By Mark Farmaner/Karen News | October 29, 2017 This month another forgotten anniversary is passing by without official acknowledgement. The 8th of August 1988 is remembered for the nationwide protests and crackdown which followed. Troops opened fire on civilians, [...]
By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint & Nyein Nyein/The Irrawaddy | October 27, 2017 YANGON – The Myanmar government will provide food supplies for internally displaced persons (IDPs) if requested, said U Zaw Htay, director-general of the State Counselor Office. Leaders [...]
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) | Press release October 15, 2017 We strongly condemn the remarks of Myanmar Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing to American Ambassador Scot Marciel. On 11 October the General said, “Rohingya are Bengali. The Bengalis were not [...]
Progressive Voice Myanmar (PV)| September 21, 2017 The crisis in Rakhine State needs international action, not only to stop the campaign of terror inflicted upon innocent civilians, but also in the form of humanitarian aid for the 410,000 people [...]
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) | September 21, 2017 The Rohingya people are outraged by the highly contentious and ambiguous speech of the Myanmar State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi delivered before the diplomatic community on 19 September [...]
Karen Women's Organisation (KWO) | September 18, 2017 The Karen Women’s Organization condemns the actions of the Burmese military against Rohingya civilians. We have seen the devastation caused by this criminal military against our people for many years. In [...]
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) Joint Press Release: 16th September 2017 ICC declines to protect Stateless Rohingya from Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity We the undersigned organisations would like to stress that, with the initiative of the Arakan Rohingya [...]
By Progressive Voice (PV) | September 13, 2017 The US Senate has proposed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) – the annual defense budget – to normalize relations between the militaries of the US and Myanmar[1] [...]
Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) | September 7, 2017 Burma Campaign UK today warned that Burma is undergoing its biggest human rights crisis in decades, which has in turn created a major humanitarian crisis. However, unlike in the past, there [...]
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | August 31, 2017 The bodies of 19 Rohingya refugees – nine women and 10 children – washed ashore Thursday in southeastern Bangladesh, local authorities said, as they struggled to control an exodus from Myanmar [...]