Myanmar has postponed a planned visit by the UN refugee chief to Rakhine state
15 Jan 2019 4:06 PM
No country, organisation or group has the 'right to interfere in and make decisions over sovereignty of a country', report said.
24 Sep 2018 2:17 PM
A judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching the law on state secrets and sentenced them to seven years in prison.
09 Sep 2018 1:57 PM
The United Nations in Myanmar had called for release of the imprisoned journalists.
03 Sep 2018 10:13 AM
Over 118,000 people have taken refuge in 285 camps so far, as the toll climbed to 11 dead, including three solders, with more deaths feared.
31 Jul 2018 5:51 PM
Evacuation orders issued in several areas, some 163 camps set up for displaced people in southern, eastern, central parts of country.
29 Jul 2018 7:04 PM
Both journalists have pleaded 'not guilty' to the charges, telling the judge they had 'followed journalistic ethics'.
09 Jul 2018 1:23 PM
Amnesty International said that ARSA killed 53 Hindus, mostly children, in Kha Maung Seik village cluster in northern Maungdaw.
23 May 2018 10:42 AM
The military stands accused of carrying out an ethnic cleansing campaign against the stateless minority in Rakhine.
12 May 2018 1:15 PM
Launched in August 2017, that campaign drove around 700,000 Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh, fleeing burnt villages and army atrocities.
01 May 2018 1:14 PM
The Rohingya men from the northern Rakhine village of Inn Din were buried in a mass grave in September 2017 after being hacked to death.
11 Apr 2018 11:06 AM
Myanmar and Bangladesh signed a repatriation deal in November but not one refugee has returned.
08 Apr 2018 5:46 PM
Myanmar’s military ruled for 50 yrs during which it was blamed of widespread abuses before partly handing power to a civilian govt in 2016.
28 Mar 2018 12:57 PM
Rakhine state has been largely sealed off from rights groups, the media and UN investigators.
12 Mar 2018 2:36 PM
‘When you see the pictures, it’s clear that whatever was left -- the mosques, the cemeteries, the homes -- they’re gone.’
24 Feb 2018 4:25 PM
Bloody military operations that followed Rohingya militant attacks in August have driven nearly 700,000 Rohingya into refugee camps.
12 Feb 2018 6:38 PM
‘It was a petrol bomb,’ spokesman Zaw Htay confirmed
01 Feb 2018 11:59 AM
Bill accused Suu Kyi of a 'furious response' to his calls to help free two Reuters journalists arrested while reporting on Rakhine crisis.
25 Jan 2018 3:16 PM
The UNHCR also called on Myanmar 'to create conditions for a genuine and lasting solution'.
24 Jan 2018 5:22 PM
Myanmar authorities are also accused of drawing out the process by agreeing to take back just 1,500 people a week.
23 Jan 2018 4:02 PM