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Myanmar army should be removed from politics: UN probe
World
September 18, 2018
Myanmar army should be removed from politics: UN probe
Myanmar’s powerful army should be removed from politics, UN investigators said Tuesday in the final version of a damning…
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi defends jailing of two Reuters journalists
World
September 13, 2018
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi defends jailing of two Reuters journalists
HANOI (Reuters) – Myanmar government leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday the jailing of two Reuters journalists…
Suu Kyi’s image in shreds as Myanmar jails Reuters pair
World
September 3, 2018
Suu Kyi’s image in shreds as Myanmar jails Reuters pair
The jailing of two Reuters journalists shreds what remains of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s reputation as a…
Will Myanmar’s military face justice over Rohingya ‘genocide’?
World
August 28, 2018
Will Myanmar’s military face justice over Rohingya ‘genocide’?
A UN probe has called for Myanmar’s military leaders to face justice for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity…
Myanmar army chief must be prosecuted for ‘genocide’: UN probe
World
August 27, 2018
Myanmar army chief must be prosecuted for ‘genocide’: UN probe
United Nations investigators on Monday called for an international probe and prosecution of Myanmar’s army chief and five other…
Myanmar elects Win Myint as new president
World
March 28, 2018
Myanmar elects Win Myint as new president
Myanmar’s parliament has elected an ally of de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi as president. Htin Kyaw abruptly resigned…
Dutch parliament recognizes 1915 Armenian ‘genocide’
World
February 23, 2018
Dutch parliament recognizes 1915 Armenian ‘genocide’
The Dutch parliament has voted to recognize the deaths of Armenians during World War I as genocide. The decision is…
US says Myanmar makes life for Rohingya ‘a death sentence’
World
February 14, 2018
US says Myanmar makes life for Rohingya ‘a death sentence’
US Ambassador Nikki Haley denounced Myanmar’s government Tuesday for continuing to make life for Rohingya Muslims “a death sentence,” citing…
Quarter of Rohingya refugee children acutely malnourished
World
December 22, 2017
Quarter of Rohingya refugee children acutely malnourished
A quarter of Rohingya children under the age of five who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar suffer from potentially life-threatening…
UN human rights chief to step down in September citing ‘appalling’ human rights climate
World
December 21, 2017
UN human rights chief to step down in September citing ‘appalling’ human rights climate
Rather than bend “the knee in supplication,” UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein has told staff he will not…