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    Supporters gather in front of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy headquarters on Sunday, in Yangon, Myanmar.
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    Myanmar Election: Suu Kyi's Party Poised For Second Term

    Nov 12, 2020
    Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy appear set to remain in power after Sunday's general election, which is largely seen as a referendum on Suu Kyi's first term.
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    Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's de facto leader, casts an early ballot for the Nov. 8 general election in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Oct. 29.
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    Suu Kyi's Party Expected To Win Myanmar Election Amid Minorities' Disenfranchisement

    Nov 07, 2020
    Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won in a 2015 landslide and is expected to win again. But with voting denied or canceled in some areas, more than a million voters are disenfranchised.
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    A structure is built on Bhasan Char island off the Bangladeshi coast, as it is being prepared for relocation of Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar. Dhaka has spent some $280 million transforming the cyclone-prone inlet into a camp for some of
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    Bangladesh Sends 28 Rohingya Refugees To Cyclone-Prone Island Over COVID-19 Fears

    May 04, 2020
    The group, mostly women and children, had been stranded at sea for weeks. Human rights groups have long decried the government's plan to send refugees to flood- and cyclone-prone Bhasan Char island.
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    Myanmar military deputy Commander in Chief, Vice Senior Gen. Soe Win, center, inspects military officers on Armed Forces Day last year. A U.N. human rights monitor is accusing the military of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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    U.N. Envoy Brings New Allegations Of War Crimes Against Myanmar

    Apr 29, 2020
    The outgoing U.N. monitor for human rights says Myanmar's military has attacked civilians in Rakhine and Chin states, including children. Myanmar is also accused of genocide against Rohingya Muslims.
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    COMIC: Looking For A 'Helper' In The Age Of Coronavirus

    Apr 18, 2020
    Mister Rogers said "look for the helpers" in times of crisis. Here's the story of Shah Dedar. He's 32, he's a Tom Hanks fan — and he works to protect the most vulnerable in crowded refugee camps.
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    A handout photo released on April 5 by Malaysia shows a trawler carrying Rohingya migrants off the island of Langkawi. It was not immediately clear if it was the same vessel as rescued late Wednesday off Bangladesh's coast.
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    Nearly 400 Rohingya Rescued From Boat Near Bangladesh After 2 Months Adrift

    Apr 16, 2020
    The refugees, mostly women and children described by Bangladeshi officials as "starving," were intercepted late Wednesday after attempting to make landfall.
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    Presiding Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, fourth from right, reads the ruling. The panel said Myanmar must take steps to protect the Muslim minority, who "remain extremely vulnerable" after a brutal 2017 crackdown by the military.
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    Myanmar Must Prevent Genocide Of Rohingya, U.N. Court Rules

    Jan 23, 2020
    In a unanimous decision, a 17-judge panel said Myanmar must take steps to protect the Muslim minority Rohingya, who "remain extremely vulnerable" after a brutal 2017 crackdown by the military.
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    Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses judges of the International Court of Justice on the second day of hearings in The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday.
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    Myanmar's Suu Kyi Denies Charges Of Genocide Against Rohingya Minority

    Dec 11, 2019
    The International Court of Justice is considering whether to grant a provisional measure that would protect Rohingya still living in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
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    In this photo provided by Myanmar State Counsellor Office, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, departs from Naypyitaw international airport in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Sunday.
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    Myanmar's Suu Kyi In Hague To Defend Against Rohingya Genocide Charges

    Dec 09, 2019
    The de facto leader of Myanmar will testify in front of the International Criminal Court to answer charges that her country carried out genocide against the Muslim minority group.
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    The senior Myanmar military leaders sanctioned by the U.S. include commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing, shown here as he delivered a speech last year.
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    U.S. Sanctions Senior Myanmar Generals Over Rohingya 'Ethnic Cleansing'

    Jul 17, 2019
    "The United States is the first government to publicly take action with respect to the most senior leadership of the Burmese military," the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday.
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    Yanghee Lee, the U.N. special rapporteur on Myanmar, pictured on March 11.
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    U.N. Investigator Reports Possible New War Crimes In Myanmar

    Jul 03, 2019
    Yanghee Lee, the U.N. special rapporteur on Myanmar, spoke of civilians being detained, interrogated and dying in the custody of Myanmar's military.
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    This photo taken on January 28 shows residents holding bullet shells in a village in Rathedaung township, Rakhine state, where fighting between the Myanmar military and ethnic Arakan Army took place from January 26 to 28. Amnesty International estimates
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    Amnesty International Report Says Myanmar Military Is Again Committing War Crimes

    May 29, 2019
    A report released Wednesday concludes government troops are instigating violent clashes, extrajudicial executions, conducting arbitrary arrests, torturing prisoners and destroying historical sites.
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    Detained Reuters journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone are escorted by police as they leave after a court hearing in Yangon, Myanmar, in August. Myanmar's top court rejected their appeal Tuesday, letting their seven-year prison term stand.
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    Reuters Journalists Jailed In Myanmar Lose Appeal, Will Stay In Prison

