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Rohingya Muslim refugees living in ‘open prison’ in Myanmar: HRW
Oct 08, 2020 08:27The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has denounced as an “open prison” the refugee camps housing tens of thousands of Rohyngia Muslims in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine and called for an immediate end to the mass detention of the ethnic minority.
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Rights body questions integrity of upcoming Myanmar vote amid conflict, pandemic
Sep 24, 2020 10:04An international rights organization has cast doubt on the integrity of the upcoming general elections in Myanmar, as tens of thousands of minorities in the Buddhist-majority country remain without the right to vote.
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European Parl. excludes Suu Kyi from Sakharov Prize community for crimes against Rohingya
Sep 11, 2020 01:08The European Parliament has formally removed Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi from the "Sakharov Prize community" because of her "acceptance" of state-sponsored crimes against the persecuted Rohingya community in Rakhine state.
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Two Myanmar soldiers at ICC after confessing to Rohingya killings
Sep 08, 2020 13:20Two Myanmarese soldiers have been taken to the International Criminal Court (ICC) after confessing to their participation in the 2017 massacre of countless Rohingya Muslims, two news organizations and a rights group say.
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Nearly 300 Rohingya refugees land in Indonesia's Aceh after 6 months at sea
Sep 07, 2020 05:13Almost 300 Rohingya refugees believed to have been at sea for six months landed in Indonesia's Aceh province in the early hours of Monday, Indonesian authorities have confirmed.
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Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh mark Manmar crackdown anniv.
Aug 25, 2020 06:51Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh have held a silent protest on the third anniversary of a crackdown on the Muslim minority by Myanmar that killed thousands of them.
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Rohingya Muslims voice fears over coronavirus outbreak at Myanmar's “apartheid” camps
Aug 23, 2020 11:57Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslims have expressed fears of coronavirus outbreak reaching their overcrowded camps in conflict-wracked Rakhine state, where they face state-sponsored violence and apartheid-like conditions.
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Dozens of persecuted Rohingya refugees feared drowned off Malaysia coast
Jul 26, 2020 12:19Malaysia has launched a search for two dozen persecuted Rohingya refugees who went missing while attempting to swim to shore from a boat off the resort island of Langkawi.
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Amnesty slams ‘barbaric’ caning sentences given to Rohingya Muslims by Malaysia
Jul 21, 2020 13:12Amnesty International has called on Malaysia to withdraw the caning sentences recently handed down to a group of persecuted Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, saying the “barbaric” practice “amounts to torture.”
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UN calls for ‘urgent measures’ to save civilians in Myanmar's conflict-torn Rakhine
Jun 28, 2020 10:58The United Nations has called for "urgent measures to spare civilians" in conflict-torn northwestern Myanmar, where thousands of people have fled their homes due to the ongoing fighting between the army and Buddhist militants.