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UN official says Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh need 'massive assistance'
Sep 24, 2017 18:02The head of the UN refugee agency says Bangladesh needs "massive international assistance" to feed and shelter over 430,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar in recent weeks.
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UN doctors in Bangladesh report symptoms of horrific sexual attacks on Rohingya women
Sep 24, 2017 13:02United Nations (UN) doctors based in makeshift clinics in Bangladesh have reported symptoms of rape and horrific sexual abuse on Rohingya Muslim women arriving from western Myanmar.
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International journalists, activists urge UN to stop ‘Muslim holocaust’ in Myanmar
Sep 23, 2017 15:11A group of international journalists and activists have called on the UN to put an end to the “Muslim holocaust” in Myanmar, warning that the “worst bloodshed” after the World War II looms ahead as a result of the ongoing atrocities against the Rohingya Muslim minority group.
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Doctors Without Borders warns Bangladesh refugee camps on brink of 'health disaster'
Sep 22, 2017 16:52Doctors Without Borders has warned that refugee camps in Bangladesh are on the brink of a "health disaster" amid an influx of Rohingya Muslims from neighboring Myanmar.
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Facebook silencing Rohingya reports of ethnic cleansing
Sep 20, 2017 11:24The social network says it’s committed to helping the world ‘share their stories.’ But when people from Burma’s oppressed minority post, their stories have a habit of disappearing.
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UN mission asks for more time to investigate Myanmar violence
Sep 19, 2017 15:42The head of a UN investigation into violence in Myanmar asked for more time to look into reports of mass killings of Rohingya Muslims, as well as torture, sexual violence and the burning of their villages.
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Iran asks for EU's help to stop massacre of Muslims in Myanmar
Sep 19, 2017 15:40Iran's President Hassan Rouhani in a meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in New York described the situation of the Muslims in Myanmar as "shocking", and called for the European states' help to stop their massacre and plights.
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Myanmar leader defends handling of crimes against Rohingya Muslims
Sep 19, 2017 07:30Myanmar’s leader has finally broken her silence only to defend how her government is dealing with the massive human rights violations committed against Rakhine-based Rohingya Muslims, which the UN says amount to ethnic cleansing.
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About 20,000 rally in Bangladesh to condemn Myanmar's crackdown on Rohingya
Sep 18, 2017 17:31Thousands have staged a massive rally in Bangladesh to protest Myanmar’s violent crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim community that has forced the minority group to seek shelter in neighboring Bangladesh.
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Aid agencies call for harsh bans against Myanmar military
Sep 18, 2017 11:15Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for harsh international sanctions against the Myanmar military over its brutal “ethnic cleansing campaign” against the country’s Rohingya Muslims.