Recent News Headlines : Aung San Suu Kyi

FACTBOX INTERNATIONAL REACTION TO ARREST OF REUTERS REPORTERS IN MYANMAR


-- Denmark's embassy in Myanmar called for the immediate release of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo... READ MORE

23rd January, 2018 151

DONALD TRUMP 'UNDERMINING GLOBAL PRESS FREEDOM'


Using Twitter as his social media tool of choice, Trump has regularly insulted media outlets, calling them garbage, sad or failing ... READ MORE

9th January, 2018 183

THESE ORPHANED ROHINGYA BROTHERS ESCAPED A MASSACRE. NOW THEY HAVE TO SURVIVE A REFUGEE CAMP.


Shamsul, left, and Jafar stand outside their home in the Thaingkhali Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh... READ MORE

30th December, 2017 1640

SNAPSHOTS OF 2017: THE PAIN, THE JOY, AND THE DONALD


President Donald Trump responded, after a long silence, by accusing both white supremacists and the peaceful protesters of aggression... READ MORE

24th December, 2017 199

U.S. SLAPS SANCTIONS ON 13, INCLUDING MYANMAR GENERAL FOR 'ETHNIC CLEANSING' ROLE AGAINST ROHINGYA


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

22nd December, 2017 15

'ABSOLUTELY STUNNED' - GELDOF'S FURY AFTER DUBLIN REVOKES HIS FREEDOM HONOUR


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

20th December, 2017 3107

MYANMAR BLOCKS UN RIGHTS INVESTIGATOR WEEKS BEFORE VISIT


The government has repeatedly denied violations of human rights are occurring throughout Myanmar, particularly in Rakhine State... READ MORE

20th December, 2017 386

AS SIGNS OF A MASS GRAVE EMERGE MYANMAR CRACKS DOWN


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

20th December, 2017 1095

MCCAIN -- A TIRELESS VOICE FOR DEMOCRACY THE WORLD OVER


Meanwhile, the McCain Institute for International Leadership gives temporary shelter in Washington and Arizona to democratic activists from those same distant corners... READ MORE

18th December, 2017 1702

BLACK T-SHIRTS 'TO SIGNIFY THE DARK AGE OF MEDIA FREEDOM' IN MYANMAR AFTER 2 ARRESTED OVER ROHINGYA COVERAGE


It's related to the Official Secrets Act, he said... READ MORE

16th December, 2017 98

ARMY'S RAPE OF ROHINGYA WOMEN SWEEPING, METHODICAL


News agency investigation finds rape of Rohingya women by Myanmar's security forces has been systematic and widespread... READ MORE

11th December, 2017 7424

POSSIBLE 'ELEMENTS OF GENOCIDE' IN MYANMAR


But in his address to Tuesday's special council session, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein went even further... READ MORE

5th December, 2017 0

POSSIBLE 'ELEMENTS OF GENOCIDE' IN MYANMAR


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

5th December, 2017 0

POSSIBLE 'ELEMENTS OF GENOCIDE' IN MYANMAR


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

5th December, 2017 0

I ASK FORGIVENESS POPE FRANCIS TELLS ROHINGYA MUSLIMS IN BANGLADESH


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

2nd December, 2017 4349

IN BANGLADESH, POPE FRANCIS USES THE ONE WORD HE WOULD NOT SAY IN BURMA


In Bangladesh, Pope Francis uses the one word he would not say in Burma Rohingya... READ MORE

1st December, 2017 314

POPE AVOIDS ROHINGYA TERM IN SPEECH


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

28th November, 2017 2787

POPE MEETING SUU KYI ON MYANMAR REFUGEE CRISIS AMID OUTCRY


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

28th November, 2017 89

MYANMAR'S AUNG SAN SUU KYI STRIPPED OF BRITISH HONOR AHEAD OF MEETING WITH POPE FRANCIS


Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi cancelled her trip to the United Nations General Assembly in New York... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 694

