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Myanmar will hold special elections to fill parliamentary vacancies next April in its first vote since this year’s general election that critics said was designed to cement military rule. The elections will fill vacancies left by elected representatives who took ministerial or government posts and...

After nearly six years in detention, Aung San Suu Kyi's first words to her son were a question about his health. "And then I said all the family was sending their love and asked after her health," said Kim Aris, who spoke by phone with his 81-year-old mother on Thursday, their first direct...

A UN expert today urged Malaysian authorities to stop the ongoing repatriation of Myanmar nationals this week, and work with the United Nations system and others to address the situation of Rohingya and other Myanmar refugees in the country in line with its obligations under international law. “I am...

An airstrike carried out by Myanmar’s military near a market in territory controlled by a powerful rebel group killed at least 49 people and wounded 58 others on Monday, the group and a rescue official said. The attack in western Rakhine state was the latest in a series of deadly airstrikes against...

Women political prisoners in Myanmar have faced torture, sexual violence, unsanitary conditions, and life-threatening denials of medical care, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday, calling for their immediate release. Myanmar suffers a civil war, affecting most of the country, following the...

Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in dozens of camps in Bangladesh held a rally Tuesday to demand their safe return to their home state, nine years after they fled a government crackdown. The demonstrators urged the international community to ensure security in Rakhine state...

Myanmar’s military-backed government said Saturday that more than 300,000 Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh are former residents of western Rakhine state and that it will accept their return once security conditions improve. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement comes as the...

Two federal judges have cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to end temporary protections from deportation for people who have come to the United States from South Sudan and Myanmar. Judges in Boston, Massachusetts and Chicago, Illinois, on Friday rejected last-ditch efforts...

Myanmar courts have sentenced nine activists to up to 37 years in prison for participating in a protest that urged the public to boycott last December’s elections. Eight protesters against the military government, including prominent activist Htet Myat Aung, were sentenced to 37 years on Tuesday by...

More than 500 people are feared dead after reports that two boats carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority have capsized in the Bay of Bengal, officials said Thursday. According to preliminary information, the two boats left Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine in late June carrying...