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Sole person identified for sanctions over Myanmar crimes: Tillerson
Dec 16, 2017 09:13The US says it may impose sanctions on a single person it has identified in connection with an internationally-criticized ethnic cleansing campaign against Rohingya Muslims, which has the backing of Myanmar’s government, military and entire Buddhist majority.
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UN chief urges release of journalists in Myanmar
Dec 15, 2017 12:30United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has slammed Myanmar for arresting two journalists covering the “tragedy” of the Rohingya Muslims in the Southeast Asian country.
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UN chief urges release of journalists in Myanmar
Dec 15, 2017 08:33United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres has slammed Myanmar for arresting two journalists covering the “tragedy” of the Rohingya Muslims in the Southeast Asian country.
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6,700 Rohingya killed in Myanmar only in one month: MSF
Dec 14, 2017 07:25The international medical charity Doctors Without Borders says at least 6,700 members of the persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority group were killed in state-sponsored violence in Myanmar only in a period of one month beginning on August 25.
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Red Cross says life has ‘stopped’ in Myanmar's Rakhine
Dec 13, 2017 17:13The International Committee of the Red Cross says life has "stopped" in Rakhine state due to the fear of violence, nearly four months after a new wave of crackdown by the government erupted against the persecuted Rohingya Muslims.
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Myanmar military’s rape of Rohingya women methodical, sweeping: AP report
Dec 11, 2017 14:27A new investigation reveals that Rohingya Muslim women have been subjected to “methodical” and “sweeping” rape by Myanmar’s military forces in Rakhine State, where a government-backed ethnic cleansing campaign has been underway against the minority group.
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Rohingya refugees must return to own homes, aid groups say
Dec 09, 2017 12:17Aid groups from across the world have stressed that the Rohingya Muslim refugees returning to Myanmar from Bangladesh must be allowed to settle in their original homes.
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UN warns against hasty return of Rohingya to Myanmar
Dec 08, 2017 14:37The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday that peace and stability must be restored in Myanmar's northern Rakhine State before any Rohingyas can return from Bangladesh, under international standards on voluntary repatriation.
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Rohingya refugees still fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh, says UN refugee agency
Dec 07, 2017 19:40The UN refugee agency says persecuted Rohingya Muslims continue to flee Myanmar for neighboring Bangladesh even though both countries set up a timetable last month to allow them to start to return home.
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In Bangladesh, Pope Francis calls Myanmarese Rohingya Muslims by ethnic name
Dec 02, 2017 14:27In an encounter with Myanmarese Muslim refugees in Bangladesh, Pope Francis breaks his silence and addresses them by their historical name Rohingya for the first time during his trip, begging forgiveness for all the sufferings the persecuted minority group has gone through.