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UN: ‘Wanted for mass murder’ posters target Myanmar’s top general

“Wanted” pictures of Min Aung Hlaing, the Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar military who oversaw atrocities against the country's Rohingya population,…

September 25, 2018

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U.S. Government Must Pursue Accountability for Atrocities, Crimes Against Humanity in Myanmar

The U.S. Department of State announced today the conclusion of its investigation on the crimes committed against the Rohingya in…

September 24, 2018

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi arrives for a meeting with Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang (not pictured) at the Presidential Palace at the sideline of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Hanoi on September 13, 2018. (Photo by KHAM / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read KHAM/AFP/Getty Images)

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Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi in shameful defense of Reuters journalists’ conviction

Responding to comments by Myanmar's State Counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, at the World Economic Forum in Hanoi today defending…

September 13, 2018

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Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images

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Myanmar: ICC decision opens a clear avenue for justice for the Rohingya

Following the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s ruling on Thursday that it has jurisdiction over Myanmar’s deportation of the Rohingya population…

September 7, 2018

Myanmar police officers escort Reuters journalist Wa Lone (C) as he arrives at the northern district court in Yangon on January 23, 2018. Myanmar police formally filed charges on January 10 against two Reuters reporters, Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone, accused of breaching the Official Secrets Act, a judge said, an offence that carries up to 14 years in prison. / AFP PHOTO / Aung Kyaw HTET (Photo credit should read AUNG KYAW HTET/AFP/Getty Images)

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Myanmar: Guilty verdict against Reuters journalists sends stark warning on press freedom

Responding to the news that Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, have been sentenced to seven years in…

September 3, 2018

Myanmar police officers escort Reuters journalist Wa Lone (C) as he arrives at the northern district court in Yangon on January 23, 2018. Myanmar police formally filed charges on January 10 against two Reuters reporters, Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone, accused of breaching the Official Secrets Act, a judge said, an offence that carries up to 14 years in prison. / AFP PHOTO / Aung Kyaw HTET (Photo credit should read AUNG KYAW HTET/AFP/Getty Images)

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Myanmar: Charging of Reuters journalists a black day for press freedom

Responding to today’s decision by a Yangon court to formally charge Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, with…

July 9, 2018

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Myanmar: Military top brass must face justice for crimes against humanity targeting Rohingya

Amnesty International has gathered extensive, credible evidence implicating Myanmar’s military Commander-in-Chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, and 12 other named…

June 26, 2018

Bina Bala, a 22-year-old woman who survived a massacre of Hindu villagers by the armed group, Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) on 25 August 2017. She is pictured in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh in September 2017, where she was briefly before being returned to Myanmar in October 2017. She told Amnesty International. “[The men] held knives and long iron rods. They tied our hands behind our backs and blindfolded us. I asked what they were doing. One of them replied, ‘You and Rakhine are the same, you have a different religion, you can’t live here. He spoke the [Rohingya] language. They asked what belongings we had, then they beat us. Eventually I gave them my gold and money.”

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Myanmar: New evidence reveals Rohingya armed group massacred scores in Rakhine State

A Rohingya armed group brandishing guns and swords is responsible for at least one, and potentially a second, massacre of…

May 22, 2018

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Reuters Reporters Imprisoned in Myanmar Symbolize Worldwide Fight for Free Expression on World Press Freedom Day

While the world marks World Press Freedom Day today, the plight of two reporters who have been detained in Myanmar…

May 3, 2018

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Myanmar: Case against Reuters journalists upheld as media restrictions intensify

Responding to the decision by a Myanmar court to press forward with the criminal case against Reuters journalists, Wa Lone…

April 11, 2018

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine state arrive near the Khanchon border crossing near the Bangaldeshi town of Teknaf on Septebmer 5, 2017. Nearly 125,000 mostly Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh since a fresh upsurge of violence in Myanmar on August 25, the United Nations said September 5, as fears grow of a humanitarian crisis in the overstretched camps. The UN said 123,600 had crossed the border in the past 11 days from Myanmar's violence-wracked Rakhine state. / AFP PHOTO / K M Asad (Photo credit should read K M ASAD/AFP/Getty Images)

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Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees returns must be safe, voluntary and dignified

Amnesty International called on the government of Bangladesh to uphold its commitment that Rohingya refugees are only returned in conditions…

April 5, 2018

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine state arrive near the Khanchon border crossing near the Bangaldeshi town of Teknaf on Septebmer 5, 2017. Nearly 125,000 mostly Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh since a fresh upsurge of violence in Myanmar on August 25, the United Nations said September 5, as fears grow of a humanitarian crisis in the overstretched camps. The UN said 123,600 had crossed the border in the past 11 days from Myanmar's violence-wracked Rakhine state. / AFP PHOTO / K M Asad (Photo credit should read K M ASAD/AFP/Getty Images)

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Myanmar: New president must do more to hold perpetrators to account

Responding to the appointment of Win Myint as the new President of Myanmar, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Director for Southeast Asia…

March 28, 2018