The inside story of Myanmar govt’s info war on Rohingya

March 14, 2023

As sectarian tensions flared over the rape and killing of a Rakhine ethnic woman in May 2012, three reports from the Information Ministry arrived in the newsroom of the state-run Myanma Alin newspaper with orders to publish them without fail, The Irrawaddy writes. Two stories published by the state-run Myanma Alin Daily on June 5, […]Continue Reading

Only civilian govt can deliver stability, Myanmar’s NUG tells China

March 2, 2023

Myanmar National Unity Government (NUG) Acting President Duwa Lashi La told China that only the NUG can guarantee the country’s stability and foreign investment, The Irrawaddy reports. The remark followed Chinese special envoy Deng Xijun’s visit to the China-Myanmar border, where he met with seven of Myanmar’s ethnic armed organizations (EAOs). The acting president said Continue Reading

Myanmar’s NUG rights minister demands justice for Rohingya

February 23, 2023

Myanmar’s civilian National Unity Government’s (NUG) human rights minister U Aung Myo Min says the crimes of genocide against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar committed six years ago must be acknowledged and justice sought for the victims, The Irrawaddy reports. The minister attended an event to mark the second anniversary of the launch of the Spring […]Continue Reading

Myanmar Junta: Rohingya Repatriations Planned

February 9, 2023

NEWS DESK Myanmar’s junta says it is working to bring back Rohingya refugees who fled Rakhine State for Bangladesh following the military’s supposed counter-insurgency operations in 2017, The Irrawaddy reports. Junta leaders, including International Cooperation Minister U Ko Ko Hlaing, Border Affairs Minister Lieutenant General Tun Tun Naung, Social Welfare, Relief and Continue Reading

New sanctions hit Myanmar junta

February 1, 2023

Myanmar’s junta was granted a six-month extension to a state of emergency, state media reported on Wednesday, likely delaying elections the military had pledged to hold by August, AFP reports. The country has been in turmoil since the army’s power grab in 2021, and a subsequent crackdown on dissent has sparked fighting across swathes of […]Continue Reading

Underground tunnels reportedly found in no-man’s land across Bangladesh-Myanmar border

January 30, 2023

Several underground tunnels have been reportedly found at the no-man’s land across the Bangladesh-Myanmar border which were allegedly used by a separatist armed group of Myanmar, according to Rohingya and local sources, Anadolu Agency reports. “ARSA (Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army) used those tunnels and even detained people after kidnapping them,” a Rohingya in the no Continue Reading

Firms in Europe, US helping Myanmar manufacture arms, report says

January 16, 2023

Companies in the United States, Europe and Asia have been helping Myanmar’s military manufacture weapons used in human rights abuses, according to three former United Nations experts, Al Jazeera reports. Companies from 13 countries – including France, Germany, China, India, Russia, Singapore and the United States – have been providing supplies that are “critical” to […]Continue Reading

Myanmar jails 112 Rohingya who tried to leave country

January 10, 2023

The UN refugee agency says the number of dangerous boat journeys attempted by the Rohingya rose sixfold in 2022 [File: Amanda Jufrian/AFP] Myanmar has jailed 112 people, including 12 children, from the minority Rohingya after they were caught attempting to leave the country, Al Jazeera reports. The court in Bogale in the southern Ayeyarwady region […]Continue Reading

Group of 39 Rohingya arrested in Myanmar

January 5, 2023

NEWS DESK A group of 39 Muslim Rohingya were arrested by the Military Council on 2 January at 10:30 am in Hinthada township, Ayeyarwaddy Region, Mizzima News reports. The Rohingya people were hiding inside a stone-carrying vehicle near Hinthada University Road. According to a local witness, the vehicle did not stop at a checkpoint and […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s military honours anti-Muslim monk, frees prisoners

January 4, 2023

An ultranationalist monk in Myanmar, who was once dubbed the “face of Buddhist terror” over his role in promoting religious hatred against Muslims, has received a prestigious national award as the country’s military rulers celebrate independence from Britain, AL Jazeera reports. The monk, Wirathu, was awarded the honorific “Thiri Pyanchi” title for his “outstanding work Continue Reading