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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 6083

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

US CALLS MYANMAR ACTION 'ETHNIC CLEANSING'


US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Myanmar's military action against the minority Muslim Rohingya population constitutes ethnic cleansing... READ MORE

22nd November, 2017 1277

U.S. DECLARES ATTACKS ON BURMESE ROHINGYA MUSLIMS AS 'ETHNIC CLEANSING'


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

22nd November, 2017 2291

ROHINGYA ACTIVIST: SUU KYI IS DENYING OUR EXISTENCE


-- 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

21st November, 2017 702

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

AUNG SAN SUU KYI BLAMES WORLD CONFLICTS ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION


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

20th November, 2017 372

CHINA DRAWS THREE-STAGE PATH FOR MYANMAR, BANGLADESH TO RESOLVE ROHINGYA CRISIS


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

20th November, 2017 851

CHINA PROPOSES BUILDING CHINA-MYANMAR ECONOMIC CORRIDOR TO BOOST COOPERATION


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

20th November, 2017 21

CHINA, MYANMAR VOW TO FURTHER PROMOTE TIES, COOPERATION


Suu Kyi said Myanmar values the understanding for the country China has expressed on the Rakhine state issue and agrees to the China-proposed three-phase solution... READ MORE

20th November, 2017 991

BANGLADESH SAYS IT'S IN TALKS WITH MYANMAR ON ROHINGYA REPATRIATION DEAL


More than 600,000 Muslim Rohingya have fled to neighboring Bangladesh since late August, driven out by a military clearance operation in Buddhist majority Myanmar's Rakhine State... READ MORE

19th November, 2017 200

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

WATCHDOGS ALLEGE MYANMAR WAGING WIDESPREAD GENOCIDE AGAINST ROHINGYA IN RAKHINE


Myanmar security forces slit the throats of Muslim Rohingya and burned victims alive, watchdogs said in a report on Wednesday that cited mounting evidence... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 417

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'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

NEARLY 90,000 ROHINGYA FLEE MYANMAR VIOLENCE IN 10 DAYS


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

4th September, 2017 27905

MYANMAR LAYING LANDMINES ON BANGLADESH BORDER


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

6th September, 2017 23248

MALALA TELLS AUNG SAN SUU KYI 'WORLD IS WAITING' FOR HER TO ACT OVER ROHINGYA VIOLENCE


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

4th September, 2017 20969

CHILDREN DROWN AS ROHINGYA BOAT SINKS OFF BANGLADESH


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

6th September, 2017 19141

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

CHECHEN MUSLIMS TAKE TO THE STREETS IN SOLIDARITY WITH BURMA'S ROHINGYAS


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

4th September, 2017 17132

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

'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

ARSON ATTACKS PUSH THOUSANDS MORE ROHINGYA FROM MYANMAR


Myanmar officials blamed the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army ARSA for the torching of homes in Rakhine State... READ MORE

2nd September, 2017 8942

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

MYANMAR'S AUNG SAN SUU KYI TO SKIP UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY


Myanmar's suu kyi skips un assembly amid criticism over rohingya crisis... READ MORE

14th September, 2017 6973

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

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

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

AUNG SAN SUU KYI SAYS 'TERRORISTS' ARE MISINFORMING WORLD ABOUT MYANMAR VIOLENCE


De facto leader responds to growing international criticism by attacking 'fake news' about the plight of Rohingya Muslims... READ MORE

6th September, 2017 3499

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


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