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Burma Says UN Claims Of Crimes Against Humanity Against Rohingya Muslims Are ‘Exaggerated’
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MYANMAR — Burma’s government has dismissed the United Nations’ claims the country’s security services have committed crimes against humanity in Rohingya-dominated areas of the...
Speaking at Interfaith Meet in Jakarta, Saudi King Seeks Dialogue and Tolerance to Fight Extremism
Addressing an interfaith meet in Jakarta, the Saudi King lauded the unique diversity in Indonesia that enabled followers of different religions to have peaceful coexistence and...
Thousands of Children’s Lives at Stake as ‘Indirect Victims’ of Burmese Crackdown On Rohingya Muslims, UN Warns
Sara Perria
Fears are growing for the lives of several thousand children in northwest Burma suffering from severe malnutrition and lack of medical care but...
Activists Push Global Corporates to Help Myanmar’s Rohingyas
Activists this week have sent an open letter asking the major corporate investor conglomerate Unilever, which owns two factories near the capital Yangon, to...
Sold Into Marriage – How Rohingya Girls End Up As Child Brides in Malaysia
The teenager, who is not being named by Reuters because she is still only 13, is like hundreds of Rohingya girls escaping persecution, violence...
