Aside from China, nearly all the states in Asia make use of the trappings of democracy, such as elections,...

The rare conviction of a soldier in civilian court shows how, case by case, the criminal justice system is slowly...

The authorities in Nay Pyi Taw are steering the former authoritarian pariah state to open engagement with the world....

Burma's government and political leaders are now paying a bitter price for allowing the reform process to be...

The deafening silence from the international community on the incidents of last week displays a worrying...

For the first time since independence, government forces and most Ethnic Armed Groups have stopped fighting. This is...

If the production of refugees was an industry, Myanmar would be among the world’s market leaders. And of all its...

It seems probable – and entirely reasonable - that it will take several years to build trust in a ‘new’ Myanmar that...

Ethnic Chin refugee women and children from Burma are the hidden victims of pervasive sexual and gender-based...

For refugees in camps on the Thailand Burma border to be able to return to Burma, two main issues need to be...

Individual posts in this week’s feature have provided a snapshot into a single issue. Collectively, they explore a...

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her political party the NLD and minority Muslims are being maliciously targeted...

Military and crony interests remain closely aligned with large-scale extractive projects in Burma. As the country...

Far right religious nationalism is growing in South Asia. Fuelled by the experience of colonialism, the resulting...

Expecting new global powers to promote human rights abroad via the United Nations assumes that they will play by the...

One year on from the violence of June 2012, new empirical evidence about the treatment of the Rohingya in Rakhine...

Trying to create a Myanmar divided along ethnic or religious lines will only lead to conflict. For the country to...

The Rohingya, a Muslim minority from Rakhine State in Burma, are among the most persecuted minorities in the world....

In order to understand how the ‘Rohingya crisis’ has come to pass we need to consider the narrative built by three...

Now, the US, the European Union (EU) and others close their eyes to the plight of Rohingyas with the excuse that any...