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Almost 70,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar since October (AFP)

Saudi Cabinet Says Rohingya Muslims Face Untold Terror, Bloody Violence

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 20, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Jeddah- Convening on Tuesday, Saudi Arabia’s National Cabinet condemned terrorist massacres, brutal attacks, and genocide committed against the Rohingya Muslims, in Burma. The persecuted minority has been the subject of systematic ethnic cleansing as Rakhine State...

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Rohingya Muslim boys stand in U Shey Kya village outside Maungdaw in Rakhine state, Myanmar October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Saudi Royal Decree orders KSRelief Allocation of $15 Million to Persecuted Rohingya

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 19, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz has ordered the allocation of $15 million to alleviate the suffering of the persecuted Muslim Rohingya minority fleeing Rakhine state terror in Myanmar. Royal Court adviser and general supervisor of the King Salman Center for...

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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a national address in Naypyidaw on September 19, 2017. (AFP)

Suu Kyi, Myanmar Government ‘Burying their Heads in the Sand’

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 19, 2017 | World

In her first public remarks on the violence against Rohingya Muslims, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned on Tuesday any human rights violations in the turbulent Rakhine state as rights groups said a systematic purge was being committed against the minority...

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United Wa State Army (UWSA) soldiers march during a media display in Pansang, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 4, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Human Rights Watch Pushes for Sanctions against Myanmar Army

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 18, 2017 | World

Human Rights Watch urged world leaders to impose sanctions on Myanmar’s military, which is accused of driving out more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims in an orchestrated “ethnic cleansing” campaign. The call from the rights group came as the United...

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MWL’s Sec-Gen Mohammed al-Isa at the Conference on Civilization Interaction between US and Muslim World (SPA)

MWL Sec-Gen: Rohingya Crisis Is Terrorism

by Moaz al-Omari | Sep 18, 2017 | Middle East

New York – The Muslim World League (MWL) is prepared to send an official delegation to Myanmar to support Rohingya Muslim minorities who are being persecuted. MWL’s Sec-Gen Mohammed al-Isa confirmed that the bloodshed in Myanmar was no less criminal than the terrorism...