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UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi (R), arrives at the Dar Paing Muslim Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 02 July 2017. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
August 4, 2017
The United Nations needs to insist on its ability to carry out a mandated fact-finding mission on Myanmar, Human Rights Watch said yesterday,...
August 4, 2017
Despite pressure from diplomats and the media, Myanmar’s parliament yesterday only passed minor reforms to the heavily criticized Telecommunication...
(File) Makeshift huts used for living in Mayu Mountains in the Buthidaung-Maungtaw area in Rakhine State. Photo: State Counsellor Office Information Committee
August 4, 2017
Myanmar’s security forces have discovered some hidden tents of suspected terrorists in Mayu mountain range in northern Rakhine state's Buthidaung-...
August 2, 2017
Complainant Kyaw Myo Shwe said that he would file a direct complaint at court for cancellation of bail given to Myanmar Now Chief Editor Swe Win by...
Journalists Aye Nai (L) and Lawi Weng (C) and Pyae Phone Aung (front R) leave the courthouse after appearing for a hearing in Hsipaw in Shan State on July 28, 2017. Photo: AFP
July 31, 2017
Three journalists and three other accused who are charged with cases under section 17(1) of the Unlawful Associations Act were produced before the...
July 31, 2017
A prominent Myanmar journalist was detained as he tried to leave the country after an ultra-nationalist group filed a suit against him, a colleague...
July 31, 2017
Two patients admitted to Yangon General Hospital on 15 July, and on 28 July respectively and another patient transferred to North Okkalapa Hospital...
Tatmadaw Information Committee at meeting. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
July 31, 2017
<p>Maj. Gen. Aunt Ye Win from the Tatmadaw (Defence Services) True News Information Committee urged media to control and refrain from using...
Photo: Three journalists who were arrested in conflict-ridden northern Shan State last month seen at a court on 21 June, 2017. Photo: Ko Myint Thein (Thibaw)
July 28, 2017
Amnesty International has called for the release of journalists facing prison over charges linked to reporting from Shan State.
July 26, 2017
Myanmar authorities should immediately and unconditionally release two ethnic Kachin Baptist leaders who have been arbitrarily detained since...
Yanghee Lee, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, talks to media during a press conference after her 13 days visit, Yangon, Myanmar, 21 July 2017. Yanghee Lee visited Myanmar from 09 July to 21 July 2017 as her sixth visit. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
July 25, 2017
While no one expects an overnight transition to democracy in Myanmar, there has to be real progress on human rights, an independent United Nations...
Fishing boats moored at AlalThanKyaw village, near Maungdaw town of Bangladesh-Myanmar border, Rakhine State, western Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
July 24, 2017
The German government has granted subsidies worth 1.85 million Euros (about 2.1 million US-Dollars) for humanitarian aid in Rakhine State, according...