POPE FRANCIS TO MEET AUNG SAN SUU KYI ON FIRST FULL DAY IN MYANMAR


Pontiff to meet country's civilian leader a day after meeting military general in charge of crackdown on Rohingya minority... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 3485

POPE SET FOR KEY MYANMAR SPEECH


Pope set for key Myanmar speech and meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 256

AUNG SAN SUU KYI LOSES FREEDOM OF OXFORD OVER ROHINGYA CRISIS


Oxford city council votes unanimously to strip Myanmar leader of award over her response to repression... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 7213

POPE FRANCIS ARRIVES IN MYANMAR


Pope Francis Arrives in a Myanmar Tarnished by Rohingya Crackdown... READ MORE

27th November, 2017 1054

ANALYSIS | THE WORD THE BURMESE LEADERSHIP DOES NOT WANT THE POPE TO SAY DURING HIS VISIT


Pope Francis waves to well-wishers as he is driven past the Shwedagon Pagoda after his arrival Monday in Rangoon, Burma... READ MORE

27th November, 2017 518

POPE HEADS TO MYANMAR AND BANGLADESH, AND INTO ROHINGYA CRISIS


Francis is also due to meet the country's civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and army chief Min Aung Hlaing... READ MORE

27th November, 2017 0

POPE FRANCIS ARRIVES IN MYANMAR AMID ROHINGYA CRISIS


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

27th November, 2017 3055

POPE FACES TIGHTROPE ACT IN MYANMAR AMID ROHINGYA CRISIS


Pope Francis has arrived in Myanmar as the country grapples with the Rohingya crisis... READ MORE

27th November, 2017 73

FRANCIS SETS OFF FOR TRICKY TRIP


He is scheduled to meet Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and the head of the country's military... READ MORE

27th November, 2017 646

BURMA HAS COMMITTED 'ETHNIC CLEANSING,' U.S. SAYS. WHERE DOES AUNG SAN SUU KYI GO FROM HERE?


Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the 13th Asia Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting in Naypyidaw, Burma, on Nov. 20... READ MORE

24th November, 2017 2077

BANGLADESH INKS DEAL WITH MYANMAR TO REPATRIATE ROHINGYA MUSLIM REFUGEES


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

23rd November, 2017 28

Trending News Headlines : Aung San Suu Kyi

'SILENCE IS TOO HIGH A PRICE'


I am still waiting for my fellow Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to do the same ... READ MORE

8th September, 2017 46864

OXFORD COLLEGE REMOVES PAINTING OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI FROM DISPLAY


So far Oxford University has decided not to reconsider Aung San Suu Kyi's honorary degree... READ MORE

30th September, 2017 46042

SUU KYI DOES NOT FEAR GLOBAL 'SCRUTINY'


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

19th September, 2017 17657

WHY WON'T AUNG SAN SUU KYI ACT?


The Rohingya crisis Why won't Aung San Suu Kyi act?... READ MORE

9th September, 2017 15897

UN SEES 'ETHNIC CLEANSING' IN MYANMAR


Zeid Raad Al Hussein urged Myanmar to end the cruel military operation in Rakhine state... READ MORE

11th September, 2017 14517

CRITICS CIRCLE AUNG SAN SUU KYI OVER ROHINGYA CRISIS


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

10th September, 2017 13615

MASSACRE AT TULA TOLI: ROHINGYA RECALL HORROR OF MYANMAR ARMY ATTACK


It was the fast-flowing river that doomed the inhabitants of Tula Toli... READ MORE

8th September, 2017 13546

AUNG SAN SUU KYI A MUCH-CHANGED ICON EVADES ROHINGYA ACCUSATIONS


Such a recasting of her role has disappointed Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi's fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureates... READ MORE

19th September, 2017 9893

'LAST CHANCE' FOR AUNG SAN SUU KYI


Rohingya crisis 'Last chance' for Aung San Suu Kyi... READ MORE

17th September, 2017 9773

AUNG SAN SUU KYI SUPPORT STRONG DESPITE DENUNCIATIONS


The Rohingya crisis has not dampened Aung San Suu Kyi's popularity at home... READ MORE

