Bangladesh has requested the United Nations to mobilise the international community with a view to ensuring that the planned international conference later this year adopts concrete measures for an ...

The law dates back to 1959, when it was created by General Ne Win, and was amended in November 2010 by then-dictator Than Shwe. It was, however, never enforced under Ne Win, Than Shwe, Thein Sein’s ...

Medley has shown people of all faiths the power of standing in solidarity with the oppressed not just from their own group or ...

In light of a new report, refugees in Bangladesh share harrowing tales of sexual assault, shootings by rebels and junta ...

Intense conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has worsened the plight of the Rohingya, a persecuted and stateless Muslim minority, pushing increasing numbers to flee by boat.

Forum 18, a site based in Norway, is one of the few media outlets specializing in coverage of religious freedom.

The Arakan Army strives for legitimacy in Rakhine State by governing captured areas but faces international recognition hurdles, Rohingya tensions and severe humanitarian crises.

Four years after Myanmar’s military coup sparked gunfighting, torture, rape and arson in Rakhine state, young Rohingya men ...

Bangladeshi police dismissed online rumours in December that a massive fire burned a neighbourhood near the site of the ...

To mark Saturday’s fourth anniversary of the military coup, The Irrawaddy breaks down the devastating impacts of junta rule ...

A Myanmar rebel group said on Jan. 31 that its members killed two prisoners in a rare admission of deadly violence as it ...

President Donald Trump’s foreign aid freeze is putting US-backed programs across Asia in peril. But the new White House has made an exception for aid to at least one group: the Rohingya. Most live in ...