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Landslide in Myanmar jade mine kills at least 100
Jul 02, 2020 10:10The bodies of at least 100 jade miners were pulled from the mud after a landslide in northern Myanmar on Thursday, in one of the worst ever accidents to hit the perilous industry.
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UN calls for ‘urgent measures’ to save civilians in Myanmar's conflict-torn Rakhine
Jun 28, 2020 15:28The 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.
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Thousands flee homes as Myanmar army plans ‘clearance operations’
Jun 28, 2020 08:45Thousands of people have fled their homes in Myanmar’s Western State of Rakhine, as local officials warned them that the army was preparing “clearance operations” in the region, in what was quickly reminiscent of 2017-18 operations that led to attempted genocide against Rohingya Muslims in the region.
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Nearly 100 Rohingya rescued off Indonesia: Official
Jun 25, 2020 11:07Nearly 100 Rohingya from Myanmar, including 30 children, have been rescued from a rickety wooden boat off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island, a maritime official said Wednesday.
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Lockdown is dangerous for Rohingya women, girls
May 31, 2020 10:05At least 15,000 Rohingya refugees are under quarantine in Bangladesh's vast camps, as the number of confirmed coronavirus infections there rose to nearly 30. Health experts have long warned that the virus could race through the cramped settlements, housing almost a million Rohingya who fled violence in Myanmar, and officials had restricted movement in the area in April.
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COVID-19 cases spark concern in Rohingya refugee camps
May 27, 2020 10:36Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Myanmar's Rakhine and neighboring Chin State are considered at particularly high risk of COVID-19 for a number of reasons, including active conflict and travel restrictions. More than 8,000 civilians, mostly ethnic Chin Christians, fled fighting in recent months between the military and the Arakan Army group in the Paletwa and Matupi townships which border Rakhine.
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Fears of disaster as first virus case emerges at Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh
May 15, 2020 10:45According to a senior Bangladeshi official and a UN spokesperson, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 has been reported in the Rohingya refugee camp, which houses more than a million, raising concerns of a potential humanitarian disaster.
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Iran: US ‘religious freedom’ report flawed, founded on misinformation
May 01, 2020 05:21The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemns as fundamentally flawed an annual report by a US panel that has blacklisted Iran as, what it calls, a “religious freedom” offender alongside countries like India, where scores of Muslims have been massacred by Hindu radicals so far.
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UN envoy says Myanmar army still committing ‘crimes against humanity’
Apr 30, 2020 06:26The UN’s special rapporteur on Myanmar’s human rights situation has accused the country’s military of targeting “civilian population” in two states to an extent that could amount to “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity”.
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UNHCR voices concern for Rohingya refugees on boats amid coronavirus emergency
Apr 23, 2020 18:23The United Nations refugee agency has voiced mounting concern over a “grave immediate risk” to persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled Myanmar by boats amid the coronavirus pandemic.