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Checkmate: Burma-US policy
After Aung San Suu Kyi was elected to parliament in April 2012, the US has embraced Thein Sein's government as the military continues to commit human rights abuses throughout the country
Buddhists protest the resettlement of Rohingya Muslims
Hundreds of Buddhist residents in western Burma’s Arakan state took to the streets this week to protest a government plan to resettle Rohingya Muslims, who were uprooted in last year’s ethno-religious clashes
Burma guilty of ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya Muslims: HRW
Burmese authorities and extremist groups have carried out a “campaign of ethnic cleansing” against the Muslim Rohingya minority in western Burma, through mass executions, forced relocation and persistent denial of aid
Suu Kyi calls on citizenship law to be revised
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for a review of Burma’s controversial 1982 citizenship law, which renders the Muslim Rohingya stateless, during a trip to Japan this week
Challenges ahead as Burma’s newspapers go daily
The introduction of daily newspaper is likely to fuel myriad challenges for Burma’s budding media, including an increase in self-censorship among editors who fear the government’s draconian media laws
President threatens ‘use of force’ to stem riots
President Thein Sein on Thursday warned “perpetrators” behind this week’s anti-Muslim riots that he “will not hesitate” to deploy security forces to stop the escalating violence
