News Myanmar Rakhine: Rohingya suspicious as Myanmar touts repatriation plan
More than 700,00 Rohingya were forced to flee northern Rakhine in Myanmar following a brutal military crackdown in 2017 [File: Anadolu/Masfiqur Sohan] With its happy cartoon figures and its promise of ...
News Myanmar Rakhine: Myanmar NGO worker shot in restive Rakhine state
A Plan International aid worker was shot by Myanmar security forces in Rakhine state, the army said Tuesday, the first time an NGO employee has been swept up in violence plaguing the area. Rakhine state is one of Myanmar's poorest regions and NGOs provide aid to tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims still languishing in displacement camps as well as other local communities.
News Myanmar Rakhine: From conflict zones to courtrooms, Myanmar's journalists are under fire
Hopes for greater press freedom when Myanmar moved to quasi-democratic rule were quickly quashed with the jailing in 2017 of two Reuters reporters. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have their freedom again, but journalists and press freedom activists who met with CPJ’s Senior Southeast Asia Representative Shawn Crispin...
News Myanmar Rakhine: U.S. Sanctions on Myanmar Military Leaders Inadequate, U.N. Investigator Says
Sanctions imposed this week by the United States on Myanmar's military leaders over human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims do not go far enough, U.N. special rapporteur Yanghee Lee said on Thursday.
News Myanmar Rakhine: Fresh allegations of ‘war crimes’ emerge in Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine
Ethnic Chin people hold placards during a protest asking for an end to conflict in Chin state and Rakhine state, in Yangon yesterday. In Rakhine state, where security forces expelled more than 700,000 ...
News Myanmar Rakhine: Singaporeans advised to avoid travelling to Myanmar's Rakhine State amid violence
SINGAPORE: Singaporeans have been advised to avoid travelling to several areas in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State and Chin State due to violent clashes there. In a travel advisory dated Jul 1, the ...
News Myanmar Rakhine: Dozens of people found stranded in Myanmar's Rakhine: Official
More than 60 people were found stranded near a boat in Myanmar's Rakhine state, an official said Monday, as a trafficking route for persecuted Rohingya Muslims, appears open for business despite a crackdown. Each year thousands of Rohingya and stateless Bangladeshis try to reach Malaysia or Indonesia by sea.
News Myanmar Rakhine: Dozens of boat people found stranded in Myanmar's Rakhine: official
More than 60 people were found stranded near a boat in Myanmar's Rakhine state, an official said Monday, as a trafficking route for persecuted Rohingya Muslims appears open for business despite a crackdown. Sixty-three "Muslims" were found early Sunday and taken to a nearby police outpost
News Myanmar Rakhine: Myanmar army kills six ethnic Rakhine detainees as violence worsens
Myanmar's army said it shot dead six detainees in a village school Thursday while holding 275 men on suspicion of being Rakhine rebels, as fears over military impunity grow in the escalating fighting. ...
News Myanmar Rakhine: UN official urges aid for Myanmar's Rakhine state
(MENAFN) A U.N. official has urged Myanmar to give aid workers "predictable, sustained access" to Rakhine state, where fighting between government troops and rebels has relocated nearly 33,000 ...
News Myanmar Rakhine: The Quandary of Myanmar: Will Starving the Country of Visitors Make Things Better?
Dawn in Myanmar is a reminder of the humility required to contemplate ... sailors and migrants who had lived in the Rakhine province of the country for generations before the British arrived — as ...
News Myanmar Rakhine: 'People are dying': U.N. official urges aid access for Myanmar's Rakhine state
YANGON (Reuters) - A U.N. official has urged Myanmar to grant aid workers “predictable, sustained access” to Rakhine state, where fighting between government troops and rebels has displaced nearly ...
