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150 Rohingya stranded on leaking boat off Ranong
Reuters, Published on 07/12/2022
» At least 150 ethnic Rohingya people are stranded at sea off Thailand after their boat broke down, activists said on Wednesday, adding that several may have died and urging authorities to rescue the survivors.
More Rohingya migrants detained in Mae Sot
Reuters, Published on 20/05/2020
» Police in Tak have arrested 15 Rohingya Muslims on charges of illegal entry and are investigating the possibility that they could be victims of human trafficking.
Thailand delays deporting family of Rakhine insurgent leader
Reuters, Published on 08/12/2019
» Thailand will delay the deportation of the wife and children of the top commander of the Arakan Army insurgent group that is fighting Myanmar's army while authorities carry out a full investigation, a deputy police spokesman said on Sunday.
Stranded Rohingya people linked to trafficking
Reuters, Published on 13/06/2019
» Police said on Thursday there is enough evidence to press human trafficking charges against the captain and crew of a boat carrying 65 Rohingya Muslims that was shipwrecked this week on a southern island.
Myanmar troops kill six in Rakhine
Reuters, Published on 02/05/2019
» YANGON: Myanmar security forces shot dead at least six people in the troubled western state of Rakhine on Thursday, after soldiers and police detained hundreds of people at a school, a military spokesman said.
How two young reporters shook Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 09/08/2018
» YANGON: Late in the afternoon of Dec 12 last year, Wa Lone's cell phone rang. It was a man named Naing Lin, a lance corporal in Myanmar's 8th Security Police Battalion.
Facebook losing the war on Myanmar hate speech
Reuters, Published on 16/08/2018
» YANGON: In April, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told US senators that the social media site was hiring dozens more Burmese speakers to review hate speech posted in Myanmar. The situation was dire.
After decades in border camps, Karen refugees leave for Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 08/05/2018
» Ninety-three refugees from Myanmar who have been living in camps along Thailand’s western border have gone home, the second such return since 2016, the UN refugee agency on Tuesday, raising hopes for the eventual closure of some of Asia's oldest refugee camps.
How the families of 10 massacred Rohingya fled Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 12/04/2018
» KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh: Rehana Khatun dreamed her husband came home. He appeared without warning in their village in western Myanmar, outside their handsome wooden house shaded by mango trees. "He didn't say anything," she said. "He was only there for a few seconds, and then he was gone." Then Rehana Khatun woke up.
Large US force joins start of Cobra Gold
Reuters, Published on 13/02/2018
» The biggest US force in years joined an annual military exercise in Thailand on Tuesday despite controversy over the junta’s invitation to Myanmar’s army, which has been accused of ethnic cleansing.