The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed by consensus to launch an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of ...

In light of a new report, refugees in Bangladesh share harrowing tales of sexual assault, shootings by rebels and junta ...

Intense conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has worsened the plight of the Rohingya, a persecuted and stateless Muslim minority, pushing increasing numbers to flee by boat.

"We strongly urge the [Burmese] military regime to cease violence, including harming civilians and civilian infrastructure, ...

Rohingya boys forced to fight on both sides of Myanmar's civil war - SPECIAL DISPATCH: Four years after Myanmar’s military ...

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son has made a direct plea to the military junta in Myanmar holding her in solitary confinement to release ...

EU issued a statement on the fourth anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar reiterating its strongest condemnation of the regime's violence and calling for an end to all atrocities.

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The scale and severity of sexual violence inflicted upon women, girls, and even men in the region reveal a deliberate strategy aimed at inflicting maximum suffering and dismantling the social ...

MUZAFFARABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday strongly condem­ned the Indian army for its continued cruelty and oppression in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, reaffirming Pakis­tan’s ...

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