    Apr 22, 2019
    Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were jailed for allegedly violating Myanmar's Official Secrets Act. They claimed they were framed by police after uncovering evidence of a massacre against Rohingya Muslims.
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    Foxtrot and Gemma Snowdon of the U.N.'s World Food Programme, who rescued the lost 4-week-old puppy.
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    Lost Pup Finds New Life As Humanitarian Mascot In Refugee Camp

    Apr 22, 2019
    The puppy started following a team that was cleaning up the beach in Bangladesh. And now he is an Instagram star.
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    Rohingya refugees use a mock elephant during a training session on how to respond to elephant incursions at the Kutupalong refugee camp. The massive refugee camp sits in what used to be a migratory path for elephants moving between Myanmar and Bangladesh
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    Why Elephants Pose A Threat To Rohingya Refugees

    Apr 17, 2019
    Several of the refugee camps in Bangladesh have had to set up what the U.N. calls a "tusk force" to respond when elephants enter.
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    Firewood is stacked for sale in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. Local residents complain that the Rohingya have cut down all the trees surrounding the camps and burned them in cooking fires.
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    Bangladesh Struggles To Cope With Pressures Of Hosting 1 Million Rohingya Refugees

    Apr 15, 2019
    "We're being outnumbered by the sheer number of the refugee population," says Mohammad Abul Kalam, the head of Bangladesh's Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commission in Cox's Bazar.
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    Sodul Amin, 30, is one of tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees who've gotten chickenpox since December. The highly contagious disease spreads easily in the overcrowded refugee camps.
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    Chickenpox, The Latest Burden On The Rohingya Refugees

    Apr 11, 2019
    At the largest refugee camp in the world, Rohingya refugees and aid agencies face numerous challenges. Now they're also dealing with an outbreak of chickenpox.
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    Children play at a Rohingya refugee camp outside Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh.
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    Rohingya Settle In For The Long Haul, Even As Bangladesh Wants Refugees To Go Home

    Apr 05, 2019
    Bangladesh wants a million Rohingya refugees to go back to Myanmar. But 18 months after most of them fled violence, they are too afraid to go back and are making new lives for themselves in camps.
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    Facebook's founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
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    No Plans Of Leaving: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Fires Back At Critics

    Nov 21, 2018
    In an interview with CNN, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that despite calls for his resignation, he is not stepping down.
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    Rohingya Hindu refugees stand outside their makeshift shelters at the Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, in January. Bangladesh and Myanmar plan to begin the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled fr
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    Rohingya Repatriation Set To Begin, As Amnesty Revokes Award To Aung San Suu Kyi

    Nov 12, 2018
    A long-planned deportation of refugees from Bangladesh back to Myanmar is set to begin this week. Rohingya are reportedly fleeing refugee camps to avoid being sent back to the country they escaped.
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    the U.N. says the Rohingya are "the most persecuted minority in the world." Above, refugees cross a river to a temporary camp after crossing from Myanmar to Bangladesh.
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    Running Around New York For The 'Most Persecuted Minority In The World'

    Sep 28, 2018
    Hassan Abedin is on the go at the U.N. General Assembly trying to get diplomats to focus on the plight of the Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. "My Fitbit is just screaming," he says.
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    Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi delivers speech at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on ASEAN 2018 at the National Convention Center in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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    Myanmar's Suu Kyi: Rohingya Situation 'Could Have Been Handled Better'

    Sep 13, 2018
    Aung San Suu Kyi, who won the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, has come under intense international criticism for her muted response to the army's campaign of terror against the Muslim minority.
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    In the Balukhali 2 refugee camp, three young men have set up a barbershop under a tarp. They picked up their barber skills by trimming each other's hair when they couldn't afford a professional cut.
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    In Bangladeshi Camps, Rohingya Refugees Try To Move Forward With Their Lives

    Aug 30, 2018
    Hundreds of thousands of refugees languish in the camps. UNICEF estimates that more than half the refugees are children. Some aid groups have warned that these children could become a lost generation.
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    An October 2017 satellite image from Inn Din village, in southern Maungdaw Township, Myanmar, shows the eastern and southern Rohingya settlements burned, while the non-Rohingya western settlement remains intact. A Buddhist pagoda is shown within the west
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    Myanmar's Military Leaders Should Be Tried For Genocide, U.N. Investigators Say

    Aug 27, 2018
    A new report on the mass killings of Rohingya Muslims suggests six Myanmarese commanders be prosecuted. Investigators also say civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi did nothing to stop the attacks.
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    Rohingya refugee Roshedha Begum, 40, holds up a photo of her son's dead body. He was killed, she says, by Myanmar soldiers during the violence last year that drove more than 700,000 Rohingya into Bangladesh.
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    Forced To Flee Myanmar, Rohingya Refugees Face Monsoon Landslides In Bangladesh

    Aug 25, 2018
    This week marks a year since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled attacks in Myanmar. As refugees, they now live in huge camps in Bangladesh, with difficult conditions made worse by monsoon rains.
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