Myanmar’s jailing of journalists is a serious blow to press freedom
The media is under serious attack in many places, some close to home. We must be loud and persistent in our protests Read more
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Facebook struggling to end hate speech in Myanmar, investigation finds
Misinformation has lead to violent attacks against Rohingya but report says company has been slow to respond
Read moreThe Guardian view on free speech online: let law decide the limits
The standards by which the internet is controlled need to be open and subject to impartial judiciaries – not left to advertisers Read more
Myanmar government ‘bulldozing Rohingya mass grave to hide evidence’
Rights group says site of massacre in Rakhine state is being flattened on government orders after exposés of two other mass graves
WARNING: this report includes a graphic image that readers may find disturbing
Read moreWorld’s awkward silence over Rohingya genocide warnings
With no appetite for humanitarian intervention and no support for a powerful ICC, there is unlikely to be justice in Myanmar or elsewhere
Read moreAung San Suu Kyi once called for a free press. Now, the dead are used for fake news
As the Rohingya crisis escalates, the state of Myanmar is silencing the media – and the people who dare to talk to them
Read more6,700 Rohingya Muslims killed in one month in Myanmar, MSF says
At least 730 young children among people shot, burned or beaten to death in Rakhine state between August and September
Read moreThe Venerable W review – the poisonous monk behind Myanmar’s anti-Muslim vendetta
This intimate documentary on Ashin Wirathu, the Buddhist fanatic whose ideas have brought down Aung Sun Suu Kyi, is a bleak study of sectarianism by Barbet Schroeder
Read moreMyanmar military accused of executing dozens of fleeing Rohingya villagers
‘Horrors’ condemned by human rights group as witnesses claim soldiers abused, stabbed and shot dozens of people at residential compound in Rakhine state
Read moreMyanmar to probe allegations in human rights report
Myanmar to probe allegations in human rights report Nay Pyti Taw: Myanmar authorities will investigate allegations made in a recent human rights report on the Rohingya Muslims based in Rakhine... Read more