Analysis Arakan Conflict Human Rights Lead Story Opinion Rohingya
Experts have warned that decades of treating the Rohingya as a thorn in the nation’s side is tantamount to doing the legwork for forces that would seek to radicalise the next generation of Rohingya.
Lead Story News Protest Rohingya
Ashin Kawthala, the chairperson of the Magwe Division chapter of the Association for the Protection of Race and Religion, accused the protestors of “trying to whip up hatred”.
Analysis Contributor Ethnic issues Lead Story News Rohingya
As the incoming head of state, the moral and political responsibility to end the slow genocide in Burma will fall squarely on Suu Kyi’s shoulders.
A new report applying genocide laws to the Rohingya situation in Arakan State has been released by human rights organisation Fortify Rights.
Conflict Kachin Lead Story News Rohingya
The Kachin Independence Organisation has officially denounced claims that the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation requested any type of military partnership within the northern rebel territories.
A group of Arakanese monks have called for Rohingya “sympathisers” to be targeted and exposed as “national traitors” while tensions again flare between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma’s westernmost state
The Rohingyas remain one of the most persecuted and vulnerable communities in the world after state-sponsored exclusion policies made the group aliens in their own land
The Burmese army and police force have played a leading role in targeting Rohingya Muslims in northern Arakan state according to a group of UK-based NGOs speaking to the British parliament on Wednesday
Much hot air has been expelled to debate the origins of the Rohingya since communal tensions erupted in late May and early June, but perhaps more telling is the now common refrain that they are “terrorists”
I urge every Christian and every Buddhist to speak out for all the people of Burma, including the Rohingya, who desperately need a voice
Senators and congressmen told of the ‘neglected’ issue of ethnic and religious rights in Burma as outrage continues at Rohingya treatment
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
Burma’s army displays evidence that the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation, a group widely seen as defunct, was involved in recent attacks in Arakan State.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
Burma’s government says a group inspired by Islamist militants was behind recent attacks on police border posts in Arakan State.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story News Opinion
By not seeing ethnic groups like the Rohingya or the Rakhine as unitary collective actors, we are better able to avoid the trap of attributing collective responsibility.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
Burma says at least nine police officers were killed and four were wounded in multiple assaults on border guard posts.
The security risk in Burma remains unaltered due to domestic and international dangers, say police in Naypyidaw.
An alleged member of the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO), Khalid Mohammed alias Khaleed, was arrested by the Indian Investigation Agency in Hyderabad, India, on Monday. An alleged militant of the Jamaat –Ul-Mujahideen[…]
Hsenwi local MP Sai Win Khine said “four Bengalis” were detained when police stopped a bus travelling from Lashio to the border town of Muse.
ASEAN Lead Story News Politics
Southeast Asian heads of state join other world leaders in Naypyidaw for the 25th ASEAN Summit. But will the South China Sea islands dispute derail talks again?
Police and military line the streets of Burma’s capital, ahead of the East Asia Summit.
In a nine-point statement, the two countries agree to share information regarding border issues and establish a direct channel of communication between senior officials from both sides.
As the body of slain Bangladeshi soldier Nayek Mizanur Rahman was being transported home after an autopsy on Monday, the war of words continues between Burma and its western neighbour.
Lead Story News Politics Rohingya
Burma maintains that it shot and killed a guerrilla thought to be a Rohingya militant, but Bangladesh says one of its border guards is missing and wants to identify the body.
Troops clashed at the Burma-Bangladesh border again as tensions boil over while Burmese soldiers were returning the body of a Bangladeshi killed in a skirmish two days before.
Journalists in Burma believe their government is failing to defend media freedom despite the transition from harsh military rule to the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, according to a survey published to mark World Press Freedom Day.
Twenty-four political parties release a statement opposing the recent appointment of five foreign nationals to a 10-member “advisory team” tasked with monitoring implementation of recommendations laid out in August by the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State.
Renaud Egreteau asks how the legislature could provide more oversight on the recent Rakhine State crisis.
International Relations Lead Story News
At the invitation of the Chinese government, Suu Kyi is scheduled to deliver a speech as a special guest at the meeting.
Lead Story News Politics Suu Kyi
Hundreds of party faithful rallied at a staging grounds in Taungoo on Saturday morning in a show of support for beleaguered State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, the National League for Democracy’s longtime figurehead.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
The ability of the Arakan Rohingya Solidarity Army to mount a much more ambitious assault last month compared with its attacks in northern Arakan State last year indicates that many young Rohingya men have been galvanised into supporting the group, sources say.
