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Iranian head coach of Myanmar futsal team resigns over Rohingya mass killing
Sep 08, 2017 08:45The Iranian head coach of the Myanmar men’s national football team has resigned from his post in a show of solidarity with Rohingya minority Muslims, whom are being subject to various forms of violence by extremist Buddhists and military forces in the Southeast Asian country.
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Iran urges action on Rohingya genocide before 'it's too late'
Sep 07, 2017 13:20Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran has chided the international community for remaining silent on the violence directed toward Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, calling for swift action to end the genocide.
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Larijani condemns massacre of Myanmar Muslims
Sep 07, 2017 13:17Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani condemned the massacre and mass expulsion of Muslims in Myanmar, calling on the United Nations to dispatch a fact-finding mission to the Buddhist-majority country to address the Muslim woes and deliver humanitarian assistance.
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Ayatollah Shahroudi decries inaction on plight of Myanmar Muslims
Sep 07, 2017 13:09Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council condemned the heinous crimes against Muslim people in Myanmar, and took a swipe at the ‘hypocritical’ advocates of human rights for remaining silent on the brutal massacre of Myanmarese Muslims.
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Some 164,000 Rohingya refugees fled fresh violence in Myanmar: UN
Sep 07, 2017 13:04The latest estimates by the United Nations show a fresh bout of violence against the Rohingya minority Muslims that erupted in Myanmar two weeks ago has forced a record number of people to flee to neighboring Bangladesh.
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Petition urges stripping Suu Kyi’s of Nobel prize over crimes against Rohingyas
Sep 07, 2017 08:56Peace activists have launched an international campaign calling on Nobel Peace Prize Committee to take back its 1991 prize to Myanmar’s de facto ruler Aung San Suu Kyi over her complicity in what is viewed as the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in the country.
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Londoners protest in solidarity with Rohingyas
Sep 07, 2017 08:55A group of British activists have marched in London to condemn Myanmar’s deadly crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
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Islamic countries to form contact group for Rohingya crisis: Iran envoy
Sep 07, 2017 07:15The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is set to form a contact group to help put an end to the ongoing atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Iran’s ambassador to the UN says.
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President Rouhani calls on Myanmar to end ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya Muslims
Sep 06, 2017 12:28President Hassan Rouhani has condemned Myanmar’s “brutal crimes” against Rohingya Muslims, calling on the Southeast Asian country’s leaders to immediately end the “inconceivable ethnic cleansing” of the religious minority.
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Five children drown as Rohingya boats sink off Bangladesh
Sep 06, 2017 12:28At least five Rohingya Muslim children have drowned while on boats fleeing an escalation of violence in Myanmar, which has forced thousands of members of the persecuted minority to seek refuge across the border in neighboring Bangladesh.