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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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Myanmar’s government bars Rohingya Muslim from running for election
Aug 13, 2020 04:29Myanmar has barred a Rohingya Muslim from running in the upcoming election, in an apparent indication of the persecution against the minority.
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Top Iranian official hails Turkey's move on Hagia Sophia
Aug 03, 2020 00:50A senior Iranian official has hailed Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan decision to convert the Hagia Sophia museum back as a mosque after nine decades.
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Thousands protest against Myanmar army after woman's killing
Jul 29, 2020 03:29Several thousand protesters marched in southeast Myanmar on Tuesday to demand the military's withdrawal from the area and an end to rights abuses after soldiers killed an unarmed woman from the Karen ethnic group.
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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.”