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The expansion of fighting throughout the country has deprived communities of basic needs and access to essential services and has had a devastating impact on human rights and fundamental freedoms, said Khalid Khiari, a UN Assistant…

Coup leader told troops at annual parade that young people were being ‘tricked’ into joining resistance and claimed foreign interference.Myanmar’s army chief Min Aung Hlaing has claimed young people are being tricked into supporting the…

WASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced the extension and redesignation of Burma for Temporary Protected Status for 18 months, from May 26, 2024, to November 25, 2025, due to extraordinary and…

In February 2021 the military overthrew the elected Government in Myanmar arresting hundreds of officials, political leaders and activists, including President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.The takeover triggered an …

Rampant gang violence has created a humanitarian crisis in the Caribbean country, whose Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, resigned last week.UN children’s agency UNICEF reported that on Saturday, one of its containers was looted at the main…

Ongoing armed conflict in Myanmar since the 2021 coup d'etat Myanmar civil warPart of the Myanmar conflictMilitary situation as of 15 February 2024: State Administration Council and allies National Unity Government and allies…

The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry, which reports to the Human Rights Council, warned that fighting escalated on 5 October last year, when consecutive explosions at a military academy graduation ceremony in government-controlled Homs…

Bangkok, Thailand —  Myanmar’s youth leaders are determined to avoid the military’s conscription law that could see them fight against the very resistance they are part of. The Myanmar’s People Military Service Law, which was enacted in…

In a scheduled update to the UN’s top rights forum, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights explained that the humanitarian emergency there linked to the 2021 coup had worsened in recent months. “Three years of military rule have…

Naypyidaw city in Myanmar © AFP GENEVA (ILO News) - The International Labour Organization’s Commission of Inquiry for Myanmar, has concluded that the actions taken by the military authorities since February 2021 have resulted in…

Describing the move as a further sign of the junta’s “weakness and desperation”, Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews called for stronger international action to protect vulnerable populations across the country.“While wounded and increasingly…

WASHINGTON —  Myanmar's military junta is going forward with a mandatory draft set to begin in mid-April, but critics say doing so has the potential to negatively impact the economy and the military itself. The ruling junta, which…

bangkok —  Myanmar's military government on Saturday activated for the first time a decade-old conscription law that makes young men and women subject to at least two years of military service if called up, effective immediately. The…

The children killed were boys between 12 and 14 years of age.“UNICEF strongly condemns any strikes against schools and places of learning, which must always be safe spaces for children,” Debora Comini, UNICEF Regional Director for East…

Police blame riot after 115 Rohingya and 16 other people from Myanmar escaped the facility on Thursday night.Malaysia is searching for dozens of Rohingya refugees and other people from Myanmar after they escaped from a temporary…

In a statement issued by his Spokesman on Wednesday, the UN chief underscored the urgency of a transition to democratic governance and reinstating civilian rule.“The Secretary-General condemns all forms of violence and calls for the…

“Amid all of the crises around the world, it is important no one is forgotten. The people of Myanmar have been suffering for too long,” Volker Türk said ahead of the anniversary of the coup on 1 February.He explained that fighting…

Southeast Asian foreign ministers have called for a “Myanmar-owned and led solution” to the crisis in Myanmar that began when the military seized power in a coup three years ago, and has left thousands dead. The call from the Association…

People from the mostly Muslim Myanmar minority continue to make perilous journeys across the sea in search of safety.Some 569 Rohingya people died or went missing at sea last year – the most since 2014 – as they embarked on dangerous…

Mizoram, India – “Why are you screaming? You are a refugee,” a nurse told 26-year-old Jamie* as she struggled with an exceptionally painful childbirth at a hospital in India’s northeastern state of Mizoram. A few hours later, amid her…

BEIJING —  Beijing on Thursday voiced "strong dissatisfaction" that fighting in neighboring Myanmar had caused Chinese casualties and said it would take "all necessary measures" to protect its citizens, following reports an artillery…

Washington —  Regional experts believe China's recent efforts to mediate between the Myanmar junta and ethnic rebels on its northern border are motivated mainly by self-interest but unlikely to have a significant impact on the…

Bangkok/Taipei – China has emerged as the dominant foreign power in terms of shaping possible outcomes in Myanmar’s spiralling political crisis as Beijing seeks to exert its influence over several armed groups who have staged the biggest…

Among those fighting the military are a loose coalition of well-armed ethnic militias, as well as the People’s Defence Forces (PDF) – an armed group supporting National Unity Government (NUG) and opposed to the February 2021 military…

OHCHR issued a statement deploring the latest strike – the fourth since 2017 – which took place in Kaduna state in the north on Tuesday and left at least 80 civilians dead and more than 60 injured.“While we note that the authorities have…

UN News: Can you tell us the circumstances that led to IIMM’s creation?Nicholas Koumjian: The IIMM was created following the crisis of the clearance operations in 2017 that led to about three quarters of a million Rohingya fleeing the…

The region has been under the control of opposition Houthi forces since the internationally recognized Government were driven out of the city in 2015. WFP said that despite negotiating with the authorities for nearly a year to provide a…

Though born with a physical deformity and facing many challenges, he has not let anything hold him back from working hard, learning new skills and honing them to make his life beautiful too. "There are many things that I feel unsatisfied…

Nobel laureate has been detained since the military overthrew the democratically elected government last year.A military court in Myanmar has delayed giving its first verdict in the corruption trial of overthrown leader Aung San Suu Kyi,…

United Nations - After almost 50 years of military rule, Myanmar, formerly known as Burma in Southeast Asia is witnessing sweeping change. In the first general elections after a change in government in 2011, Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi…