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Rohingya at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. Photo: AFP

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Repatriation plan fails as Rohingyas refuse to return

by Faisal Mahmud November 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi stands next to EU High Representative Federica Mogherini (right) during the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Naypyidaw, November 20, 2017. Photo: AFP Forum via DPA/Kay Nietfeld

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EU looking to target Myanmar for Rohingya abuses

by Emanuele Scimia November 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Protesters hold a rally near the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta to protest against government treatment of Rohingya Muslims, on September 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Darren Whiteside

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Rohingya refugee crisis pushes ASEAN to the edge

by Angshuman Choudhury November 1, 2018February 18, 2020

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shaking hands with Myanmar's Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during the India-ASEAN commemorative summit in New Delhi. Photo: Handout via AFP

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Why India looks the other way on Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner October 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (L) greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on August 19, 2016. Photo: AFP/Pool/Rolex Dela Pena

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As West recoils, China surges south in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

United Nations' Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar chairperson Marzuki Darusman presents the final report on alleged rights violations during a press conference on August 27, 2018 in Geneva. Photo: AFP/Fabrice Coffrini

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Why the UN has a genocide case on Myanmar

by John McBeth September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Commander-in-chief of Myanmar armed forces general Min Aung Hlaing pays his respects to country's independence heroes during a ceremony to mark the 71st anniversary of Martyrs' Day in Yangon on July 19, 2018.Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu

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Myanmar military chief in a political firing line

by Bertil Lintner September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar Commander In-Chief (L) and National League for Democracy (NLD) party leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) shake hands after their meeting in Naypyidaw in a file photo. Photo: AFP/ Phyo Hein Kyaw

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Myanmar: where ‘genocide’ doesn’t really matter

by Bertil Lintner August 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen delivering a speech during an event attended by garment workers in Kampong Chhnang province. Photo: AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy

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UN demonstrates double standard on Cambodia vs Myanmar

by Sawathey Ek August 29, 2018

Rohingya refugees perform prayers as they attend a ceremony organized to remember the first anniversary of a military crackdown that prompted a massive exodus of people from Myanmar to Bangladesh, at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on August 25, 2018. Photo: AFP / Dibyangshu Sarkar

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Myanmar’s ‘genocide’ comes into closer view

by Daniel Combs August 27, 2018February 18, 2020

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 9, 2017 Rohingya refugees walk after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang.Myanmar is continuing its "ethnic cleansing" of the Rohingya with a "campaign of terror and forced starvation" in Rakhine state, a UN human rights envoy said on March 6, 2018, six months after a military crackdown sparked a mass exodus of the Muslim minority. / AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR

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The Rohingya are more than victims

by John Quinley III August 27, 2018

Combination photo of Chinese President Xi Jinping (L), US President Donald Trump (C), and Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. Image: Facebook

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As Trump turns away, China gains in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner July 4, 2018February 18, 2020

TO GO WITH 'Myanmar-politics-religion-unrest,FOCUS' by Amelie Bottollier-DepoisThis picture taken on October 9, 2012 shows ethnic Rakhine Buddhists at the Shwe Zaydi monastery turned into a camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Sittwe, capital of Myanmar's western Rakhine state. Disgruntled by international support for Muslim Rohingya in unrest-hit western Myanmar, ethnic Rakhine Buddhists are demanding recognition of their own plight and venting a rage that veers into racism. AFP PHOTO/Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT

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Asian nations move slowly toward reconciling with violent pasts

by Binaifer Nowrojee July 2, 2018

Rohingya children waiting for food in refugee camp in Bangladesh. Food is distributed by Turkish NGO. Photo: iStock

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Rohingya crisis: The lessons from history

by Alexander Casella June 25, 2018June 25, 2018

During monsoon rain in September 2017, a Rohingya walks through a refugee camp in Bangladesh. Photo: AFP/Dominique Faget

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Rohingya deserve non-violent leadership

by Anagha Neelakantan June 11, 2018

Betel leaves cover the face of 11-month-old Rohingya refugee Abdul Aziz whose wrapped body lay in his family shelter after he died battling high fever and severe cough at the Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh on Dec 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters/ Damir Sagolj

