Myanmar defends decision barring Rohingya from voting
Arakan News Agency WASHINGTON (AP) — Myanmar has defended a decision barring 800,000 ethnic minority people from voting...
Doubts mount about Myanmar election as Muslims excluded
Arakan News Agency Free and fair elections looking less likely as complaints mount about flaws in process, including...
Myanmar army head ‘would welcome female president’
Arakan News Agency The commander-in-chief of Myanmar’s armed forces has said he would welcome a female president, but...
Myanmar ‘effectively a state of apartheid’ for Muslims
Arakan News Agency Lashed by the monsoon rains and watched by hostile neighbours, the families crowding into squalid...
Does the Voice of America Want to Be Associated With an Extremist Buddhist Group?
Arakan News Agency What would the reaction be if the “official external broadcast institution of the United States...
IWPR Launching Anti-Hate Speech Drive for Burma
Arakan News Agency Consensus for tolerance needed in the face of widespread hostility to Rohingya minority. IWPR is...
Myanmar leader seeks to capitalize on anti-Muslim sentiment
Arakan News Agency YANGON: With an eye on upcoming elections, Myanmar’s president has ticked off a list of...
Burma launches electoral adventure with Muslim politicians excluded
Arakan News Agency A landmark election campaign has begun in Burma, but there are no Muslim candidates on...
Muslim politicians excluded from election
Arakan News Agency Concerns have been raised over the lack of Muslim candidates in political parties contesting the...
A dangerous diversion in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Denying Muslim Rohingya the right to political representation will only pour more fuel on sectarian...
Myanmar Monks Claim Victory as Rohingya Muslims Stripped of Voting Rights
Arakan News Agency MANDALAY, Myanmar (AFP) – With a smile, Myanmar’s most notorious monk boasts of the sleepless...
When Myanmar votes, Rohingya must stay home
Arakan News Agency BUTHIDAUNG, Myanmar, 1 septembre 2015 (IRIN) – In the 2010 general elections, about 150,000 Muslims...
Myanmar President Signs Off on Law Seen as Anti-Muslim
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s president on Monday signed into law the last of four controversial bills championed by...
