Aug 22 UN report: Myanmar military committed war crimes against Rohingya minority By Grant Peck, Associated Press The U.N. Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar said it found the country's soldiers "routinely and systematically" forced sexual acts against women, girls, boys, men and transgender people in "blatant violation of international human rights law."… Continue reading
Aug 22 Rohingya repatriation to Myanmar unlikely to begin as scheduled By Tofayel Ahmad, Julhas Alam, Associated Press Rohingya eligible for repatriation have told the U.N. refugee agency and the Bangladesh government they don't want to return to Myanmar unless their citizenship and safety were ensured. Continue reading
May 30 Watch 7:43 In world's largest refugee camp, Rohingya children face a desperate choice By Tania Rashid On the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, the world’s largest refugee camp houses a generation of lost Rohingya children. Because Bangladesh bans them from school, they face a hard choice: Break the law, or relinquish dreams of a better future. In response, some… Continue watching
May 07 Watch 7:52 Why these reporters spent 18 months in a Burmese jail After nearly 18 months, two Reuters journalists have left prison in Myanmar. The crime that put them there: Revealing information the country’s government wanted to suppress, about its persecution campaign against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority. John Yang talks to Priscilla… Continue watching
May 07 Myanmar frees Reuters journalists who reported on abuse of Rohingya By Aung Naing Soe, Grant Peck, Associated Press The imprisonment of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo and drew the world's attention to curbs on freedom of the press. Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch 5:42 Facing Myanmar's brutal persecution, Rohingya refugees still can't return home The Rohingya people of Myanmar have long been persecuted by their government, primarily for their Muslim faith amid a Buddhist majority. A million of them have fled the violence to camps in neighboring Bangladesh, which is tiring of their presence. Continue watching
Nov 15 Bangladesh scraps Rohingya return, says 'no one wants to go' By Julhas Alam, Associated Press The refugees "are not willing to go back now," Refugee Commissioner Abul Kalam told The Associated Press, adding that officials "can't force them to go" but will continue to try to "motivate them so it happens."… Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch 11:08 Rohingya mother remembers her rapists every time she holds her baby By Tania Rashid It’s a horrific byproduct of the Rohingya flight to Bangladesh: babies who are the product of rape, born to refugees who were assaulted by the Myanmar military. Compounding the trauma, their community views the women as dishonored. Special correspondent Tania… Continue watching
Sep 16 Myanmar protesters call for release of two jailed journalists By Michael D. Regan Journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were each sentenced to 7 years in prison in Myanmar earlier this month, verdicts that received immediate condemnation from the international community. Continue reading
Sep 03 Watch 8:13 Imprisoned reporters who revealed Rohingya massacres 'guilty of committing journalism,' Reuters chief says Two Reuters reporters were sentenced to seven years in prison in Myanmar Monday on charges of the illegal possession of official documents. But Reuters editor-in-chief Stephen Adler says “it was a complete setup.” The journalists had been reporting on government… Continue watching