ASEAN chair warns over rising Myanmar violence ahead of meeting

October 27, 2022

NEWS DESK The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is gravely concerned about escalating violence in Myanmar, the bloc’s chair Cambodia said, in remarks ahead of a special meeting of its foreign ministers on Thursday to discuss the crisis. “We are deeply saddened by the growing casualties, and the immense suffering that ordinary people in […]Continue Reading

ANALYSIS: Rohingya look on Arakan Army as saviours in fight with Myanmar’s junta

October 26, 2022

NEWS DESK Civilian casualties have been reported in renewed fighting between Myanmar’s junta troops and the Arakan Army (AA) in Rakhine State. Fierce fighting has taken place in Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Rathedaung townships, known as Mayu region in western Rakhine and neighboring Paletwa Township in Chin State since early August. More than 10,000 people have […]Continue Reading

Death toll from air raids in Myanmar’s Kachin reported to hit 80

October 25, 2022

NEWS DESK The death toll from a Myanmar military air raid in northern Kachin state has risen to 80, according to reports, as human rights groups accused the ruling generals of violating the laws of war and called on the international community to impose a ban on the sale of arms and aviation fuel to […]Continue Reading

Myanmar army air raids on ethnic rebel group concert ‘kill 60’

October 25, 2022

NEWS DESK Air raids by Myanmar’s military on a celebratory event held by a prominent ethnic rebel group have killed dozens of people, including civilians, the rebels say, Al Jazeera. Colonel Naw Bu told AFP news agency on Monday that “two Myanmar military jets attacked” the ceremony held by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in […]Continue Reading

A chain reaction of misery: How Myanmar’s instability will affect the Indo-Pacific and beyond

October 14, 2022

Major General Md Nayeem A Chowdhury The security and stability of Myanmar is substantially affecting not only its neighbours but it is spreading all over the Indo-Pacific and beyond. Our neighbouring Rakhine State’s stability predominantly revolves around the Rohingya crisis. The primary issue of the Rohingya crisis is identity construction, politically used by the Myanmar Continue Reading

Civilians in firing line as conflict returns to Myanmar’s Rakhine

October 11, 2022

On the evening of September 25, in Nagara village in western Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State, Bu Wine and her family went to bed early. But a couple of hours later, she was awake. “After hearing loud firing at midnight, I felt worried,” she told Al Jazeera, recalling how she planned to gather up her four […]Continue Reading

Declassified documents reveal Israel’s role in Myanmar atrocities against Rohingya Muslims

October 7, 2022

NEWS DESK Recently declassified Israeli Foreign Ministry documents reveal deep Israeli military ties with Burma, now known as Myanmar, and its significant role in the brutal massacre against the Rohingya Muslims, reports The Middle East Monitor. According to a report published yesterday by Haaretz, the 25,000 pages of documents detail how the Israeli regime armed and Continue Reading

Rohingya seek reparations from Facebook for role in massacre

September 29, 2022

NEWS DESK With roosters crowing in the background as he speaks from the crowded refugee camp in Bangladesh that’s been his home since 2017, Maung Sawyeddollah, 21, describes what happened when violent hate speech and disinformation targeting the Rohingya minority in Myanmar began to spread on Facebook, reports AP. “We were good with most of […]Continue Reading

Canadian minister calls out Myanmar junta ‘sexually assaulting Rohingya women’ in closing UN speech

September 26, 2022

NEWS DESK As the United Nations General Assembly comes to a close, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly is urging countries to uphold women’s rights and abortion access while rooting out sexual violence, The Canadian Broadcasting Corp reports. In a speech today, Monday, Sept 26, in New York, Joly said Canada’s priorities in international relations Continue Reading

All countries should take in more Rohingya refugees, says Malaysian PM

September 24, 2022

It is the responsibility of all countries to take in more Rohingya refugees to be resettled in their respective countries following the crisis in Myanmar, says Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, reports Bernama. He said that Malaysia has accepted nearly 200,000 Rohingya refugees on humanitarian grounds, although the country is not a […]Continue Reading