Legal Matters

Myanmar’s detained former president Win Myint testified in court Tuesday that senior military officials attempted to force him to resign, citing a false health condition on the day of the coup that saw the junta seize power, according to his lawyers.Sp…

Bangladesh police have arrested nearly 40 refugees, including many suspected of involvement with illegal weapons and drugs, since they launched a crackdown against criminality at Rohingya camps after community leader Muhib Ullah was slain last month, a…

Clashes between Myanmar’s military and People’s Defense Force (PDF) militias in embattled Sagaing region have left at least 30 government troops dead, PDF sources said Tuesday, while reports emerged of soldiers loyal to the junta attacking civilians an…

After months of negotiation, the United Nations refugee agency will begin humanitarian operations on a remote island where Bangladesh has moved almost 19,000 Rohingya and plans to relocate more than 80,000 others, a senior minister told BenarNews.The g…

Logging companies and criminal gangs are destroying forests in East Asia at an unprecedented rate.Myanmar is grabbing world headlines for its citizens’ struggle against a military regime that overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected National League for Dem…

Bangladesh police arrested at least 16 Rohingya refugees in a series of raids on camps in Dhaka after the murder of a top Rohingya community leader last week, officials said Sunday.Rights advocate Mohib Ullah was gunned down 10 days ago by unidentified…

– Myanmar authorities seized a large amount of firearms and ammunition, in Mandalay region, the Information Ministry said in a statement, yesterday.The seizure was made by security force members, in Amarapura township, on Oct 5.A total of 200 assault r…

The U.N. human rights office warns the deployment of troops and heavy weapons by the Myanmar military into Chin state, Central Sagaing and Magway regions over the past few weeks may portend an imminent attack in these areas.U.N. High Commissioner for H…

The armed opposition to Myanmar’s military junta has inflicted an increasing number of casualties on regime troops and knocked out more than 120 army-owned telecom towers in the past month, sources in the opposition told RFA.For more than eight months,…

Americans are being warned to beware of potentially deadly fake prescription pills that are laced with the powerful opioid fentanyl and the highly addictive stimulant methamphetamine. The counterfeit tablets are linked to a wave of drug overdoses killi…

Anti-junta forces in central Myanmar attacked a 50-vehicle military convoy Tuesday, killing more than 40 soldiers and injuring 30 others, members of the attacking militia told RFA.The Yaw Defense Force (YDF), one of many People’s Defense Force (PDF) mi…

Southeast Asian countries are discussing not inviting the head of Myanmar’s junta to a summit later this month, due to a lack of progress on an agreed roadmap to restore peace in the strife-torn country, a regional envoy said on Wednesday.The junta’s i…

Myanmar authorities seized over 510 tonnes of illegal timber across the country, over one month, according to a release from the Forest Department, under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, today.The seizures were made in…

Malaysia is ready to consider holding a dialogue with Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) if the five-point consensus agreed upon by ASEAN to resolve the crisis in the country, does not get the cooperation of the current ruling military junta.Ma…

The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has announced the official rate of foreign currencies on October 6, Trend reports referring to CBI.According to the currency exchange rate of the Central Bank of Iran, 20 currencies have increased and 18 have decreased co…