Myanmar: UN rights office warns of growing crisis in Rakhine ... - UN News
May 24, 2024 · The UN’s top human rights official on Friday raised alarm over the escalating violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state between junta and opposition forces amid reports of the military regime forcing...
Myanmar: Rohingyas in firing line as Rakhine conflict intensifies - UN News
Apr 19, 2024 · The UN’s top human rights official on Friday raised alarm over the escalating violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state between junta and opposition forces amid reports of the military regime forcing...
As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a ... - Associated Press News
May 18, 2024 · BANGKOK (AP) — A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state of Rakhine claimed Saturday to have seized a town near the border with Bangladesh, marking the latest in a series of victories for foes of the country’s military government.
Myanmar: Hundreds of fleeing Rohingya reportedly killed in drone ... - CNN
Aug 12, 2024 · Renewed fears of ethnic cleansing against the stateless Rohingya Muslim community are mounting after reports that hundreds of people, including women and children, were killed by drone strikes...
A New Era is Dawning For the People of Myanmar’s Rakhine State
Feb 13, 2024 · On February 8, the rebel Arakan Army (AA) seized Mrauk-U, the former capital of the Arakan kingdom in Rakhine State, western Myanmar, along with the towns of Minbya and Kyauktaw.
Young men trapped between war and conscription in Myanmar’s Rakhine …
Jun 20, 2024 · Rohingya and ethnic Rakhine see dreams of education and work disappear as conflict escalates in long-troubled state.
Myanmar junta air strike kills 28, including children, says ethnic ...
Jan 19, 2025 · BANGKOK - A Myanmar junta air strike killed 28 people, including children, and wounded 25 at a temporary detention area in western Rakhine state, an ethnic minority armed group said on Jan 19.
Myanmar: Rohingya at Risk in Rakhine Fighting
Feb 9, 2024 · (Bangkok) – Fighting in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has surged in recent weeks, causing civilian casualties and large-scale displacement, Human Rights Watch said today. Myanmar’s junta and the Arakan...
Two million people at risk of starvation in Myanmar’s Rakhine: UN
Nov 8, 2024 · Myanmar‘s war-ravaged Rakhine state could face imminent famine according to a new United Nations report, which estimates that more than two million people could be at risk of starvation.
Myanmar: Türk sounds alarm amid rising tensions in Rakhine
GENEVA (19 April 2024) – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today warned that intensified fighting in Rakhine State between the military and the Arakan Army, alongside tensions being fuelled between the Rohingya and ethnic Rakhine communities, pose …