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Nine U.N. Security Council members ask to discuss Myanmar inquiry
The chair of a United Nations inquiry that accused Myanmar's military of genocide is likely to brief the Security Council this month after Britain, France, the United States and six other members requested the meeting, diplomats said Tuesday. The move comes as global pressure mounts ...
Nationalist Myanmar demonstrators back military, blast foreign intervention in nation's affairs
Several thousand pro-military and nationalist demonstrators marched through Yangon on Sunday, voicing their support for Myanmar's armed forces and government while condemning foreign involvement in the country's affairs. The march led to a stage lined with portraits of Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, where speakers ...
Visiting Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi told reporters Tuesday that she appreciates Japan's "straightforward" discussion on its concerns over Muslim refugees from the Southeast Asian country's Rakhine state after meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo. Thousands of Rohingya Muslims have become stateless ...
Myanmar 'unwilling' to probe Rohingya abuse, U.N. must act: rights envoy
Myanmar is "unable and unwilling" to investigate its abuses against Rohingya Muslims, a U.N. rights envoy has said, bolstering calls for the country's generals to be hauled before an international court. A U.N. fact-finding mission has called for Myanmar's top brass to be investigated for ...
Speaking in Tokyo, Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi promises 'transparency' over Rohingya crisis
Embattled leader Aung San Suu Kyi vowed Monday to increase transparency over her government's handling of the Rohingya crisis as she pitched for foreign investment in Myanmar ahead of a regional summit in Tokyo. Suu Kyi, once garlanded as a global rights champion, has seen ...
India deports seven Rohingya men to Myanmar despite U.N. protest
India on Thursday deported seven Rohingya men to Myanmar despite U.N. warnings that they faced persecution in a country where the army is accused of genocide against the Muslim minority. The men, who had been in detention for immigration offenses since 2012, were handed over ...
U.N. expert voices fears for seven Rohingya India looks to expel to Myanmar
A United Nations legal expert has voiced concern over India's plan to deport on Wednesday seven Rohingya to Myanmar, where the army is accused of ethnic cleansing of the Muslim minority. The men have been held in prison in Assam state on charges of illegally ...
U.N. to collect evidence of possible genocide by Myanmar against Rohingya
The U.N. Human Rights Council agreed Thursday to set up a team to collect evidence of alleged crimes by Myanmar against its Rohingya minority that one day could be used to prosecute suspected perpetrators. Bangladeshi President Sheikh Hasina accused Myanmar of failing to honor a ...
Canada legislators, in symbolic move, vote to strip Myanmar's Suu Kyi of citizenship
Canadian legislators, in a symbolic move, on Thursday voted unanimously to strip Myanmar's civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, of her honorary citizenship in response to crimes committed against the Rohingya minority. The move by the House of Commons lower chamber has no immediate effect ...
Education, health and disaster prevention to be Japan's U.N. development goals focus
With Japan assuming the G20 presidency next year, Tokyo is committed to supporting nation building and the development of human resources, Foreign Minister Taro Kono told the U.N.
U.S. report blames Myanmar military for Rohingya mass atrocities but doesn't mention genocide
A U.S. government investigation has found that Myanmar's military waged a planned, coordinated campaign of mass killings, gang rapes and other atrocities against the Southeast Asian nation's Rohingya Muslim minority. The State Department report, reviewed by Reuters ahead of its expected public release on Monday, ...
U.N. should not 'interfere' in Rohingya crisis, Myanmar army chief says
Myanmar's powerful army chief said the United Nations has no right to interfere in the sovereignty of his country, a week after U.N. investigators called for him and other top generals to be prosecuted for "genocide" against the Rohingya. The defiant response is the army ...
