Thursday, March 28, 2024

Topic: Myanmar

Cyclone Mocha: Rohingya refugees among several killed in Myanmar’s Rakhine

Many people, including Rohingya Muslims, were feared dead in Myanmar in the wake of Cyclone Mocha that struck at the weekend, aid groups said...

Myanmar military airstrike kills over 100 civilians in opposition stronghold

The deadly airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Armed Forces killed at least 100 people in an opposition stronghold in the northwest on Tuesday.

Why has the West given billions in military aid to Ukraine, but virtually ignored Myanmar?

Nicholas Farrelly, University of Tasmania and Adam Simpson, University of South Australia Two years after Myanmar’s coup on February 1 2021, the country’s large and...

War crimes, genocide: Criminal complaint against Myanmar generals filed in Germany

Fortify Rights, a human rights group, and 16 individual complainants from Myanmar filed a criminal complaint with the Federal Public Prosecutor General of Germany...

Human rights body urges India to close airspace to Myanmar warplanes

"The Government of India should prevent Myanmar-junta fighter jets from accessing Indian airspace and take measures to protect ethnic-Chin and Indian civilians in border...

UN rights chief appeals for a halt in forced returns to Myanmar

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Wednesday called for a moratorium on the forced returns of refugees and migrants to Myanmar, in light of the ongoing situation in the country.