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Indonesia to allow stranded Rohingya boat to seek refuge
Dec 29, 2021 16:42Indonesia says it will allow a boat packed with persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar stranded off its coast to dock.
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'Horrified': UN official condemns massacre of civilians in Myanmar, urges probe
Dec 27, 2021 11:19A senior UN official says he was “horrified” by reports that at least 35 civilians, including women and children, were killed and their bodies were burned in Myanmar, urging probe into the incident.
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Save the Children workers missing in Myanmar after junta massacre
Dec 26, 2021 09:24Two members of a leading international humanitarian group are missing in Myanmar after military forces raided a village in the east, fatally shot at least 30 people, and burned their bodies.
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Bangladesh authorities bulldoze 1,000 Rohingya shops
Dec 12, 2021 06:17Bangladesh authorities demolished about 1,000 shops belonging to Rohingya in camps, an official said Friday, with a rights worker saying the move would have a "huge impact" on refugees' livelihoods.
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Myanmar troops kill, burn 11 people: Reports
Dec 08, 2021 12:05Myanmarese troops have killed and burned the bodies of 11 people who had been rounded up in a village in the center of the restive East Asian country, local residents and media outlets say.
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UN denounces Suu Kyi’s jail sentence by Myanmar junta as ‘politically-motivated’
Dec 06, 2021 10:15United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has denounced Myanmar’s junta after ousted Leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to four years in jail, calling for her release.
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Five dead after Myanmar military forces ram truck into Yangon rally
Dec 05, 2021 09:35Myanmar's junta forces have rammed a military truck into protesters taking part in a peaceful anti-coup rally in Yangon, causing a number of casualties.
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Myanmar junta denies access to Suu Kyi
Nov 03, 2021 09:22Myanmar's ruling junta has rejected a request for a visit between a Southeast Asian envoy and deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi denies charge of incitement in first court testimony
Oct 27, 2021 05:28Myanmar’s deposed Leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has reportedly denied a charge of incitement to cause public alarm in her first court testimony since her arrest and following a February 1 military coup.
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‘Atrocity crimes’ feared as Myanmar sending troops, weapons to north: UN
Oct 23, 2021 12:07The United Nations (UN) warns of more “atrocity crimes” in Myanmar amid reports of the military massing thousands of troops and heavy weapons in the north of the country in a move reminiscent of the “genocidal attacks against the Rohingya Muslims” five years ago.