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A Visual That Shows Just How Many Rohingya Villages Have Been Burned
In the four months since the Myanmar military began a crackdown after Rohingya militants attacked an army base and police posts on Aug. 25, around 655,000 members of the stateless Muslim minority have fled the western state of Rakhine and crossed into neighbouring Bangladesh.
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6,700 Rohingya Killed In First Month Of Myanmar Violence: Doctors
At least 6,700 Rohingya Muslims were killed in the first month of a Myanmar army crackdown on rebels in Rakhine state that began in late August, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday.
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Russia Detains Dozens At Protest Supporting Rohingya
Russian police detained people from a crowd of about 200 protesters Sunday in Saint Petersburg who had gathered over the crackdown on the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
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Rohingya Militants Declare Month-Long Ceasefire, Release Statement On Twitter
Rohingya militants, whose August 25 raids in Myanmar's Rakhine State sparked an army crackdown that has seen nearly 300,000 of the Muslim minority flee to Bangladesh, on Sunday declared a unilateral one-month ceasefire.
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Children Among Hundreds Of Rohingya Detained In Myanmar Crackdown
Children as young as 10 years old are among hundreds of Rohingya Muslims detained on charges of consorting with insurgents, according to a police document seen by Reuters that sheds new light on Myanmar's security campaign in the country's northwest.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Delays Indonesia Trip Amid Rohingya Crisis
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday postponed a visit to Indonesia after protests over her country's bloody crackdown on Rohingya Muslims and a thwarted plot to attack its Jakarta embassy.
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US says Asia's rights record poor in 2013
From China's crackdown on activists to flawed elections in Cambodia and widespread violence against Muslims in Myanmar, Asia's human rights record in 2013 remained poor, US officials said Thursday.
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Myanmar rejects Muslim crackdown concerns
Myanmar on Monday told a UN rights envoy that it rejected accusations of abuse by security forces in the wake of communal unrest, after the United Nations raised fears of a crackdown on Muslims.
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A Visual That Shows Just How Many Rohingya Villages Have Been Burned
In the four months since the Myanmar military began a crackdown after Rohingya militants attacked an army base and police posts on Aug. 25, around 655,000 members of the stateless Muslim minority have fled the western state of Rakhine and crossed into neighbouring Bangladesh.
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6,700 Rohingya Killed In First Month Of Myanmar Violence: Doctors
At least 6,700 Rohingya Muslims were killed in the first month of a Myanmar army crackdown on rebels in Rakhine state that began in late August, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday.
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Russia Detains Dozens At Protest Supporting Rohingya
Russian police detained people from a crowd of about 200 protesters Sunday in Saint Petersburg who had gathered over the crackdown on the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
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Rohingya Militants Declare Month-Long Ceasefire, Release Statement On Twitter
Rohingya militants, whose August 25 raids in Myanmar's Rakhine State sparked an army crackdown that has seen nearly 300,000 of the Muslim minority flee to Bangladesh, on Sunday declared a unilateral one-month ceasefire.
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Children Among Hundreds Of Rohingya Detained In Myanmar Crackdown
Children as young as 10 years old are among hundreds of Rohingya Muslims detained on charges of consorting with insurgents, according to a police document seen by Reuters that sheds new light on Myanmar's security campaign in the country's northwest.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Delays Indonesia Trip Amid Rohingya Crisis
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday postponed a visit to Indonesia after protests over her country's bloody crackdown on Rohingya Muslims and a thwarted plot to attack its Jakarta embassy.
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US says Asia's rights record poor in 2013
From China's crackdown on activists to flawed elections in Cambodia and widespread violence against Muslims in Myanmar, Asia's human rights record in 2013 remained poor, US officials said Thursday.
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Myanmar rejects Muslim crackdown concerns
Myanmar on Monday told a UN rights envoy that it rejected accusations of abuse by security forces in the wake of communal unrest, after the United Nations raised fears of a crackdown on Muslims.
