Myanmar Military Seizes Narcotics Worth 981.3 Million USD In 2020
Myanmar military seized large haul of narcotics worth over 1.3 trillion kyats (981.3 million U.S. dollars), in 2020, according to a release from the Military Information Team today.The military confiscated over 1,438 kilograms of heroin, over 2,585 ki…
Myanmar Demands Bangladesh Repatriate Hundreds of Hindu Rohingya Refugees
Myanmar has called on Bangladesh to repatriate more than 400 Hindu refugees who were among the 2017 exodus of 740,000 Rohingya fleeing a brutal army campaign in Rakhine state, a spokesman of Naypyidaw’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs told RFA.The demand c…
Bangladesh Expects to Start Rohingya Repatriation to Myanmar in June
Bangladesh officials say they expect to begin a third effort to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees to their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in June.The target date – seen as premature by many Rohingya – emerged from this week’s talk…
Supporting families uprooted amid violence in Myanmar
An Islamic Relief project which ends this month has been providing vital humanitarian support to families affected by violence in Myanmar.In 2012, deadly violence broke out in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, claiming many lives of many and affecting hundreds …
Myanmar Villagers Shun Blackened Water Despite Official Assurances It’s Safe
Villagers in parts of eastern Myanmar’s Kayin state are afraid to drink water from local creeks and ponds, despite official assurances that the black-colored water has no connection to a nearby military-owned coal-powered cement plant, officials and re…
Myanmar Migrant Worker Says His Seafood Market Boss Started Chain of COVID-19 Infections
A Myanmar migrant worker in Thailand who became infected with the coronavirus said Wednesday that he contracted the illness from his Thai employer in a huge seafood market compound in coastal Samut Sakhon province near the capital Bangkok.On Monday, Th…
Europe Targets Human Rights Abusers With ‘Magnitsky’ Laws
LONDON – Human rights abusers will face asset freezes and travel bans under new legislation adopted by the European Union. The so-called Magnitsky laws, officially titled the EU Human Rights Global Sanctions Regime, would target those accused of crimes including genocide, torture, assassination and arbitrary detentions. The European Union officially adopts the legislation on December […]
Two Myanmar Students Sentenced to Year in Prison For Rakhine War Protest
A court in Myanmar sentenced two anti-war student protesters to a year in jail on Wednesday, hurrying them from the courtroom before family members could see them or hear the court’s verdict, sources said on Thursday.Kyaw Ye Thu, president of the Stude…
Disinformation on Social Media Is Threat to Democracy, Rappler CEO Says
WASHINGTON – Maria Ressa says what she’s living through is Kafkaesque. The crusading Filipina journalist received a John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award on Wednesday from the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., the latest international recognition of…