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Amid Renewed Violence In Myanmar's Rakhine State, Arakan Army Returns To Spotlight

8:08am January 27, 2019

by Ashley Westerman

Since December, clashes between Myanmar security forces and the insurgency group have been on the rise. At least 30 have died and thousands have been displaced.

Myanmar Border Guard Police in Rakhine state patrol the fence in the "no-man's land" zone between Myanmar and Bangladesh.

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Insurgents Kill 7 Myanmar Security Forces In Independence Day Attack

9:34am January 04, 2019

by Ashley Westerman

Buddhist militants attacked four police posts in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state on the day the country celebrates its 1948 independence from Britain.

Rohingya refugee children shout slogans during a protest against the repatriation process on Thursday at Unchiprang refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, in Bangladesh.

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Plan Stalls To Repatriate Rohingya Refugees

6:28pm November 15, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Bangladesh has stressed that it will not repatriate anyone against their will. The plan sparked protests among some refugees, while others reportedly hid within refugee camps.

Vice President Mike Pence and Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi arrive for a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Singapore on Wednesday.

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Pence Condemns Myanmar's Suu Kyi For Treatment Of Rohingya, Imprisoned Journalists

9:54am November 14, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Speaking at a regional summit in Singapore, the vice president called the persecution of Myanmar's Muslim minority "without excuse." He also called the jailing of two journalists "deeply troubling."

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 fro

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Rohingya Repatriation Set To Begin, As Amnesty Revokes Award To Aung San Suu Kyi

1:54pm November 12, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

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.

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar state counselor, left, speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa last year.

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Canada's Parliament Votes To Strip Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Of Honorary Citizenship

8:13am September 28, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate's international reputation has taken a severe beating over her government's failure to halt atrocities against the country's Rohingya Muslim minority.

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'

7:16am September 13, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

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.

After being sentenced on Monday to seven years, Kyaw Soe Oo is escorted out of the courthouse by police. He and fellow Reuters journalist Wa Lone were accused of breaking a law on state secrets.

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U.S. Officials Condemn Reuters Journalists' Convictions In Myanmar

5:04pm September 05, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Vice President Pence said the two journalists should be "commended — not imprisoned" for exposing human rights abuses in Myanmar. They were handed a seven-year prison sentence, inciting global outcry.

In the Balukhali refugee camp, boys between the ages of seven and 11 play with forfori, homemade toy airplanes.

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In Bangladeshi Camps, Rohingya Refugees Try To Move Forward With Their Lives

5:46pm August 30, 2018

by Jason Beaubien

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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Crowds of people have fled after a dam failed in the Bago region of central Myanmar.

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After Dam Failure, Thousands Flee In Myanmar

3:53pm August 29, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Floodwaters are washing over residential areas in central Myanmar, driving whole villages of people from their homes. Authorities are conducting search and rescue operations for trapped people.