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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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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 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 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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Refugees Face ‘acute Crisis’ In Cyclone-Hit Bangladesh

Aid workers warned Wednesday of an "acute crisis" in Bangladesh after a cyclone damaged or destroyed thousands of homes...

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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 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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Suu Kyi Rejects UN Myanmar Probe

Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday rejected a decision by the UN's rights council to investigate allegations of crimes by...

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Myanmar Begins Shuttering Three Rakhine Camps

Myanmar has started shutting down three displacement camps in strife-torn Rakhine state, a senior official said...

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Myanmar Army Chief Defends Military Campaign In Rakhine

Myanmar's army chief defended a military crackdown in Rakhine State on Monday after the UN pledged to probe claims...

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China, Russia Block UN Statement On Myanmar

China and Russia blocked a proposed UN Security Council statement on Friday that would have expressed concern over the...

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Myanmar Must Allow Rohingya To Leave Camps

Myanmar should close bleak camps where tens of thousands of displaced Rohingya Muslims have been trapped for nearly...

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Myanmar May Be Trying To ‘expel’ All Rohingya

Myanmar may be seeking to "expel" all ethnic Rohingya from its territory, a UN rights expert said Monday, pushing for a...

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UN Envoy Calls For Highest Level Myanmar Probe

The United Nations rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar called Thursday for the creation of a Commission of Inquiry...

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Myanmar Swats Away ‘biased’ UN Abuse Claims

A close aide to Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday dismissed mounting international pressure over alleged abuses...

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UN Envoy Decries Violence Against Rohingya In Myanmar

Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar have told how government forces gang-raped women, slit people's throats...