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A joint statement made by eight of the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council urges Myanmar and the separatist Arakan Army to halt hostilities in northern Rakhine State and southern Chin State due to the "heavy toll" the fighting is having on the civilian population.
2020-09-13

Myanmar's Ministry of Transport and Communications orders mobile phone companies and internet providers to suspend service in nine townships in Rakhine State.
2019-06-21

Bangladesh's Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque tells the United Nations Security Council that his country will no longer accept Rohingya refugees fleeing violence across the border in Rakhine State, and accuses Myanmar of "hollow promises" regarding repatriation.
2019-03-1

A court in Myanmar charges two Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents in violation of the colonial-era "Official Secrets Act", taking the landmark press freedom case to trial after a period of preliminary hearings that lasted six months. The two journalists were investigating mass graves in the village of Inn Din in northern Rakhine State prior to their arrest and imprisonment on 12 December 2017.
2018-07-9

Two Reuters journalists are arrested in Myanmar for trying to illegally obtain official documents. They were reporting about the Rohingya Muslim community in Rakhine State.
2017-12-13

Human Rights Watch releases a report detailing the alleged systematic rape of Rohingya women and girls by Myanmar's security forces in Rakhine State.
2017-11-16

Buddhist mobs burn down Muslim homes and shops in Lashio, Myanmar leaving 1 dead and 4 others injured.
2013-05-29

A dispute between a Muslim gold shop owner and Buddhist sellers escalates into communal violence that leaves 10 people dead, 20 injured, and 4 mosques burnt to the ground in Myanmar.
2013-03-21

The United Nations calls for action to end renewed hostilities between ethnic Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar's western Rakhine State that have killed dozens and displaced more than 22,500.
2012-10-28

46 people die when heavy rains trigger landslides in western Myanmar, in Rakhine state in an area bordering Bangladesh.
2010-06-17