Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate and iconic figure in Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, faced various charges after the military coup and detained The Supreme Court in military-ru… Read More

UN human rights chief Volker Türk, on Thursday, reiterated the call for accountability and justice for the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya driven from their homes in Myanmar by securi… Read More

 AlJ has a long article about the world's largest refugee camp: of the Rohingye, who were Muslim Bengalis whose ancestors moved to Burma a century ago and are now being expelled by that… Read More

At least 60 people have died in Myanmar after Cyclone Mocha hit the country on Sunday. The storm, which had winds of up to 195 km/h, caused significant damage to homes and infrastructure. Ma… Read More

By Grant Peck | Associated Press BANGKOK — The official death toll from the powerful cyclone that struck Myanmar has burgeoned to at least 145, including 117 members of the Muslim Rohi… Read More

Rohingya refugee Noor Kamal found a sympathetic welcome in Bangladesh when he fled the soldiers rampaging through his village — but five years later, the hostility he now faces has lef… Read More

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has called on Myanmar’s ruling military junta to release all political prisoners, including deposed State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and form… Read More

Thousands of Rohingya refugees held “Genocide Remembrance Day” rallies on Thursday across a huge network of camps in Bangladesh, marking five years since fleeing a military offen… Read More

A panchayat organized by several right wing groups including Bajrang Dal and Vishva Hindu Parishad in Haryana’s Manesar on Sunday called for economic boycott of Muslims shopkeepers and… Read More

Bangkok: The decapitated body of a high school teacher was left on grotesque display at a school in central Myanmar after he was detained and killed by the military, witnesses said on Thurs… Read More

Amnesty International said new satellite images and videos taken as recently as Friday afternoon in Myanmar’s Rakhine state show smoke rising from Rohingya Muslim villages, contradicti… Read More

Author: Rudabeh Shahid, Atlantic Council’s South Asia Centre Bangladesh continues to struggle with the forced migration of Rohingyas from Myanmar. The wages of daily wage labourers hav… Read More

Unidentified assailants on Wednesday shot dead a top Rohingya community leader in a refugee camp in the Bangladesh resort district of Cox’s Bazar, officials said. Mohib Ullah was ta… Read More

India’s coast guard found 81 Rohingya survivors, exclusive of 8 dead refugees, crammed onto a damaged fishing boat and tried to arrange for Bangladesh to take them in its camps. … Read More

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dominating the international news, it is important to remember that a year after Myanmar’s military coup, the popular struggle goes on there aga… Read More

In this aerial photo released by the Chin Human Rights Organization, fires destroy numerous buildings in the town of Thantlang in Chin State in northwest My… Read More

Three years ago, Myanmar’s military burned the Rohingya village of Kan Kya to the ground and bulldozed over its remains. Last year, the government erased its name from official maps, a… Read More

The Rohingya have been named “the most persecuted minority in the world” by the United Nations, following a wave of atrocities unseen since genocides in Rwanda and former Yugosla… Read More

Myanmar (also called Burma) is a country in south-east Asia with a population of just over 50 million people. On 1 February… Read More