The UN special rapporteur for Myanmar, Yanghee Lee has said she is troubled to hear reports of building new bases by Myanmar military in the Rakhine state. Addressing the concluding session of an international conference on the persecution suffered by the Rohingya Muslim minority in New York on ...

The United Nations has expressed concern about the recent situation in Rakhine state where fighting is continuing between the military and the rebels.  In a statement, Head of the United Nations in Myanmar Knut Ostby urged all sides to intensify efforts to find a peaceful solution to the ...

In Myanmar, seven government troops were killed after Buddhist fighters' attacked on four police posts in troubled Rakhine state. 

The United Nations has expressed concern over reports of shootings by Myanmar police at a camp for Rohingya refugees in Rakhine state. In a statement, head of the UN office in Myanmar Knut Ostby called for calm, non-violence and restraint in the camp. According to media reports, at least four ...

UNITED NATIONS: Returns of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh "should only take place at their freely expressed wish", the United Nations top refugee official has stressed, amid concerns that conditions at places of origin are not yet safe. In a statement, on Sunday, UN High Commissioner for Refugees ...

In Myanmar, six Rohingya including five women were killed on Friday after a blaze tore through an overcrowded camp for the persecuted minority in Rakhine state.                Fifteen communal longhouses were also destroyed in the blaze. 

Southeast Asian foreign ministers have urged Myanmar to give full mandate to a commission of inquiry for investigation of violence in Rakhine state. Singapore Foreign Minister said the ministers during an informal meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, expressed grave ...

A U.S. government investigation has found that Myanmar’s military waged a well-planned and coordinated campaign of mass killings against Rohingya Muslim minority. U.S. State Department said the findings resulted from more than a thousand interviews of Rohingya men and women in refugee camps ...

UNITED NATIONS: An aerial view shows burned down villages once inhabited by the Rohingya seen from the Myanmar military helicopters that carried the U.N. envoys to northern Rakhine state, Myanmar, May 1, 2018. Hundreds of Rohingya victims have appealed to judges at the International Criminal Court ...

A U.N. Security Council delegation after its visit to Myanmar's Rakhine state has expressed hope that Rohingya Muslim refugees will return quickly and safely to their homes. At a news conference in Myanmar's capital, Naypyitaw, the ambassadors reminded Myanmar's government of its obligations as a ...