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UN condemns human rights abuses against Myanmar's Rohingya
Dec 28, 2019 10:02The UN General Assembly approved a resolution Friday strongly condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention.
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Rohingya people, kids stand trial for ‘illegal travel’ while fleeing persecution
Dec 20, 2019 09:48Myanmar authorities have taken to court a group of Rohinyga Muslims, including children, on allegations of illegally travelling without proper documents, as they were trying to flee persecution in the remote western Rakhine State.
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Lawyers slam Suu Kyi's defense of Myanmar genocide against Rohingya
Dec 12, 2019 13:55Lawyers seeking to halt an ongoing genocide against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar have strongly denounced Aung San Suu Kyi’s defense of her country’s armed forces, saying the fallen pro-democracy icon chose to ignore “unspeakable” acts committed against civilians.
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Myanmar court begins trial of 95 Rohingya Muslims
Dec 11, 2019 12:29A court in Myanmar has begun the trial of about 100 Rohingya Muslims arrested for attempting to flee persecution, the defendants’ lawyers say.
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World Court launches genocide hearings against Myanmar
Dec 10, 2019 11:32The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has launched genocide hearings against Myanmar, as the first major legal attempt to bring the country to justice over horrific atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims.
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HRW: Bangladesh denying education to 400,000 Rohingya children
Dec 03, 2019 16:49Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Bangladeshi government has been depriving nearly 400,000 Rohingya Muslim refugee children in the South Asian country of the right to education.
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Myanmar begins court martial over atrocities against Rohingya
Nov 27, 2019 04:35Myanmar’s military has begun a trial of soldiers for atrocities against Rohingya Muslims, as the Southeast Asian country also braces for genocide charges at an international court in The Hague.
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Suu Kyi set to contest Rohingya 'genocide' case at world court
Nov 21, 2019 03:41Myanmar's de facto leader and Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi will head a delegation to the UN's top court to defend a case accusing her country of genocide against Rohingya Muslims, the government said Wednesday.
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War crimes court approves probe into crimes against Myanmar's Rohingya
Nov 15, 2019 04:30The International Criminal Court (ICC) has approved a long-awaited full investigation into crimes against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, which has systematically driven Muslims across the border to Bangladesh.
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi sued for first time over Rohingya
Nov 14, 2019 08:56Human rights groups in Latin America have filed a case against Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and members of the country’s military to hold them accountable for the state-sponsored atrocities perpetrated against the Rohingya Muslim minority group.