Facebook has confirmed that the Myanmar militant outfit the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) has been placed on its “dangerous organisation” list, The Guardian reported on Wednesday (Sep 20). The social media giant, according to the report, has asked its…
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The organization that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize said Friday the 1991 prize awarded to Myanmar’s Aung Sang Suu Kyi cannot be revoked. Olav Njolstad, head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute said in an email to The Associated Press that…
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South Africa’s outspoken Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Thursday (Sep 7) castigated Aung San Suu Kyi over the Myanmar government’s treatment of its Rohingya Muslims and urged her to intervene in the crisis. The United Nations on Thursday said that nearly…
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Presidential candidate Faird Khan has thrown his weight behind a petition calling on the European Court of Human Rights to try Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi for human rights violations over the “ethnic cleansing” taking place against the Rohingya…
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Myanmar police have arrested two hardline Buddhist nationalists and are seeking several more after they clashed with Muslims in the country’s commercial capital Yangon, underscoring the authorities’ growing concern over rising religious tensions. The arrests came after nationalists led by…
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