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May 27, 2019
“There are many landmines that have been left behind and I’d like those that are responsible to remove them,” a villager said. A farmer that stepped...
May 27, 2019
The Arakan Army has been planning to release detained people, but it cannot discharge them at the moment because their security may be at risk due to...
May 27, 2019
The Arakan State Peace and Stability Supporting Committee provided over K260 million for about 30,000 refugees living in seven townships in Arakan...
May 27, 2019
Village security personnel detained a security police officer for opening fire in a village fairground at an event held for a monk’s funeral in...
May 24, 2019
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Mr. Filippo Grandi and a delegation, who are on trip in Arakan State, met Arakan IDPs in Yan Aung Myay...
May 24, 2019
The High Court of Arakan State dismissed an appeal of Dr Aye Maung and author Wai Hun Aung, who were sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for high...
May 24, 2019
After blocking rice sales to Paletwa township, the Myanmar Army is allowing limited amounts to be transported from Rakhine State into southern Chin...
May 24, 2019
After investors couldn’t cash in shares they accused the couple of swindling them. A couple was beaten and their house attacked on May 22 by an angry...
May 24, 2019
During the Lower House session held on May 21, a Chin representative raised a question over an unbalanced budget allocation among Chin State’s...
May 24, 2019
Most IDPs say they want to go home as soon as possible but only after a credible plan has been established for their safe and secure return. A...
May 24, 2019
“It’s not easy to live here and I don’t know whether it will improve in the future,” said one resident. After enduring years of displacement from the...
May 23, 2019
An artillery shell explosion during a clash between Myanmar troops and Arakan Army soldiers (AA) on Tuesday killed a Rohingya Muslim man and his son...