A 15-year-old Buddhist boy told a local court that he was tortured by police after being arrested in central Burma on suspicion of participating in anti-Muslim riots
Monks marched through the streets of Taunggyi in protest after authorities demolished a Buddhist monastery that had allegedly been built on government land
Burma’s parliament agreed on Tuesday to extend a state of emergency for the central town Meikhtila, which was devastated by religious violence in March, despite warnings from opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Opinion & Analysis
BRIANNA OLIVER
After Aung San Suu Kyi was elected to parliament in April 2012, the US has embraced Thein Sein's government as the military continues to commit human rights abuses throughout the country
In Focus
A Buddhist campaign, known as "969", is being used to promote religious nationalism in Burma and has been linked to a recent surge in anti-Muslim violence. But who are the monks behind the movement?
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Hundreds of Buddhist residents in western Burma’s Arakan state took to the streets this week to protest a government plan to resettle Rohingya Muslims, who were uprooted in last year’s ethno-religious clashes
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Burma’s president on Monday pledged to uphold the "fundamental rights" of Muslims in strife-torn Arakan state, in the wake of deadly religious unrest that has spread across the country.
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Hundreds of Muslim villagers left homeless after the latest wave of sectarian riots to hit central Burma this week are in urgent need of food and shelter, according to local sources
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The Burmese army has ordered the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army to move out of an area designated for a Thai-backed hydropower dam in eastern Burma or risk military action, rebels say
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