Nine people were injured after a hot-air balloon stuffed with fireworks exploded during a festival in Myanmar on Wednesday.  Continue reading →

The U.N. human rights office has continued to receive reports of ongoing violations committed against Rohingya in Myanmar. Continue reading →

Activists are leading a boycott against gemstones mined in Myanmar, where the military regime accused of a violent crackdown against the Rohingya has major ties to the mining industry. Continue reading →

The company said it removed 13 pages and 10 accounts that reached up to 1.35-million people, saying they discovered they were linked to Myanmar’s military. Continue reading →

Myanmar leader Aun San Suu Kyi will not be stripped of her Nobel Peace Prize despite the Rohingya genocide, the head of the Nobel Foundation says. Continue reading →

Canada has voted to call it a Rohingya genocide and to strip Aung San Suu Kyi of her honourary citizenship, but advocates urge that there’s more to do. Continue reading →

MPs have unanimously endorsed a Bloc Quebecois motion to revoke the honorary Canadian citizenship of Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Continue reading →

In a rare show of unanimity, MPs on Thursday agreed to call a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya in Myanmar an act of genocide. Continue reading →

Reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were convicted on Sept. 3 under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act in a case that was seen as a test of democratic freedoms in Myanmar. Continue reading →

“It’s psychologically very tough for Canadian Rohingya refugees to live here in peace when their families are suffering and going through horror and trauma in refugee camps.” Continue reading →