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OIC emergency summit in Turkey on al-Quds
Dec 13, 2017 08:23The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) convenes an urgent summit in Istanbul on Washington’s contentious declaration on al-Quds, with the Turkish foreign minister urging Muslim nations to respond by pressing the world for the recognition of the city as the capital of a Palestinian state.
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UN sets deadline for Myanmar to report on Rohingya women, girls
Nov 29, 2017 11:17A United Nations (UN) women’s rights panel has called on Myanmar’s authorities to provide a report within six months on abuses against Rohingya Muslim women and girls in the Southeast Asian country.
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Bangladesh, Myanmar reach deal to repatriate Rohingya refugees in 2 months
Nov 23, 2017 14:08Bangladesh says it has reached a deal with Myanmar to repatriate Rohingya Muslim refugees within two months, as global pressure mounts on Myanmar for driving more than half a million members of the persecuted minority out of their homes.
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Abuse of Rohingya women, girls may be war crime: UN
Nov 23, 2017 09:32The United Nations (UN) says widespread atrocities perpetrated by Myanmar’s army against Rohingya Muslim women and girls may constitute war crimes.
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UN urges Myanmar to end Rakhine military operations
Nov 17, 2017 15:25A United Nations General Assembly committee has approved a draft resolution that urges Myanmar to halt military operations in the country’s Rakhine state that have “led to the systematic violation and abuse of human rights” of Rohingya Muslims.
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Indonesia to roll out 1,000 ‘eco-mosques’ by 2020
Nov 17, 2017 10:49Worshippers in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, are set to go green with a new initiative that aims to establish 1,000 eco-mosques by 2020.
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Rohingya children in Bangladesh face worsening malnutrition crisis: UNICEF
Nov 03, 2017 15:12The United Nations children's agency, UNICEF, says life-threatening malnutrition has spread perilously among Rohingya child refugees who have fled Myanmar and entered Bangladesh.
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Myanmar starts harvesting farmland abandoned by Rohingya Muslims
Oct 28, 2017 13:54The government in Myanmar has embarked on harvesting rice from farmland abandoned by the Rohingya Muslim refugees, who have fled the military crackdown in the western state of Rakhine to neighboring Bangladesh.
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Myanmar ‘starving out’ Rohingya: UK-based rights group
Oct 13, 2017 08:57A UK-based rights group has accused Myanmar’s government of intentionally starving Rohingya Muslims in a bid to force the persecuted minority group out of the country.
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Iran to send 3rd humanitarian aid cargo for Myanmar Muslims
Oct 10, 2017 12:09Iran is due to load and send its third cargo of humanitarian aid for Myanmar's Muslim refugees in Bangladesh later on Tuesday.