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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (AFP)

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to Skip UN General Assembly as Aid Pours in for Rohingya

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 13, 2017 | World

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not attend next week’s United Nations General Assembly as international aid poured in to the Rohingya Muslims that have continued to flow into Bangladesh to escape the violence in their country. Suu Kyi was skipping the assembly in...

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Rohingya refugees travel on an open-back truck near the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh. (AFP)

UN Condemns ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Rohingya in Myanmar

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 11, 2017 | World

The UN human rights chief urged on Monday the government of Myanmar to end its “cruel military operation” against the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, said that more than...

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Rohingya refugees walk on a muddy path as others travel on a boat after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 6, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

More International Pressure on Aung San Suu Kyi to End Rohingya Misery

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 9, 2017 | World

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is coming under more pressure by the international community to end the violence against the minority Rohingya Muslims. In the last two weeks alone some 290,000 mostly Rohingya civilians have fled to Bangladesh, overwhelming refugee...

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Rohingya Muslim children attend religious school at a refugee camp outside Sittwe, Myanmar May 21, 2015. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Rohingya Refugee Count in Bangladesh Jumps to 270,000

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 8, 2017 | World

The refugee crisis engulfing Myanmar and neighboring Bangladesh is far larger than previously believed, according to the latest data released by UN agencies on Friday in Geneva. An estimated 270,000 million Rohingya Muslims have fled the deadly violence in...

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Aung San Suu Kyi. Reuters file photo

Aung San Suu Kyi Seeks to Justify Campaign against the Rohingya

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 7, 2017 | World

London- Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has sought to defend the violence committed by her country’s army against the minority Rohingya Muslims. Suu Kyi spoke by telephone on Tuesday with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who has pressed world leaders to do more to...