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Thousands protest against Myanmar army after woman's killing
Jul 29, 2020 03:29Several thousand protesters marched in southeast Myanmar on Tuesday to demand the military's withdrawal from the area and an end to rights abuses after soldiers killed an unarmed woman from the Karen ethnic group.
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Dozens of persecuted Rohingya refugees feared drowned off Malaysia coast
Jul 26, 2020 12:19Malaysia has launched a search for two dozen persecuted Rohingya refugees who went missing while attempting to swim to shore from a boat off the resort island of Langkawi.
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Amnesty slams ‘barbaric’ caning sentences given to Rohingya Muslims by Malaysia
Jul 21, 2020 13:12Amnesty International has called on Malaysia to withdraw the caning sentences recently handed down to a group of persecuted Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, saying the “barbaric” practice “amounts to torture.”
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Landslide in Myanmar jade mine kills at least 100
Jul 02, 2020 05:40The bodies of at least 100 jade miners were pulled from the mud after a landslide in northern Myanmar on Thursday, in one of the worst ever accidents to hit the perilous industry.
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UN calls for ‘urgent measures’ to save civilians in Myanmar's conflict-torn Rakhine
Jun 28, 2020 10:58The United Nations has called for "urgent measures to spare civilians" in conflict-torn northwestern Myanmar, where thousands of people have fled their homes due to the ongoing fighting between the army and Buddhist militants.
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Thousands flee homes as Myanmar army plans ‘clearance operations’
Jun 28, 2020 04:15Thousands of people have fled their homes in Myanmar’s Western State of Rakhine, as local officials warned them that the army was preparing “clearance operations” in the region, in what was quickly reminiscent of 2017-18 operations that led to attempted genocide against Rohingya Muslims in the region.
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Nearly 100 Rohingya rescued off Indonesia: Official
Jun 25, 2020 06:37Nearly 100 Rohingya from Myanmar, including 30 children, have been rescued from a rickety wooden boat off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island, a maritime official said Wednesday.
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Fears of disaster as first virus case emerges at Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh
May 15, 2020 06:15According to a senior Bangladeshi official and a UN spokesperson, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 has been reported in the Rohingya refugee camp, which houses more than a million, raising concerns of a potential humanitarian disaster.
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Iran: US ‘religious freedom’ report flawed, founded on misinformation
May 01, 2020 00:51The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemns as fundamentally flawed an annual report by a US panel that has blacklisted Iran as, what it calls, a “religious freedom” offender alongside countries like India, where scores of Muslims have been massacred by Hindu radicals so far.
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UN envoy says Myanmar army still committing ‘crimes against humanity’
Apr 30, 2020 01:56The UN’s special rapporteur on Myanmar’s human rights situation has accused the country’s military of targeting “civilian population” in two states to an extent that could amount to “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity”.