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The latest news and comment on Myanmar

January 2024

  • People on the move in Democratic Republic of Congo, where conflict has brought reports of widespread human rights abuses, including murder, rape, looting and the burning of homes.

    Rights and freedom
    The forgotten human rights stories of 2023 – in pictures

    From the thousands of people still missing in Syria to the world’s largest displacement of people in Sudan, here are eight ongoing crises that demand global attention

December 2023

  • A man stands on a hill surrounded by vegetation, he is dressed in a dark blue shirt and cap, and wears green Arsenal shorts. He is missing one leg.

    Amid Myanmar’s longest war, a people struggle to survive in the forest

    For more than 70 years, Burmese military governments have waged campaigns of repression and occupation against Myanmar’s Karen people. Matias Bercovich’s photographs highlight the extraordinary resilience of the local communities, rooted in their intimate connection to ancestral territory
  • A Rohingya refugee woman looks on as she holds her child at a temporary camp

    Myanmar on ‘precipice of humanitarian crisis’ after military coup, UN warns

    One-third of population need humanitarian aid, says United Nations as it seeks $1bn in donations
  • A farmer works at an illegal poppy field in Myanmar’s Shan State.

    Myanmar becomes world’s biggest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan

    Opium production in Afghanistan slumped an estimated 95%, according to a UN report

November 2023

  • Rebel group fighters at a check point in Shan state, 10 November.

    The Guardian view on Myanmar’s military: the generals are in trouble

  • Makeshift homes at the Daw Noe Ku IDP camp, one of the largest camps in Karenni, Myanmar.

    Rights and freedom
    ‘I have no idea how I’ll survive’: Myanmar villagers who fled airstrikes face food shortage

  • A fighter of the TNLA ethnic rebel group stands guard in the town of Namhkam in northern Shan state

    Myanmar fighting at its worst since 2021 coup, says UN

  • High court

    Immigration detention: Rohingya refugee NZYQ freed after high court case did not show remorse for raping 10-year-old

  • Myanmar face Japan hoping for a miracle amid anxiety at home

  • Rights and freedom
    Myanmar’s military commanders responsible for rape and torture – war crimes report

  • Myanmar junta facing biggest challenge yet after new offensive by armed groups, analysts say

  • ‘The country, the whole region, is being flooded’: tracking meth to Australia

October 2023

  • A group of activists call on the US government to sanction Moge in Tokyo, Japan.

    US sanctions Myanmar’s junta-controlled state oil and gas enterprise

  • File photo of a town in Kachin state, Myanmar

    Myanmar: at least 29 people killed in attack on camp for displaced people

September 2023

  • Aung San Suu Kyi’

    ‘Powerless’ son says Aung San Suu Kyi’s life may be at risk due to serious health problems

  • Rohingya woman and a girl stand near the rubble of their house after Cyclone Mocha in Rakhine State in May 2023.

    Myanmar journalist jailed for 20 years for cyclone coverage

August 2023

  • Rescued trafficked people from Asian countries waiting to be documented, Philippines

    Gangs forcing hundreds of thousands of people into cybercrime in south-east Asia, says UN

  • Women in straw hats with purple ribbons seen from above holding a large banner that reads: Marcha das Margaridas

    Human rights this fortnight – in pictures
    Remembering the coup in Chile and clashes in Haiti: human rights this fortnight – in pictures

  • An H&M logotype is seen at a shop in Stockholm

    H&M says it will ‘phase out’ sourcing from Myanmar suppliers

  • The boat which sank and later resurfaced in the Bay of Bengal, near Sittwe city, Rakhine state on August 8, 2023.

    At least 17 people dead after boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsizes off coast of Myanmar

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