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UN: Army, Buddhists committing war crimes in western Myanmar
Jul 03, 2019 12:11United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur to Myanmar says its security forces and rebels are committing human rights violations against civilians in the country’s west that may amount to new war crimes.
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Myanmar must grant citizenship to Rohingya: UN official
Jun 27, 2019 03:19A top UN investigator says Myanmar must grant citizenship to Rohingya Muslims, who have fled genocide in the Buddhist-majority country and who are currently living squalidly in neighboring Bangladesh.
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UN report condemns world body's 'systemic failure' in spotting signs of Rohingya ethnic cleansing
Jun 18, 2019 03:59A report by the United Nations has censured the world body’s 'systemic failure' in spotting the early signs of Myanmar's deadly crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
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Myanmar military charged with ‘war crimes’ in Rakhine
May 29, 2019 07:04Rights group Amnesty International has charged Myanmar’s military with committing “war crimes” against an ethnic Buddhist group in Rakhine State, after worldwide condemnation of the army for committing horrific atrocities against local Muslims there.
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Bangladesh stops 84 Rohingya from perilous sea journey
May 18, 2019 09:15Bangladesh authorities prevented 84 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar from attempting a perilous boat journey to Malaysia, officials said Saturday.
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UN calls for 'sustained' aid access to people in need in Rakhine
May 15, 2019 10:50"We need access, predictable, sustained access, to reach the people in need," a UN official has said regarding those displaced by conflict in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine.
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UN urges world to end support for Myanmar’s military
May 14, 2019 12:05The United Nations (UN)’s fact-finding mission on Myanmar has called on all countries to cut financial and other ties with the country’s military over genocide targeting minority Rohingya Muslims.
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Myanmar’s troops shoot dead six, detain scores over suspected rebel links in Rakhine
May 03, 2019 02:09Myanmar security forces have shot dead at least six people and detained nearly 300 others in the troubled Western State of Rakhine amid the ongoing fighting between the army and ethnic rebels.
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Deaths of inmates in Myanmar military prison spark outcry
Apr 26, 2019 13:42The deaths of three suspected Buddhist rebels in a military prison in Myanmar have sparked new fears about impunity for the country’s military.
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Over 50 believed dead in collapse at Myanmar jade mine
Apr 23, 2019 23:40More than 50 people were feared to have been killed in Myanmar when jade miners and machinery were buried under a mound of tailings late on Monday, a member of parliament and a rescue worker said.