Myanmar

Sheikh Muhammad Razi Wasram, representative of the Supreme Shia-world Authority — Grand Ayatollah Shirazi — in Madagascar, announced the project of drilling a water well with a depth of more than 50 meters in the office of his Eminence in…

The International Nonviolence Organization (Free Muslim) strongly condemned the repressive actions committed by the Burmese army forces towards the protesters demanding democracy, calling on the international community to urgently intervene to stop these violations. The organization said in a statement,…

Myanmar’s military has launched air attacks on a central town known to be a bastion of opposition to the coup carried out two years ago. Dozens of people were killed and wounded in the attack which has been one of…

Based on a recent UNICEF report, Myanmar continues to be troubled by armed conflicts, particularly in the northwest and southeast, with heavy fighting and air strikes killing civilians and destroying civilian properties. The statement highlights that the humanitarian situation in…

The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution condemning grave violations and the absence of the rule of law in Myanmar, and calling for an immediate end to all forms of violence, protection of civilians and respect for human…

Nearly 130 Rohingya Muslims leaving Myanmar for Malaysia by boat were arrested by the junta’s navy in waters off Mon state on Sunday after brokers revealed information about them to local villagers, RFA said in a report. A resident said…

Indonesian officials have told media outlets that more than 180 Rohingya refugees landed in the country’s western Aceh province on Monday, the latest among hundreds who have fled by boat from desperate conditions in Myanmar and in camps in Bangladesh.…

According to a report published by the Indian newspaper ‘Nagaland Post’, the government of Bangladesh has prohibited the Rohingya refugees from finding formal employment and confined them to the camps. The report said that these forcibly displaced refugees are more…

The hungry and desperate are now much more so. Last month, the rations to Rohingya living in the world’s largest refugee camp – Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – were slashed. Another drastic cut is due next month. This is, as a…

A 22-member delegation from Myanmar arrived in Bangladesh on Wednesday to discuss a project to repatriate Rohingya Muslims, according to official sources. The delegation of immigration officials reached Cox’s Bazar, a border district that hosts more than a million Rohingya…