Tag: Rakhine
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Suu Kyi rejects Rohingya genocide charge in UN court
Myanmar has always insisted it was tackling an extremist threat in Rakhine state, and Suu Kyi maintained that stance, calling the violence an "internal armed conflict triggered by attacks on police posts".
December 11, 2019 -
Rohingya villages in Myanmar destroyed: Report
In 2017 more than 700,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar during a military operation.
September 10, 2019 -
Genocide reaffirmed
The United Nations has spoken and the world must listen. Never in recent years has the voice of the entity been so resounding as it was on Monday. Its intrepid presentation on the violence perpetrated by Myanmar’s security forces on the Rohingyas is a severe indictment of the country’s army chief and, albeit indirectly, of …
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August 29, 2018 -
Myanmar generals must be prosecuted for genocide: UN report
The report - based on hundreds of interviews, research and analysis by a UN-mandated fact-finding mission - is the strongest condemnation by the UN.
August 27, 2018 -
Asean advised to take stronger role in Rakhine
The group should provide sufficient assistance to all people in Rakhine, said Asian Peace and Reconciliation Council secretary-general Kobsak Chutikul
March 19, 2018 -
Tell truth or resign: Nobel laureates tell Aung San Suu Kyi
Three female Nobel peace laureates have asked Myanmar State Counsellor and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi “to act now” or “face the consequences” for what they called “genocide” being carried out in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. More than 688,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Rakhine State to neighbouring Bangladesh since August 2017, after the Myanmar …
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March 1, 2018 -
Myanmar urged to free detained journalists
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday called for the immediate release of two journalists arrested in Myanmar two weeks ago for allegedly possessing leaked documents relating to police operations in Rakhine State. Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27, who works for Reuters, were arrested on December 12 in Yangon and face 14 years in …
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December 20, 2017 -
Token visit
After a spell of prolonged and intriguing silence, Aung San Suu Kyi has eventually condescended to visit the province of Rakhine in Myanmar, bordering Bangladesh. Sure, the exodus of more than half a million Rohingya Muslims has further alienated the purportedly democratic dispensation in Naypidaw within the comity of nations. But the country’s state counsellor …
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November 5, 2017 -
Big turnout at Myanmar pro-army rally defies Rohingya outcry
Military songs rang out across downtown Yangon on Sunday as tens of thousands rallied in defence of Myanmar’s army, an institution accused by the global community of driving Rohingya Muslims from the country. More than 600,000 Rohingya have fled western Rakhine state to Bangladesh since late August when raids by militants from the minority group …
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October 29, 2017 -
Myanmar must take back Rohingyas in Bangladesh: India
India on Sunday said Rohingya refugees who have poured into Bangladesh must be taken back by Myanmar from where they have been displaced. “Normalcy will only be restored with the return of the displaced persons to Rakhine state,” Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said at a media meet also attended by her Bangladeshi counterpart …
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October 22, 2017 -
Nearly 590,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh threatened by diseases: UN
Nearly 590,00 Rohingya refugees have been admitted to camps in Bangladesh and 320,00 refugee children among them are threatened by water-borne diseases and desperate living conditions, a UN spokesman said Friday. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that 589,000 Rohingyas have fled Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State since alleged retaliation following a …
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October 21, 2017 -
Suu Kyi common room ‘unnamed’ by Oxford students
Undergraduates at the Oxford college where Myanmars de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi studied have voted to remove her name from the title of their junior common room because of her response to the Rohingya humanitarian crisis. In a vote on Thursday evening, the JCR Committee at St Hugh’s College resolved to eliminate the name …
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October 20, 2017 -
Suu Kyi calls for speedy rehabilitation measures in Rakhine
Myanmar’s de factor leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for speeding up measures for humanitarian aid, rehabilitation, resettlement and development in the conflict-torn Rakhine state. Citing Myanmar News Agency, Xinhua reported on Thursday that at a coordination meeting held at the National Reconciliation and Peace Center in Nay Pyi Taw on Wednesday, Suu Kyi …
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October 12, 2017 -
‘Emphasis on long-term peace, stability in Rakhine rehabilitation’
Myanmar’s National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday said long-term peace and stability should be emphasised upon in the rehabilitation process in the northern Rakhine state. In a statement released after its team visited Maungtaw and Buthidaung throughout last week, the Commission called for strict scrutiny of returnees to ensure extremists were excluded, Xinhua news agency …
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October 4, 2017 -
Schools reopen in Myanmar’s Rakhine, but Rohingya still flee
Myanmar has reopened schools for ethnic Rakhine children in townships hit hard by recent communal violence declaring “stability” has returned, state- backed media said today, but thousands of Rohingya Muslims remain on the move from the same areas. Rakhine state has been torn apart after unrest erupted in late August, when raids by Rohingya militants …
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October 1, 2017 -
China calls for patience with situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine
A Chinese envoy to the UN on Thursday called for patience with the situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, saying the issue is rooted in a nexus of complex historical, ethnic and religious factors. “Many of the differences and antagonisms have been building up over a long time. There is no quick fix,” Wu Haitao, China’s …
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September 29, 2017 -
India welcomes Suu Kyi’s statement on Rohingyas
India on Tuesday welcomed as encouraging and positive Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s address on the situation in the country’s Rakhine state where violence has triggered an outflow of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees to neighbouring Bangladesh. “It was an encouraging address and contained a very positive message,” India’s Ambassador to Myanmar …
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September 19, 2017