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Myanmar lawmakers say they’re under house arrest after military coup
Hundreds of members of Myanmar’s Parliament remained confined inside their government housing in the country’s capital on Tuesday, a day…
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Myanmar’s army chief moved to consolidate his position: analysts
JAKARTA: A coup in Myanmar has left the military in control under a one-year state of emergency, while the country’s…
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Myanmar military seizes power, detains elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu…
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Explainer: Why is the military taking control in Myanmar?
Myanmar’s military has taken control of the country under a one-year state of emergency and reports say State Counsellor Aung San Suu…
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World Court orders Myanmar to take steps to protect Rohingya
The International Court of Justice on Thursday ordered Myanmar to take urgent measures to protect its Muslim Rohingya population from persecution and…
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Suu Kyi in court as genocide case set out at ICJ against Myanmar
Mass rapes, the burning alive of Muslim Rohingya families in their homes and the killing with knives of dozens of…
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Myanmar faces genocide lawsuit at top UN court
Myanmar faced accusations of genocide in a landmark lawsuit filed by Gambia at the UN’s top court on Monday over…
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South Asia
200,000 Rohingya rally to mark ‘Genocide Day’ in Bangladesh camps
Some 200,000 Rohingya rallied in a Bangladesh refugee camp to mark two years since they fled a violent crackdown by…
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Facebook shuts dozens of Myanmar social media accounts over ‘inauthentic behaviour’
Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had shut 216 social media pages, groups and accounts in Myanmar, some tied to…
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Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh say they don’t want to return home
Few Muslim Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have responded to plans for their repatriation to Myanmar, and all who did said…
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