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

Myanmar genocide case to go ahead after ICJ rejects objections

July 23, 2022

NEWS DESK Judges at the United Nations’ highest court have dismissed preliminary objections by Myanmar to a case alleging the Southeast Asian nation is responsible for genocide against the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority, according to Al Jazeera and news agencies. The decision on Friday, July 22, 2022, clears the way for the highly charged case, […]Continue Reading

ROHINGYA GENOCIDE CASE: ICJ to give verdict on Myanmar objections July 22

July 12, 2022

NEWS DESK The International Court of Justice on Monday set July 22 to deliver its judgment on the Myanmar preliminary objections to the case filed over the latter’s genocide against the Rohingyas in Rakhine state. The Gambia versus Myanmar case is commonly referred to as the Rohingya genocide case after it was brought forward by […]Continue Reading