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Championing Rohingya Rights in Myanmar Cost Me 12 Years in Prison. It’s a Price Worth Paying
By U Kyaw Hla Aung
U.S. Sanctions Myanmar General Accused of Ethnic Cleansing
By Susan Heavey and Arshad Mohammed / Reuters
Myanmar Bars U.N. Official as Genocide Claims Intensify
By Laignee Barron
The Myanmar Military Is Investigating a Mass Grave in Rakhine
By Reuters
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Aung San Suu Kyi 'Could Face Genocide Charges': Rights Chief
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein says the Myanmar military's attacks on the Rohingya community are "textbook ethnic cleansing"
By Laignee Barron
December 18, 2017
U.N. Chief Condemns Rights Violations in Myanmar
He spoke about the "erosion of press freedom" in the country
By Tim Kelly / Reuters
December 15, 2017
Myanmar Arrests Two More Journalists
The reporters had been working on stories about a military crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority in Rahkine State
By Reuters
December 13, 2017
Pope Arrives in Myanmar Amid Simmering Tensions
Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority has suffered persecution
By Eli Meixler
November 27, 2017
Rakhine Video Costs Myanmar Beauty Queen Her Job
A Myanmar beauty queen claims she has was unceremoniously dethroned after her video statement on the ongoing Rohingya crisis
By Laignee Barron
October 4, 2017
U.S. May Limit Myanmar Ties Over Rohingya Crisis
The Trump Administration is considering limiting U.S. ties with Myanmar’s military in response to its recent violence against the country’s Rohingya Muslims, a White House official tells TIME. In the past three weeks, more than...
By Elizabeth Dias
September 21, 2017
Top Catholic Official in Myanmar Speaks Out on Treatment of Rohingya Muslims
"Surely she should have spoken out"
By Elizabeth Dias
September 13, 2017
18,000 Rohingya Fled Myanmar Violence Since Last Week
More are expected to follow as conflict continues
By Joseph Hincks
August 30, 2017
Arrested Journalists Highlight Lack of Free Press in Myanmar
Many Myanmar reporters have returned from exile in democratic Burma, but colonial-era laws are still being used to send them to jail
By Colin Hinshelwood / Chiang Mai
July 6, 2017
In Aung San Suu Kyi's Myanmar, Peace Is Becoming an Elusive Dream
While Suu Kyi may have reinvigorated the peace process, she has not convinced those still refusing to sign a peace deal that she is charting a course different to that which failed her predecessors
By Francis Wade
June 6, 2017
Rohingya Villagers Bear Witness to a Brutal Crackdown in Myanmar
TIME speaks to villagers who witnessed the Myanmar military's “clearance operation” in Rakhine, in which 1,000 Rohingya may have been killed
By Carlos Sardiña Galache / Maungdaw
April 6, 2017
Aung San Suu Kyi Struggles to Unite a Fractured Myanmar
Aung San Suu Kyi's rise to power last year was the stuff of screenplays and a rare vindication of history. But she inherited a nation in distress. TIME looks at where Myanmar is one year on
By Feliz Solomon / Yangon, Kutkai and Sittwe
March 30, 2017
U.N. to Investigate Alleged Abuse of Myanmar's Rohingya
The Myanmar armed forces have been accused of rape, torture and extra-judicial killing while carrying out anti-insurgency operations
By Feliz Solomon
March 24, 2017
U.N. Warned Myanmar Seeks to Expel Rohingya Entirely
The council is expected to rule on a wide-ranging resolution on human rights in Myanmar on Thursday
By Feliz Solomon / Sittwe
March 14, 2017
Myanmar's Rohingya Camps Feel Ever More Permanent
The U.N. human-rights envoy to Myanmar is set to recommend a commission of inquiry to investigate the "persecution" of Rohingya people. But a draft resolution suggests the U.N. won't pursue the probe
By Feliz Solomon / Sittwe
March 13, 2017
Battling for Blood Jade: Inside One of the World’s Most Dangerous Industries
Myanmar's jade mines may yield great wealth — but they leave a long trail of death. An exclusive report
By Hannah Beech / Hpakant
March 9, 2017
Thousands Flee Conflict in Myanmar’s Northeast
"This will be the worst war,” fears one resident while speaking to TIME
By Feliz Solomon / Lashio
March 9, 2017
U.N.: Myanmar's Rohingya Crackdown Deadlier Than Thought
U.N. officials say that, based on refugee testimonies, the toll could be in the thousands not hundreds
By Feliz Solomon
February 8, 2017
Assassination of Prominent Muslim Lawyer Stuns Myanmar
Ko Ni was a legal adviser to the ruling National League for Democracy party and among the nation's most high-profile Muslim figures
By Feliz Solomon
January 30, 2017
22,000 Rohingya Have Fled Burma in the Past Week
The army has been accused of rape, arson and extrajudicial killing of civilians as it hunts down suspected jihadists
By Feliz Solomon
January 9, 2017
The World's Newest Muslim Insurgency
