Thandwe ‘Stable’ After Anti-Muslim Attack: Official

Jul 2, 2013 | News / Article

RANGOON — Government security forces have stabilized the situation in Thandwe after an outbreak of anti-Muslim violence destroyed four homes in the town in southern Arakan State on Sunday, a local official said. He added that one Muslim man was arrested for an alleged...

GlobalPost hosts Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar’s capital

Jul 2, 2013 | News / Article

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — There was an elegant determination to her walk as Aung San Suu Kyi led an entourage of advisers and loyal followers of her National League for Democracy into a hotel ballroom on a steamy, rain-swept hillside overlooking this newly built capital....

Rohingya detainees in Thailand face dire conditions

Jul 1, 2013 | Refugee

HAT YAI, 28 June 2013 (IRIN) – Human rights groups are calling for improved living conditions for close to 2,000 Rohingya boat people now in detention in Thailand. “Thailand locks away Rohingya in heavily overcrowded detention centres when they should be...

Why Does Aung San Suu Kyi Not Speak Up?

Jul 1, 2013 | News / Article

Peter Popham on why Aun San Suu Kyi is silent on the murder of Muslims There is no concealing the disappointment felt by many of Aung San Suu Kyi’s supporters around the world in the face of her failure to denounce the attacks on Burmese Muslims by members of her own...

‘Burma Army Attacks Christian Kachin; Two Killed’

Jul 1, 2013 | News / Article

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by BosNewsLife’s Stefan J. Bos YANGON, BURMA (BosNewslife)– Burma was under pressure Sunday, June 30, to halt violence against the predominantly Christian Kachin minority after at least two civilians were...