Myanmar Steps Up Efforts Against Nationalist Monks
By Joe Freeman FILE - Nationalist Buddhist monk Wirathu, center, marches to celebrate newly imposed restrictions on interfaith marriages...
VOA (Voice of America)
Aug 8, 2017
Myanmar abets violence against Rohingya, say activists
A Rohingya activist group on Wednesday expressed concern over the Myanmar government’s denial that security forces had committed crimes...
Anadolu Agency
Aug 8, 2017
Pope Francis to make surprise visit to Myanmar on peace mission
Main impetus behind pope's visit is to help Myanmar make peace with the Roghinyas, says senior clergyman A priest hears confession in...
Pope Francis to highlight Rohingya plight in first papal visit to Burma
Pope Francis walks at the end of a canonisation mass for seven new saints in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican in 2016. Source:...
Max Walden | Asian Corrospdent
Aug 8, 2017
Myanmar's Suu Kyi turns to state media amid fears for newly gained freedoms
Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi attends an event marking the 70th anniversary of Martyrs' Day at the Martyrs' Mausoleum...
Reuters
Aug 8, 2017
World’s most persecuted minority
They have been described as the world’s most persecuted minority — rejected by the place they call home and unwanted elsewhere, the...
DailyTimes
Aug 7, 2017
It’s high time for stopping the slow-burning genocide in Myanmar
By Habib Siddiqui Every day I receive dozens of emails. Most of these emails (at least 30) are about Myanmar’s inhuman treatment of the...
The Asian Tribune
Aug 6, 2017
Fearful and desperate: Future for Rohingyas in Myanmar Remains Uncertain
Children from Taung Bazar Rohingya village look on as a border guard stands in the background. (Photo: May Wong) She stood silently in a...
May Wong Asia Pacific
Aug 6, 2017
Myanmar Rejects Allegations of Human Rights Abuses Against Rohingya
FILE - Boys search for useful items among the ashes of burnt houses after fire destroyed shelters at a camp for internally displaced...
Reuters
Aug 6, 2017
Government dismisses claims of abuse against Rohingya
Hundreds have been killed in violence across the Muslim-minority Rakhine state since October [File: Simon Lewis/Reuters] A...
Al Jazeera
Aug 6, 2017
Myanmar rejects allegations of human rights abuses against Rohingya
A Myanmar border guard police officer stands guard in Tin May village, Buthidaung township, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar July 14,...
Genocide Watch
Aug 6, 2017
Myanmar says no Crimes Against Humanity in Rakhine Violence
By Esther Htusan The Myanmar government's inquiry into violence in northern Rakhine state last year that forced tens of thousands of...
Associated Press 1
Aug 6, 2017
