Tag: Myanmar

The charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (also known as Doctors Without Borders) said on Thursday that an immediate scale-up of humanitarian aid ...

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Aung San Suu Kyi Says Myanmar Does Not “Fear International Scrutiny” Over Rohingya Refugees

by Grasswire

2017/09/21

Myanmar's de facto leader, State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi said on Tuesday that the country does not “fear international scrutiny” ...

Rohingya refugees have been forced to flee Myanmar for neighboring Bangladesh

Rohingya Rebels Declare One-Month Unilateral Ceasefire

by Staff Writer

2017/09/10

Rohingya militants, whose August 25 raids in Myanmar's Rakhine State sparked an army crackdown that has seen nearly 300,000 of ...

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UN: 270,000 Rohingya Muslims Flee to Bangladesh Amid Surge in Violence

2017/09/08

Nearly 270,000 Rohingya Muslims escaped renewed violence in the Rakhine State of Myanmar and fled to Bangladesh over the past ...

Rohingya Violence Tests Myanmar Leader’s Credentials

2017/09/10

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was once seen as a paragon of liberty, and an iconic rebel who stoutly fought ...

Muslim World Urges Myanmar To End Persecution of Rohingya

2017/09/05

As more than 123,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighboring Bangladesh amid an escalating army crackdown, the U.N. and the ...

Myanmar’s Oppressed Muslims Face Ethnic Cleansing: Never Again?

by Catherine Renshaw

2017/09/03

The Rohingya, Myanmar’s Muslim minority, have been persecuted for decades. But they have never before experienced the systematic and terrible ...

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How Militants Blew Chance To Improve Rights of Rohingya Muslims

by Ronan Lee

2017/09/02

Amid the chaos and appalling human rights abuses faced by Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims today, it is worth remembering that this ...

Trapped By Death And Facing Uncertainty, Rohingya Muslims Flee Myanmar

2017/09/03

When a Syrian toddler washed up to the banks of Aegean Sea two years ago, the harrowing picture sent shockwaves ...

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Rohingya Muslims, Civilians Flee Myanmar After Army Operation

2017/08/28