Tag: Myanmar

While excluded from voting or standing in that election, many Rohingya still put their faith in the party of Aung San Suu Kyi

Most recent infections have been in state capital of Sittwe, where officials have imposed a stay-at-home order and a curfew

Charge against free-speech activist and poet is latest example of Myanmar govt’s intolerance of critical speech, rights group says

Military must also gradually come under the authority of a democratically accountable elected president, the cardinal says

Facebook played a key role in spreading hate speech that fueled violence against Rohingya, UN investigators says

Lawyers also seek a review of a case against six Rohingya teenagers, including two girls, who they say have been wrongly tried and convicted as adults

Less flowery talk, more action needed from govt on improving human rights situation, Human Rights Watch says

The time has come to identify the weeds and uproot them and burn them in the furnace of history.

They have urged Myanmar’s people to prepare for a future after COVID-19

Global Witness called the landslide as “a damning indictment of the government’s failure to curb reckless and irresponsible mining practices”