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Myanmar judge extends sentences for poets jailed for mocking military

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

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...

Two Reuters journalists arrested in Myanmar, face official secrets charges

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...

Myanmar faces mounting pressure over Rohingya refugee exodus

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...

Dalai Lama says Buddha would have helped Myanmar’s Muslims

NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama has spoken out for the first time about the Rohingya refugee crisis, saying Buddha would have helped Muslims fleeing...

Myanmar ‘to provide aid’ to displaced Rohingya inside country

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...

FO expresses deep concerns over HR violation of Rohingya Muslims

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Office on Sunday has urged Myanmar authorities to investigate reports of massacre and take necessary measures to protect the rights of...

Nearly 400 die as Myanmar army steps up crackdown on Rohingya militants

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...

Elephant who lost leg in landmine blast gets new prosthetic leg

BANGKOK: Mosha the elephant, who stepped on a landmine along the Thai-Myanmar border 10 years ago, received her ninth prosthetic leg on Wednesday.

Nisar refuses to accept ‘foreigners’ deported to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday expressed dissatisfaction over the procedure of deporting of Pakistani nationals from abroad, ARY News reported.

Myanmar’s population law seen as discriminatory towards Muslims

Muslims in Myanmar view the new population law passed by the government as repressive and discriminatory.

Veena Malik condemns Myanmar brutality, raises her voice for the Rohingya

Pakistani actress Veena Malik raised her voice against the ongoing violence and persecution of Muslims in Burma.

Ayyan Ali to express solidarity with the Rohingya by fasting and prayers

Model Ayyan Ali stated that she would fast for three days and also pray nafils in order to express her solidarity with Rohingya Muslims.

Victims of barbarism; persecuted Rohingya desperate for help from Muslim countries

Rohingya Muslims have been subjected to much torture, persecution and oppression in the recent past. Here's what you need to know about the persecuted Muslim community and why are they being tormented as such, in Myanmar.

Demonstrations in Lahore over Muslims massacre in Burma

LAHORE: Political and religious parties on Sunday held demonstrations protesting against Muslims massacre in Burma at the hands of Buddhist fanatics, ARY News reported.

Saeed demands govt to call OIC meeting on Burma massacre of Muslims

LAHORE: The emir of Jamat ud Dawa (JuD) Hafiz Saeed Friday demanded the prime minister to call a meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) over the atrocities being carried out on Muslims of Burma, ARY News reported.

US calls on Myanmar to make Rohingya citizens to end boat crisis

SITTWE: A senior US diplomat on Friday urged Myanmar to extend "citizenship" to the oppressed Rohingya minority to address an ongoing migrant crisis that has hit Southeast Asia, leaving thousands stranded at sea.

Rohingya Muslims expect trouble under Myanmar draft plan

YANGON/BANGKOK: Myanmar's national government has drafted a plan that will give around a million members of the persecuted Rohingya Muslim ethnic minority a bleak choice: accept ethnic reclassification and the prospect of citizenship, or be detained.

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