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Myanmar launches new 'clearance operations' against Rohingya
Dec 20, 2018 19:23Myanmar forces are conducting new "clearance operations" in northern Rakhine state where thousands of Rohingya Muslims have been languishing in internal displacement camps.
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A generation of Rohingya may be lost: Group
Dec 13, 2018 12:59A group advocating the cause of the persecuted Rohingya Muslims says a generation of the Muslims may be lost due to a lack of education for children and the youth at camps for the displaced in Bangladesh and Myanmar.
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Twitter CEO under fire for ignoring Rohingya plight in Myanmar
Dec 10, 2018 19:57Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has come under fire for promoting Myanmar as a tourist destination without mentioning widespread rights abuses against the Rohingya Muslim minority in the Southeast Asian country.
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Bangladesh summons Myanmar’s envoy over minister’s remarks about Rohingya
Dec 06, 2018 13:06Bangladesh has summoned Myanmar’s ambassador over controversial comments made by the Myanmarese religion minister about Dhaka and Rohingya Muslim refugees, and called for legal action against him.
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20 Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution reach Indonesia
Dec 04, 2018 13:03Twenty Rohingya Muslims on a boat have arrived at the northeastern shore of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, amid a fresh wave of refugee departures from Myanmar and Bangladesh.
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Pompeo pressured to declare Rohingya Muslim killings in Myanmar a ‘genocide’
Dec 04, 2018 08:21US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is being pressured by lawmakers and activists to declare that Myanmar’s military is committing genocide against Rohingya Muslims.
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Suu Kyi to be stripped of freedom of Paris award
Dec 01, 2018 13:10The French capital Paris will strip Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary freedom of the city in response to crimes committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
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Bangladesh detains 10 Rohingya refugees heading for Malaysia
Nov 30, 2018 20:11Bangladeshi police have arrested 10 Rohingya refugees before boarding a boat bound for Malaysia, an official says.
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Myanmar seizes more Rohingya Muslims fleeing Rakhine
Nov 27, 2018 11:07Myanmar’s authorities have intercepted a boat with 93 Rohingya Muslims who were fleeing apartheid conditions at internal displacement camps in Rakhine State and heading to Malaysia.
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Rohingya say Bangladesh, aid agencies must stop collecting information for Myanmar
Nov 26, 2018 17:48Rohingya refugees in southeast Bangladesh have staged a massive protest and strike, demanding that officials and aid agencies stop sharing their family information with Myanmar’s government.