Yanghee Lee, the United Nations' special envoy on human rights in Myanmar, said mounting evidence of atrocities in Rakhine bear the hallmarks of genocide... READ MORE›
Suu Kyi was held under house arrest by Myanmar's former military regime at the home in Yangon, southern Myanmar, for 15 years... READ MORE›
Scores of Rohingya villagers in Myanmar have been massacred and buried in 5 mass graves, according to an exclusive investigation by the Associated Press news agency... READ MORE›
United Nations official says Rohingya crisis has hallmarks of genocide'... READ MORE›
We already published a statement and also the advisory board published a statement, said Zaw Htay, Suu Kyi's spokesman... READ MORE›
Richardson denies being asked to leave Myanmar advisory panel on Rohingya crisis... READ MORE›
Despite having lived in Myanmar for generations, many Rohingya are denied legal recognition there and are commonly viewed as illegal migrants from Bangladesh... READ MORE›
Time is of the essence and we continue to call for Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo's prompt release... READ MORE›
-- Denmark's embassy in Myanmar called for the immediate release of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo... READ MORE›
The statement said Bangladesh would set up five transit camps which would send Rohingyas to two reception centres on the Myanmar side of the border... READ MORE›
As part of an ongoing campaign against the group, Myanmar also rejects many peaceful Rohingya citizens as terrorists ... READ MORE›
A brutal army crackdown in Rakhine has forced almost 650,000 Rohingya to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh... READ MORE›
It's not as though there are human remains lying around everywhere, said John Sifton, Asia advocacy director at Human Rights Watch... READ MORE›
Authorities have blocked most media access to the north of Rakhine State, where Rohingya militant attacks on the security forces on Aug. 25 sparked the military crackdown... READ MORE›
Arsa operates in Rakhine state in northern Myanmar, where the Rohingya people have faced persecution... READ MORE›
Since late August, more than 620,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state into neighboring Bangladesh, seeking safety from what the military described as clearance operations... READ MORE›
The nuclear weapons states must also heed the views of the 122 countries that backed July's new treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons... READ MORE›
Later, Aung Naing Soe told Reuters by phone that the release was a surprise... READ MORE›
Myanmar has denied human rights abuses, saying its military is engaged in a legitimate counter-insurgency operation... READ MORE›
Myanmar has denied human rights abuses, saying its military is engaged in a legitimate counter-insurgency operation... READ MORE›
Resolution calls on Myanmar to allow access for aid workers, ensure the return of all refugees and grant full citizenship rights to the Rohingya... READ MORE›
They want the Rohingya to enjoy the same rights as others in Burma... READ MORE›
Emphasis must be placed on wish of local Rakhine ethnic people who are real Myanmar citizens... READ MORE›
They want the Rohingya to enjoy the same rights as others in Burma... READ MORE›
It could help answer critics who say Trump has sidelined human rights in U.S. foreign policy and sought closer ties with authoritarian leaders... READ MORE›
Rohingya crisis Myanmar general hit by US sanctions... READ MORE›
Myanmar's government has barred a UN human rights investigator from visiting the country and withdrawn cooperation with her for the rest of her tenure... READ MORE›
The government has repeatedly denied violations of human rights are occurring throughout Myanmar, particularly in Rakhine State... READ MORE›
He seemed to have this hatred for America, said Monirul Islam, the chief of Bangladesh's counterterrorism police operations... READ MORE›
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar's civilian government, has said that the military ceased clearance operations against Rohingya insurgents in early September... READ MORE›
So far Oxford University has decided not to reconsider Aung San Suu Kyi's honorary degree... READ MORE›
'I am Rohingya' follows the journey of a young woman from her home in Myanmar to a refugee camp in Bangladesh... READ MORE›
Such a recasting of her role has disappointed Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi's fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureates... READ MORE›
Rohingya refugees who have escaped a military crackdown in Myanmar are accusing the army of raping women and girls... READ MORE›
News agency investigation finds rape of Rohingya women by Myanmar's security forces has been systematic and widespread... READ MORE›
Oxford city council votes unanimously to strip Myanmar leader of award over her response to repression... READ MORE›
Myanmar's suu kyi skips un assembly amid criticism over rohingya crisis... 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›
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›
Human Rights Watch found that the raping of Rohingya Muslim women and girls was even more widespread than earlier suspected... 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 influx adds to about 300,000 Rohingya, already located in camps around the Bangladeshi city of Cox's Bazar... READ MORE›
Pontiff to meet country's civilian leader a day after meeting military general in charge of crackdown on Rohingya minority... READ MORE›
Myanmar authorities accuse Muslim Rohingya militants of killing 28 Hindus in restive Rakhine state... READ MORE›
Now they've traded the fear and terror of Myanmar's northern Rakhine state for the chaos of refugee camps in Bangladesh... READ MORE›
Myanmar's envoy to the UN has blamed the Rohingya insurgents for the violence in Rakhine state and said that his country would never tolerate such atrocities... 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›
A top Red Cross official has described the humanitarian crisis affecting Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims as unprecedented and said the world was failing in its response... 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›
Bangladesh has signed a deal with Myanmar to return hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled a recent army crackdown... READ MORE›
In a Facebook post on Sunday, Gen Min Aung Hlaing urged people and the media in Myanmar to unite over the issue of the Rohingya... 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›
Security Council on Wednesday urged Myanmar authorities to end violence, adding that the situation was best described as ethnic cleansing... READ MORE›
Malaria experts now fear losing artemisinin and its partner drugs the same way... READ MORE›
In a speech carried by state TV late on Thursday, Aung San Suu Kyi said There has been a lot of criticisms against our country... READ MORE›
As the economic and political crisis deepens in Venezuela, so do the levels of hunger... READ MORE›
The United Nations, of course, holds tremendous potential to realize its founding ideals, but only if it's run more efficiently and effectively, McMaster said on Friday... READ MORE›
Ms. Lee spoke a day after she delivered a sharp critique of Myanmar's human rights situation to the United Nations General Assembly... READ MORE›
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