1 year agoResolution on Human Rights in Myanmar passes in full UNGA, 136 for, 8 against, 22 abstentions (but with budget for ground transportation of UN Special Envoy cut in half)
1 year agoSatellite images show that hundreds of new houses are being built on land where Myanmar's Rohingya once lived and farmed, before their homes were burned and bulldozed. @Reuters investigates: (Image: @DigitalGlobe)
Myanmar Air Force officially inducts new JF-17 fighter jets provided by Pakistan
US House of Representatives passes resolution labelling Myanmar crimes against Rohingya Muslims a 'genocide'
Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 - 109km SE of Tezu, India
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 77km WNW of Pakokku, Burma
[email protected] calls for immediate suspension of repatriation of Rohingya to Rakhine State. Crimes against humanity are ongoing and 100s of 1000s of remaining Rohingya are in urgent need of protection. Repatriation under these conditions can't be deemed safe.
Pence presses Myanmar's Suu Kyi to pardon Reuters journalists: official
1 year agoAmnesty withdraws human rights award from Aung San Suu Kyi.
Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 - 47km SSW of Churachandpur, India
Saudi Arabia to deport scores of Rohingya refugees "against their will" to Bangladesh.
1 year agoSaid to be JF-17 in Myanmar.
1 year agoMyanmar has reportedly lost two F-7M fighters in separate fatal crashes in heavy fog during a training flight from Magway Air Base
Myanmar's military, which assigned 700 troops to post incendiary propaganda about Rohingya on Facebook, had been sending personnel to Russia for training in psychological warfare and hacking
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 44km ENE of Prome, Burma
Myanmar envoy summoned for attempt to show St Martin's as territory — Bangladesh
Canada formally revokes Aung San Suu Kyi's honourary citizenship for her complicity in the Rohingya genocide, both chambers of parliament unanimously vote for it
EU considers trade sanctions on Myanmar over Rohingya crisis
India deporting 7 Rohingya to Myanmar. They had been jailed since 2012 for "illegal entry".
Bangladesh presses ahead with construction of shelters for Rohingya refugees on Bhashan Char, a controversial island prone to violent storms scheduled to be officially opened by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina next week.
1 year agoAmal Clooney, the lawyer for the journalists detained in Myanmar, says Aung San Suu Kyi "holds the key" to freedom for the journalists.
1 year ago'Don't interfere,' Myanmar's powerful army chief tells United Nations after investigators call for him and top generals to be prosecuted for "genocide" against Rohingya
1 year agoChrystia Freeland:Today, Canada's House of Commons unanimously adopted a motion recognizing the crimes against the Rohingya as a genocide and calling on the world to help them. We will continue to work with partners to hold those responsible to account. Canadians stand with the Rohingya.
US Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), introduce bi-partisan legislation calling for release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, arrested in Burma for their reporting.
Former columnist jailed for 7 years for "abusive" Facebook post that gave "the wrong impression" about Aung San Suu Kyi
1 year agoDEIMOS2 continues monitoring Bhasan Char, the Bay of Bengal island where Bangladesh is planning to relocate 100,000 Rohingya refugees, and it captured new construction developments.
Arakanese Muslims call for UN Peacekeepers
Officials in Maungdaw are threatening the Rohingya villagers in ShweZar. They said entire village will be burnt to the ground if villagers refused to accept NVC (National Verification Card). They have been doing this since 11 Oct. Today a few families were forced to accept.
60 % of the 519,000 Rohingya refugees now in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh are children
4 Rohingya refugees, including 3 children, have been killed after an elephant entered a refugee camp in Bangladesh - local media
