Myanmar

Malaysian ship with aid for Rohingya docks in Myanmar, greeted by protest

A Malaysian ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of aid, including food and medicine, to help members of the persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority has arrived in Myanmar.

Pope issues stinging criticism of Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya Muslims

Pope Francis issued a stinging criticism of atrocities against Myanmar's Rohingya minority on Wednesday, saying they had been tortured and killed simply because they wanted to live their culture and Muslim faith.

OIC to issue 3 resolutions on Myanmar Muslim minority

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is scheduled to issue three resolutions as well as a statement to address the situation of Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, according to Malaysian Foreign Minister, Anifah Aman.

Myanmar Muslims hope UN envoy's visit will bring change

Muslim villagers in western Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state said Sunday that they hope positive change will result from a U.N. envoy's visit to the region, where soldiers are accused of widespread abuses against minority Muslims, including murder, rape and the burning of thousands of homes.

Ruling party of Myanmar's Rakhine refuse to meet UN envoy probing Rohingya abuse

The ruling party in Myanmar's Rakhine state government said Friday (Jan 13) it refused to meet a UN envoy who is probing horrific abuse of Rohingya Muslims by security forces in the region.

65,000 Rohingya flee from Myanmar to Bangladesh following crackdown: UN

Exodus began after Myanmar’s army launched clearance operations while searching for insurgents behind deadly raids on police border posts.

Rights groups slam Myanmar abuse cover-up

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and other rights groups have accused Myanmar of trying to cover up abuses perpetrated by the country’s government forces against Rohingya Muslims in the western state of Rakhine.

Myanmar to probe police abuse of Rohingya

Myanmar's government Monday pledged to investigate a video apparently showing police beating and kicking Rohingya civilians, a rare admission that authorities may have carried out abuses against the Muslim minority.

About 50,000 Rohingya Muslims flee from Myanmar to Bangladesh: Dhaka government

Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry says some 50,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled persecution and violence in Myanmar to Bangladesh since early October.

Al-Azhar chief urges end to persecution of Muslims in Myanmar

Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, the rand Imam of Egypt’s al-Azhar Islamic Center, called for an end to the persecution of Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar.

Myanmar military burned villages in Rakhine State: HRW

Satellite imagery and interviews with refugees place responsibility for burnings of Rohingya villages in Burma’s Rakhine State squarely with the Burmese military, Human Rights Watch said today. Since October 9, 2016, at least 1,500 buildings have been destroyed, driving thousands of ethnic Rohingya from their homes.

Myanmar pursues ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims: UN official

A high-ranking United Nations official says Myanmar authorities have stepped up persecution of Rohingya Muslims in the Southeast Asian country, and are actually conducting a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" against members of the community.

Indonesian demands:

Myanmar stop genocide against Rohingya

Hundreds of Indonesians took to the streets in Jakarta and other cities Thursday to protest against reported rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims during a military crackdown in Myanmar.

Satellite exposes more Muslim villages destroyed in Myanmar

Human Rights Watch group says high-definition satellite images show 820 newly identified structures destroyed this month in five Rohingya Muslim villages in the Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state.

Around 200 Rohingya Muslims stranded at Bangladesh border

Around 200 Rohingya Muslims fleeing a surge in violence after security forces took control of Myanmar's Rakhine state last month are stranded at the Bangladesh border, community leaders said Tuesday.

Myanmar's forces kill 30 Rohinya Muslims

Myanmar’s military has killed about 30 members of Rohingya Muslims, state media said on Monday, marking the largest escalation of the conflict since fighting erupted in the northwest a month ago.

Conflict in Rakhine State, Myanmar taking terrible toll on children: UNICEF

Unrest in Myanmar's northwest is taking a "terrible toll" on children, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF said and called for full humanitarian access to the Muslim-majority north of Rakhine state.

Myanmar paper bans Rakhine reports

The Myanmar Times, the country’s oldest independent English-language daily, stopped covering the crisis after one of its senior staff, Fiona McGregor, was fired over an article alleging troops gang-raped Rohingya women.

Activist:

Myanmar involved in cleansing Rakhine of Muslims

Diplomats from the UN, the EU and the US have urged Myanmar to launch a transparent investigation into human rights violations against Rohingya Muslims in its western Rakhine state. The request on Friday came after a two-day visit to the region, where Myanmar’s security forces stand accused of rape, torture, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and burning of homes.

Rohingya Muslims get strict orders to keep their doors open around the clock

Myanmar authorities recently issued orders to remove barriers and fences that protect Rohingya homes of ​​repeated attacks by Buddhists in northern Maungdaw city of Arakan state.

UN urges Myanmar to probe violence against Rohingya Muslims

The UN has called on Myanmar to investigate new reports of human rights violations, including the killing of unarmed people and torching of rural settlements in the Muslim-majority Rakhine state.

Myanmar army forces remove hundreds of Rohingya Muslims from homes

Hundreds of Myanmar's Rohingya villagers are facing a second night hiding in rice fields without shelter, after the army on Sunday forcibly removed them from a village in a crackdown following attacks on border security forces.