YANGON, Myanmar Rights groups discount Myanmar military courts as lacking credibility, transparency A Myanmar government-sponsored commission has said that security forces committed war crimes against Rohingya Muslims in 2017. The independent Commission of Enquiry set up to probe alleged rights violations in the country’s western Rakhine state, submitted its final report to Myanmar President Win […]
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Mandalay/Yangon — Many Muslims across Myanmar are facing significant difficulties and expenses while trying to correct errors in their national registration records, where their religion—originally recorded as Islam—has been wrongly changed to “Buddhist” in the digital system during the process of converting to the new Smart Card. A Muslim resident who recently visited the Department […]
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Against the backdrop of a war in Ukraine and atrocities in Ethiopia, the United States formally accused Myanmar of committing genocide against its minority Rohingya population. “The day will come when those responsible for these appalling acts will have to answer for them,” Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial […]
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The ground beneath the Rohingya crisis has shifted once again-and this time, perhaps more dramatically than at any point since the genocide of 2017. Over the past week, the Arakan Army (AA), one of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed groups, has launched a sweeping new offensive across critical areas of northern Rakhine State. In doing […]
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The Arakan Rohingya National Council (ARNC) expresses its deepest sorrow and strongest condemnation following the tragic sinking of a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and other migrants off the coast of Malaysia, near the Thailand–Malaysia maritime boundary. According to Malaysian maritime authorities, one body has been recovered and “dozens” remain missing after an overloaded vessel believed […]
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The-Rohingya-Genocide_Starvation-and-forced-labour-as-tools-of-erasure This report – the twelfth in our ongoing series – documents continued breaches of the International Court of Justice’s binding orders to protect the Rohingya, issued as part of The Gambia’s genocide case against Myanmar. It is being published ahead of Myanmar’s next six-month reporting deadline to the Court. Drawing on first-hand documentation from […]
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Years after large numbers of Rohingya refugees began seeking protection in Bangladesh in 2017, the Rohingya crisis has transitioned from an acute emergency into a deeply entrenched Protracted Refugee Situation (PRS). With more than one million stateless refugees now living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, long term displacement has generated consequences that extend far beyond immediate humanitarian […]
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Civilians in northern Rakhine State continue to face deadly risks as landmine explosions—allegedly planted by the Arakan Army (AA)—result in increasing casualties among local residents. The latest incident occurred on November 17 in Maungdaw Township, where a Muslim villager lost one of his legs after stepping on a hidden explosive device. The victim, U Abu […]
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Myanmar’s military has committed brutal atrocities, including burning people alive inside their homes—not only ordinary civilians but also persons with disabilities—according to a statement by UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, Tom Andrews. Tom Andrews noted that global news outlets have largely focused on battles and other developments in Myanmar, while neglecting the fact that […]
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It has been learned through local Rohingya sources that in Maungdaw Township and surrounding areas of Rakhine State, the AA (Arakan Army) has been strictly checking household registrations in a manner similar to the former Border Immigration Control System—known as the Nasaka system. On August 13, 2018, AA had abolished six discriminatory local orders which […]
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