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Timeline: Being Rohingya in Myanmar, from 1784 to Now
As Rohingya people continue to flee Rakhine State and allege widespread persecution, a look at their struggle through the years. A Rohingya refugee girl collects rain water at a makeshift camp in Cox’s...
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UN Secretary General Guterres Asked by Half of Security Council to Publicly...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the 72nd UN General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, US., September 19, 2017. Credit: Reuters UN: Seven members of the UN Security Council,...
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UN Seeks Rapid Increase in Aid as Myanmar Finds More Bodies in Mass Grave
Rohingya refugees wait in a refugee camp in no mans land in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, September 24, 2017. Credit: Reuters Yangon/Dhaka: Myanmar‘s army unearthed the bodies of 17 Hindu villagers on...
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UN Secretary General Guterres to Brief the Security Council on Myanmar
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 19, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson UN: UN...
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Massacre of Hindus in Rakhine a Testament to Brutality of Myanmar’s Conflict
Journalists flown to site of mass killing in Rakhine that survivors and the Myanmar army say was carried out by Rohingya militants. Hindu villagers react as they identify the bodies of their relatives...
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A Nobel Peace Prize Isn’t Always Enough to Keep People Away from War
A number of winners of the peace prize have gone on to launch wars or escalate them. Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi poses with a picture of herself at the Nobel Peace centre in Oslo June...
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More Than 50 Rohingya Missing as US Steps up Pressure on Myanmar
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley called on countries to suspend providing weapons to Myanmar over violence against Rohingya Muslims. A Rohingya refugee boy looks on as he stands in a queue to...
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Myanmar Mission Extended Until September 2018 by UN Human Rights Council
New Rohingya refugees sit near the Kutupalang makeshift refugee camp, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, August 29, 2017. Credit: Reuters Geneva: The UN Human Rights Council decided on Friday to extend the...
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Mass Graves of Hindus: India Asks Myanmar to Punish Perpetrators
“We hope authorities will be able to bring to justice perpetrators of the crime,” said MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar on Friday. Hindu villagers react as they identify the bodies of their relatives...
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US Call for Suspending Arms Sales to Myanmar Faces Roadblock
Any resolution imposing economic or military sanctions on Myanmar is likely to be vetoed either by China or Russia – or both. Member of Border Guard Bangladesh stops Rohingya people who are trying to...
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Bangladeshi Destroys 20 Boats Ferrying Rohingya Muslims Fleeing Myanmar
Children collect wood from remnants of some 20 boats that ferried Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar, which were destroyed by Bangladeshi authorities the night before, at Shah Porir Dwip...
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West Edges Towards Punishing Myanmar Army Leaders Over Rohingya Crisis
A Rohingya refugee woman with a child talks over phone as she takes shelter in No Man’s Land between Bangladesh-Myanmar border, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, August 27, 2017. Credit: Reuters...
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Land Grab for Projects Fuels Atrocities Against Rohingya
Behind the savaging of a land and its people in Myanmar’s Rakhine state is a murky tale of resource appropriation and prospects of spoils from reckless industrial development. Newly arrived Rohingya...
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Rohingya Militants’ Ceasefire Ends in Myanmar, No Attacks Reported
Polices guard near a bridge after Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacked, in Buthidaung, Myanmar August 28, 2017. Credit: Reuters Yangon: Myanmar authorities said there was no sign of attacks...
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Will India Extend Protection to the World’s Most Persecuted Ethnic Minority –...
With the Rohingya refugee influx, India faces a litmus test on its commitment to international law in its domestic refugee policy implementation. Rohingya refugee men carry a man after travelling over...
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Brutal Myanmar Army Operation Aimed at Preventing Rohingya Return, Says UN
Rohingya refugees walk on the muddy path after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 3, 2017. Credit: Reuters Geneva: Myanmar security forces have brutally driven out...
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Amid Reports of Killings and Abuse of Rohingya Muslims, Myanmar Army Opens Probe
Domestic investigations, including a previous internal military probe, have largely dismissed refugees’ claims of abuses committed during security forces’ “clearance operations”. Yasmin, a ten-year-old...
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Aung San Suu Kyi Sets Out Aid Plan to End Rohingya Crisis
Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech to the nation over the Rakhine and Rohingya situation, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar September 19, 2017. Credit: Reuters Geneva: Aung San Suu Kyi has...
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Thousands of New Rohingya Refugees Flee to Bangladesh From Myanmar to Escape...
Rohingya refugees arrive at a beach after crossing from Myanmar, in Teknaf, Bangladesh, October 15, 2017. Credit: Reuters Cox’s Bazar: Hungry, destitute and scared, thousands of new Rohingya refugees...
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For the Rohingya in Bangladesh’s Refugee Camps, Living is Surviving
Over 700,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s sprawling camps constantly struggle to meet basic needs of food, water and sanitation. The lines in front of a truck with relief for the Rohingya. Credit:...
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