I visited the Rohingya camps in Myanmar — here"s what I saw

Rohingya refugees refused to leave their camps in Bangladesh and return to Myanmar, which violently expelled them last year, indicating the apparent failure of the first concerted effort by both nations to begin repatriations......»»

The social platform was previously implicated as a tool in the military's persecution of the Muslim minority Rohingya population. A Myanmar protester makes the three finger salute during a demonstration against military coup in Yangon, M.....»»

Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images The Rohingya are a minority Muslim group in Myanmar. More than 740,000 Rohingya refugees have f.....»»

The news agency used photos and witness accounts to describe the killings of 10 Rohingya men. Two reporters who worked on the article were charged with obtaining state secrets......»»

The two reporters, U Wa Lone, 33, and U Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, who received the Pulitzer Prize, were to serve seven years in prison......»»

The Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography has been awarded to Reuters for a series of hard-hitting photographs documenting the Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh......»»

The recent spasm of violence began when Rohingya insurgents launched a series of attacks last August 25 on about 30 security outposts and other targets.....»»

A Myanmar court refused to dismiss a case against two Reuters journalists who have been held in prison since December for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis, highlighting the country’s increasingly troubled shift to democracy......»»

The country is accused of carry out ethnic cleansing in Rakhine state......»»

The murders were part of a larger army crackdown on the Rohingya.....»»

Their visit to Myanmar comes after an emotionally-charged stay in Bangladesh where Rohingya refugees told delegates of their trauma.....»»

A Rohingya Muslim militant organization slaughtered dozens of Hindus in Myanmar last year amid violence that included the military’s bloody campaign that forced some 700,000 Rohingya to flee, Amnesty International said......»»

Amnesty International said a Rohingya armed group brandishing guns and swords was responsible for at least one, and potentially a second, massacre.....»»

A Rohingya Muslim militant group denied accusations from Amnesty International that it slaughtered Hindu civilians amid last year’s outburst of violence when Myanmar’s military drove some 700,000 Rohingya from the country......»»

Myanmar’s military, fresh off a bloody campaign against the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority, has launched a new offensive against an ethnic group along the northern border with China using helicopter gunships, jet fighters and heavy artillery......»»

Myanmar’s military dismissed a key general as the EU sanctioned him and six other senior officers in connection with alleged massacres and the forced exodus of minority Rohingya last year......»»

A Myanmar judge charged two Reuters journalists who investigated a military massacre of the country’s Rohingya ethnic minority with violating state-secrecy laws, adding to concerns about press freedom as the nation’s democratic transition stumbles......»»

A Myanmar judge charged two journalists who investigated a military massacre of the country’s Rohingya minority with violating state-secrecy laws, adding to concerns about press freedom......»»

Roughly 600,000 Rohingya, a mostly Muslim minority group, in Myanmar are facing a precarious situation: They lack access to sufficient food, have been stripped of land and belongings, and face severe restrictions on movement......»»

The U.S. announced sanctions on two Myanmar military units and four border guard and police commanders for their alleged roles in ethnic cleansing of religious minority groups, including Rohingya Muslims......»»