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UN calls on Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to take action to end Rohingya crackdown
Dec 09, 2016 07:52The United Nations has called on Myanmar’s de facto Leader Aung San Suu Kyi to take action to end a brutal military crackdown on the Muslim Rohingya minority in the country’s northern Rakhine state.
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IOM says 21,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar crackdown to Bangladesh
Dec 06, 2016 09:34The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says nearly 21,000 Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar have fled persecution and violence to Bangladesh in the past two months.
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US not empowered to violate nuclear deal: Iran
Dec 05, 2016 13:19Iran says the United States is not empowered to violate the nuclear agreement reached between the Islamic Republic and six world countries last year.
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Child rape cases surge 40 percent across Myanmar in 2016: State media
Dec 01, 2016 16:58The number of child rape cases across Myanmar has dramatically increased this year, signaling a growing problem for the country still grappling with a dark past of rights violations.
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Abuse of Rohingyas in Myanmar may be crime against humanity: UN
Nov 30, 2016 05:22The United Nations (UN) has warned that ongoing, widespread human rights violations against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar could be tantamount to “crimes against humanity.”
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‘Myanmar armed, manipulated group of Rohingyas’
Nov 28, 2016 09:45A group in Europe advocating Rohingya Muslims says Myanmar’s military manipulated some members of the community into carrying out an attack on a border outpost back in October in order to legitimize a crackdown on the Muslims.
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Asia revolts in protest at 'genocide' against Rohingya
Nov 25, 2016 11:52Angry protesters have taken to the streets from Jakarta to Dhaka to denounce Myanmar's indiscriminate killing and rape in a military crackdown on the country's Muslim minority.
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Bangladesh should accept, protect Rohingya refugees: HRW
Nov 24, 2016 03:33Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Bangladeshi government to accept and protect the Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing persecution in neighboring Myanmar.
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Bangladesh to send back Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence
Nov 23, 2016 11:10Bangladeshi police have detained dozens of Rohingya refugees, including women and children, who have fled Myanmar's violence-ravaged Rakhine state.
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Myanmar wrecked 1,250 Rohingya homes during 6-week lockdown: HRW
Nov 21, 2016 06:09Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the government in Myanmar has destroyed as many as 1,250 residential structures belonging to minority Rohingya Muslims in the country just over the past 6 weeks.