Myanmar

The US State Department has released its 2022 report on international religious freedom, outlining the status of religious freedom in various countries around the world. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that, “The annual survey shows conditions in…

With winds of up to 250 kilometres per hour, cyclone Mocha struck on Sunday between Myanmar’s Sittwe and Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the region. The cyclone uprooted trees, brought down pylons…

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has expressed deep concern about the violence in military-ruled Myanmar. “We were deeply concerned with ongoing violence in Myanmar and urged the immediate cessation of all forms of violence and the use of…

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have insisted that they would not return to Myanmar to “be confined in camps” after making their first return visit. In the Bangladeshi border district of Cox’s Bazar, nearly a million Muslims from the Rohingya ethnic…

Rohingya children residing in Cox’s Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh are suffering terrible education conditions, with the vast majority of more than 77 percent currently not having access to any form of training, the ‘Arab News’ reported on Thursday in…

According to official statements, a Rohingya woman was killed at a refugee camp in Bangladesh’s southeastern Cox’s Bazar district, taking the killings to 24 in 2023. A police official at Cox’s Bazar said that two other women, a community leader…

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…