Tag: Myanmar

2018/01/23

A court will decide whether to bail two Reuters journalists accused of breaching Myanmar's secrecy law on February 1, their ...

Bangladesh Delays Rohingya Refugee Return

2018/01/22

The repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled violence in Myanmar will not begin Tuesday as planned, ...

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a meeting of Asian and European foreign ministers in November 2017

Is Aung San Suu Kyi Silent in the Face of Myanmar Atrocities?

by Lex Rieffel

2018/01/22

Brookings Institution scholar Lex Rieffel weighs in on the crisis in Myanmar and the position that Aung San Suu Kyi ...

Rohingya refugees arrive at a UNHCR transit centre in Cox’s Bazar, south-east Bangladesh on October 19 after spending four days stranded at the Myanmar border with some 6,800 other refugees.

Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh Protest Repatriation Move

2018/01/19

Hundreds of Rohingya refugees staged protests in Bangladesh on Friday against plans to send them back to their home state ...

Seven Ethnic Rakhine Killed as Myanmar Police Fire on Riot

2018/01/17

Thousands of ethnic Buddhists gathered to protest the Myanmar government in the Western Rakhine state when police opened fire on ...

Bangladesh Says it’s Hosting Over a Million Rohingya

2018/01/17

Bangladesh's army says that over a million Rohingya are currently in the country, an estimate which is higher than all ...

Rohingya children at a refugee camp in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Plans to Repatriate 750,000 Rohingya to Myanmar ‘Within 2 Years’

2018/01/16

Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed to repatriate hundreds of thousands of displaced Rohingya within a two-year period, Dhaka announced.

Talks in Myanmar to ‘Settle Issues’ on Rohingya Return

2018/01/15

Sources reported that Bangladesh and Myanmar have signed a deal that Myanmar will pay reparations to those Rohingya that fled ...

Midwives Shortage: Thousands of Rohingya Babies Born in Poor Sanitation

by Anna Varfolomeeva

2018/01/15

Only few of Rohingya refugees' babies will be born in health facilities, and from the very beginning they will be ...

Aung San Suu Kyi Myanmar Burma Rohingya refugees

Suu Kyi: Myanmar Army’s Admission of Rohingya Killings a ‘Positive Step’

2018/01/13

Myanmar's civilian leader Suu Kyi has welcomed an unprecedented army admission that security forces carried out extra-judicial killings of Rohingya ...

Myanmar Army Admits for First Time to Killing 10 Rohingya

2018/01/10

Myanmar security forces took part in a massacre of 10 Rohingya in September, the army chief's office said Wednesday, admitting ...

Myanmar Seeks up to 14 Years Prison Sentence for Reuters Reporters Covering Rohingya

2018/01/10

Myanmar police have formally charged two Reuters journalists for breaching a colonial-era secrecy law that carries up to 14 years ...

Bangladesh Plans to Send 100,000 Rohingya Back to Myanmar

2017/12/29

Bangladeshi authorities said Friday that the country wants to send some 100,000 Rohingya back to Myanmar in the first batch ...

Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at a meeting of Asian and European foreign ministers in Myanmar

Myanmar Authorities Free Drone-Flying Camera Crew From Jail

2017/12/29

Myanmar authorities released on Friday foreign and local journalists jailed for flying a drone near the country's parliament.

Myanmar Court Extends Reuters Journalists’ Detention for 2 More Weeks

2017/12/27

The detention of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar was extended for two more weeks, a court said, in the pair's ...

Rohingya families arrive at a UNHCR transit centre near the village of Anjuman Para, Cox’s Bazar, south-east Bangladesh, on October 19 after spending four days stranded at the Myanmar border with some 6,800 refugees.

Quarter of Rohingya Refugee Children Acutely Malnourished

2017/12/22

A quarter of Rohingya children under age 5 who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar suffer from potentially life-threatening malnutrition levels, ...

Muslim World Urges Myanmar To End Persecution of Rohingya

Ten Bodies Found in Myanmar Mass Grave: Army

2017/12/20

Myanmar's army said it found 10 corpses in a mass grave in Rakhine state, the epicenter of a crackdown that ...

Myanmar Army Investigating Mass Grave in Rakhine

2017/12/19

Myanmar's army says it is investigating a mass grave found in Rakhine state, where the UN accuses troops of committing ...

MSF Estimates 6,700 Rohingya Killed in First Month of Myanmar Violence

by Joanne Stocker

2017/12/14