Deadly attacks in October and November against security forces in Burma’s northern Arakan state are qualitatively different from anything that has occurred there in recent decades
By Tim Johnston and Anagha Neelakantan / International Crisis Group
December 13, 2016
Burma 'Squarely Responsible' for Burning Muslim Homes
Some 21,000 Rohingya have fled across the border into Bangladesh with harrowing stories
By Feliz Solomon
December 12, 2016
'They Burned Everything'
Around 21,000 Rohingya have sought refuge in Bangladesh over the past two months, as Burmese forces launched what one U.N official says is “getting very close to what we would all agree are crimes against humanity.” TIME reports from the Bangladesh border, where the full horror is only just emerging
By Nikhil Kumar / Teknaf, Bangladesh
December 12, 2016
Burma Could Be Guilty of 'Crimes Against Humanity'
"Things are not as they are being portrayed by the government"
By Nikhil Kumar
December 11, 2016
Aung San Suu Kyi Can't, or Won't, Rein In Burma's Army
Her inability or unwillingness to stand up for persecuted Rohingya Muslims against the Burmese military has chilling implications
By Feliz Solomon
December 5, 2016
Burma Is Pursuing ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Rohingya, U.N. Says
Thousands of stateless Rohingya Muslims are trying to reach Bangladesh amid reports of abuse by the Burmese army
By Feliz Solomon
November 24, 2016
Burma's Army Has No Interest in Peace
Burma's de facto leader can't control an army with a vested interest in conflict
By Paul Vrieze / Lawa Yang
November 23, 2016
Troops Crack Down in Burma's Arakan State
“With each passing day, the current government is starting to look more and more like the pre-2010 government”
By Feliz Solomon
November 21, 2016
Hundreds of Rohingya Attempt to Flee Burma Violence
More than 130 people have died and thousands have been displaced since parts of Arakan state were put on military lockdown
By Feliz Solomon
November 16, 2016
Violence Escalates in Western Burma's Arakan State
The operation marks a serious escalation of violence since three border guard posts reportedly came under attack just over a month ago
By Feliz Solomon
November 14, 2016
Police in Burma to Arm, Train Civilians to Fight 'Militants'
Much of Arakan state’s north is on military lockdown, and there are reports of rape and extra judicial killings by security forces
By Feliz Solomon
November 3, 2016
8 Rohingya Women 'Raped at Gunpoint' by Burma Army
Parts of Arakan state are on lockdown as the military searches for suspected militants connected to a deadly attack on border police
By Feliz Solomon
October 28, 2016
These 5 Different Camps Tell the Story of the Global Refugee Crisis
Where you'll find asylum seekers around the world
By Ian Bremmer
October 27, 2016
Refugees From Burma Begin to Return From Camps
For decades, Thailand has hosted more than 100,000 refugees from Burma as civilians fleeing civil war poured across the border
By Feliz Solomon
October 25, 2016
Army Continues to Search for 'Jihadists' in Western Burma
More than a thousand civilians have fled their homes, though the full impact of an ongoing counterterrorism operation is still unknown
By Feliz Solomon
October 18, 2016
Thousands 'Displaced by Fighting' in Eastern Burma
Karen and government-backed militia are reportedly fighting for control of an area where a major dam is being built
By TIME Staff
October 12, 2016
9 Police Dead After Border Post Attacks in Burma
Police reportedly linked the attacks to members of the Rohingya Muslim community
By Feliz Solomon
October 9, 2016
Muslim Structures Are Being Threatened With Demolition in Burma
Including a dozen mosques, 35 schools and more than 2,500 houses
By Feliz Solomon
September 22, 2016
British Activist Found Guilty of Defamation in Thailand
His jail time will be deferred for two years in what appears to have been a goodwill gesture by the court
By Feliz Solomon
September 20, 2016
Suu Kyi Calls for Investment After Obama Pledges Relief
When sanctions are lifted, it will clear U.S. businesses to work with companies and individuals that were previously off limits
By Timothy McLaughlin / Reuters
September 16, 2016
5 Things To Know About Aung San Suu Kyi’s Trip to Washington
Suu Kyi’s final U.S. visit before President Obama leaves office will close one more chapter in Burma’s dramatic narrative of democratic awakening
By Feliz Solomon
September 12, 2016
Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi Kicks Off Peace Summit
State Counselor says her conference is "a unique opportunity for us to accomplish a great task" — but what will it achieve?
By Hannah Beech
August 31, 2016
How Will Burma Remember Its Political Prisoners?
In a newly democratic Burma, there is a growing push to openly commemorate the sacrifices of its former political prisoners
By Joe Freeman / Rangoon
August 8, 2016
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