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Exclusive: Manipur Panel Began Identifying Immigrants 5 Weeks Before Clashes Began In May 2023
Five weeks before the Manipur ethnic clashes began in May 2023, a cabinet subcommittee comprising ministers from the three major communities visited three villages to make an assessment of the situation on "identification of Myanmarese immigrants."
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'Ethnocentric Homeland Demand Untenable, Obsolete': Manipur Academics At UN Event
The demand for an ethnocentric homeland is untenable and obsolete in Manipur, where at least 35 communities co-exist, a group of activists and academics from the violence-hit state bordering Myanmar has said.
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Facebook Must Pay Compensation to Rohingyas Over Online Hate Speech Campaign, Amnesty International Says
Facebook must pay compensation to Rohinygas over hate speech that exacerbated violence against the community when they were forced from their homes in Myanmar in 2017, Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday. The NGO said that Facebook, wasn't merely a passive site with insufficient content moderation, and that its algorithms “proacti...
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Myanmar Junta Cuts Wireless Internet to Stifle Coup Protests
Myanmar military cut wireless broadband internet services in the country on Friday to curb protests against the coup. Protesters have continued to defy the threat of lethal violence to oppose the junta's takeover.
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'Can't Kill Own People': Myanmar Soldiers, Cops Flee To India With Tales Of Violence
Shaking and clutching his T-shirt, Myanmar soldier Kyaw recalled the violence he said he was told to use on people in his own community -- orders that triggered his escape to India.
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Government To Deport 7 Rohingya, UN Says Violation Of International Law
Seven Rohingyas, who have been in India since 2012 and served jail terms for illegal entry, will be sent back to Myanmar, a country the community is fleeing as violence against the ethnic minority spiked in Rakhine region. The move of the government -- which considers Rohingyas illegal immigrants and a threat to national security -- has drawn crit...
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India Should Support Bangladesh On Rohingya Crisis: UN Secretary General
Asserting that those involved in violence against the Rohingya community should be held accountable, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said India can help in the crisis by supporting Bangladesh in humanitarian assistance and using its influence with Myanmar to bring about reconciliation.
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Myanmar Beauty Queen Dethroned 'After Posting Rohingya Video'
A Myanmar beauty queen says she was stripped of her pageant title after posting a graphic video accusing Muslim Rohingya militants of driving communal violence in Rakhine state, a conflict fraught with controversy in the mainly Buddhist country.
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Why Not Deport Rohingya, Myanmar Will Accept Them: Home Minister Rajnath Singh
Home Minister Rajnath Singh today reiterated that Rohingya Muslims living in India are not refugees but illegal immigrants from Myanmar, and that objections to deport them are baseless since Myanmar has expressed its willingness to take them back.
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'Myanmar Will Ensure Secure Environment For All Communities,' Says Aung San Suu Kyi: Highlights
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi broke her near-silence on communal violence scorching through Rakhine state, in a televised speech on a Rohingya refugee crisis that has shocked the world and prompted the United Nations to accuse the country's army of ethnic cleansing.
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India Calls On Myanmar To Act With Restraint In Rakhine
India has called for an immediate end to violence in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine, urging its ally to act with restraint as hordes of Rohingya flee to neighbouring Bangladesh.
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Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh Mark Eid After Fleeing Violence
Scores of Rohingya Muslim refugees offered Eid prayers on Saturday in Bangladesh, many of them recent arrivals fleeing a surge in communal violence in neighbouring Myanmar.
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Fresh Violence Kills 32 In Myanmar's Rakhine State
At least 32 people including 11 security forces were killed as Rohingya militants besieged border posts in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar's army chief said Friday, in the worst violence in months in the febrile zone.
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World Concerned About Rohingyas, Ban Ki-Moon Tells Myanmar
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Myanmar today that the world is very concerned about the tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who have been living for more than four years in camps in northern Rakhine state after fleeing violence from the Buddhist majority.
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Facebook, Myanmar Partner to Ban Provocative Posts During Elections
"We had the communal violence in 2012 and 2013. After that, we had our first co-operation with Facebook."
