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Rohingya Crisis: Dhaka expects move by OIC
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 4 (ANI): In the upcoming 45th session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dhaka expects that the Council of Foreign Ministers to exert pressure on Myanmar for a sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis.
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Myanmar Army killing Christians in Kachin
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kachin [Myanmar], May 4 (ANI): Not long after Myanmar army carried out targeted killings of Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine state, it has now been accused of committing atrocities against Christians in the northernmost state of the country, Kachin.
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Facebook spreading hate speech in Myanmar, says UN
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New York [USA], Mar. 13 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday warned that social media giant Facebook's platform is contributing to the spread of hate speech and ethnic violence in a crisis-hit Myanmar.
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6 Rohingya Muslims arrested in Tripura
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Dharmanagar (Tripura) [India], Jan 16 (ANI): As many as six Rohingya Muslims were arrested from the railway station here on Saturday night.
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Myanmar Army's admission is 'tip of the iceberg'
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Jan 11 (ANI): In response to the Myanmar's military's admission of killing Rohingya Muslims, Amnesty International said that the confession is just the tip of the ice berg.
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Myanmar military admits killing 10 Rohingyas
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Jan 11 (ANI): In a rare acknowledgement, the Myanmar military has admitted that the members of its security forces were involved in the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslims, whose bodies were found in a mass grave in December in the restive Rakhine region.
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Rohingya refugees: SC to resume hearing against deportation today
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday will resume the hearing of plea of two Rohingya refugees against the Centre's decision to deport Rohingya Muslims back to Myanmar.
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Bangladesh calls for UNHRC meeting to discuss Rohingya issue
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 04 (ANI): Bangladesh has called for a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to discuss the human rights issue of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
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'Rape alarm' to save Rohingya women from unwanted sexual advances
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Nov 26 (ANI): A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in Bangladesh has distributed a device called the "rape alarm" to women in the Keruntali Rohingya camp of Teknaf to save them from unwanted sexual advances.
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UN official expresses 'deep disappointment' in Aung San Suu Kyi
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], October 27 (ANI): Given the state of affairs in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state, the United Nations investigator of human rights abuses in the country expressed deep disappointment in Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi over her 'indifferent' response to the violence agai
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Tillerson calls on Myanmar army chief over Rohingya crisis
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [U.S.A.], October 27 (ANI): United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday morning urged Myanmar's army chief General Min Aung Hlaing to end the violence in the Rakhine state and allow the safe return of the Rohingya Muslims displaced during the crisis.
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Myanmar to start new education department for Rohingya Muslims
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], October 26 (ANI): Myanmar will open a new education department for Rohingya Muslims attending Sittwe University at Takka Pyin village in Sittwe township.
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