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Myanmar security forces 'setting northern Rakhine ablaze'
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2017
» YANGON: The rights group Amnesty International said evidence pointing to a "mass-scale scorched-earth campaign" across the north of Rakhine state was unmistakably ethnic cleansing, while Myanmar insisted on Friday it was not barring aid workers from Rakhine State, where a counter-insurgency campaign has sparked an exodus of Muslim Rohingya refugees -- although authorities on the ground might restrict access 'for security reasons'.
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Nobel laureates to Suu Kyi: End genocide or face prosecution
Reuters, Published on 28/02/2018
» DHAKA: Three Nobel peace laureates urged Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the military on Wednesday to end the "genocide" of Rohingya Muslims now or face prosecution.
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Myanmar junta executes four democracy activists
Reuters, Published on 25/07/2022
» Myanmar's military authorities have executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out "terror acts", state media said on Monday, the first executions in Myanmar in decades.
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Govt says Ramadan bombings won't derail peace talks with rebels
Reuters, Published on 17/04/2022
» Ramadan bombings in Thailand's Muslim-majority deep south will not derail peace talks with separatist rebels, the government said on Sunday after a sidelined insurgent group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
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Myanmar rebels bury more than 30 people killed in 'barbaric' attack
Reuters, Published on 30/12/2021
» A Myanmar insurgent group said it has buried the remains of more than 30 people who were killed and had their bodies set ablaze, as the UN Security Council called for accountability and an immediate end to violence in the country.
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India frets as Myanmar's pro-democracy fighters cross border
Reuters, Published on 10/06/2021
» NEW DELHI: Thousands of people fleeing the junta's crackdown in Myanmar have crossed into India's far-flung eastern states, leading to worries among officials there that the region could become a staging post for pro-democracy activists and stoke instability.
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Military denies involvement in network removed by Facebook
Reuters, Published on 04/03/2021
» The military on Thursday said it was not behind a network of Facebook accounts that the social media giant took down on the grounds they were using deceptive behaviour to influence public debate.
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16 dead, 119 hurt in Taliban blast in Afghan capital
Reuters, Published on 03/09/2019
» KABUL: A Taliban vehicle bomb late on Monday close to a housing compound used by international organisations in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 16 people and wounded 119, officials said as emergency workers began cleanup operations.
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Facebook bans 'dangerous' armed groups in Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 05/02/2019
» YANGON: Facebook has banned four insurgent groups fighting against Myanmar's military from its social network, the company said on Tuesday, saying it wanted to prevent offline harm by removing groups it branded "dangerous organisations".
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Myanmar touts troubled Rakhine as investment destination
Reuters, Published on 20/02/2019
» YANGON: Organisers of a summit in Myanmar's crisis-hit western state of Rakhine are this week pitching to investors its plentiful farmland and fishing grounds, tourist-ready beaches and historic temples.
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