Tag: Myanmar
Myanmar violated UN child rights pact in Rohingya crackdown, experts find
YANGON: Myanmar violated its obligations to the United Nations child rights convention in its crackdown on the Rohingya that led to an exodus of...
Rohingya report more violence, persecution in Myanmar: UN investigators
GENEVA: Muslim Rohingya refugees reaching Bangladesh say violence, including torture, persists against them in Myanmar and the overall environment remains "menacing" for ethnic and...
Myanmar court files secrets act charges against Reuters reporters
YANGON: A court in Myanmar on Monday charged two jailed Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents, moving the landmark press freedom case into...
Myanmar court presses secrets act charges against Reuters reporters
YANGON: A court in Myanmar on Monday charged two jailed Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents, moving the landmark press freedom case into...
Myanmar court to hear arguments on charging jailed Reuters reporters
YANGON: Prosecutors and defence lawyers will present arguments on Monday whether two Reuters reporters accused of obtaining secret documents in Myanmar should be charged,...
Secret UN-Myanmar deal on Rohingya offers no guarantees on citizenship
YANGON/COX’S BAZAR: Rohingya refugees returning to Myanmar will have no explicit guarantees of citizenship or freedom of movement throughout the country, under a secret...
EU, Canada sanction Myanmar generals over Rohingya; Myanmar says two are...
LUXEMBOURG/YANGON: The European Union and Canada imposed sanctions on seven senior military officials from Myanmar on Monday, including the general in charge of an...
EU to penalise Myanmar officials over Rohingya violations
LUXEMBOURG: The European Union will impose sanctions on seven Myanmar security officials on Monday, according to EU diplomats and officials, over what it says...
Myanmar hardline monks vow to stay on Facebook despite ban
YANGON: Myanmar’s hardline monks will dodge bans on Facebook and keep using it to “tell the truth”, they said on Friday, after the social...
Myanmar says willing to take back all Rohingya refugees
SINGAPORE: Myanmar is willing to take back all 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled to Bangladesh if they volunteer to return, the country’s National...
Malaysians make record bust of crystal meth, shipped from Myanmar
NILAI: Malaysia has made its largest ever seizure of crystal methamphetamine, officials said on Monday, finding nearly 1.2 tonnes of the drug disguised as...
Malaysians make record bust of crystal meth, shipped from Myanmar
NILAI, Malaysia: Malaysia has made its largest ever seizure of crystal methamphetamine, officials said on Monday, finding nearly 1.2 tonnes of the drug disguised...
‘Our families would be killed’: Rohingya brace for monsoon
COX's BAZAR: Marooned on a dusty slope in the world's largest refugee camp, Osiur Rahman looked to the hill where a Rohingya girl was...
Rohingya insurgents reject Amnesty report on Hindu villagers killed in Myanmar
YANGON: A Rohingya Muslim armed group on Friday denied a report that its members killed scores of Hindu civilians in August last year, amid...
Bangladesh PM urges Myanmar to take back Rohingya Muslims
KOLKATA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday called for international pressure on Myanmar to take back hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who...
China calls for ceasefire in Myanmar border fighting
SHANGHAI: China’s defence ministry has called on armed groups in northern Myanmar to show restraint and declare an immediate ceasefire after conflicts in the...
US aid chief reaffirms commitment to Myanmar amid Rohingya crisis
YANGON: The US government's aid chief said on Friday he believes in American aid engagement and development work in Myanmar, and the Rohingya crisis...
