Myanmar’s army seizes power, popular leader Aung San Suu Kyi detained
In a statement on a military-owned television station, the army said it had carried out the detentions in response to “election fraud”.
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Dozens of Rohingya refugees perish at sea
The refugees, numbering about 330 had set off on the journey in Cox’s Bazar, in southern Bangladesh, in February
Three years after exodus, Rohingya refugees ‘more vulnerable than ever’
Three years into the Rohingya refugee crisis, women, men and children – driven from their homes in Myanmar into camps across the border in Bangladesh – are more vulnerable than ever, UN agencies have reported.
India’s annual defence exports to touch Rs 35,000 crore by 2024, says Rajnath Singh
Singh also said he has no doubt about India emerging as among the three major economies of the world by 2030 and the defence industries will have an important role to play.
Myanmar stands at confluence of India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ and ‘Act East policy’
Myanmar would not allow groups that are inimical to India’s interests to operate from its territory.
Is China-Myanmar Economic Corridor turning out to be another CPEC for India?
Strategically India will have to continue with improving defence profile of its littorals in Bay of Bengal, collaborate with other navies and observe progress of CMEC almost like CPEC.
Aung San Syu Kyi defends Myanmar in top UN Court
Myanmar will have “no tolerance” for human rights abuses committed in Rakhine state and will prosecute the military, if war crimes have been committed there, Aung San Suu Kyi told the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN’s main judicial body, on Wednesday.
Photo: ICJ/Frank van Beek
Consensual Political Transition in Myanmar and the Rohingya Conundrum
Though international support and pressure are important, the chapter argues that a long-term solution to the Rohingya crisis primarily lies with three actors – the Myanmar military, the elected civilian government, and the general public.
ICC gives greenlight for probe into violent crimes against Rohingya
Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday authorized an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity, namely deportation, which have forced between 600,000 and one million Rohingya refugees out of Myanmar, into neighboring Bangladesh since 2016.
More than half a million Rohingya in Bangladesh get ID cards for first time
More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who fled a brutal crackdown in Myanmar two years ago, have received identification cards that the UN insisted on Friday were critical to safeguarding their right to return home.
Photo: World Bank