Burmese People

Myanmar must lift repressive laws - Amnesty International

After four years in power, the government of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has done little to change the country’s legal framework, the London-based rights organisation said.

Aung San Suu Kyi becomes the poster child for Rohingya genocide

Myanmar's gamble to send Suu Kyi to represent the country at the International Court of Justice has backfired.

Is Israel facilitating ‘genocide’ in Myanmar?

Israel has gone after people across the world for genocide denial, but now it seems to be supporting Myanmar, a state accused of genocide.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi denies genocidal intent in Rohingya case

Myanmar's civilian leader and Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi admitted during the ICJ hearing that the army may have used "disproportionate force" but said that did not prove it was trying to wipe out the Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state.

Myanmar court sentences two to death over lawyer's murder

Court hands out death sentence to gunman and an accomplice involved in planning the killing while two other men involved in the crime received prison sentences. A fifth suspect thought to be the crime's mastermind remains at large.

Myanmar court rejects appeal by jailed Reuters reporters

The two Reuters journalists were convicted of violating the country's Official Secrets Act during their reporting on the country's crackdown against Rohingya Muslims.

Pence tells Suu Kyi persecution of Rohingya 'without excuse'

US Vice President Mike Pence tells Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi the state violence, forcing more than 700,000 of country's Rohingya Muslims to flee for Bangladesh, was "without excuse." Suu Kyi rebuffs criticism.

ASEAN to seek 'accountability' in Rohingya crisis – draft statement

Southeast Asian countries will call for those responsible for atrocities against Myanmar's Rohingya minority to be held "fully accountable," according to a statement prepared for a regional summit.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi becomes first Canadian stripped of honorary citizenship

The House of Commons granted the privilege to Suu Kyi in 2007, but her international reputation has since been tarnished by her refusal to call on the Burmese army to put an end to the atrocities committed against the Rohingya.

Rohingya fate remains unchanged as UN decries 'genocidal intent' in Myanmar

A UN fact-finding mission has called for the prosecution of Myanmar officials to the full extent of the law for the first time, but unfortunately, the Rohingya are no closer to returning home.

Myanmar military leaders should face ‘genocide’ charges – UN report

The call, accompanying the first report by UN investigators, amounts to some of the strongest language yet from UN officials who have denounced alleged human rights violations in Myanmar since a bloody crackdown began last August.

US impose sanctions on Myanmar military over Rohingya ethnic cleansing

The sanctions by the Treasury Department marked the toughest US action so far in response to Myanmar’s crackdown on the Rohingya minority.