Tag: Myanmar
500 days after: 2 Reuters reporters freed in Myanmar
Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from a…
Myanmar rejects ICC case on persecution of Rohingya Muslims
The ICC on Thursday ruled it had jurisdiction over “the crime against humanity of deportation allegedly committed against members of…
Reuters reporters sentenced to 7 years in prison
A Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and jailed them…
Rohingya: Myanmar rejects UN report on human rights violations
Myanmar’s government dismissed the report of UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday, which accuses state officials of crimes against humanity…
Reuters reporters case: Myanmar judge fixes Aug. 27 to deliver judgment
The judge in the trial of two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar on accusations of obtaining secret state documents, on…
Myanmar: Facebook admits ‘too slow’ in addressing hate speech
Facebook has been “too slow’’ to address hate speech in Myanmar and is acting to remedy the problem by hiring…
Myanmar: Dengue fever infects 950, kills 8
The outbreak of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) has infected 950 people with eight deaths in Myanmar’s Sagaing region in the…
Myanmar launches investigation into Rohingya militant attacks
Myanmar on Monday established a commission to “investigate the allegations of human rights violations” in western Rakhine State, amid increasing…
Snail fever: WHO pledges to assist Myanmar
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has pledged to provide medical supplies and technical aid to Myanmar in prevention of the…
Myanmar, UN agencies sign MoU on repatriation
Myanma’s Labour, Immigration and Population Ministry and two UN agencies on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to assist…
Myanmar: Cyclone kills 5, destroys 1,400 houses
At least five people have been killed and 1,400 houses destroyed as strong cyclone storm swept across Myanmar over the…
EU to extend about $300m grant to Myanmar to promote education
The European Union (EU) will extend a grant aid of 221 million Euros (294 million U.S. dollars) to Myanmar for…
Philippines’ President apologises to Suu Kyi for Myanmar ‘genocide’ remark
Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte apologized to Myanmar counterpart Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday for saying genocide was taking place…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg vows to work harder to block hate speech in Myanmar
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said his company would step up efforts to block hate messages in Myanmar as he…
Myanmar elects Win Myint as new president
Myanmar’s parliament elected Aung San Suu Kyi’s confidante Win Myint as the country’s new president on Wednesday, a week after…
Myanmar denies human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims
Myanmar’s military on Wednesday denied “one-sided accusations” made by British lawmakers in a letter to the EU Foreign Affairs Council…
Myanmar urged to protect civilians from human rights violations
An EU delegation in Myanmar on Monday urged authorities to protect civilians from human rights violations in the country’s Kachin…
Myanmar president pledges to build democratic federal republic through dialogue
President U Htin Kyaw of Myanmar on Thursday pledged to build a democratic federal republic in accordance with the results…
Myanmar blocks UN rights investigator’s visit
Myanmar has told the UN independent investigator into human rights in the country that it will not cooperate with her…
Probe of 2 Reuters journalists almost finished, says Myanmar
A spokesman for Myanmar leader Aung-San Suu-Kyi said on Wednesday he had been informed that the police had almost completed…
Myanmar: EU calls for ‘equal rights’
Myanmar must guarantee “equal rights” for everyone in troubled Rakhine state as talks on repatriation of more than 620,000 Rohingya…
Pope holds Mass in Myanmar, preaches peace, reconciliation
Pope Francis called for peace and reconciliation as he delivered Mass to around 150,000 Catholics in Myanmar’s commercial hub Yangon…
Pope Francis lands in Myanmar amid humanitarian crisis
Pope Francis landed in Yangon on Monday, the start of a delicate visit for the world’s most prominent Christian to…
Federal Government condemns human suffering in Myanmar
Nigeria on Tuesday condemned “the horrendous human suffering’’ of the Rohingya ethnic group in Myanmar. A government statement in Abuja…
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Hundreds, including, babies, children, women killed in Myanmar crackdown
Myanmar’s security forces have committed mass killings and gang rapes of Rohingya Muslims and burned down villages since October in…
Suu Kyi party wins 15 of 16 seats in first Myanmar poll results
Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party has won 15 out of 16 seats in the first results in Myanmar’s historic…
21 dead, 26 missing after Myanmar ferry sinks
Rescuers were frantically searching for survivors Saturday after an overloaded ferry sank in rough waters off the coast of western…
‘Extinct’ Myanmar bird rediscovered after 73 years
A bird that was long thought to have gone extinct has been rediscovered in Myanmar after a team of scientists…
Nearly 50 Myanmar troops killed fighting northern rebels
Nearly 50 soldiers have been killed in recent fighting with rebels in a northern border area near China, Myanmar’s state…
Three dead after cargo ship sinks off Japanese coast
Japan’s coastguard said Friday that three foreign crew members had died among a group of 10 who were rescued after…