Bangladesh authorities have ordered a leading Rohingya rights group to lock up its headquarters, said a spokesman for the group, which has emerged as a key voice for the Muslim minority stuck in refugee camps.

Bangladesh orders Rohingya rights group office locked

Ethnic rebels in Myanmar have detained and interrogated a lawmaker and several Indian nationals, one of whom died, the rebels said on Monday, in the latest escalation of violence in the restive western state of Rakhine.

Myanmar ethnic rebels release Indians held in Rakhine after one dies

Myanmar’s army said on Monday it had dropped a criminal complaint against a religious leader who told US President Donald Trump the military was oppressing Christians, days after the United States voiced concern about the lawsuit.

Myanmar army drops lawsuit against religious leader who complained to Trump of persecution

The United States said on Thursday it was deeply concerned about the Myanmar army's filing of a lawsuit against a religious leader who told President Donald Trump the military oppressed Christians in the Buddhist-majority country.

US voices concern over Myanmar army's lawsuit against religious leader

Myanmar's foreign ministry on Tuesday denounced a United Nations report that urged world leaders to cut ties with military-linked companies and impose an arms embargo over the Rohingya crisis, saying it was intended to harm the country.

Myanmar says UN calls for sanctions, arms embargo bid to harm country

Rakhine villagers trapped by a Myanmar army lockdown said Tuesday they are fast running out of water as the operation against suspected ethnic rebels -- which killed six and saw mass detentions -- entered a third week.

'Dead livestock and water running out' in Myanmar village under army lockdown

Rakhine rebels locked in a vicious fight with Myanmar's army will not "get peace by praying", its commander said as he vowed his forces will fight on despite being outnumbered and under aerial assault.

Defiant Rakhine rebels say 'no peace by prayer' in battle with Myanmar army

The group of Rohingyas who were attacked and killed by a military helicopter on Thursday were affiliated with an armed rebel group, said Myanmar's military. At least six Rohingyas were killed and nine were wounded.

Six Rohingyas killed in helicopter attack were 'with terrorists': Myanmar army

Myanmar's powerful army chief has given a rare foreign media interview to insist there was no "certain proof" the military had persecuted the country's stateless Rohingya Muslim community.

'No proof' Myanmar military persecuted Rohingya: Army chief

Myanmar's army said Friday it killed 13 ethnic Rakhine fighters in counterstrikes after the well-armed group carried out deadly attacks on police posts earlier this month.

Myanmar army 'kills 13' in counterattacks on Rakhine rebels

The military announced last week it would suspend 'all military movements' in the troubled northern and eastern regions for four months, a move observers say is unprecedented.

Rebels breach Myanmar ceasefire in army attack: Military

Gowher Rizvi, international affairs adviser to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, spoke to WION's Bangladesh bureau chief Saad Hammadi

Rohingya crisis: Impose sanctions, cut off investment, then Myanmar Army will come to its senses, says adviser to Bangladesh PM 

The refugees fled Myanmar after November 25 last year following a crackdown on Arakan rebels by the Myanmar Army

Myanmarese refugees in Mizoram refusing to return: Police

The Rohingya accuse the army of arson, rapes and killings aimed at rubbing them out of existence in this mainly Buddhist nation of 53 million.

'One grave for 10 Rohingya men': How Myanmar forces burned, looted and killed in a remote village

Separately, the Japanese government announced emergency grant aid of 330 million yen ($2.97 million) to Myanmar to help members of the minority.

Japan conveys concern over Rohingya to Myanmar's Suu Kyi

They face up to 14 years in jail under the Official Secrets Act for allegedly possessing documents related to the army crackdown in Rakhine state - a highly sensitive issue in Myanmar.

Myanmar court remands detained journalists for two more weeks

The 'area clearance operations' in October have likely resulted in hundreds of deaths and may amount to ethnic cleansing, the UN report said

Myanmar army committed mass killings, gang-rapes in Rohingya 'ethnic cleansing': UN

Horrifying stories of gang rape, torture and murder have emerged from among the thousands who have fled to Bangladesh

Myanmar pursuing 'ethnic cleansing' of Rohingya: UN official

Clashes in the region have escalated over the weekend to the extent of the military using helicopter gunships for the first time

70 killed in month of Rakhine violence: Myanmar army

Tun Lin Thein was also charged with defaming the national flag and a Buddhist flag which he had put alongside the graffiti

Myanmar actor jailed for cursing army with graffiti

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