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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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Myanmar Army Behind Facebook Pages Spewing Hate Speech Against Rohingya: UN Probe
Myanmar's military was behind dozens of seemingly unrelated Facebook pages spewing hate speech against the Rohingya prior to its dramatic 2017 crackdown against the mostly Muslim minority, a UN probe found Wednesday.
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Over 200 Rohingya Refugees Are Stranded On Indonesian Beach. Here's Why
More than 200 Rohingya refugees were huddled on the beaches of a remote Indonesian island Wednesday after weeks adrift on a wooden boat, as authorities rejected locals' efforts to push the members of the persecuted Myanmar minority back to sea.
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Rohingya Refugees Fleeing Myanmar, Bangladesh Surged Fivefold In 2022: UN
The number of Rohingya fleeing Myanmar or Bangladesh by sea surged fivefold to more than 3,500 in 2022 from a year earlier, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday, in the deadliest year for the ethnic minority group at since 2014.
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Myanmar Junta Jails Japanese Filmmaker For 10 Years For Fueling Dissent
Japanese filmmaker Toru Kubota has previously made documentaries on Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority and "refugees and ethnic issues in Myanmar".
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Facebook Fails to Detect Hate Against Rohingya Muslims
A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority years after such behaviour was found to have played a determining role in the genocide against them.
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US Rules Myanmar Military Committed Genocide Against Rohingyas: Official
The United States has determined that the violence committed by the military in Myanmar against the Rohingya minority amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity, a US official told AFP Sunday.
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Facebook Has Not Shared ‘Evidence’ of Serious International Crimes in Myanmar: UN Investigator
Facebook has not released evidence of “serious international crimes”, despite vowing to work with investigators looking into abuses in the country including against the Rohingya Muslim minority, says head of a UN investigative body.
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Top UN Court Orders Myanmar To Prevent Rohingya Genocide
The UN's top court told Myanmar on Thursday to take urgent steps to prevent the alleged genocide of the Buddhist nation's minority Rohingya Muslims.
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"Next Move On Rohingya, They Don't Belong To 6 Minorities": Union Minister
More than 13,700 foreigners, including Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshi nationals, are settled in Jammu and Samba districts, where their population has increased by over 6,000 between 2008 and 2016, according to government data.
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Myanmar Seizes Boat Carrying 173 Rohingya Off South Coast: Official
Myanmar authorities detained 173 ethnic Rohingya aboard a boat off the southern coast, authorities said on Tuesday, amid signs that more members of the Muslim minority group are making perilous sea voyages to escape persecution.
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Genocide Court Case Risks 'Reignition' Of Rohingya Crisis, Warns Suu Kyi
Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi warned on Thursday that a genocide case at the UN's top court over Myanmar's treatment of the Rohingya Muslim minority risked restarting the crisis.
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Suu Kyi To Defend Myanmar In World Court On Rohingya Genocide, Set To Make History
Former democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is set to make legal history when she defends Myanmar in The Hague this week against charges of genocide targeting the Buddhist state's minority Rohingya Muslims.
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Myanmar Army Chief Denies Systematic Persecution Of Rohingya
Myanmar's army chief, who is facing international calls that he be prosecuted for genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority, has denied any systematic army persecution and said such accusations were an insult to his country's honour.
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Five More Rohingya Migrants Deported To Myanmar, 10 Still In Prison
A day after a Rohingya Muslim migrant from Myanmar's Rakhine state was sent back, five others lodged at an Assam prison were deported to the neighbouring country on Thursday. According to sources, they were handed over to Myanmarese authorities at the border check point in Manipur's Moreh town.
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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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Myanmar Army Behind Facebook Pages Spewing Hate Speech Against Rohingya: UN Probe
Myanmar's military was behind dozens of seemingly unrelated Facebook pages spewing hate speech against the Rohingya prior to its dramatic 2017 crackdown against the mostly Muslim minority, a UN probe found Wednesday.
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Over 200 Rohingya Refugees Are Stranded On Indonesian Beach. Here's Why
More than 200 Rohingya refugees were huddled on the beaches of a remote Indonesian island Wednesday after weeks adrift on a wooden boat, as authorities rejected locals' efforts to push the members of the persecuted Myanmar minority back to sea.
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Rohingya Refugees Fleeing Myanmar, Bangladesh Surged Fivefold In 2022: UN
The number of Rohingya fleeing Myanmar or Bangladesh by sea surged fivefold to more than 3,500 in 2022 from a year earlier, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday, in the deadliest year for the ethnic minority group at since 2014.
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Myanmar Junta Jails Japanese Filmmaker For 10 Years For Fueling Dissent
Japanese filmmaker Toru Kubota has previously made documentaries on Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority and "refugees and ethnic issues in Myanmar".
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Facebook Fails to Detect Hate Against Rohingya Muslims
A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority years after such behaviour was found to have played a determining role in the genocide against them.
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US Rules Myanmar Military Committed Genocide Against Rohingyas: Official
The United States has determined that the violence committed by the military in Myanmar against the Rohingya minority amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity, a US official told AFP Sunday.
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Facebook Has Not Shared ‘Evidence’ of Serious International Crimes in Myanmar: UN Investigator
Facebook has not released evidence of “serious international crimes”, despite vowing to work with investigators looking into abuses in the country including against the Rohingya Muslim minority, says head of a UN investigative body.
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Top UN Court Orders Myanmar To Prevent Rohingya Genocide
The UN's top court told Myanmar on Thursday to take urgent steps to prevent the alleged genocide of the Buddhist nation's minority Rohingya Muslims.
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"Next Move On Rohingya, They Don't Belong To 6 Minorities": Union Minister
More than 13,700 foreigners, including Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshi nationals, are settled in Jammu and Samba districts, where their population has increased by over 6,000 between 2008 and 2016, according to government data.
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Myanmar Seizes Boat Carrying 173 Rohingya Off South Coast: Official
Myanmar authorities detained 173 ethnic Rohingya aboard a boat off the southern coast, authorities said on Tuesday, amid signs that more members of the Muslim minority group are making perilous sea voyages to escape persecution.
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Genocide Court Case Risks 'Reignition' Of Rohingya Crisis, Warns Suu Kyi
Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi warned on Thursday that a genocide case at the UN's top court over Myanmar's treatment of the Rohingya Muslim minority risked restarting the crisis.
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Suu Kyi To Defend Myanmar In World Court On Rohingya Genocide, Set To Make History
Former democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is set to make legal history when she defends Myanmar in The Hague this week against charges of genocide targeting the Buddhist state's minority Rohingya Muslims.
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Myanmar Army Chief Denies Systematic Persecution Of Rohingya
Myanmar's army chief, who is facing international calls that he be prosecuted for genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority, has denied any systematic army persecution and said such accusations were an insult to his country's honour.
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Five More Rohingya Migrants Deported To Myanmar, 10 Still In Prison
A day after a Rohingya Muslim migrant from Myanmar's Rakhine state was sent back, five others lodged at an Assam prison were deported to the neighbouring country on Thursday. According to sources, they were handed over to Myanmarese authorities at the border check point in Manipur's Moreh town.
