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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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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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Myanmar’s top court upholds jail terms for Reuters journalists
Apr 23, 2019 06:29Myanmar’s top court has upheld seven-year jail sentences for two Reuters journalists who had been reporting the massacre of Rohingya Muslims by the country’s military and Buddhist mobs, despite a testimony by one police official that the two were set up.
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Saudi Arabia torturing detained Rohingya Muslims on hunger strike: Report
Apr 18, 2019 07:48Saudi regime is torturing hundreds of Rohingya detainees to force them to end a hunger strike they have staged to oppose their indefinite detention or potential deportation from Saudi Arabia.
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Five killed as Myanmar military chopper attacks Rohingya Muslims
Apr 04, 2019 15:07At least five people have been killed and more than a dozen others wounded after a military helicopter attacked a group of Rohingya Muslims gathering bamboo in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state.
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Individuals responsible for Rohingya atrocities will face justice: ICC
Mar 12, 2019 04:22The people responsible for the atrocities that forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee from Myanmar's Rakhine state will be held to account, an International Criminal Court official said on Monday.
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UN says Bangladesh must take in Rohingya Muslims
Mar 02, 2019 04:32The United Nations has called on the government of Bangladesh not to close the border to Rohingya Muslims fleeing war in Myanmar, after Dhaka declared that it would no longer take in Myanmar's Rohingya.
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Bangladesh stops Rohingya refugees en route to Malaysia
Feb 12, 2019 04:09Bangladeshi security forces have stopped nearly two dozen Muslim Rohingya refugees from heading to the more prosperous and Muslim-majority Malaysia.