Story Archive
2017-12-29
Those who return must not go out after 6 p.m. to ensure the safety of Maungdaw township, social welfare minister says.
2017-12-29
They are released a day after a court dropped additional charges against them.
2017-12-28
The group says the arrests of two Reuters journalists violate Myanmar’s constitution and a UN civil and political rights accord.
2017-12-27
Authorities are continuing to hold Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo in prison until their next hearing on Jan. 10.
2017-12-27
An unprecedented influx of Rohingya Muslim refugees entered Bangladesh amid allegations of “ethnic cleansing” in Myanmar.
2017-12-26
The United Nationalities Federal Council fears the murders allegedly committed by the Myanmar military could disrupt the country’s peace process.
2017-12-26
Lau Hon Meng and Mok Choy Lin, who are each serving a two-month prison sentence under the aircraft law, will be released during the first week of January.
2017-12-22
Maung Maung Soe is the first high-level military officer to be named for his involvement in the atrocities against the Muslim group in northern Rakhine state.
2017-12-22
Human rights groups urge government to pursue leads in New Straits Times report.
2017-12-21
The commission says it is concerned that the two men haven’t seen their lawyers and families.
2017-12-20
Yanghee Lee says she is ‘puzzled and disappointed’ by the move.
2017-12-19
Process of voluntary repatriation of refugees is to start in late January, officials say.
2017-12-19
Survivors of the attack tell the rights group that the army trapped thousands of residents along a riverbank where it slaughtered men, women, and children.
2017-12-19
China and Vietnam meanwhile remain stalled with rankings near the bottom of a list of 180 surveyed countries.
2017-12-18
Human Rights Watch reports that the Myanmar military is continuing to destroy Muslim homes in northern Rakhine state.