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Myanmar must realise cost of ethnic cleansing

ANGLADESH and Myanmar recently signed a bilateral deal to return in phases the more than 650,000 Rohingya refugees languishing in the former’s border camps. While this move may release some of the swelling international pressure on both…

AP Interview: Richardson resigns from Rohingya refugee panel

By FOSTER KLUG, ASSOCIATED PRESS Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has resigned from an advisory panel on the massive Rohingya refugee crisis, calling it a “whitewash and a cheerleading operation” for Myanmar leader Aung…

Myanmar Soldiers Sentenced for Killing 3 Civilians in Kachin

A Myanmar military tribunal has sentenced six soldiers to 10 years in prison for killing three civilians in the war-torn state of Kachin, officials said Saturday, in a move welcomed by rights groups. The Kachin state police office said the…

In northern Myanmar, a long-forgotten conflict flares out of view

Key Points More than 100,000 people displaced in Kachin and northern Shan states The dry season military offensive has brought a fresh wave of violence Aid restrictions are worse than ever, while donor support has dwindled Peace…

Burma: Ethnic Cleansing, Repression, Denials

(New York) – The Burmese government’s ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims and its repression of the media and aid operations have severely undermined Burma’s transition to democratic rule in 2017, Human Rights Watch said today in its World…

ANP Vows State Parliamentary Probe into Mrauk-U Protest Deaths

By MOE MYINT 18 January 2018 A leading Rakhine political party has vowed to launch a parliamentary investigation into a police crackdown on a crowd of protesters, including teenagers, that killed seven people on Tuesday night in Mrauk-U,…

UN special rapporteur, barred from visiting Myanmar, coming to Bangladesh

The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will visit Bangladesh and Thailand from Jan 18, vowing to fulfil her mandate even after the Burmese government’s refusal to work with the UN official. “I…

State Counsellor sends condolences for victims of Rakhine State riot

January 17, 2018 State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi expressed condolences yesterday to the victims of the riot that occurred in Mrauk-U, Rakhine State on Tuesday, and pledged to probe the incident, take action against those who violated…

The government runs the risk of ceding so much control to the Tatmadaw that it simply becomes irrelevant to the peace process.

THE NEXT 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference is supposed to be just a few weeks away, but you wouldn’t know it from the Tatmadaw’s recent behaviour. Extrajudicial killings, disruption of peace meetings, fresh offensives: if you…

Myanmar military gains favour

BANGKOK: Activist Nyo Tun spent 10 years as a political prisoner locked away by Myanmar’s military in the notorious Insein prison, where he endured beatings and other cruelty for his efforts to bring democracy. “The military government…