Holocaust museum highlights Myanmar’s Rohingya

The Associated Press Washington’s Holocaust Memorial Museum is highlighting the plight of Myanmar’s beleaguered Rohingya Muslims this week. An exhibition of stark, black-and-white images of the stateless Rohingya is being projected at night onto the...
Lost kingdom: Myanmar’s forgotten royals

Lost kingdom: Myanmar’s forgotten royals

by Agence France-Presse THE SIMPLE LIFE. The granddaughter of Myanmar’s last king, princes Hteik Phaya Gyi her photo during an interview at her residence in Yangon. AFP Photo YANGON, Myanmar – In a modest Yangon apartment, the granddaughter of...
Myanmar’s ethnic armies present ceasefire draft

Myanmar’s ethnic armies present ceasefire draft

By IRIN Photo: Contributor/IRIN “What talks?” ask people displaced from conflict in Kachin State’s largest IDP camp LAIZA, 7 November 2013 (IRIN) – Eighteen of Myanmar’s ethnic armed groups recently gathered in the rebel-controlled Kachin...
Myanmar activist facing long prison sentence

Myanmar activist facing long prison sentence

By ALIRAN Human rights defender Kyaw Hla Aung remains arbitrarily detained in Myanmar over three months after he was arrested in connection with his peaceful activities. reports Amnesty International. Kyaw Hla Aung – Photograph: Nils Horner/Sveriges Radio He has been...