Myanmar

Heavy rains have caused rivers in Myanmar’s Kachin state to overflow, displacing an estimated 10,000 people, RFA reported yesterday. This flooding could be worse than the record set in 2004, according to relief workers involved in ongoing relief operations. Overflowing…

A British rights group is sounding the alarm over a surge in violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority, Al Jazeera reported yesterday. The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) warns of an “intensifying genocide” as fighting between the military and the…

The UN’s top human rights official, Volker Türk, has condemned the horrific situation in Myanmar, UN News reported. Türk described the military regime’s use of “war tactics” like beheadings and drone attacks against civilians as “atrocity crimes.” The crisis stems…

Tens of thousands of Rohingya, a Muslim minority group, are feared to be caught in the escalating conflict between the Arakan Army (AA) and the Myanmar junta in the western Rakhine region, Arab News reported yesterday. The AA, which is…

The ethnic Arakan Army insurgent group announced that Myanmar’s military junta has murdering 53 civilians, including 48 men and 5 women, during a raid on the village of Byain Phyu in Rakhine State last week, RFA reported. According to the…

In a troubling development in Myanmar’s ongoing conflict, reports indicate that the country’s military junta is forcibly recruiting members of the persecuted Rohingya minority to bolster its dwindling ranks. This comes as the junta faces increasing pressure from the ethnic…

Intense fighting between Myanmar’s military junta and insurgent groups in Chin State has forced over 15,000 people to flee their homes in the past two days, leaving parts of the town of Tedim in smouldering ruins, RFA reported yesterday. Three…

The UN has warned of Mounting violence in Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine State forcing an additional 45,000 Rohingya minority to flee the region, Al Jazeera reported yesterday. The latest exodus comes amid harrowing allegations of beheadings, killings, and the burning of…

The UN human rights office on Friday reported that around 45,000 Rohingya have apparently sought refuge in areas close to the border with Bangladesh due to the continuing conflict. The Rohingya, a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority group, have faced systematic…

A UN expert has issued a dire warning that thousands of innocent lives will be lost unless the international community responds swiftly to the ominous signs of another potential Rohingya massacre unfolding in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, reliefweb reported yesterday. Thousands…