Rohingya refugees
Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for $150bn over hate speech
The complaint, lodged in a California court, says the algorithms that power the US-based company promote disinformation and extremist thought that translates to...
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Rohingya sent back to Myanmar camps hungry and in debt
Images of hungry and thirsty refugees huddled on boats have stirred memories of a 2015 crisis, when thousands of fleeing Rohingya were stuck at sea.
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93 Rohingya fleeing by boat sent back to Myanmar camps: police
Three vessels carrying fleeing Rohingya have been seized and returned to Rakhine over the past two weeks, as the monsoon season gives way to more favourable sailing conditions.
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Myanmar says willing to take back all Rohingya refugees
Since August 2017, about 700,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled a military crackdown in mainly Buddhist Myanmar, many reporting killings, rape and arson on a large scale, UN and other aid organisations have said.
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Trump assures Bangladesh of US support amid Rohingya crisis
A letter from Donald Trump was handed to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a meeting with US Ambassador Marcia Bernicat in Dhaka.
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Rohingya refugees tearfully plead for UN Security Council help
Several tearful women and girls threw themselves at British UN Ambassador Karen Pierce as they recounted what had happened to them.
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UN Security Council puts spotlight on Rohingya refugee crisis
Myanmar and Bangladesh agreed in January to complete a voluntary repatriation of the refugees within two years
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Pope wraps up Asian trip after meeting Rohingya
Pope Francis visited a home in Dhaka founded by Mother Teresa for orphans, unwed mothers and destitute elderly as he wrapped up his trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh.
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Myanmar, Bangladesh to ink Rohingya return deal
Rights groups have accused the military in mostly Buddhist Myanmar of carrying out mass rape and other atrocities during a counter-insurgency operation launched in late August.
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China wants Bangladesh, Myanmar to solve Rohingya crisis bilaterally
More than 600,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since late August driven out by a military clearance operation in Buddhist majority Myanmar’s Rakhine State.
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Myanmar military denies atrocities against Rohingya, replaces general
No reason was given for Major General Maung Maung Soe being transferred from his post as the head of Western Command in Rakhine state.
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[EYEWITNESS] The Rohingya horrors and Aung San Suu Kyi’s whitewash
Ellen Wiles says all the signs were there when she was living in Myanmar at the rosiest moment in the transition to democracy.
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Tillerson tells Myanmar army chief US concerned about reported atrocities
The State Department is considering formally declaring the crackdown on Rohingya Muslims to be ethnic cleansing.
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US officials will not label treatment of Rohingya as 'ethnic cleansing'
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar’s Rakhine state since security forces responded to Rohingya militants’ attacks.
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12 dead as Rohingya refugee boat capsizes on way to Bangladesh
These are the latest victims of violence in Myanmar that has forced more than half a million people to flee.
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UN fears 'further exodus' of Muslim Rohingya from Myanmar
Some 515,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh from Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine.
