Rakhine State
Myanmar Still Using ‘same Tactics’ of Oppression As Junta
Myanmar is still using the same "tactics" to silence its people as the former junta, the UN's rights envoy said Friday,...
Thai Smuggling Crackdown Leaves Myanmar’s Rohingya In Limbo
Five years have passed since Hla Hla Sein was forced into a displacement camp in western Myanmar for Rohingya Muslims,...
Cornered By Poverty, Stalked By Violence
Hemmed in by Myanmar security forces and menaced by abductions and killings, Rohingya Muslims in a conflict-scarred...
Three Killed In Rakhine Explosion
Three people, including two teenage boys, were killed by an explosion in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state on Saturday, a...
Bangladesh Arrests Suspect In Murder of Rohingya Leaders
Bangladesh police have arrested a man suspected of murdering two Rohingya leaders in the country's southeast where tens...
US Pressures Myanmar To Accept UN Rights Probe
US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Monday ramped up pressure on the Myanmar government to accept a UN fact-finding mission...
Rohingya Refugees May Stay In Bangladesh ‘for Some Time’
Nearly half a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in squalid Bangladeshi camps face staying "for some more...
Rohingya Man Killed In Myanmar Buddhist Mob Attack
A Rohingya Muslim was stoned to death and six others wounded by a mob of Buddhists in the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine...
Myanmar’s Muslims Mark Ramadan Out In the Cold
Huddled under umbrellas to escape a thundering monsoon downpour, dozens of Muslims stood in line at a Yangon mosque for...
Myanmar Forces Kill 3 In Raid On ‘terrorist Training Camps’
Myanmar security forces have killed three people in raids on "terrorist" training camps run by Rohingya Muslim...
Myanmar Bars Rakhine Documentary From Film Festival
Myanmar's censors have barred a documentary on festering religious tensions between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in...
UN Rights Council Names Team To Probe Myanmar Rohingya Abuses
The UN rights council on Tuesday named a three-person team to probe alleged atrocities against Myanmar's Rohingya...
Myanmar Army Clears Itself of Rohingya Atrocity Claims
Myanmar's army on Tuesday cleared itself of allegations that troops may have carried out ethnic cleansing of Rohingya...
EU Pushes Myanmar For Aid Access In Northern Rakhine
A senior European Union official has urged Myanmar to allow full aid access to the north of Rakhine state, where...
Myanmar Nationalists Sent To Jail Over US Embassy Protest
Four Myanmar nationalists were held on Friday for inciting violence during anti-Rohingya protests in Yangon last year,...
Myanmar Army Chief Compares Rohingya Crackdown To Northern Ireland
Myanmar's army chief defended his military's violent crackdown on Rohingya Muslims by comparing it to Britain's...
Myanmar Police Make Arrests After Nationalist, Muslim Scuffle
Yangon police arrested several Buddhist nationalists Thursday for inciting violence after at least one man was left...
Myanmar Police Fire Shots To Break Up Nationalist, Muslim Scuffles
Police in Myanmar fired warning shots to break up scuffles between Buddhist nationalists and Muslims in Myanmar's...
Vatican and Myanmar Agree To Establish Diplomatic Ties
The Vatican and Myanmar established full diplomatic relations on Thursday in the latest step in the former pariah Asian...