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Exclusive: Manipur Panel Began Identifying Immigrants 5 Weeks Before Clashes Began In May 2023
Five weeks before the Manipur ethnic clashes began in May 2023, a cabinet subcommittee comprising ministers from the three major communities visited three villages to make an assessment of the situation on "identification of Myanmarese immigrants."
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'Ethnocentric Homeland Demand Untenable, Obsolete': Manipur Academics At UN Event
The demand for an ethnocentric homeland is untenable and obsolete in Manipur, where at least 35 communities co-exist, a group of activists and academics from the violence-hit state bordering Myanmar has said.
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Facebook Must Pay Compensation to Rohingyas Over Online Hate Speech Campaign, Amnesty International Says
Facebook must pay compensation to Rohinygas over hate speech that exacerbated violence against the community when they were forced from their homes in Myanmar in 2017, Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday. The NGO said that Facebook, wasn't merely a passive site with insufficient content moderation, and that its algorithms “proacti...
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Myanmar Junta Cuts Wireless Internet to Stifle Coup Protests
Myanmar military cut wireless broadband internet services in the country on Friday to curb protests against the coup. Protesters have continued to defy the threat of lethal violence to oppose the junta's takeover.
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'Can't Kill Own People': Myanmar Soldiers, Cops Flee To India With Tales Of Violence
Shaking and clutching his T-shirt, Myanmar soldier Kyaw recalled the violence he said he was told to use on people in his own community -- orders that triggered his escape to India.
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Government To Deport 7 Rohingya, UN Says Violation Of International Law
Seven Rohingyas, who have been in India since 2012 and served jail terms for illegal entry, will be sent back to Myanmar, a country the community is fleeing as violence against the ethnic minority spiked in Rakhine region. The move of the government -- which considers Rohingyas illegal immigrants and a threat to national security -- has drawn crit...
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India Should Support Bangladesh On Rohingya Crisis: UN Secretary General
Asserting that those involved in violence against the Rohingya community should be held accountable, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said India can help in the crisis by supporting Bangladesh in humanitarian assistance and using its influence with Myanmar to bring about reconciliation.
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Myanmar Beauty Queen Dethroned 'After Posting Rohingya Video'
A Myanmar beauty queen says she was stripped of her pageant title after posting a graphic video accusing Muslim Rohingya militants of driving communal violence in Rakhine state, a conflict fraught with controversy in the mainly Buddhist country.
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Why Not Deport Rohingya, Myanmar Will Accept Them: Home Minister Rajnath Singh
Home Minister Rajnath Singh today reiterated that Rohingya Muslims living in India are not refugees but illegal immigrants from Myanmar, and that objections to deport them are baseless since Myanmar has expressed its willingness to take them back.
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'Myanmar Will Ensure Secure Environment For All Communities,' Says Aung San Suu Kyi: Highlights
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi broke her near-silence on communal violence scorching through Rakhine state, in a televised speech on a Rohingya refugee crisis that has shocked the world and prompted the United Nations to accuse the country's army of ethnic cleansing.
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India Calls On Myanmar To Act With Restraint In Rakhine
India has called for an immediate end to violence in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine, urging its ally to act with restraint as hordes of Rohingya flee to neighbouring Bangladesh.
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Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh Mark Eid After Fleeing Violence
Scores of Rohingya Muslim refugees offered Eid prayers on Saturday in Bangladesh, many of them recent arrivals fleeing a surge in communal violence in neighbouring Myanmar.
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Fresh Violence Kills 32 In Myanmar's Rakhine State
At least 32 people including 11 security forces were killed as Rohingya militants besieged border posts in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar's army chief said Friday, in the worst violence in months in the febrile zone.
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World Concerned About Rohingyas, Ban Ki-Moon Tells Myanmar
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Myanmar today that the world is very concerned about the tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who have been living for more than four years in camps in northern Rakhine state after fleeing violence from the Buddhist majority.
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Facebook, Myanmar Partner to Ban Provocative Posts During Elections
"We had the communal violence in 2012 and 2013. After that, we had our first co-operation with Facebook."
