Atrocities Mount Amid the Return to War in Western Myanmar
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Once mostly immune from the country’s post-coup turmoils, Rakhine State is beset by an increasingly devastating conflict. About four...

Fifth Anniversary of Rohingya Genocide
Five years ago, Burma’s military launched a brutal campaign of violence against Rohingya – razing villages, raping, torturing, and...


Gambia Calls for Justice as Rohingya Face Dire Threats
Hearings End on Myanmar’s Preliminary Objections to Genocide Case A week of legal proceedings at the International Court of Justice in...


Rohingya Genocide case legitimate, The Gambia tells UN top court
The Gambia insists allegations of genocide against the mostly Muslim Rohingya are legitimate after Myanmar tries to dismiss them. Lawyers...


Military Violence Emboldens Myanmar’s Ethnic Resistance
Armed groups in Chin state are outgunned and underfunded, but they are defiantly standing their ground against the junta. Eight months...

U.N. Security Council: Prohibit Arms Sales to Myanmar Junta Amid Ongoing War Crimes
Security Council due to meet today on the situation in Myanmar The U.N. Security Council should urgently pass a global arms embargo to...


The Myanmar Junta’s Defense In The Rohingya Genocide Case At The ICJ Is Troubling
Allowing officials who unlawfully overthrew a civilian government to represent Myanmar at the ICJ would undermine the UN charter and call...


Rohingya's relentless struggle to overcome barriers to education
Community leaders say they want to ensure fundamental right of education for stateless refugees Saifullah Muhammad, a Rohingya youth, is...


Blinken says U.S. to look at more Myanmar measures, plans ASEAN summit
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Malaysian Foreign Affairs Minister Saifuddin Abdullah hold a joint press conference after...


Coup brings uptick in old scourge: sexual violence by Myanmar troops
Chin women describe how soldiers repeatedly raped them as allegations of sexual violence increase. Editor’s note: This report contains...
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