12th September, 2017 9617

AUNG SAN SUU KYI HONOURS REVOKED AMID ROHINGYA BACKLASH


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

19th November, 2017 8310

BANGLADESH MEDICS STRUGGLE TO COPE WITH ROHINGYA INFLUX


We need more medicines to cope with the rising number of patients, Dr Mohsin Uddin Ahmed from the Bangladesh Red Crescent BRC told Al Jazeera... READ MORE

17th September, 2017 8282

UK ACTIVISTS URGE END TO 'SILENT GENOCIDE' OF ROHINGYA


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

11th September, 2017 7620

AT RISK IN ROHINGYA EXODUS 230000 CHILDREN HUNDREDS ALL ALONE


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

16th September, 2017 6968

'THEY DROWNED BEFORE OUR EYES' - DOZENS DIE AS ROHINGYA REFUGEE BOAT CAPSIZES


Those onboard were escaping weeks of bloodshed in Myanmar's Rakhine state, and seeking the safety of neighbouring Bangladesh... READ MORE

29th September, 2017 6428

AMID ROHINGYA EXODUS, SUU KYI BLAMES WORLD CONFLICTS PARTLY ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION


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

20th November, 2017 5854

UN LOOKS TO GULF STATES TO SAVE ROHINGYA REFUGEES


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

6th October, 2017 5693

CAN'T WITHDRAW AWARD FROM AUNG SAN SUU KYI, SAYS NOBEL INSTITUTE


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

8th September, 2017 5446

ROHINGYA CRISIS IN MYANMAR IS ETHNIC CLEANSING UN RIGHTS CHIEF SAYS


Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi does not control Myanmar's military, but she has yet to criticize its crackdown on the Rohingya... READ MORE

12th September, 2017 5271

'TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF ETHNIC CLEANSING': 370,000 ROHINGYAS FLOOD BANGLADESH AS CRISIS WORSENS


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

12th September, 2017 5239

'WE ARE WITNESSING THE MOST HORRIFIC SITUATION IN OUR HISTORY,' SAYS U.K.-BASED ROHINGYA ACTIVIST


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

9th September, 2017 4780

'BLOOD FLOWED IN THE STREETS': REFUGEES FROM ONE ROHINGYA VILLAGE RECOUNT DAYS OF HORROR


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

16th September, 2017 4625

CORBYN SLAMS SAUDI WAR IN YEMEN, ISRAELI OPPRESSION


Devoid of concern for human rights or universal values, it was not the speech of a world leader... READ MORE

28th September, 2017 4364

A MONTH OF MISERY IN MYANMAR'S RAKHINE


The influx adds to about 300,000 Rohingya, already located in camps around the Bangladeshi city of Cox's Bazar... READ MORE

25th September, 2017 3969

CITY OF LONDON TO DEBATE STRIPPING AUNG SAN SUU KYI OF FREEDOM AWARD


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

8th October, 2017 3881

MALAYSIAN LEADER UNDER JUSTICE DEPT SCRUTINY IS WELCOMED BY TRUMP


Mr. Trump's predecessor, President Barack Obama, once praised Mr. Najib as a reformer and played golf with him in Hawaii in 2014... READ MORE

13th September, 2017 3412

DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI CANCELS U.N. TRIP AMID OUTCRY OVER ROHINGYA SLAUGHTER


Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi is prohibited under the country's Constitution from being president, because her children are British citizens, as was her husband... READ MORE

13th September, 2017 3263

270,000 ROHINGYA HAVE FLED MYANMAR, U.N. SAYS


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

8th September, 2017 3136

'WE ARE GOING TO KILL YOU'


'We are going to kill you' Villagers in Burma recount violence by Rohingya Muslim militants... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 2930

WORLD FAILING MYANMAR'S ROHINGYA MUSLIMS, TOP RED CROSS OFFICIAL SAYS


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

26th October, 2017 2926


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