Malaysia to ask Dhaka to take back refugees if they are found to have fled camps in Bangladesh Md. Kamruzzaman:Bangladesh said Tuesday it would refuse to take back 269 Rohingya refugees deta... Read more
Authorities say one woman also found dead on ‘deliberately damaged’ boat off Langkawi Pizaro Gozali Idrus:Malaysia detained 269 Rohingya refugees and found a dead body on a damag... Read more
Hiding from Myanmar’s police, journalist Aung Marm Oo refuses to conceal his anger with the civilian government led by Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as his country prepares for an el... Read more
MIN AUNG KHINE: Sittwe, Rakhine State — A civilian was killed and four villagers, including a police officer, were wounded when a Rakhine State village was hit by artillery shells at around... Read more
MIN AUNG KHINE: Sittwe, Rakhine State — The Arakan Army (AA) stabbed a military officer and abducted a private soldier in Ponnagyun Township, Rakhine State, on Thursday morning, according to... Read more
Around 280 starving Rohingya stranded on a cramped boat in the Bay of Bengal for weeks have been spotted by the Bangladesh Navy and are being taken to a controversial flood-prone island, off... Read more
Arakan Army press release: Due to the offensive assaults of the Myanmar Army, the fighting continued in the Arakan State in June. The clashes broke out at two places in Paletwa Township on 5... Read more
AUNG PHAY KYI SOE:A Muslim couple from Rakhine State who returned to Myanmar from Bangladesh have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the health ministry at 8pm on June 10. Meanwhile,... Read more
Bangladesh has said the principle of burden- and responsibility- sharing should be central to the actions of the international community in addressing humanitarian situations. “Emergen... Read more
Malaysian authorities detained 269 Rohingya refugees and found a body on board a suspected smuggling boat they said had been intentionally damaged so it couldn’t be turned back to sea. How l... Read more
The Arakan Army (AA) and two other members of the Northern Alliance of ethnic armed groups have called on the Tatmadaw (military) to join them in signing a truce to end the fighting in Rakhi... Read more
The Arakan Army (AA) has warned of more attacks on police outposts throughout Rakhine State until government troops withdraw from its territory. The warning came in the aftermath of an attac... Read more
Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun said three other civilians also seized during the attack on the police outpost in Tha Zin Mying Village in Rathedaung township on May 29, have been released. He... Read more
Fighting between the Tatmadaw (military) and Arakan Army (AA) in northern Rakhine State since November 2018 has killed or injured hundreds of villagers, and displaced over 140,000 people, an... Read more
Former special UN Rapporteur Yanghee Lee said Myanmar did not make any progress in improving the plight of the northern Rakhine Muslims. “Sadly, no progress at all,” she said on May 22 in a... Read more
A Rohingya man died from coronavirus while undergoing treatment at the isolation centre at Ukhiya camp in Cox’s Bazar on Monday night. The deceased could not be identified immediately but he... Read more
