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With 180 Presumed Drowned, 2022 Deadliest Year For Rohingya In Years
The possible sinking of a boat with 180 Rohingya Muslims on board will make 2022 one of the worst years for the community as refugees try to flee desperate conditions in camps in Bangladesh, the UN refugee agency told Reuters on Monday.
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Army Committed War Crimes, Not Genocide Against Rohingya: Myanmar Probe
A Myanmar-appointed panel concluded Monday that some soldiers likely committed war crimes against its Rohingya Muslim community but the military was not guilty of genocide, findings swiftly condemned by rights groups.
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Government To Deport 7 Rohingya, UN Says Violation Of International Law
Seven Rohingyas, who have been in India since 2012 and served jail terms for illegal entry, will be sent back to Myanmar, a country the community is fleeing as violence against the ethnic minority spiked in Rakhine region. The move of the government -- which considers Rohingyas illegal immigrants and a threat to national security -- has drawn crit...
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Myanmar Beauty Queen Dethroned 'After Posting Rohingya Video'
A Myanmar beauty queen says she was stripped of her pageant title after posting a graphic video accusing Muslim Rohingya militants of driving communal violence in Rakhine state, a conflict fraught with controversy in the mainly Buddhist country.
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Why Not Deport Rohingya, Myanmar Will Accept Them: Home Minister Rajnath Singh
Home Minister Rajnath Singh today reiterated that Rohingya Muslims living in India are not refugees but illegal immigrants from Myanmar, and that objections to deport them are baseless since Myanmar has expressed its willingness to take them back.
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Why Are The Rohingya Fleeing Myanmar?
Last week, the United Nations' top human rights official called Myanmar's ongoing military campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority group in that country's Rakhine state "a textbook example of ethnic cleansing."
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No Fear Of 'International Scrutiny' Over Rohingya Crisis: Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi today reached out to the global community in a broad appeal for support over a refugee crisis the UN has decried as "ethnic cleansing", urging outsiders to help her nation unite across religious and ethnic lines and offering a pathway back to the country for some of the Rohingya Muslims forced to flee by army operati...
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India Calls On Myanmar To Act With Restraint In Rakhine
India has called for an immediate end to violence in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine, urging its ally to act with restraint as hordes of Rohingya flee to neighbouring Bangladesh.
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Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh Mark Eid After Fleeing Violence
Scores of Rohingya Muslim refugees offered Eid prayers on Saturday in Bangladesh, many of them recent arrivals fleeing a surge in communal violence in neighbouring Myanmar.
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Fresh Violence Kills 32 In Myanmar's Rakhine State
At least 32 people including 11 security forces were killed as Rohingya militants besieged border posts in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar's army chief said Friday, in the worst violence in months in the febrile zone.
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With 180 Presumed Drowned, 2022 Deadliest Year For Rohingya In Years
The possible sinking of a boat with 180 Rohingya Muslims on board will make 2022 one of the worst years for the community as refugees try to flee desperate conditions in camps in Bangladesh, the UN refugee agency told Reuters on Monday.
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Army Committed War Crimes, Not Genocide Against Rohingya: Myanmar Probe
A Myanmar-appointed panel concluded Monday that some soldiers likely committed war crimes against its Rohingya Muslim community but the military was not guilty of genocide, findings swiftly condemned by rights groups.
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Government To Deport 7 Rohingya, UN Says Violation Of International Law
Seven Rohingyas, who have been in India since 2012 and served jail terms for illegal entry, will be sent back to Myanmar, a country the community is fleeing as violence against the ethnic minority spiked in Rakhine region. The move of the government -- which considers Rohingyas illegal immigrants and a threat to national security -- has drawn crit...
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Myanmar Beauty Queen Dethroned 'After Posting Rohingya Video'
A Myanmar beauty queen says she was stripped of her pageant title after posting a graphic video accusing Muslim Rohingya militants of driving communal violence in Rakhine state, a conflict fraught with controversy in the mainly Buddhist country.
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Why Not Deport Rohingya, Myanmar Will Accept Them: Home Minister Rajnath Singh
Home Minister Rajnath Singh today reiterated that Rohingya Muslims living in India are not refugees but illegal immigrants from Myanmar, and that objections to deport them are baseless since Myanmar has expressed its willingness to take them back.
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Why Are The Rohingya Fleeing Myanmar?
Last week, the United Nations' top human rights official called Myanmar's ongoing military campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority group in that country's Rakhine state "a textbook example of ethnic cleansing."
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No Fear Of 'International Scrutiny' Over Rohingya Crisis: Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi today reached out to the global community in a broad appeal for support over a refugee crisis the UN has decried as "ethnic cleansing", urging outsiders to help her nation unite across religious and ethnic lines and offering a pathway back to the country for some of the Rohingya Muslims forced to flee by army operati...
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India Calls On Myanmar To Act With Restraint In Rakhine
India has called for an immediate end to violence in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine, urging its ally to act with restraint as hordes of Rohingya flee to neighbouring Bangladesh.
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Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh Mark Eid After Fleeing Violence
Scores of Rohingya Muslim refugees offered Eid prayers on Saturday in Bangladesh, many of them recent arrivals fleeing a surge in communal violence in neighbouring Myanmar.
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Fresh Violence Kills 32 In Myanmar's Rakhine State
At least 32 people including 11 security forces were killed as Rohingya militants besieged border posts in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar's army chief said Friday, in the worst violence in months in the febrile zone.
