Hyderabad youth sold in Burma after being lured with job offers
- 12-Jul-2024
HYDERABAD: In a shocking development, it has been revealed that three young men from Hyderabad were sold in Burma after being lured with job promises, ARY News reported on Friday, citing families of the youth. The families of the three youths, residents of Hyderabad, have informed the Pakistani ambassador in Burma about the matter through […]
Myanmar judge extends sentences for poets jailed for mocking military
- 18-Nov-2019
A Myanmar judge on Monday extended the sentences of a troupe of satirical performers jailed for mocking the military, in a case that has raised a new concern about freedom of expression.
Myanmar frees journalists working for Turkish broadcaster
- 29-Dec-2017
NAYPYITAW: Myanmar on Friday freed two journalists for Turkey’s state broadcaster, their local interpreter and a driver after they completed a two-month jail sentence for violating an aircraft law by filming with a drone, a prison official said. Cameraman Lau Hon Meng from Singapore, reporter Mok Choy Lin from Malaysia, Aung Naing Soe — a […]
Two Reuters journalists arrested in Myanmar, face official secrets charges
- 14-Dec-2017
YANGON: Myanmar’s government said on Wednesday that police had arrested two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. The reporters had been working on stories about a military crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority in Rakhine State that has caused almost 650,000 people to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh. The Ministry of Information said in […]
Myanmar faces mounting pressure over Rohingya refugee exodus
- 12-Sep-2017
YANGON: Pressure mounted on Myanmar on Tuesday to end violence that has sent more than 300,000 Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, with the United States calling for the protection of civilians and Bangladesh seeking international help to handle the crisis. The government of Buddhist-majority Myanmar says its security forces are fighting “terrorists” behind the latest wave […]
Dalai Lama says Buddha would have helped Myanmar’s Muslims
- 11-Sep-2017
NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama has spoken out for the first time about the Rohingya refugee crisis, saying Buddha would have helped Muslims fleeing violence in Buddhist-majority Myanmar. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh in recent weeks after violence flared in neighboring Myanmar, where the stateless Muslim minority has endured decades of […]
Myanmar ‘to provide aid’ to displaced Rohingya inside country
- 09-Sep-2017
YANGON: Camps will be set up to provide aid for displaced Muslims inside Rakhine state, state-backed media said Saturday, the first time in a 16-day crisis Myanmar’s government has offered any relief for Rohingya scattered by violence, many to Bangladesh. Around 270,000 Rohingya have fled since August 25 when militant attacks sent unrest churning through […]
FO expresses deep concerns over HR violation of Rohingya Muslims
- 03-Sep-2017
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Office on Sunday has urged Myanmar authorities to investigate reports of massacre and take necessary measures to protect the rights of Rohingya Muslims, ARY News reported. In a statement, Pakistan Foreign Office has expressed deep concerns over reports of growing number of deaths and forced displacement of Rohingya Muslims. Calling for measures […]
Nearly 400 die as Myanmar army steps up crackdown on Rohingya militants
- 01-Sep-2017
COX‘S BAZAR: Nearly 400 people have died in fighting that has rocked Myanmar’s northwest for a week, new official data show, making it probably the deadliest bout of violence to engulf the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority in decades. Around 38,000 Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar, United Nations sources said, a week after Rohingya […]
Elephant who lost leg in landmine blast gets new prosthetic leg
- 01-Jul-2016
BANGKOK: Mosha the elephant, who stepped on a landmine along the Thai-Myanmar border 10 years ago, received her ninth prosthetic leg on Wednesday.