Burma’s presidential spokesperson rejects Obama’s allegation that Burmese Muslims are oppressed, and refutes US claims that communities in Arakan State have been left in a precarious situation by the absence of international aid workers.

US President Barack Obama praised the ongoing process of political reforms in Burma, but warned that democracy would not succeed if oppression against the Muslim minority in the country continued.

Reuters has vowed to stand by their Rohingya story which alleges that Thai naval officers were involved in the trafficking of Rohingya boatpeople.

Children in Arakan's IDP camps are becoming malnourished as UN aid agencies and INGOs struggle to resume operations in the violence-plagued state.

Two Thailand-based journalists were charged on Thursday with defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act for citing a Reuters article that contained allegations against members of the Royal Thai Navy.

Two Reuters reporters were awarded a Pulitzer Prize for reports on the trafficking of Rohingya Muslims, days before two Thailand-based journalists will appear in court, where they may face up to seven years in jail for republishing one paragraph of the award-winning work.