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Muslim states seek global pressure on Myanmar over Rohingya crisis
May 07, 2018 01:50Foreign ministers from Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) have launched a campaign to mobilize international support for action against Myanmar over the Rohingya refugee crisis.
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Rohingya in Bangladesh vulnerable to incoming monsoon
May 03, 2018 06:59Rohingya refugees are facing fresh turmoil as the monsoon season fast approaches in Bangladesh.
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Thousands call for aid access for villagers trapped by fighting in Myanmar's Kachin
May 01, 2018 01:46Thousands of people have staged a massive rally in Myanmar's northern Kachin state to demand humanitarian access for villagers who have been caught in fighting between the army and an ethnic armed group in the war-torn region.
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Rohingya Muslims protest in Bangladeshi camp
Apr 29, 2018 06:10Rohingya Muslim refugees have staged a protest rally at a camp in Bangladesh, calling for United Nations (UN) protection on their potential return to Myanmar as well as citizenship.
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UN team in Bangladesh to discuss Rohingya crisis
Apr 28, 2018 14:36A delegation from the United Nations Security Council has arrived in Bangladesh to examine the situation surrounding thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled a brutal crackdown in their home country of Myanmar.
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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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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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Boat carrying 70 Rohingya refugees leaves for Malaysia
Apr 14, 2018 06:35A boat carrying 70 Rohingya Muslims set out for Malaysia from Myanmar this week, two sources and a rights group said, the latest to embark on a dangerous sea journey.
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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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UNHCR concerned about safety of 56 Rohingya refugees in stormy seas
Apr 02, 2018 23:59The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it is worried about the fate of 56 Rohingya refugees sailing on a Malaysia-bound boat in stormy waters off Thailand, as indications suggest that overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh may prompt more Rohingya Muslims to embark on similar journeys across the Andaman Sea.