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China says willing to continue help for Myanmar peace process
May 16, 2017 12:55Chinese President Xi Jinping has offered to help Myanmar in the settlement of disputes with ethnic militants along the border with China.
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EU pushes for aid access to Muslims besieged by government in Myanmar
May 15, 2017 15:08A senior European Union (EU) official has called on Myanmar to allow unrestricted humanitarian access to the troubled state of Rakhine, which has been under a lock-down by the military since October last year.
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New images show Rohingya refugees with army-inflicted wounds, burns
May 13, 2017 07:44The Myanmar’s army is under more pressure over its brutalities against Rohingya Muslims after fresh images emerged reportedly showing refugees from the minority group with wounds and burns sustained during a military crackdown.
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Myanmar rejects UN probe into crimes against Rohingya
May 03, 2017 15:30Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rejected a decision by the United Nations' rights council to investigate allegations of killings, rape and torture by army forces against Rohingya Muslims in the county’s troubled Rakhine State.
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Rohingya refugee woman shot dead along Bangladesh border: Police
Apr 13, 2017 16:00Bangladesh border guards have killed one woman and left four others injured after they opened fire at a boat carrying Rohingya refugees fleeing an ongoing persecution and military crackdown in Myanmar.
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Myanmar begins shutting down displacement camps in Rakhine
Apr 11, 2017 14:44Myanmar authorities begin shutting down three displacement camps in the beleaguered Rakhine State, where persecuted Rohingya Muslims are mainly based.
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UNICEF urges Myanmar to release detained Rohingya children
Apr 09, 2017 12:59The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for the release of the Rohingya children detained by Myanmar’s government as part of a heavy-handed crackdown on the Muslim minority group in Rakhine State.
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Ferry capsizes in Myanmar, at least 20 dead
Apr 08, 2017 08:37A ferry boat capsized on Friday evening in Myanmar's Ayeyarwaddy delta, killing at least 20 people, police said.
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Myanmar rejects ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims
Apr 06, 2017 12:55Myanmar’s government has refused to recognize as ethnic-cleansing the ongoing persecution of Rohingya Muslims, who have been subject to a heavy-handed crackdown by the country’s military over the past months.
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About 118 Rohingya Muslims died in Malaysian refugee camps in 2 years
Mar 30, 2017 12:57More than 115 refugees, including Rohingya Muslims, have lost their lives due to various diseases and other, unknown causes in Malaysia’s refugee detention centers over the past two years, authorities with a government-funded rights body say.