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HRW calls for Security Council resolution on Rohingya crisis
Apr 28, 2018 01:25Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the United Nations Security Council to issue a resolution to refer Myanmar to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the Rohingya crisis, days ahead of a visit by a UN delegation to the Asian country.
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UN team to visit Myanmar's Rakhine next week
Apr 25, 2018 14:24A United Nations Security Council delegation tasked with measuring the impact of the Rohingya refugee crisis is gearing up to tour Rakhine state, a senior government official has revealed.
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Myanmar targets family of whistleblower officer in reprisal
Apr 22, 2018 08:00Authorities in Myanmar have evicted from police housing the family of a policeman who has testified at court how police set up two Reuters journalists who had been covering state-sponsored violence against minority Rohingya Muslims, family members say.
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Myanmar urges repatriation of Rohingya ahead of monsoon season
Apr 19, 2018 12:40Myanmar's Social Welfare Minister Win Myat Aye says repatriation of Rohingya Muslims who fled persecution in the country to Bangladesh should start as soon as possible due to the coming monsoon season.
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UN blacklists Myanmar military for sexual abuse of Rohingya population
Apr 15, 2018 04:58A report by the United Nations has blacklisted Myanmar’s military for carrying out widespread sexual violence as a strategy to terrorize the Rohingya Muslim population and to drive them out of the land they lived in western Myanmar.
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Myanmar jails 7 soldiers after one carnage attracts attention
Apr 11, 2018 04:21Myanmar has sentenced seven soldiers to “10 years in prison with hard labor in a remote area” for their role in the massacre of 10 Rohingya Muslims last September, which was only one instance of violence in a much wider campaign of atrocities targeting minority Muslims in the country.
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UN official rejects Myanmar’s claim of readiness for return of persecuted Rohingya
Apr 08, 2018 07:05A senior United Nations official has flatly rejected Myanmar’s claims that the regime is ready to take back the Rohingya refugees who have fled government-sponsored violence to Bangladesh.
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Myanmar minister set to visit Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh
Apr 04, 2018 14:32A Myanmar minister will tour camps for Rohingya Muslim refugees in neighboring Bangladesh, the first such visit since a crackdown by Myanmar's military drove thousands of the persecuted Muslim minority over the border.
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Myanmar lures Bangladeshi Buddhists to resettle on Rohingya land: Officials
Apr 02, 2018 23:55Myanmar authorities have lured dozens of mainly Buddhist Bangladeshi tribal families to resettle on land abandoned by persecuted Rohingya Muslims.
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Win Myint sworn in as Myanmar's new president, vows to prioritize rule of law, peace
Mar 30, 2018 12:03Win Myint was sworn in as Myanmar's new President, pledging to give priority to the rule of law, peace and reconciliation.