Rohingya crisis Philippines President tells Suu Kyi rights activists are 'just a noisy bunch'... READ MORE›
Mr Richardson, a former adviser to the Clinton administration, said the main reason I am resigning is that this advisory board is a whitewash ... READ MORE›
Rocker Bob Geldof is furious about how Sinn Fein dealt with his decision to hand back the honour of the Freedom of Dublin... READ MORE›
The government has repeatedly denied violations of human rights are occurring throughout Myanmar, particularly in Rakhine State... READ MORE›
News agency investigation finds rape of Rohingya women by Myanmar's security forces has been systematic and widespread... READ MORE›
The UN rights chief called Tuesday for a fresh international investigation into Myanmar's abuses against its Rohingya Muslim minority, warning of possible elements of genocide ... READ MORE›
The UN rights chief called Tuesday for a fresh international investigation into Myanmar's abuses against its Rohingya Muslim minority, warning of possible elements of genocide ... READ MORE›
Mohammed Ayub, 32, said the Myanmar military killed his three-year-old son when they attacked his village in August. The pope should say Rohingya... READ MORE›
In Bangladesh, Pope Francis uses the one word he would not say in Burma Rohingya... READ MORE›
Pope Francis has delivered a keynote speech in Myanmar, demanding respect for each ethnic group but without referring specifically to its Muslim Rohingya community... READ MORE›
Suu Kyi studied at Oxford before returning to Myanmar and being placed under detention for 15 years during the country's long military dictatorship... READ MORE›
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi cancelled her trip to the United Nations General Assembly in New York... READ MORE›
Pontiff to meet country's civilian leader a day after meeting military general in charge of crackdown on Rohingya minority... READ MORE›
Pope set for key Myanmar speech and meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi... READ MORE›
Oxford city council votes unanimously to strip Myanmar leader of award over her response to repression... READ MORE›
Pope Francis Arrives in a Myanmar Tarnished by Rohingya Crackdown... READ MORE›
Pope Francis waves to well-wishers as he is driven past the Shwedagon Pagoda after his arrival Monday in Rangoon, Burma... READ MORE›
Francis is also due to meet the country's civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and army chief Min Aung Hlaing... READ MORE›
His trip comes as the Myanmar government is accused of ethnically cleansing its Rohingya Muslim minority, more than 600,000 of whom have taken shelter in neighbouring Bangladesh... READ MORE›
Pope Francis has arrived in Myanmar as the country grapples with the Rohingya crisis... READ MORE›
He is scheduled to meet Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and the head of the country's military... READ MORE›
Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the 13th Asia Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting in Naypyidaw, Burma, on Nov. 20... READ MORE›
The agreement was inked following a meeting between Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Bangladesh's Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali in Naypyitaw, Myanmar's capital... READ MORE›
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Myanmar's military action against the minority Muslim Rohingya population constitutes ethnic cleansing... READ MORE›
Matthew Smith, co-founder of Fortify Rights, a human rights organization working in Burma, said Tillerson's statement was nevertheless a significant step toward holding Burmese officials accountable... READ MORE›
-- Lotte Leicht LotteLeicht1 November 19, 2017 Aung San Suu Kyi, in her first public statement, had backed the military for their handling of the Rohingya crisis... READ MORE›
Myanmar has been widely criticized for the military crackdown that has driven more than 620,000 Rohingya to flee Rakhine state into neighbouring Bangladesh... READ MORE›
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi cancelled her trip to the United Nations General Assembly in New York... READ MORE›
More than 600,000 Muslim Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since late August driven out by a military clearance operation in Buddhist majority Myanmar's Rakhine State... READ MORE›
China has proposed building an economic corridor with Myanmar to further enhance bilateral pragmatic cooperation, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Sunday... READ MORE›
I am still waiting for my fellow Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to do the same ... READ MORE›
So far Oxford University has decided not to reconsider Aung San Suu Kyi's honorary degree... READ MORE›
Since the 1970s, only 34,000 Rohingya have been registered with the UN in Bangladesh, Tan said, with estimates of unregistered refugees in the hundreds of thousands... READ MORE›
Antonio Guterres, UN secretary-general, called on the government of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday to end the violence against the Rohingya... READ MORE›
I am still waiting for my fellow Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to do the same... READ MORE›
At least five children have drowned after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar sank early on Wednesday, Bangladeshi border guards have said... READ MORE›
It was her first national address on the violence in northern Rakhine state that has seen more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims cross into Bangladesh... READ MORE›
Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai said in a statement that Ms Suu Kyi should condemn the tragic and shameful treatment of the Rohingya... READ MORE›
Zeid Raad Al Hussein urged Myanmar to end the cruel military operation in Rakhine state... READ MORE›
Myanmar's Nobel Peace Prize winning Aung San Suu Kyi is facing intense scrutiny over her response to the plight of her nation's Rohingya population... READ MORE›
It was the fast-flowing river that doomed the inhabitants of Tula Toli... READ MORE›
The Rohingya crisis has not dampened Aung San Suu Kyi's popularity at home... READ MORE›
Myanmar officials blamed the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army ARSA for the torching of homes in Rakhine State... READ MORE›
In October, students at St Hugh's College at the University Oxford dropped Aung San Suu Kyi's name from its common room... READ MORE›
The latest round of violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State began last month when Rohingya fighters attacked about 30 police posts and army bases, prompting a military crackdown... READ MORE›
More than half of the 400,000 refugees who have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh since late August are children, and hundreds came without parents, Unicef said... READ MORE›
Those onboard were escaping weeks of bloodshed in Myanmar's Rakhine state, and seeking the safety of neighbouring Bangladesh... READ MORE›
The plan targets 1.2 million people, including all Rohingya refugees, and 300,000 Bangladeshi host communities over the next six months, he said... READ MORE›
The organisation that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize said Friday the 1991 prize awarded to Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi cannot be revoked... READ MORE›
Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi does not control Myanmar's military, but she has yet to criticize its crackdown on the Rohingya... READ MORE›
But with Suu Kyi's continued reluctance to speak out on the Rohingya's plight and the ensuing human rights crisis, her star has begun to dim... READ MORE›
To be Rohingya in 2017 is to be The Other. It is to face that most enduring and insidious human sentiment bigotry, writes Nahlah Ayed... READ MORE›
Annie Gowen The Washington Post Washington begins to sour on Aung San Suu Kyi amid mounting ethnic violence Rohingya militants in Burma Terrorists or freedom fighters?... READ MORE›
The influx adds to about 300,000 Rohingya, already located in camps around the Bangladeshi city of Cox's Bazar... READ MORE›
The decision to remove the award comes after the Oxford college where Aung San Suu Kyi studied recently removed her portrait from public display... READ MORE›
De facto leader responds to growing international criticism by attacking 'fake news' about the plight of Rohingya Muslims... READ MORE›
Last week at least 46 Rohingya were found dead along the banks of the Naf River, which forms part of the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh... READ MORE›
'We are going to kill you' Villagers in Burma recount violence by Rohingya Muslim militants... READ MORE›
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