Myanmar - also known as Burma - has remained ... who has been detained by the army. Riot police blocked some roads in parts of Yangon, where protesters gathered "Military dictator, fail, fail ...

Background Since gaining independence from British rule in 1948, Myanmar has grappled with effective governance in its multiethnic society. After a coup in 1962, the Tatmadaw, Myanmar's military ...

The Myanmar government has denied them citizenship ... are young Rohingya men angered by the state's response to deadly riots in 2012. Young men trying to escape the area used to be able to ...

More than 100 Myanmar migrants fled from a Malaysian detention ... that the immigrants escaped from the men’s block after a riot broke out at the detention centre. This is the second time ...