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Burma’s Rohingya crisis and human rights imperialism
Dec 04, 2017 08:32The visit by Pope Francis to Burma (Myanmar) has brought into focus the tragedy confronting the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority who have been forced to flee in droves to neighbouring countries.
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In Bangladesh, Pope Francis calls Myanmarese Rohingya Muslims by ethnic name
Dec 02, 2017 14:27In an encounter with Myanmarese Muslim refugees in Bangladesh, Pope Francis breaks his silence and addresses them by their historical name Rohingya for the first time during his trip, begging forgiveness for all the sufferings the persecuted minority group has gone through.
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UN sets deadline for Myanmar to report on Rohingya women, girls
Nov 29, 2017 14:47A United Nations (UN) women’s rights panel has called on Myanmar’s authorities to provide a report within six months on abuses against Rohingya Muslim women and girls in the Southeast Asian country.
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Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of UK award over Rohingya genocide
Nov 28, 2017 13:42The British city of Oxford has stripped Myanmar’s de facto ruler Aung San Suu Kyi of a prestigious award over her government’s brutal persecution of Rohingya Muslims.
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In Myanmar, Pope urges justice, respect for ethnic groups
Nov 28, 2017 13:28Pope Francis, who is on a historic visit to Myanmar, has called for “justice” and respect for the human rights of ethnic groups, a thinly-veiled reference to the minority Muslim Rohingya who have been facing state-sponsored violence in the Southeast Asian country.
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Pope Francis visits Myanmar amid ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims
Nov 27, 2017 09:43Pope Francis is in Myanmar for talks with its leaders against the backdrop of a government-backed ethnic cleansing campaign underway against the country’s minority Rohingya Muslims.
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Myanmar, Bangladesh sign deal to repatriate Rohingya Muslim refugees
Nov 25, 2017 14:43Bangladesh says it has agreed with Myanmar on repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees back to Myanmar amid widespread expressions of distrust of the process among the displaced.
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Bangladesh, Myanmar reach deal to repatriate Rohingya refugees in 2 months
Nov 23, 2017 17:38Bangladesh says it has reached a deal with Myanmar to repatriate Rohingya Muslim refugees within two months, as global pressure mounts on Myanmar for driving more than half a million members of the persecuted minority out of their homes.
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Abuse of Rohingya women, girls may be war crime: UN
Nov 23, 2017 13:02The United Nations (UN) says widespread atrocities perpetrated by Myanmar’s army against Rohingya Muslim women and girls may constitute war crimes.
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi says ‘illegal immigrants spreading terrorism’
Nov 20, 2017 15:38Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has come under global scrutiny for backing an ethnic cleansing campaign against the country’s unwanted Muslim population, has blamed “illegal immigration” for conflicts and “spread of terrorism” across the world.