Myanmar pardons 8,500 prisoners in holiday amnesty
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar's president on Tuesday announced pardons for more than 8,500 prisoners, including three dozen jailed…
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Scepticism as Myanmar announces return of first Rohingya family
by Athens Zaw Zaw with Sam Jahan in Dhaka © Agence France-Presse YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar's government said it has…
8 years ago
Myanmar says ICC lacks jurisdiction to probe Rohingya crisis
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar has expressed "serious concern" over an attempt at the International Criminal Court to open a…
8 years ago
Duterte apologizes to Myanmar’s Suu Kyi over genocide remark
(Eagle News) -- President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, April 13, issued a public apology to Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi…
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‘Emergency’ malnutrition in Rohingya refugee kids: study
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Malnutrition and anemia far exceed internationally established emergency levels among ethnic minority Rohingya children who…
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ICC prosecutor seeks to open Rohingya deportations probe
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court has asked judges to rule whether she…
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Duterte: PHL “willing to accept” persecuted Rohingyas
"Hati hati tayo sa Europe," he says (Eagle News) -- President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday he was "willing to…
8 years ago
Bus fire kills 20 Myanmar migrants in Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Twenty Myanmar migrant workers died early Friday as fire tore through a bus taking them…
8 years ago
Staunch Suu Kyi ally elected Myanmar president
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar's parliament on Wednesday elected a staunch ally of Aung San Suu Kyi as the…
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Myanmar president and Suu Kyi confidant Htin Kyaw resigns
by Richard Sargent Agence France Presse YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar's President Htin Kyaw resigned suddenly on Wednesday leaving…
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Myanmar erects security posts on burned Rohingya land: Amnesty
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar is building security installations on top of razed Rohingya villages, Amnesty International said Monday, casting…
8 years ago
Two ethnic groups sign up to Myanmar’s ‘broken’ peace process
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (AFP) -- Two armed ethnic groups will sign on to a ceasefire in Myanmar on Tuesday in a…
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