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Western Countries Step Up Pressure On Myanmar Junta

The European Union warned it is considering sanctions on Myanmar while the United States penalised two more generals for links…

3 years ago
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Myanmar Gripped By Strike As Anti-Coup Protests Build

Businesses shut in Myanmar on Monday in a general strike called to oppose the military coup and thousands of protesters…

3 years ago
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Myanmar’s Minorities To Protest In Show Of Unity Against Coup

Members of Myanmar ethnic groups protested on Saturday in a show of opposition to the coup that ousted the government…

3 years ago
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Fresh Anti-Coup Protests In Myanmar After Internet Blackout

Myanmar's junta cut the nation's internet and deployed extra troops around the country on Monday as fears built of a…

3 years ago
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Myanmar Police Fire Rubber Bullets As Thousands Join Protest

Supporters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi clashed with police on Friday as hundreds of thousands joined nationwide…

3 years ago
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Monks Join Street Protests Against Myanmar Coup

Thousands of anti-coup protesters marched in towns and cities across Myanmar on Monday, witnesses said, demonstrating for a third straight…

3 years ago
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Myanmar Military Seizes Power, Detains Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar’s military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu…

3 years ago
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Suu Kyi Wins Enough Seats To Form Myanmar’s Next Govt

The ruling party of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won enough parliamentary seats to form the next government,…

4 years ago
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Myanmar Casualties May Represent War Crimes: Bachelet

The U.N. Human Rights Chief said on Monday that three years after a Rohingya exodus “no concrete measures” on accountability…

4 years ago
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Rohingya Hold ‘Silent Protest’ On 3rd Anniversary Of Exodus

Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh held a “silent protest” on Tuesday to mark the third anniversary of clashes between Rohingya…

4 years ago
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Three Years On, Some Rohingya Cling To Hope Of Resettlement

On the third anniversary of a mass exodus of Rohingya to Bangladesh, prospects look bleak for about 1 million members…

4 years ago
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Refusing To Be Gagged, Myanmar Journalists Work From Shadows

Hiding from Myanmar’s police, journalist Aung Marm Oo refuses to conceal his anger with the civilian government led by Nobel…

4 years ago
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Covid-19: India Shuts Myanmar Border, Extends Travel Curbs

India ramped up travel restrictions and closed a border with neighbouring Myanmar to counter the coronavirus outbreak, as countries across…

4 years ago
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Explainer: Genocide Case Against Myanmar At The Top U.N. Court

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was due to leave the Netherlands on Friday after defending her country against accusations…

4 years ago
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Cyclone Bulbul Death Toll Rises To 12 In Bangladesh, Five Fishermen Missing

The death toll from Cyclone Bulbul rose to 12 in Bangladesh and five fishermen are still missing, government officials said…

5 years ago
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Myanmar Ethnic Rebels Release Indians Held In Rakhine After One Dies

Ethnic rebels in Myanmar have detained and interrogated a lawmaker and several Indian nationals, one of whom died, the rebels…

5 years ago
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UN Refugee Agency Takes Up Case Of Potential Stateless In India

The United Nations (U.N.) refugee agency said on Wednesday it was holding talks with India about its citizenship register in…

5 years ago
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Thousands Of Rohingya Mark ‘Genocide Day’ Amid Tensions In Bangladesh Camps

At least 100,000 Rohingya refugees rallied in camps in Bangladesh on Sunday, marking two years since the start of a…

5 years ago
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‘We Are Hostages’: Two Years On, Rohingya Still In Myanmar Trapped By New War

When Myanmar officials toured refugee camps in Bangladesh last month, inviting Rohingya Muslims who fled the country to return, they…

5 years ago
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Myanmar Troops’ Sexual Violence Against Rohingya Shows ‘Genocidal Intent’: UN Report

Sexual violence committed by Myanmar troops against Rohingya women and girls in 2017 indicated the military’s genocidal intent to destroy…

5 years ago
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Bangladesh Bid To Repatriate Rohingya Stalls As Refugees Refuse To Return To Myanmar

An attempt to begin repatriating thousands of Rohingya Muslims living in camps in Bangladesh stalled on Thursday, after nearly 300…

5 years ago

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