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Myanmar Rohingya
![Biden Administration to Probe Rohingya Genocide Claim Biden Administration to Probe Rohingya Genocide Claim](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-01-21-3.jpg)
Biden Administration to Probe Rohingya Genocide Claim
By Sebastian Strangio
What would it mean for the U.S. government to officially declare the Myanmar atrocities "genocide"?
![What the Philippines Can Learn from Myanmar’s Election What the Philippines Can Learn from Myanmar’s Election](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-11-23-1.jpg)
What the Philippines Can Learn from Myanmar’s Election
By Mong Palatino
Lesson #1: Stinging international rebukes over human rights abuses do not necessarily translate into fewer votes.
![Japan’s Kirin Suspends Payments to Myanmar Military Firm Japan’s Kirin Suspends Payments to Myanmar Military Firm](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-11-11-13.jpg)
Japan’s Kirin Suspends Payments to Myanmar Military Firm
By Sebastian Strangio
The move follows reports by human rights groups that MEHL has directly funded the commission of crimes against humanity.
![Myanmar’s NLD Draws More Criticisms Ahead of National Poll Myanmar’s NLD Draws More Criticisms Ahead of National Poll](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-11-04-3.jpg)
Myanmar’s NLD Draws More Criticisms Ahead of National Poll
By Sebastian Strangio
Aung San Suu Kyi's government is weathering heavy criticism about the upcoming poll – but none of it is likely to matter on election day.
![What Should ASEAN Do About the Rohingya Crisis? What Should ASEAN Do About the Rohingya Crisis?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-10-21.jpg)
What Should ASEAN Do About the Rohingya Crisis?
By Sebastian Strangio
A new report from a regional human rights group urges the ten-member bloc to take a more holistic approach to the situation in western Myanmar.
![Myanmar Elections Set to Exacerbate Erasure of the Rohingya Identity Myanmar Elections Set to Exacerbate Erasure of the Rohingya Identity](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-10-20-1.jpg)
Myanmar Elections Set to Exacerbate Erasure of the Rohingya Identity
By Kyaw Win and John Quinley III
A deeply flawed EU-funded election app exemplifies the tone-deaf approach of the international community.
![Rights Group Details ‘Squalid and Abusive’ Conditions in Myanmar Camps Rights Group Details ‘Squalid and Abusive’ Conditions in Myanmar Camps](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-10-08-4.jpg)
Rights Group Details ‘Squalid and Abusive’ Conditions in Myanmar Camps
By Sebastian Strangio
A new report from Human Rights Watch details the inhumane conditions within Rakhine State's archipelago of internal displacement camps.
![Myanmar Desertions Offer an Opening for Rohingya Justice Myanmar Desertions Offer an Opening for Rohingya Justice](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-09-30-1.jpg)
Myanmar Desertions Offer an Opening for Rohingya Justice
By Shannon Maree Torrens
The recent confessions of the two Myanmar army defectors bring justice one step closer to fruition.
![Racism Is Fueling Myanmar’s Deadly Second Wave of COVID-19 Racism Is Fueling Myanmar’s Deadly Second Wave of COVID-19](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-09-11-3.jpg)
Racism Is Fueling Myanmar’s Deadly Second Wave of COVID-19
By Andrew Nachemson
Anti-migrant -- and especially anti-Rohingya and anti-Rakhine -- sentiments are undermining efforts to control the pandemic.
![3 Years After the Rohingya Exodus, No Peace and No Progress 3 Years After the Rohingya Exodus, No Peace and No Progress](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-08-24-25.jpg)
3 Years After the Rohingya Exodus, No Peace and No Progress
By Onno Van Manen
Rohingya children’s futures hang in the balance.
![How Facebook Is Complicit in Myanmar’s Attacks on Minorities How Facebook Is Complicit in Myanmar’s Attacks on Minorities](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-08-25-1.jpg)
How Facebook Is Complicit in Myanmar’s Attacks on Minorities
By Angshuman Choudhury
Facebook faces accusations of favoring a majoritarian regime in Myanmar.
![Rohingya Case: International Court Begins Gathering Evidence Rohingya Case: International Court Begins Gathering Evidence](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-08-19_03-55-06.jpg)
Rohingya Case: International Court Begins Gathering Evidence
By Associated Press
A court official said a team of investigators is visiting Rohingya refugee camps to collect evidence, and that justice will be delivered whether Myanmar cooperates or not.