those displaced by conflict in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine.

  • Deaths of inmates in Myanmar military prison spark outcry

    Deaths of inmates in Myanmar military prison spark outcry

    Apr 26, 2019 18:12

    The deaths of three suspected Buddhist rebels in a military prison in Myanmar have sparked new fears about impunity for the country’s military.

  • Myanmar’s top court upholds jail terms for Reuters journalists

    Myanmar’s top court upholds jail terms for Reuters journalists

    Apr 23, 2019 10:59

    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.