5 dubious claims Myanmar's Suu Kyi made in her speech

Here are five dubious claims Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi made in her speech addressing the situation in Rakhine State.
19 September 2017

New satellite imagery shows 214 villages of Rohingyas almost totally destroyed in Rakhine

A new analysis of satellite imagery from Myanmar’s Rakhine state shows 214 villages of Rohingyas almost totally destroyed, Human Rights Watch says.
19 September 2017

Reactions to speech by Myanmar's Suu Kyi on violence in Rakhine state

Here are some reactions from diplomats, aid agency officials, human rights groups and others to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's first address to the nation since attacks by Rohingya Muslim insurgents on August 25 sparked a military response that has forced more than 410,000 Rohingya into neighboring Bangladesh.
19 September 2017

Suu Kyi burying her head in the sand: AI

Reacting to the speech by Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s State Counsellor and de facto leader, on the crisis in Rakhine State, Amnesty International says she and her government are still burying their heads in the sand.
19 September 2017

UN investigators demand 'full, unfettered' access to Myanmar

UN human rights investigators say they need "full and unfettered" access to Myanmar to probe a grave and ongoing crisis, urging the government to rethink its rejection of the probe.
19 September 2017

Rohingya Muslims being wiped off Myanmar’s map

For generations, Rohingya Muslims have called Myanmar home. Now, in what appears to be a systematic purge, they are, quite literally, being wiped off the map.
19 September 2017

Refugees reject Suu Kyi claim that some Rohingya safe

Rohingya Muslims who fled violence in Myanmar are rejecting leader Aung San Suu Kyi's claims that many members of their minority group are safe.
19 September 2017

Trudeau calls on Suu Kyi to condemn atrocities on Rohingyas

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls on Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi to publicly condemn the atrocities being committed against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state
19 September 2017

Highlights: Suu Kyi addresses nation on Rohingya crisis

Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in her first address to the nation since the recent Rohingya crisis, condemned all human rights violations and said anyone responsible for abuses in troubled Rakhine State would face the law. Here are the highlights of her televised address to the nation as reported by the Indian news portal.
19 September 2017

Myanmar's Suu Kyi condemns rights abuse, decries suffering in Rakhine

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemns any human rights violations in troubled Rakhine State and says anyone responsible would face the law, and that she feels deeply for the suffering of everyone caught up in the conflict there.
19 September 2017

Expect no help from Trump on Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar: Bangladesh PM Hasina

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in an exclusive interview with Reuters, says she spoke to US President Donald Trump about Rohingya Muslims flooding into her country from Myanmar, but she expects no help from him as he has made clear how he feels about refugees.
19 September 2017

All eyes on Suu Kyi as Myanmar leader breaks silence on Rohingya crisis

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is set to break her near-silence on communal violence scorching through Rakhine state, in a televised speech on a Rohingya refugee crisis that has shocked the world and prompted the UN to accuse the country's army of ethnic cleansing.
19 September 2017

Humanitarian aid must be planned better

“I am at Balukhali camp in Ukhia, the situation is far, far worse than what I have seen on the media, I just talked to a woman who is 9 months pregnant, no idea where her husband is, had not one thing to eat today."
18 September 2017

Exodus exposes 'abject failure' of world leaders

Human Rights Watch has called upon world leaders to impose targeted sanctions and a comprehensive arms embargo on the Myanmar military to stop ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas.
18 September 2017

Orphaned, in extreme shock

The two sisters can remember quite distinctly how it happened.
18 September 2017

Some Rohingyas have links to IS, Pakistan's ISI

The Indian government yesterday told the Supreme Court that it has intelligence inputs of links between some Rohingya Muslims and Pakistan's ISI and the terror group Islamic State, making them "a serious security threat to the country".
18 September 2017

Philippine troops retake IS-stronghold in Marawi

Philippine troops rescued a catholic priest held hostage for almost four months by Islamic State-linked rebels after an offensive that
18 September 2017

Rohingya crisis: South Korea urges international community to help Bangladesh

South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh, Ahn Seong-doo calls upon the international community to help Bangladesh in addressing the Rohingya crisis.
18 September 2017

Dhaka to deal with Rohingya issue diplomatically: Inu

Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu says Bangladesh will deal with Myanmar through diplomatic channels to put a peaceful end to the Rohingya crisis.
18 September 2017

Modi inaugurates controversial Sardar Sarovar Dam

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the country's biggest dam, ignoring warnings from environment groups that hundreds of thousands of people will lose their livelihoods.
18 September 2017