Stateless Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh Receive Identity Documents for First Time
GENEVA Bangladeshi authorities and the U.N. refugee agency have registered more than a quarter million Rohingya refugees and presented them with identity documents that grant them a number of rights and safeguards.Unlike citizens of a country, statel…
Myanmar Satirical Poetry Performers Denied Bail in First Court Appearance
A court in Myanmar’s commercial capital Yangon has denied bail to two members of a satirical performance group on defamation charges for taking comedic shots at the country’s powerful military during their shows, members of the troupe and their support…
Twitter Suspends Account of Top Myanmar General Over Hate Speech
Myanmar’s top military leader, seen by rights groups as the architect of a bloody ethnic cleansing campaign that drove more than 700,000 Muslim Rohingya into Bangladesh in 2017, had had his Twitter account suspended, RFA has learned.Senior General Min …
Buddhist Nationalists Force Closure of Ramadan Prayer Sites For Myanmar Muslims
Three temporary buildings in Myanmar’s Yangon region officially sanctioned for use by Muslims to pray during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan have been shuttered amid threats from Buddhist nationalists, according to sources, who questioned why authori…
Foreign Firms Face Scrutiny as UN Looks to Isolate Myanmar Generals
YANGON, MYANMAR Multinational companies doing business with Myanmar’s military have so far shrugged off calls from activists to cut ties despite ongoing efforts to have the country’s top generals prosecuted for genocide.Even big brand names such as W…
Nearly 20 Injured as Police Fire Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas at Protest of Myanmar Cement Plant
Nearly 20 people were injured Wednesday after police in central Myanmar’s Mandalay region fired rubber bullets and tear gas into a crowd protesting construction at a coal-powered cement plant that is operated as part of a joint venture between a local …
Relative Stability Brings Progress to Myanmar Region
WA STATE, MYANMAR Loud explosions and billowing smoke filled the air above the national stadium in the highly militarized capital of Panghsang in Myanmar’s Shan state � but it wasn’t what one might expect in a region known for its heavily armed troop…