Myanmar military units linked to Rohingya atrocities accused of committing new abuses
When 35-year-old Ah Hla went to a police station in western Myanmar in late April hoping to see her husband among the prisoners, she didn't know if he was still alive. Several dozen men, including her fisherman husband, had been detained weeks earlier when the ...
Rohingya activist calls U.S. ban on Myanmar generals a first step
A formerly imprisoned Rohingya activist said Wednesday that a U.S. ban on Myanmar's top generals was a welcome first step but urged more action to support the long-targeted minority. The State Department on Tuesday said that army chief Min Aung Hlaing, three other top officers ...
Monsoon-triggered landslides in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh have killed one person and left more than 4,500 homeless, aid officials said Sunday. About 35 cm (14 inches) of rain fell in 72 hours before the landslides started Saturday in camps around Cox's Bazar that house ...
Protesters in Myanmar demand justice after 2-year-old was allegedly raped
Hundreds of people marched to Myanmar's Central Investigation Department on Saturday in Yangon to demand justice for a 2-year-old girl who was allegedly raped at her nursery school in the country's capital in May. A 29-year-old suspect was rearrested Wednesday and charged in the case ...
ICC prosecutor calls for investigation into atrocities committed against Rohingya
A prosecutor for the International Criminal Court on Thursday formally requested judges to authorize an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity and "other inhumane acts" carried out against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. According to the court documents, the prosecutor alleges that there is a "reasonable ...
Myanmar to send envoys to Rohingya camps in Bangladesh to tell refugees they can go home
Myanmar is sending a high-level delegation soon to camps in Bangladesh to explain to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims how they can return home, Myanmar's U.N. ambassador said Monday. Some 740,000 Rohingya fled a crackdown by Myanmar's military in 2017 in Rakhine state and ...
Japan's cold-blooded approach to the Rohingya crisis
As the new leader of the liberal order in Asia, Japan has a responsibility to promote human rights in its foreign policy.
To dodge U.S. trade war, Chinese exporters shift production to Myanmar and other low-cost nations
Pressured by a labor crunch and rising wages in China, Shu Ke'an, whose company supplies bulletproof vests, rifle bags and other tactical gear to the United States, first considered shifting some production to Southeast Asia a few years ago, but nothing came of it. When ...
Myanmar blackout may be cover for gross human rights violations, U.N. investigator says
Myanmar's army may be committing gross human rights violations under cover of a mobile phone blackout in parts of Myanmar's Rakhine and Chin states, U.N. special rapporteur Yanghee Lee said on Monday. Lee, an independent expert who reports to the U.N. Human Rights Council on ...
Thailand charges crew of stranded Rohingya boat with aiding illegal immigration
Thai authorities have charged the captain and crew of a boat carrying 65 Rohingya Muslims with assisting illegal immigration after the group was found stranded on a southern Thai island, police said on Wednesday. The 29 men, 31 women and five children were discovered on ...
Outcry as ASEAN predicts 'smooth' Rohingya return to Myanmar
An ASEAN report predicting half a million Rohingya refugees will return to Myanmar in two years has left observers incredulous for glossing over army atrocities, ignoring an ongoing civil war in Rakhine state and failing to mention the persecuted Muslim minority by name. The leaked ...
Toyota to begin pickup truck production in Myanmar from 2021
Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it will build its first assembly plant in Myanmar to produce Hilux pickup trucks from February 2021. The auto giant plans to establish its Myanmar unit, Toyota Myanmar Co., in June and construct a new plant in the Thilawa Special ...
