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Dozens Of Rohingyas Killed In Drone Attack While Fleeing Myanmar
A drone attack on Rohingya fleeing Myanmar killed many dozens of people, including families with children, several witnesses said, describing survivors wandering between piles of bodies to identify dead and injured relatives.
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UN Chief Condems Myanmar Military's Deadly Attack On Rohingya Civilians
UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned on Thursday recent attacks by Myanmar's military that reportedly killed scores of civilians in western Rakhine state.
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7 Killed In Rohingya Refugee Camp Attack In Bangladesh: Police
Gunmen killed at least seven people and left others wounded in an assault Friday on a seminary in a Rohingya refugee camp on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, police said.
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Facebook Names First Members of Oversight Board That Can Overrule CEO Zuckerberg
Facebook has long faced criticism for high-profile content moderation issues. They range from temporarily removing a famous Vietnam-era war photo of a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack, to failing to combat hate speech in Myanmar against the Rohingya and other Muslims.
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2 Reuters Reporters Jailed For 7 Years In Landmark Myanmar Secrets Case
Two Reuters journalists accused of breaching Myanmar's state secrets law during their reporting of a massacre of Rohingya were jailed for seven years Monday, in a case that has drawn outrage as an attack on media freedom.
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Myanmar Military Leaders Rapped Over "Crimes Against Humanity" By Amnesty
Myanmar's military chief and other top brass have been accused by Amnesty International of crimes against humanity for overseeing a "systematic" attack against Rohingya Muslims, according to a report by the rights group Wednesday calling for prosecution at the International Criminal Court.
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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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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi To Visit China Amid Western Criticism Over Rohingya Exodus
Myanmar has bristled at pressure from Western nations over its armed forces' brutal response to August attacks on security posts by Rohingya Muslim militants in the western state of Rakhine.
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Rohingya Militants Say Ceasefire To End On October 9
Rohingya militants whose attacks triggered an army crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine state unleashing a huge wave of refugees said Saturday their one-month ceasefire would end in two days, but added they were open to peace if the government reciprocated.
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UN Chief Antonio Guterres Urges Myanmar To Halt Attacks On Rohingya
UN chief Antonio Guterres called Wednesday on Myanmar to halt its military campaign against Rohingyas in Rakhine state, acknowledging that the Muslim minority was facing ethnic cleansing.
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At Least 71 Killed In Myanmar As Violence Erupts In Rakhine State
Muslim militants in Myanmar staged a coordinated attack on 30 police posts and an army base in Rakhine state on Friday, and at least 59 of the insurgents and 12 members of the security forces were killed, the army and government said.
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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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12 Dead In Clashes In Myanmar's Restive Rakhine: State Media
Twelve people have died in the north of Myanmar's Rakhine state in clashes between armed men and troops, state media reported Wednesday, in a sharp escalation of violence in the restive region.
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Bangladesh Arrests Dutch 'Leader' of Myanmar Separatists
Bangladesh security forces said today they have arrested a Dutch national suspected of leading a group of Myanmar separatists that attacked Bangladeshi border forces in August.
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Bangladesh blames Muslim Rohingyas for temple attacks
Bangladesh accused Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar on Monday of involvement in attacks on Buddhist temples and homes in the southeast and said the violence was triggered by a photo posted on Facebook that insulted Islam.
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Dozens Of Rohingyas Killed In Drone Attack While Fleeing Myanmar
A drone attack on Rohingya fleeing Myanmar killed many dozens of people, including families with children, several witnesses said, describing survivors wandering between piles of bodies to identify dead and injured relatives.
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UN Chief Condems Myanmar Military's Deadly Attack On Rohingya Civilians
UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned on Thursday recent attacks by Myanmar's military that reportedly killed scores of civilians in western Rakhine state.
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7 Killed In Rohingya Refugee Camp Attack In Bangladesh: Police
Gunmen killed at least seven people and left others wounded in an assault Friday on a seminary in a Rohingya refugee camp on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, police said.
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Facebook Names First Members of Oversight Board That Can Overrule CEO Zuckerberg
Facebook has long faced criticism for high-profile content moderation issues. They range from temporarily removing a famous Vietnam-era war photo of a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack, to failing to combat hate speech in Myanmar against the Rohingya and other Muslims.
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2 Reuters Reporters Jailed For 7 Years In Landmark Myanmar Secrets Case
Two Reuters journalists accused of breaching Myanmar's state secrets law during their reporting of a massacre of Rohingya were jailed for seven years Monday, in a case that has drawn outrage as an attack on media freedom.
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Myanmar Military Leaders Rapped Over "Crimes Against Humanity" By Amnesty
Myanmar's military chief and other top brass have been accused by Amnesty International of crimes against humanity for overseeing a "systematic" attack against Rohingya Muslims, according to a report by the rights group Wednesday calling for prosecution at the International Criminal Court.
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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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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi To Visit China Amid Western Criticism Over Rohingya Exodus
Myanmar has bristled at pressure from Western nations over its armed forces' brutal response to August attacks on security posts by Rohingya Muslim militants in the western state of Rakhine.
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Rohingya Militants Say Ceasefire To End On October 9
Rohingya militants whose attacks triggered an army crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine state unleashing a huge wave of refugees said Saturday their one-month ceasefire would end in two days, but added they were open to peace if the government reciprocated.
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UN Chief Antonio Guterres Urges Myanmar To Halt Attacks On Rohingya
UN chief Antonio Guterres called Wednesday on Myanmar to halt its military campaign against Rohingyas in Rakhine state, acknowledging that the Muslim minority was facing ethnic cleansing.
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At Least 71 Killed In Myanmar As Violence Erupts In Rakhine State
Muslim militants in Myanmar staged a coordinated attack on 30 police posts and an army base in Rakhine state on Friday, and at least 59 of the insurgents and 12 members of the security forces were killed, the army and government said.
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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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12 Dead In Clashes In Myanmar's Restive Rakhine: State Media
Twelve people have died in the north of Myanmar's Rakhine state in clashes between armed men and troops, state media reported Wednesday, in a sharp escalation of violence in the restive region.
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Bangladesh Arrests Dutch 'Leader' of Myanmar Separatists
Bangladesh security forces said today they have arrested a Dutch national suspected of leading a group of Myanmar separatists that attacked Bangladeshi border forces in August.
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Bangladesh blames Muslim Rohingyas for temple attacks
Bangladesh accused Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar on Monday of involvement in attacks on Buddhist temples and homes in the southeast and said the violence was triggered by a photo posted on Facebook that insulted Islam.
