Thai police announce arrest of key Rohingya smugglers – Myanmar national and his Thai wife

September 2, 2022

NEWS DESK Thailand police arrested a couple suspected of trafficking in Rohingya people after escaping arrest since 2015, Pattaya Mail reports. Assistant police chief Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn said Muang Than Tun, a 55-year-old Myanmar national, and his Thai wife Rahana Jesama-ae were arrested at a restaurant on Rama IX Road in Bang Kapi […]Continue Reading

Britain’s former Myanmar envoy detained in Yangon

August 25, 2022

NEWS DESK Authorities in Myanmar have detained Britain’s former ambassador to the Southeast Asian nation, where a military junta seized power last year, three people with knowledge of the situation said on Thursday (Aug 25, 2022), Reuters reports. Vicky Bowman, who currently runs the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB), and her husband, Htein Lin, […]Continue Reading

Britain slaps new sanctions on Mynamar military-linked firms

August 25, 2022

  REUTERS Britain on Thursday (Aug 25, 2022) announced a new round of sanctions targeting military-linked businesses in Myanmar in support of the Southeast Asian country’s Rohingya community and in an effort to limit the military’s access to arms and revenue. “We continue to stand in solidarity with the Rohingya people and condemn the Myanmar […]Continue Reading

A brief history of the UN’s failed missions in Myanmar

August 22, 2022

NEWS DESK Last week’s meeting between UN special envoy Noeleen Heyzer and the Myanmar junta chief ended without any breakthrough, becoming yet another failed UN mission to the country, one of many involving the world body’s diplomats and military rulers of Myanmar since 1990, The Irrawaddy reports. Rather, regime chief Min Aung Hlaing took the […]Continue Reading

Myanmar junta chief among key suspects identified in Rohingya genocide case

August 10, 2022

NEWS DESK Some 20 key suspects, including junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and senior Myanmar military generals, have been identified as being responsible for a clearance campaign against the Rohingya ethnic minority in Rakhine State that is now the subject of a genocide case at the United Nations (UN) highest court, The Irrawaddy […]Continue Reading

New evidence shows how Myanmar’s military planned the Rohingya purge

August 5, 2022

NEWS DESK In mid-2017, in a remote area of Myanmar, senior Burmese military commanders held secret talks about operations against the minority Rohingya Muslim population. They discussed ways to insert spies into Rohingya villages, resolved to demolish Muslim homes and mosques, and laid plans for what they clinically referred to as “area clearance”, reports Continue Reading

ASEAN says it will rethink peace plan if Myanmar executes more prisoners

August 4, 2022

NEWS DESK The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be forced to reconsider a peace plan agreed with Myanmar if the country’s military rulers conduct more executions of prisoners, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Wednesday (August 3), Reurers reports. The 10-nation bloc had been pushing for Myanmar to adhere to a five-point […]Continue Reading

Russia’s foreign minister makes official visit to Myanmar

August 3, 2022

NEWS DESK Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived Wednesday (August 3) in Myanmar for an official visit that Moscow said will include discussions with the military government on security and economic issues, the Russian news agency TASS reported, Associated Press reports. Russia is a major supporter of Myanmar’s military government, which came to power in […]Continue Reading

Myanmar junta chief to extend emergency rule for 6 months

August 1, 2022

The head of Myanmar’s junta, Min Aung Hlaing, will extend the state of emergency in the country for a further six months, state media said on Monday, reporting that the junta’s national defence and security council had given its approval, Reuters reports. The junta first declared a state of emergency after seizing power from the […]Continue Reading

‘I can’t forget her’- Myanmar’s soldiers admit atrocities

July 23, 2022

NEWS DESK Soldiers in the Myanmar military have admitted to killing, torturing and raping civilians in exclusive interviews with it, the BBC reports. For the first time they have given detailed accounts of widespread human rights abuses they say they were ordered to conduct. “They ordered me to torture, loot and kill innocent people.” Maung […]Continue Reading