4 month agoThese 10 Rohingya were arrested on 31st August 2017 in InnDin beach Maungdaw South and were killed. The mass grave was found at InnDin Buddhist cemetery on December 19th.
4 month agoMyanmar government tells U.N. rights rapporteur @YangheeLeeSKKU that she will be denied access for the rest of her tenure. She says it's "a strong indication that there must be something terribly awful happening in Rakhine, as well as in the rest of the country."
Myanmar had been blocking the UN fact-finding mission (to Rakhine) - but allowing Special Rapporteur @yangheeleeskku in. Now she's blocked too. OHCHR | Myanmar refuses access to UN Special Rapporteur
4 month agoMyanmar refuses access to UN Special Rapporteur @YangheeLeeSKKU
Burma investigates 10 bodies found in grave in Rakhine
4 month agoThe 15th Light Infantry Division of the Myanmar Army has led the fighting in the Rakhine State, sources told Wa Lone earlier this year. He is one of two Reuters journalists currently detained by the authorities. Here's a table of that information.
Turkey pledges continued support to Rohingya refugees as Yıldırım visits Bangladesh
Myanmar 'planned' #Rohingyaattacks, possibly 'genocide': @UN Human Rights chief
4 month agoAnalysis of satellite imagery identifies 40 villages with building destruction occurring in October and November, increasing the total to 354 villages that have been partially or completely destroyed since August 25 in Myanmar's Rakhine State (@hrw).
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says not aware of Reuters journalists arrested in Myanmar, but "anytime journalists get arrested for reporting, we get concerned right up front."
4 month agoDepartment of State:Secretary Tillerson: @USEmbassyBurma is expressing our concerns over the detention of journalists, demanding their release…A free press is vital to Myanmar's transition in becoming a viable democracy, and we want Myanmar's democracy to succeed.
US Secretary of State Tillerson says free press is vital to Myanmar's transition to democracy
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that the arrests were a signal that press freedom is shrinking in Myanmar
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson expressed "grave concerns" to the government of Myanmar over the arrests. Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said the arrests were a 'threat to a democratic and peaceful development of Myanmar and that region'
In Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's spokesman said the Japanese government is closely watching the situation with 2 Reuters journalist in Myanmar
U.S. says concerned about Myanmar's silence over where Reuters journalists are being held
U.N. chief says arrest of Reuters journalists shows erosion of press freedom in Myanmar
Doctors Without Borders survey finds at least 6,700 Rohingya Muslims were killed between August and September in a crackdown by Myanmar's security forces.
6,700 Rohingya killed in first month of Myanmar violence: MSF survey
Rohingya Muslims still in Myanmar's Rakhine state so terrified of each other that life has 'stopped in its tracks', Red Cross says
Two Reuters journalists arrested in Myanmar: government
U.S. embassy says deeply concerned by the highly irregular arrests of two Reuters reporters after they were invited to meet with police officials in Myanmar last night
4 month agoNear Maungdaw, bulldozing a burned-downed village. #Rakhine
USAID announces $7.5 million award to UNICEF to fight malnutrition among Rohingya refugees - Bangladesh
Myanmar to delay law that would have allowed more foreign investment
@AP: The rape of Rohingya women by Myanmar's security forces has been sweeping and methodical, the Associated Press found in interviews with 29 women and girls who fled to neighboring Bangladesh.
Fake news and social media fuelling Myanmar's "ugly renaissance of genocidal propaganda" against Rohingya
4 month agoA Rohingya house in TheinTaungPyin VT Buthidaung was set fire just a few mins ago. (10th Dec at 9PM).
Diphtheria rapidly spreading among Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, warns @WHO.
Possible 'elements of genocide' in Myanmar: UN rights chief
