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Myanmar faces international condemnation over Rohingya

Myanmar's security forces and civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi have been facing international condemnation over the recent plight of the Rohingya Muslim minority. Nearly 90,000 Rohingya have flooded into Bangladesh in the past 10 days following an uptick in fighting between fighters and Myanmar's military in strife-torn western Rakhine state. The Rohingya have been forced to live under apartheid-like restrictions on movement and citizenship. The latest wave of violence, which first […]

5 September 2017

Features

Myanmar: Who are the Rohingya Muslims?

Who are the Rohingya? The Rohingya are often described as "the world's most persecuted minority". They are an ethnic Muslim group who have lived for centuries in the majority Buddhist Myanmar. Currently, there are about 1.1 million Rohingya Muslims who live in the Southeast Asian country. The Rohingya speak Rohingya or Ruaingga, a dialect that is distinct to others spoken in Rakhine State and throughout Myanmar. They are not considered […]

4 September 2017

International News

At least six Buddhists killed in rising Rakhine violence

Suspected insurgents killed at least six members of a Buddhist ethnic minority in western Myanmar on Thursday, the government and regional sources said, amid spiraling violence in troubled Rakhine state. Security forces discovered the bodies of three men and three women bearing machete and gunshot wounds in the Mayu mountain range near the town of Maungdaw, the office of Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, said. In a […]

4 August 2017

International News

Myanmar must ‘allow Rohingya to leave camps’

Myanmar should close bleak camps where tens of thousands of displaced Rohingya Muslims have been trapped for nearly five years, according to a commission led by former United Nations chief Kofi Annan. More than 120,000 Rohingya have languished in internally displaced people (IDP) camps since they were driven from their homes after a wave of inter-religious violence engulfed western Rakhine State in 2012. Most are not allowed to leave the […]

17 March 2017

International News

Rohingya abuse may be crimes against humanity: Amnesty

Military actions against the Rohingya Muslim minority may amount to crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said, as the Myanmar government called a meeting of regional leaders to discuss the issue. "The Myanmar military has targeted Rohingya civilians in a callous and systematic campaign of violence," Rafendi Djamin, Southeast Asia director for the rights group, said in a statement on Monday. "The deplorable actions of the military could be part of […]

19 December 2016

Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar faces international condemnation over Rohingya

Myanmar: Who are the Rohingya Muslims?

At least six Buddhists killed in rising Rakhine violence

Myanmar must ‘allow Rohingya to leave camps’

Rohingya abuse may be crimes against humanity: Amnesty

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