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More than 300 rabbis in the United States have urged Israel to end arms sales to Myanmar, whose government is committing serious human rights violations against its Rohingya Muslims....
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Israel's relations with rogue states and governments accused of committing genocide and ethnic cleansing is set to be thrust into the spotlight once again as human rights groups prepare...
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Egyptian militant group Hasm claimed responsibility on Sunday for a small explosion at Myanmar's embassy in Cairo, saying it was in retaliation for that country's military crackdown on Rohingya...
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The UN Security council gather to discuss the ongoing violence in Myanmar
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Interviews
September 29, 2017
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Amelia Smith
"This village is a Muslim-free zone," reads a sign hanging at the entrance to a village in an area of Myanmar outside Rakhine state. The orders are directed at...
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Israel has issued a gag order against the country's High Court which will now be forced to keep secret details of its ruling on a petition against arms sales...
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Israel has refused to stop selling arms to Myanmar, despite allegations of genocide, ethnic cleansing, rape, torture and massacre against the Rohingya Muslims. Israel has a lucrative arms deal...
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Since August 25, more than 429,000 Rohingya have crossed from Myanmar's western state of Rakhine into Bangladesh
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Article
September 24, 2017
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Yvonne Ridley
Nobel Peace laureates and other luminaries are queueing up to berate Aung San Suu Kyi for failing to intervene in the genocide unfolding in Myanmar. There are, however, bigger...
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Saudi Arabia's monarch King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud has ordered the allocation of $15 million to alleviate the suffering of Rohingya Muslims who fled persecution in Rakhine state of...
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Turkish aid agencies on Sunday distributed food at the Bangladesh border to the Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar's western Rakhine state. The food packages, including rice, oil, chickpeas, flour, salt and sugar, were distributed...
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Emine Erdogan urges wives of world leaders to contribute positively towards helping Rohignya Muslims facing persecution
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Article
September 17, 2017
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Dr Irfan Raja
The latest shocking reports and images that Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims suffer at the hands of government forces have failed to rouse the world into significant action. This is true...
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The state of Qatar has called on the UN Human Rights Council to end the "unjust" blockade imposed on it by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE and Egypt, the Anadolu...
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Article
September 12, 2017
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
To a certain extent, Aung San Suu Kyi is a false prophet. Glorified by the west for many years, she was made a 'democracy icon' because she opposed the...
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The Grand Imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar Mosque has condemned the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, according to Daily News Egypt. In a televised statement published on the mosque's...
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Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims fled their homes in western Myanmar's Rakhine State
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Gazan's attend a demonstration in support of the persecuted Rohingya people, on September 10, 2017
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Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims fled their homes in western Myanmar's Rakhine State
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Tunisian capital hosts two separate demonstrations to show solidarity with Myanmar’s oppressed Muslim minority
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Fresh violence erupted in Rakhine state nearly two weeks ago when security forces launched an operation against the Rohingya and thousands of them have been slaughtered.
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The organisation which oversees the Novel Peace Prize is unable to withdraw the honour from Myanmar President Aung San Suu Kyi, in spite of the fact her government is...
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Article
September 9, 2017
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Iqbal Jassat
The House of Saud will, no doubt, be quite pleased with itself that the Hajj 2017 has concluded without any setbacks or hitches worth reporting. In fact, it will...
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Protest against Myanmar`s oppression towards Rohingya Muslims
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Arab representatives in Israel's Knesset today condemned Tel Aviv's role in the massacres carried out by Myanmar armed forces and gangs against Rohingya in Arakan province. The Joint List,...
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Turkey’s First Lady Emine Erdogan handed out aid to Rohingya Muslim refugees during a visit to a camp near the Myanmar border
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Israel has continued to sell arms to Myanmar, despite international condemnation of the country's crackdown on its Rohingya Muslim minority. According to Haaretz, in response to a petition filed...
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he would bring up the plight of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims at the next UN General Assembly meeting in New York later...
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In phone conversations, Erdogan presses leaders of Kazakhstan, Senegal, and Nigeria on crisis of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims
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A senior leader of al Qaeda's Yemeni branch has called for attacks on Myanmar authorities in support of minority Rohingya Muslims, the SITE monitoring centre said on Saturday as...
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Turkey's foreign minister on Saturday decried other Muslim countries' silence on the plight of the Rohingya Muslims. "There are a great many Muslim countries. Where are they? Why are...
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Article
May 17, 2017
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Alastair Sloan
I have just returned from Rakhine state in western Myanmar, but it feels as if it was a trip to somewhere far more familiar; to Palestine. I know, Rakhine...