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Myanmar’s military launches campaign of arrests to stymie paralyzing strikes
Feb 18, 2021 08:31Myanmar’s military has issued arrest warrants for six celebrities, including film directors, actors, and a singer, for encouraging strikes that have paralyzed government offices, as mass protests continue over the recent coup d'état in the country.
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Myanmar military denies coup, files extra charge against Suu Kyi
Feb 16, 2021 13:37Myanmar’s military has denied that its ouster of the government and arrest of political leaders constituted a coup d'état, justifying that assertion by claiming that it plans to hold a new election and hand power to a civil government.
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Bangladesh sends another group of Rohingya Muslims to a remote island
Jan 29, 2021 09:28Bangladesh has sent a third group of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a controversial facility at a remote island that was surfaced only 20 years ago, in the Bay of Bengal.
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Hundreds of Rohingya go missing from Indonesian refugee camp
Jan 28, 2021 08:30Hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees have gone missing from a makeshift camp in Indonesia’s Aceh Province, raising fears that they may have been smuggled to neighboring Malaysia.
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Huge fire guts Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, destroys belongings
Jan 15, 2021 02:35Thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have been left without shelter after a huge fire swept through an overcrowded camp in southeast Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh continues relocation of Rohingya refugees to island
Dec 29, 2020 08:38Bangladesh has started relocating a second group of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal.
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Bangladesh starts 'coercive' relocation of Rohingya refugees to remote island
Dec 04, 2020 09:43Bangladesh has started forced removal of hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a controversial facility at a remote island in the Bay of Bengal.
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Rights groups urge Bangladesh to halt relocation of Rohingya
Dec 03, 2020 08:56Human rights groups have urged Bangladesh to immediately stop its plan to relocate thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees to a remote, flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal.
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Myanmar votes in general elections amid exclusion of Rohingya Muslims
Nov 08, 2020 08:05People in Myanmar have voted in the country’s general elections, with Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party widely expected to win as her government excluded thousands of voters from the ethnic Rohingya group.
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UN chief hopes Myanmar poll would help return of persecuted Rohingya
Nov 07, 2020 04:27UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed hope that the November 8 general elections in Myanmar would open the door for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees "in safety and dignity."