Burma said on Friday it will take back 2,415 citizens from Bangladesh, only a tiny fraction of the 300,000 people who Bangladesh says are Burmese citizens taking refuge there and…
Year: 2016
2 killed, 11 injured in Hpakant jade mine landslide
Two freelance pickers were buried under a landslide of excavated soil as they sifted for scraps of jade.
Nobel laureates speak out on ‘human tragedy’ in Arakan
More than a dozen Nobel laureates including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Malala Yousafzai urged the UN Security Council on Thursday to end “ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity” in Burma’s…
Rights advocates dismayed by govt’s mixed messages on rape
Rights advocates have criticised the State Counsellor’s Office after it put out a press release and Facebook post last week that appeared aimed at discrediting the accounts of two women…
Proposal submitted to amend Article 66(d), says Shwe Mann
The controversial law, which covers “online defamation”, has been used to silence government critics and the media.
Bangladesh border guard accuses Burmese navy of firing at fishing boat
Bangladesh has accused the Burmese navy of opening fire on a civilian fishing boat in the Bay of Bengal, amid bilateral tension over the Rohingya,