Rakhine

Anti-Muslim violence explodes onto streets in northern Myanmar

29 May 2013

Buddhist mobs armed with sticks and machetes burned Muslim homes on Wednesday for a second day in the northern Myanmar city of Lashio, contradicting claims in state media that soldiers and police...

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Suu Kyi slams Myanmar Rohingya two-child rule as ‘discrimination’

27 May 2013

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday criticised a ban on Rohingya having more than two children in strife-torn Rakhine state as counter to human rights, in rare comments on the plight of the...

9:27PM

Rakhine state Rohingya face two-child limit on family size

26 May 2013

Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have introduced a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, in an effort to ease tensions with the Rohingya's Buddhist neighbours after a spate...

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Dozens of Rohingya feared drowned off Myanmar after fleeing storm

14 May 2013

Fifty-eight Rohingya Muslims are missing after their boat capsized off the Myanmar coast as they tried to flee a looming cyclone, state media reported on Tuesday.

2:09AM

China lobbies for pipeline support in Myanmar, but environmental concerns persist

2 May 2013

Community groups in coastal Myanmar on Thursday urged the suspension of a Chinese-built deep-sea port and pipelines that will soon deliver oil and gas from the Bay of Bengal to China.

5:53PM

Mosque, shops attacked in fresh Myanmar unrest

30 Apr 2013

Police in central Myanmar fired warning shots to disperse a crowd after a mosque and shops were attacked on Tuesday, the president’s spokesman said, in the latest religious unrest to hit the...

9:54PM

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1:26AM

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4:40AM

Myanmar’s strife-torn region needs aid, troops

Myanmar should urgently help tens of thousands of Muslims displaced by deadly religious unrest in the western state of Rakhine and flood the area with troops to stem further conflict, a report...

1:36AM

Human Rights Watch accuses Myanmar of ‘ethnic cleansing’

Myanmar has waged “a campaign of ethnic cleansing” against Rohingya Muslims, a leading rights watchdog said on Monday, citing evidence of mass graves and forced displacement.

3:28PM

Myanmar president rejects religious extremism

Myanmar President Thein Sein on Thursday vowed a tough response to religious extremists after a wave of deadly Buddhist-Muslim violence in the former army-ruled nation.

9:01PM

MYANMAR

Myanmar imposes emergency rule as death toll hits 20

Myanmar declared a state of emergency on Friday for a riot-hit town where 20 people have been killed in Buddhist-Muslim violence that has sparked fears of spreading unrest.

1:10AM

MYANMAR

Rioting in central Myanmar leaves at least 10 dead

A dispute between a Muslim gold-shop owner and customers in central Myanmar led to rioting in which at least 10 people died. President's office director Major Zaw Htay said those hurt on Wednesday...

2:44AM

MALAYSIA

Malaysia rescues 136 Myanmar refugees

Malaysian authorities have rescued at least 136 people believed to be ethnic Rohingya Muslims fleeing strife in Myanmar aboard a leaking boat with no food or water, an official said on Monday.

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