Myanmar’s Rohingya Abandoned After Rapes
Rohingya Muslim Ayamar Bagon has lived on handouts since her husband left her after she told him she was gang-raped ...
Tag: Rakhine State riots
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, ...
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 tasked ...
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 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 Bars Rakhine Documentary From Film Festival
Myanmar's censors have barred a documentary on festering religious tensions between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, a film ...
Refugees Face ‘acute Crisis’ In Cyclone-Hit Bangladesh
Aid workers warned Wednesday of an "acute crisis" in Bangladesh after a cyclone damaged or destroyed thousands of homes and ...
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, after a week ...
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 injured in a ...
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 biggest city in ...
Suu Kyi Rejects UN Myanmar Probe
Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday rejected a decision by the UN's rights council to investigate allegations of crimes by ...
Myanmar Begins Shuttering Three Rakhine Camps
Myanmar has started shutting down three displacement camps in strife-torn Rakhine state, a senior official said Tuesday, although it was ...
Myanmar Army Chief Defends Military Campaign In Rakhine
Myanmar's army chief defended a military crackdown in Rakhine State on Monday after the UN pledged to probe claims security ...
China, Russia Block UN Statement On Myanmar
China and Russia blocked a proposed UN Security Council statement on Friday that would have expressed concern over the tense ...
Myanmar Must Allow Rohingya To Leave Camps
Myanmar should close bleak camps where tens of thousands of displaced Rohingya Muslims have been trapped for nearly five years, ...
Myanmar May Be Trying To ‘expel’ All Rohingya
Myanmar may be seeking to "expel" all ethnic Rohingya from its territory, a UN rights expert said Monday, pushing for ...
UN Envoy Calls For Highest Level Myanmar Probe
The United Nations rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar called Thursday for the creation of a Commission of Inquiry (COI), ...
Myanmar Swats Away ‘biased’ UN Abuse Claims
A close aide to Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday dismissed mounting international pressure over alleged abuses of Rohingya ...
UN Envoy Decries Violence Against Rohingya In Myanmar
Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar have told how government forces gang-raped women, slit people's throats and threw children ...