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Jailed Myanmar Reuters reporters file appeal
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November 5, 2018
Jailed Myanmar Reuters reporters file appeal
Lawyers for two Myanmar Reuters journalists filed an appeal Monday against their seven-year jail sentence linked to their reporting…
Bangladesh, Myanmar agree to start Rohingya repatriation by mid-November
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October 30, 2018
Bangladesh, Myanmar agree to start Rohingya repatriation by mid-November
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed on Tuesday to begin by mid-November the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of…
China fails to stop U.N. Security Council Myanmar briefing
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October 25, 2018
China fails to stop U.N. Security Council Myanmar briefing
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China, backed by Russia, failed on Wednesday to stop a United Nations Security Council briefing by…
UN Security Council asked to meet on Myanmar atrocities report
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October 17, 2018
UN Security Council asked to meet on Myanmar atrocities report
The United States and eight other countries on Tuesday requested a UN Security Council meeting on Myanmar to hear from…
Myanmar newspaper journalists held after handing themselves in to police
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October 10, 2018
Myanmar newspaper journalists held after handing themselves in to police
Three senior journalists at Myanmar’s largest private newspaper were remanded in custody after handing themselves in to police on…
Rohingya crisis: UN should not ‘interfere’: Myanmar army chief
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September 24, 2018
Rohingya crisis: UN should not ‘interfere’: Myanmar army chief
Myanmar’s powerful army chief said the United Nations had no right to interfere in the sovereignty of his country,…
UN chief urges Myanmar government to free Reuters journalists
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September 22, 2018
UN chief urges Myanmar government to free Reuters journalists
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called on the Myanmar government to pardon and release two imprisoned Reuters journalists…
Myanmar army should be removed from politics: UN probe
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September 18, 2018
Myanmar army should be removed from politics: UN probe
Myanmar’s powerful army should be removed from politics, UN investigators said Tuesday in the final version of a damning…
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi defends jailing of two Reuters journalists
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September 13, 2018
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi defends jailing of two Reuters journalists
HANOI (Reuters) – Myanmar government leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday the jailing of two Reuters journalists…
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi won’t attend UN General Assembly: media
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September 12, 2018
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi won’t attend UN General Assembly: media
Myanmar government leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not attend the UN General Assembly in New York next week,…