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Amnesty report highlights Myanmar military’s disregard for civilian suffering
Oct 13, 2020 05:52Amnesty International has accused Myanmar’s army of human rights abuses against civilians in the states of Chin and Rakhine under the pretext of fighting an armed group called the Arakan Army.
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Rohingya Muslim refugees living in ‘open prison’ in Myanmar: HRW
Oct 08, 2020 08:27The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has denounced as an “open prison” the refugee camps housing tens of thousands of Rohyngia Muslims in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine and called for an immediate end to the mass detention of the ethnic minority.
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Rights body questions integrity of upcoming Myanmar vote amid conflict, pandemic
Sep 24, 2020 10:04An international rights organization has cast doubt on the integrity of the upcoming general elections in Myanmar, as tens of thousands of minorities in the Buddhist-majority country remain without the right to vote.
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European Parl. excludes Suu Kyi from Sakharov Prize community for crimes against Rohingya
Sep 11, 2020 01:08The European Parliament has formally removed Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi from the "Sakharov Prize community" because of her "acceptance" of state-sponsored crimes against the persecuted Rohingya community in Rakhine state.
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Two Myanmar soldiers at ICC after confessing to Rohingya killings
Sep 08, 2020 13:20Two Myanmarese soldiers have been taken to the International Criminal Court (ICC) after confessing to their participation in the 2017 massacre of countless Rohingya Muslims, two news organizations and a rights group say.
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Nearly 300 Rohingya refugees land in Indonesia's Aceh after 6 months at sea
Sep 07, 2020 05:13Almost 300 Rohingya refugees believed to have been at sea for six months landed in Indonesia's Aceh province in the early hours of Monday, Indonesian authorities have confirmed.
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Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh mark Manmar crackdown anniv.
Aug 25, 2020 06:51Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh have held a silent protest on the third anniversary of a crackdown on the Muslim minority by Myanmar that killed thousands of them.
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Rohingya Muslims voice fears over coronavirus outbreak at Myanmar's “apartheid” camps
Aug 23, 2020 11:57Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslims have expressed fears of coronavirus outbreak reaching their overcrowded camps in conflict-wracked Rakhine state, where they face state-sponsored violence and apartheid-like conditions.
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Myanmar’s government bars Rohingya Muslim from running for election
Aug 13, 2020 04:29Myanmar has barred a Rohingya Muslim from running in the upcoming election, in an apparent indication of the persecution against the minority.
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Top Iranian official hails Turkey's move on Hagia Sophia
Aug 03, 2020 00:50A senior Iranian official has hailed Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan decision to convert the Hagia Sophia museum back as a mosque after nine decades.