Shwe Maung, a Rohingya MP representing Buthidaung constituency, says local Maungdaw police were involved in the fire that razed at least 16 homes in Duchira Dan, but the Arakan State…
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President orders local investigation into Maungdaw clash
Burma’s Foreign Minister says the president has ordered an investigation into alleged incidents in the Arakan State village of Duchira Dan, but it appears that US and UN calls for…
Arakan security forces search for missing Maungdaw menfolk
Maungdaw security forces have launched a search for the Rohingya men of Duchira Dan village who have apparently gone into hiding since the disappearance of a local police sergeant in…
UN calls for govt investigation into alleged Maungdaw murders
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says she has received credible information that at least 48 Muslim Rohingyas were killed last week in northern Arakan, but the Burmese government…
Govt denies Buddhist mob attacked, killed Muslims in Maungdaw
The Burmese government denied on Friday that a Buddhist mob ripped through a town in an isolated strife-torn corner of the country this week, attacking Muslim women and children. Villagers…
Rohingyas continue to be persecuted despite Nasaka disbandment
Burma’s ethnic Rohingya continue to face heavy persecution in northern Arakan state, despite the dissolution of a controversial border guard force.