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OIC team to push for ‘action against Myanmar on Rohingya crimes’

by Faisal Mahmud May 8, 2018February 18, 2020

A Rohingya refugee boy carries water in the Kutupalong refugee camp, in Cox's Bazar on March 22, 2018. Photo: Reuters/ Mohammad Ponir Hossain

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Dhaka denounces return of Rohingya family as ‘a PR stunt’

by Faisal Mahmud April 19, 2018February 18, 2020

The Sule Pagoda is a stupa in the heart of downtown Yangon. It is in the center of the city and an important space in contemporary Myanmar politics, ideology and geography. Photo: iStock

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Myanmar economic reforms ebb against refugee wave

by Gary Kleiman April 5, 2018

Rohingya refugees who were intercepted by Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency off Langkawi island are escorted as they are handed over to immigration authorities, at the Kuala Kedah ferry jetty in Malaysia April 3, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Stringer

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Myanmar in the Dragon’s jaws

by Prakash Katoch April 4, 2018

A Rohingya refugee holds her child at a shop near their shelter in New Delhi. Photo: AFP/Sajjad Hussain

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Rohingya women lured to India and sold into marriage

by Inder SIngh Bisht March 29, 2018February 18, 2020

A Rohingya man looks at Facebook on his cell phone at a temporary makeshift camp after crossing over from Myanmar into the Bangladesh side of the border, near Cox's Bazar's Palangkhali, September 8, 2017. Photo: Nurphoto via AFP/ Ahmed Salahuddin

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Is Facebook contributing to genocide in Myanmar?

by Lee Short March 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees stretch their hands to receive aid distributed by local organisations at Balukhali makeshift refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 14, 2017. Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui: "I was going past one of the refugee camps when I stopped to photograph this aid distribution along a road. As the aid distribution got a bit chaotic, volunteers started throwing water bottles from the truck towards the refugees. I placed myself to get the newly made camp in the background as it showed how newly arrived Rohingyas living in these small makeshift shelters were in desperate need of aid." REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

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India, China and the Rohingya issue

by Pema Tseten March 24, 2018March 26, 2018

Bangladeshi and Myanmar officials held a meeting after a sudden military buildup on the border that started on March 1, 2018. Photo: Courtesy Faisal Mahmud

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Tensions escalate as Myanmar increases troops on Bangladesh border

by Faisal Mahmud March 5, 2018February 18, 2020

China's President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi as they attend the welcome ceremony at Yanqi Lake during the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on May 15, 2017. Photo: AFP/Pool

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China finds opportunity in Myanmar crisis

by Yun Sun February 14, 2018February 18, 2020

American lawyer Eric Rose announced on February 1, 2018 his New York-based law firm's decision to close its affiliate office in Yangon after only five years in business. Photo: Courtesy of Eric Rose

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Prominent US law firm quits on Myanmar

by Peter Janssen February 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Robert San Pe, senior legal adviser to Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo: Hong Kong Myanmar Chamber of Commerce

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Myanmar vows to improve company registry, cut red tape

by Jeff Pao January 30, 2018February 18, 2020

A teacher listens to Rohingya refugee children reading the Quran during a Quran reading lesson outside of a mosque in Palong Khali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 30, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Hannah McKay

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The necessity of educating Myanmar’s youngest refugees

by Kevin Watkins January 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees reach the Bangladeshi side of the Naf river in Palang Khali after crossing the from Myanmar. Photo: Reuters / Jorge Silva

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Dhaka finds itself at crossroads of global, internal affairs

by Khalid Ibn Muneer January 1, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen during a meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on October 13, 2016. Photo: AFP / Tang Chhin Sothy

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How Asia’s ‘people of the year’ muddled through in 2017

by David Simmons December 30, 2017February 18, 2020

Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Defense Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attends a ceremony to mark the 69th Martyrs' Day in Yangon, Myanmar, July 19, 2016. Photo: AFP via Mur Photo/U Aung

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Death rattle for Myanmar democracy

by David Scott Mathieson December 29, 2017February 18, 2020