Systematic terror, brutal atrocities rife in Myanmar: UN human rights chief
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The UN’s top human rights official said on Tuesday that Myanmar is in “agonizing pain”, suffocated by an illegitimate military regime...
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UNHCR warns against apathy and inaction amid spike in forced displacement
Overall numbers rise to 120 million by May 2024; conflicts from Sudan to Gaza and Myanmar are creating new displacement and urgently...
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Rohingya as a people facing extinction within a generation
The Rohingya people, a predominantly Muslim ethnic group from Myanmar’s Rakhine State, have faced decades of systemic oppression and...
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OPINION | Denial of humanitarian assistance is a death sentence in Myanmar
What we are seeing now is worse than any other period of violence in the state since 2017. Since the day conflict resumed in Myanmar’s...
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Canada must lead in responding to the desperate plight of the Rohingya
In Myanmar, the Rohingya are now totally vulnerable with no escape route from a deadly civil war. There are steps that urgently need to...
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The Worsening Crisis in Burma
“Children in Myanmar are suffering from displacement, interrupted education, injury, food insecurity, and unexploded ordnances,” said...
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UN Details ‘Disturbing’ New Atrocities Against Myanmar’s Rohingya
The U.N.’s human rights office says that tens of thousands have been forcibly displaced in what one expert described as a “hate-driven...
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THE INHUMANE CONDITIONS IN COX’S BAZAR AND WHAT MUST BE DONE TO SUPPORT REFUGEES LOOKING FOR A DIGNIFIED, HOPEFUL FUTURE
Cox's Bazar is filled to the brim with huts, with barely enough space to make the area liveable. The Rohingya people have been persecuted...
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Myanmar violence draws global condemnation
The European Union, the U.S. and their allies issued a joint statement Friday about the rising violence in Myanmar. "We, Australia,...
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UN warns of rise in violence in Myanmar's Rakhine, US and EU express alarm
GENEVA, May 24 (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights office on Friday warned there was a risk of a serious rise in violence in...
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