
Hundreds Protest Aid Agencies in Rakhine
Hundreds of Buddhists took to the streets in Rakhine State on Sunday to protest against aid organizations they accuse of giving support...
Reuters
Aug 14, 2017


India brands all 40,000 Rohingya Muslims illegal immigrants and plans to deport them, minister says
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled persecution in Burma, with many ultimately taking refuge in Hindu-majority India Reuters All...
Reuters
Aug 14, 2017
UN rights expert urges restraint in security operation in Rakhine State
A United Nations human rights expert has expressed alarm over reports that an army battalion has flown into Rakhine State in western...
Genocide Watch
Aug 11, 2017

Myanmar Army Deployed in Maungdaw
In a surprise move, Myanmar Army leaders decided to dispatch an army battalion to troubled Rakhine State this week. The troops arrived in...
Irrawaddy
Aug 11, 2017

Upper House Approves Debate on Rakhine Militants
MP U Khin Maung Latt of the Arakan National Party (ANP) / The Irrawaddy Upper House lawmakers will consider a proposal urging the...
Irrawaddy
Aug 9, 2017


Security Forces Prevent Clash Between Village Residents in Myanmar’s Rathedaung Township
Myanmar security forces patrol an area of Maungdaw township in western Myanmar's Rakhine state in an undated photo. Myanmar security...
!a Radio Free Asia 1
Aug 8, 2017


Myanmar Steps Up Efforts Against Nationalist Monks
By Joe Freeman FILE - Nationalist Buddhist monk Wirathu, center, marches to celebrate newly imposed restrictions on interfaith marriages...
VOA (Voice of America)
Aug 8, 2017


Pope Francis to make surprise visit to Myanmar on peace mission
Main impetus behind pope's visit is to help Myanmar make peace with the Roghinyas, says senior clergyman A priest hears confession in...


Pope Francis to highlight Rohingya plight in first papal visit to Burma
Pope Francis walks at the end of a canonisation mass for seven new saints in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican in 2016. Source:...
Max Walden | Asian Corrospdent
Aug 8, 2017


Myanmar Rejects Allegations of Human Rights Abuses Against Rohingya
FILE - Boys search for useful items among the ashes of burnt houses after fire destroyed shelters at a camp for internally displaced...
Reuters
Aug 6, 2017

Myanmar rejects allegations of human rights abuses against Rohingya
A Myanmar border guard police officer stands guard in Tin May village, Buthidaung township, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar July 14,...
Genocide Watch
Aug 6, 2017


OIC supportive of Rohingya relocation
Contrary to the stance of most of the western nations, the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is supportive of the...
Genocide Watch
Aug 4, 2017