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Myanmar military put on UN blacklist for sexual violence
Associated Press, Published on 14/04/2018
» UNITED NATIONS: A new UN report puts Myanmar's armed forces on a UN blacklist of government and rebel groups "credibly suspected" of carrying out rapes and other acts of sexual violence in conflict for the first time.
At least 6,700 Rohingya killed in Myanmar
Associated Press, Published on 14/12/2017
» International aid group Doctors Without Borders said its field survey has found at least 6,700 Rohingya Muslims were killed between August and September in a crackdown by Myanmar's security forces.
Pope in Myanmar, dives into Rohingya crisis
Associated Press, Published on 28/11/2017
» YANGON: Pope Francis opened a diplomatically fraught trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh on Monday by immediately diving into the crisis over Myanmar's crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
Amnesty: Myanmar army killed at least hundreds of Rohingya
Associated Press, Published on 18/10/2017
» Myanmar security forces killed hundreds of men, women and children during a systematic campaign to expel Rohingya Muslims, Amnesty International said in a new report Wednesday that calls for an arms embargo on the country and criminal prosecution of the perpetrators.
Key issues, challenges facing Asean at Friday migrant conference
Associated Press, Published on 28/05/2015
» In the past month, more than 3,000 desperate, hungry people have landed on the shores of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, drawing international attention to a crisis in Southeast Asia.
170 kids on their own to arrive in Indonesia
Associated Press, Published on 25/05/2015
» KUALA CANGKOI - It was just the two of them, brother and sister, out on the open ocean with hundreds of other desperate migrants, mostly Rohingya Muslims fleeing their homes in Myanmar. For nearly three months, the siblings comforted each other when rolling waves thrashed their boat, when their empty bellies ached and when they were beaten for trying to stand up to stretch their legs.
Pressure mounting for US to intervene in migrant crisis
Associated Press, Published on 15/05/2015
» WASHINGTON — The United States is coming under pressure from human-rights groups and some in Congress to help Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants stranded at sea as Southeast Asian nations refuse to let them come to shore.
Navy finds 106 migrants on Phangnga island
Associated Press, Published on 15/05/2015
» JAKARTA — More than 800 migrants have landed on the shores of Thailand and Indonesia after being adrift at sea for weeks, authorities said Friday.
Malaysia, Indonesia pushing seaworthy migrant boats back to sea
Associated Press, Published on 13/05/2015
» LANGKAWI – Abandoned at sea, thousands of Bangladeshis and members of Myanmar's long-persecuted Rohingya Musilm minority appear to have no place to go after both Malaysia and Indonesia refused to offer refuge to boatloads of hungry men, women and children.
Obama says 'Rohingya' to Myanmar
Associated Press, Published on 14/11/2014
» YANGON — Myanmar's minority Rohingya Muslims are among the most persecuted people on earth, and advocates of their cause were hoping President Barack Obama would not only press the issue during his visit this week — they were hoping he would simply say their name.