Rakhine

Rakhine

A crater caused by the landmine explosion near Thar Yar Gone village in Maungdaw (Supplied) 
Toddler and parents dead, six injured, as minivan hit by landmine explosion in Rakhine
Force of explosion blew vehicle off the road in area that locals say is littered with landmines...
Published on Nov 18, 2020
The state MPs will send a letter to the central government to resume the internet access in Rakhine State (Photo- Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
Rakhine MPs Urge NLD Government to End Internet Blackout Amid Human Rights Fears
One MP said news of the deaths of two civilians amid fighting was slow to reach him because of the blackout
Jul 10, 2019
The court at Buthidaung Township (Photo by Phyo Thiha Cho/ Myanmar Now)
Six arrested for association with Arakan Army amid fighting
Arrests come as UN rights envoy urged military not to target civilians.
Jan 25, 2019
A family of Kamans including Than Win, the MP candidate running for a seat in the Rakhine State parliament seen in front of their home in Thandwe. (Photo: Swe Win/Myanmar Now)
Myanmar’s Kaman Muslims look to elections to restore their rights
In October two years ago, Zaw Lin ran to the top of a forested hill behind his thatch-roof farm house in this tiny hamlet of Pauktaw in Myanmar’s southern Rakhine state. His family is...
Nov 6, 2015
Arakan National Pary (ANP) campaigning in Pauktaw in Rakhine State on 1 November, 2015. Photo: DMG/Mizzima
With Rohingya disenfranchised, NLD takes on nationalists in southern Rakhine
Soe Win, a National League for Democracy (NLD) candidate, clutches the microphone and paces about as he shouts questions at a crowd of hundreds of Buddhist Rakhine residents in Sin...
Nov 6, 2015

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