Rakhine State

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Myanmar Still Using ‘same Tactics’ of Oppression As Junta

Myanmar is still using the same "tactics" to silence its people as the former junta, the UN's rights envoy said Friday,...

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Thai Smuggling Crackdown Leaves Myanmar’s Rohingya In Limbo

Five years have passed since Hla Hla Sein was forced into a displacement camp in western Myanmar for Rohingya Muslims,...

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Cornered By Poverty, Stalked By Violence

Hemmed in by Myanmar security forces and menaced by abductions and killings, Rohingya Muslims in a conflict-scarred...

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Three Killed In Rakhine Explosion

Three people, including two teenage boys, were killed by an explosion in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state on Saturday, a...

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Bangladesh Arrests Suspect In Murder of Rohingya Leaders

Bangladesh police have arrested a man suspected of murdering two Rohingya leaders in the country's southeast where tens...

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US Pressures Myanmar To Accept UN Rights Probe

US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Monday ramped up pressure on the Myanmar government to accept a UN fact-finding mission...

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Rohingya Refugees May Stay In Bangladesh ‘for Some Time’

Nearly half a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in squalid Bangladeshi camps face staying "for some more...

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Rohingya Man Killed In Myanmar Buddhist Mob Attack

A Rohingya Muslim was stoned to death and six others wounded by a mob of Buddhists in the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine...

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Myanmar’s Muslims Mark Ramadan Out In the Cold

Huddled under umbrellas to escape a thundering monsoon downpour, dozens of Muslims stood in line at a Yangon mosque for...

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Myanmar Forces Kill 3 In Raid On ‘terrorist Training Camps’

Myanmar security forces have killed three people in raids on "terrorist" training camps run by Rohingya Muslim...

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Myanmar Bars Rakhine Documentary From Film Festival

Myanmar's censors have barred a documentary on festering religious tensions between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in...

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UN Rights Council Names Team To Probe Myanmar Rohingya Abuses

The UN rights council on Tuesday named a three-person team to probe alleged atrocities against Myanmar's Rohingya...

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Myanmar Army Clears Itself of Rohingya Atrocity Claims

Myanmar's army on Tuesday cleared itself of allegations that troops may have carried out ethnic cleansing of Rohingya...

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EU Pushes Myanmar For Aid Access In Northern Rakhine

A senior European Union official has urged Myanmar to allow full aid access to the north of Rakhine state, where...

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Myanmar Nationalists Sent To Jail Over US Embassy Protest

Four Myanmar nationalists were held on Friday for inciting violence during anti-Rohingya protests in Yangon last year,...

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Myanmar Army Chief Compares Rohingya Crackdown To Northern Ireland

Myanmar's army chief defended his military's violent crackdown on Rohingya Muslims by comparing it to Britain's...

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Myanmar Police Make Arrests After Nationalist, Muslim Scuffle

Yangon police arrested several Buddhist nationalists Thursday for inciting violence after at least one man was left...

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Myanmar Police Fire Shots To Break Up Nationalist, Muslim Scuffles

Police in Myanmar fired warning shots to break up scuffles between Buddhist nationalists and Muslims in Myanmar's...

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Vatican and Myanmar Agree To Establish Diplomatic Ties

The Vatican and Myanmar established full diplomatic relations on Thursday in the latest step in the former pariah Asian...