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Erdogan slams Myanmar for Buddhist-led ‘genocide’ against Muslims
Sep 25, 2017 12:59Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lambasted Myanmar for launching a Buddhist-led terror campaign against the Rohingya Muslims in the west of the country, while slamming the international community for failing to act against the ongoing “genocide” in the region.
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WHO warns of cholera outbreak in Bangladesh camps
Sep 25, 2017 10:48The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a growing risk of a cholera epidemic at makeshift refugee camps in Bangladesh where hundreds of thousands of Myanmarese Rohingya Muslim refugees are sheltered in dire conditions.
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UN official says Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh need 'massive assistance'
Sep 24, 2017 14:32The head of the UN refugee agency says Bangladesh needs "massive international assistance" to feed and shelter over 430,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar in recent weeks.
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UN doctors in Bangladesh report symptoms of horrific sexual attacks on Rohingya women
Sep 24, 2017 09:32United Nations (UN) doctors based in makeshift clinics in Bangladesh have reported symptoms of rape and horrific sexual abuse on Rohingya Muslim women arriving from western Myanmar.
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International journalists, activists urge UN to stop ‘Muslim holocaust’ in Myanmar
Sep 23, 2017 11:41A group of international journalists and activists have called on the UN to put an end to the “Muslim holocaust” in Myanmar, warning that the “worst bloodshed” after the World War II looms ahead as a result of the ongoing atrocities against the Rohingya Muslim minority group.
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Doctors Without Borders warns Bangladesh refugee camps on brink of 'health disaster'
Sep 22, 2017 13:22Doctors Without Borders has warned that refugee camps in Bangladesh are on the brink of a "health disaster" amid an influx of Rohingya Muslims from neighboring Myanmar.
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UN mission asks for more time to investigate Myanmar violence
Sep 19, 2017 11:12The head of a UN investigation into violence in Myanmar asked for more time to look into reports of mass killings of Rohingya Muslims, as well as torture, sexual violence and the burning of their villages.
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Iran asks for EU's help to stop massacre of Muslims in Myanmar
Sep 19, 2017 11:10Iran's President Hassan Rouhani in a meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in New York described the situation of the Muslims in Myanmar as "shocking", and called for the European states' help to stop their massacre and plights.
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Myanmar leader defends handling of crimes against Rohingya Muslims
Sep 19, 2017 03:00Myanmar’s leader has finally broken her silence only to defend how her government is dealing with the massive human rights violations committed against Rakhine-based Rohingya Muslims, which the UN says amount to ethnic cleansing.
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About 20,000 rally in Bangladesh to condemn Myanmar's crackdown on Rohingya
Sep 18, 2017 13:01Thousands have staged a massive rally in Bangladesh to protest Myanmar’s violent crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim community that has forced the minority group to seek shelter in neighboring Bangladesh.